John Lloyd WHARTON

Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom

April 18, 1837 (age 75)

Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was called to the bar in 1868 by the Inner Temple. From 1871 to 1906 he was chairman of the Durham Quarter Sessions. He lost the seat to the Liberal candidate Thomas Charles Thompson in the 1874 general election. He stood again as a candidate in 1880 general election but failed to get elected. He stood as a candidate for the Ripon (United Kingdom Parliament constituency) in the 1886 general election but failed to get elected when he lost by 165 votes to West. Harker who was a strong local candidate. In 1886 he stood again for the Ripon (United Kingdom Parliament constituency) in the 1886 general election and was elected with a majority of 988. He became a Privy Councilor in 1897 and in December 1901 he was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of Street John. In the 1911 Census of Wetherby he described himself as a 73-year-old widower and a Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire and Durham and a director of the North Eastern Railway.

John Lloyd WHARTON

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Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom

Background

WHARTON, John Lloyd was born on April 18, 1837. Son of late J. T. Wharton, Dry burn, Durham.

Education

Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge. Doctor of Civil Law.

Career

Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was called to the bar in 1868 by the Inner Temple. From 1871 to 1906 he was chairman of the Durham Quarter Sessions. He lost the seat to the Liberal candidate Thomas Charles Thompson in the 1874 general election.

He stood again as a candidate in 1880 general election but failed to get elected.

He stood as a candidate for the Ripon (United Kingdom Parliament constituency) in the 1886 general election but failed to get elected when he lost by 165 votes to West. Harker who was a strong local candidate. In 1886 he stood again for the Ripon (United Kingdom Parliament constituency) in the 1886 general election and was elected with a majority of 988.

He became a Privy Councilor in 1897 and in December 1901 he was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of Street John. In the 1911 Census of Wetherby he described himself as a 73-year-old widower and a Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire and Durham and a director of the North Eastern Railway.

Politics

Conservative.

Membership

24th United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament.

27th United Kingdom Parliament]

He was the Member of Parliament for Member of Parliament for City of Durham (United Kingdom Parliament constituency) then Member of Parliament for Ripon (United Kingdom Parliament constituency).

He stood as a Member of Parliament for the City of Durham (United Kingdom Parliament constituency) in the 1868 general election but failed to get elected. In May 1871 in a by-election caused by the death of the Member of Parliament John Robert Davison, Wharton a Unionist candidate beat the Liberal candidate with a majority of 34 to be elected as one of the Members of Parliament for City of Durham (United Kingdom Parliament constituency).

He was then the Member of Parliament for Ripon for 20 years until he was defeated at the 1906 general election by Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch with a majority of 313.

Connections

Father:: J. T. Wharton

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