Walter Waring
JP DL (1876 – 16 November 1930) was a British
politician
The son of
Charles Waring, Liberal Member of Parliament for
Poole
Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...
(1874, 1865–1868) and Eliza, daughter of Sir
George Denys Bt., of
Draycott,
Yorkshire, Walter was educated at
Eton College.
Military
He joined the
1st Life Guards
The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards. In 1922, it was amalgamated w ...
in 1897, and served in the
Second Boer War 1899-1900 (for which he was awarded the
Queen's South Africa Medal and six
clasps, and was
mentioned in dispatches
To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face ...
). He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1904. He served in the
Yeomanry during
World War I in France and Macedonia, 1915–1917, and in the
Naval Intelligence Division during 1918 (and was awarded the
Legion of Honour).
He was
Master of the Horse to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the Kingdo ...
in 1906–1907.
Political
Waring was unsuccessful
Liberal candidate in
Wigtonshire
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in 1906, and served as the Liberal MP for
Banffshire
Banffshire ; sco, Coontie o Banffshire; gd, Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. It borders the Moray ...
from
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...
–1918, and as
Coalition Liberal for
Blaydon
Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the postal town of Blaydon-on-Tyne. The Blay ...
from 1918 to 1922, and a
National Liberal for
Berwick and Haddington
Berwick and Haddington was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, when it replaced the separate Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire constituencies, until it was renamed Berwick and East Lothian ...
.
from 1922 to 1923, when he lost the seat. He was the
Municipal Reform (Conservative) member of
London County Council for
East Lewisham from 1925 to 1928. He later contested
Wallsend as a
Conservative in 1929.
He was
Parliamentary Private Secretary
A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom who acts as an unpaid assistant to a minister or shadow minister. They are selected from backbench MPs as the 'eyes and ears' of the minister in the H ...
to the
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1909–1910 and to the
Secretary of State for War
The Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964. The Secretary of State for War headed the War Office and ...
, 1919–1922.
Family
In 1901 he married Lady Clementine Hay
CBE, only daughter of
William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale. The couple had two daughters.
References
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1876 births
1930 deaths
British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
British Army personnel of World War I
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of London County Council
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
People educated at Eton College
UK MPs 1906–1910
UK MPs 1910–1918
UK MPs 1918–1922
UK MPs 1922–1923
Municipal Reform Party politicians
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
Conservative Party (UK) councillors
Deputy Lieutenants of Berwickshire
Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians
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