Background
WALTON, Joseph was born in 1849 in Bollihope, Company Durham. 2nd son of late Joseph Walton, Frosterley.
WALTON, Joseph was born in 1849 in Bollihope, Company Durham. 2nd son of late Joseph Walton, Frosterley.
Privately. Commenced commercial career in Middlesbrough, coal and allied trades, 1870.
Contested Liberal Doncaster Division. 1895; travelled extensively in India, Burma, Africa, America, Canada, China, Japan, and Persia, et cetera 1st Baronet, cartulary-register 1910.
Justice of the Peace Middlesbrough, Justice of the Peace and Doctorate.L., North.R. Yorkshire. Member of Parliament (Liberal) Barnsley Division, West.R. Yorkshire, since 1897.
Liberal.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Clubs: Reform,Ranelagli, Automobile.
Spouse 1880, Faith Gill,daughter of late Robert Gill, Middlesbrough.