Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL (10 January 1873 – 9 January 1949) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

Background

Boulton was the son of William Whytehead Boulton and his wife Mary Hudleston Gibson, daughter of John Gibson. He was privately educated.

Career

Boulton served as lieutenant in the

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and became a major in the 7th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment. He entered the

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in 1931, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central until 1945. Boulton was appointed a

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in 1940, a post he held for two years. He subsequently was a

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until 1944. On 30 June, he was created a

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, of

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in the County of Essex. Boulton represented

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as a Deputy Lieutenant.

Family

On 23 April 1903, he married Rosalind Mary Milburn, daughter of Sir John Milburn, 1st Baronet. They had four sons. Boulton died in 1949, aged 75, and was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his eldest son Edward and then by his third son William.

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* 1873 births 1949 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy lieutenants of Essex Essex Regiment officers Ministers in the Chamberlain wartime government, 1939–1940 Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 Royal Horse Guards officers UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 20th-century British Army personnel {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub