- Walter Waring
Walter Waring JP DL (1876 –
16 November 1930 ) was a British politicianThe son of Charles Waring, Liberal Member of Parliament for Poole, and Eliza, daughter of Sir George Denys Bt., of
Draycott ,Yorkshire , he was educated at Eton.Military
He joined the 1st Life Guards in 1897, and served in the
Second Boer War 1899-1900 (for which he was awarded theQueen's South Africa Medal and six clasps, and wasmentioned in despatches ). He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1904. He served in the Yeomanry duringWorld War I in France and Macedonia, 1915-1917, and in theNaval Intelligence Division during 1918 (and was awarded theLegion of Honour ).He was
Master of the Horse to theLord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1906-1907.Political
Waring was unsuccessful Liberal candidate in Wigtonshire in 1906, and sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1907-1918, and as Coalition Liberal for Blaydon from 1918-1922, and National Liberal for Berwick and Haddington from 1922-1923, when he lost the seat. He was the
Municipal Reform (Conservative) member ofLondon County Council for East Lewisham from 1925 to 1928. He later contested Wallsend as a Conservative in 1929.He was
Parliamentary Private Secretary to theParliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1909-1910 and to theSecretary of State for War , 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.
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