George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley

George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley

George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley PC (30 August 1855 – 21 October 1925) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport from 1893 until 1900, and for Pudsey from 1900 until 1908. He became Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) when the Liberals came to power in December 1905, and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1907. On June 1 1908, he resigned from Parliament by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

He was then created Baron Marchamley on July 4 1908.

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