Background
He was born at Swainston Manor in West Wight on 31 August 1850 and succeeded his father, the 3rd baronet, in 1870.
He was born at Swainston Manor in West Wight on 31 August 1850 and succeeded his father, the 3rd baronet, in 1870.
The marriage was childless. In 1880 he became private secretary to the Rt Honorary John Bright, Member of Parliament, and entered parliament himself in 1895 as a Liberal Unionist. Shortly after his election he commissioned a private railway station at Watchingwell, some four miles (6 km) west of Newport.
Re-elected in 1900 he left the House of Commons in 1906 and died three years later.
26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament.