Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale

Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale (4 May 1872 – 23 March 1935) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.^[1]

The second but oldest surviving son of mill-owner Edward Partington (who became the 1st Baron Doverdale), Partington was born in Bury.^[2] Educated at Rossall School, he held a commission in the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment.^[3] He was a justice of the peace for the counties of Cheshire and Worcestershire, and a Deputy Lieutenant of the latter county.^[3]

Partington entered the family business which involved the production and procesing of wood pulp for the manufacture of paper. He became amember of the firm of Olive and Partington, with paper mills in Glossop, Derbyshire and a director of the Kellner-Partington Paper Pulp Company.^[1]

He was twice married: in 1902 he wed Clara Isabel Murray, daughter of Viscount Elibank. The couple had one son and one daughter and were divorced in 1934. In 1934 he married an American widow, Leslie Tailer of New York.^[3]

He was elected at the 1900 general election as Member of Parliament for High Peak constituency in Derbyshire, and held the seat through two further elections before his defeat at the December 1910 general election.^[4]

In March 1913 he was appointed an alderman on London County Council as a member of the Liberal-backed Progressive Party. He remained a member of the council until 1920.^{[3] [5]}

He returned to the House of Commons in 1915 at an uncontested by-election for the Shipley constituency in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The vacancy occurred during the First World War, when the sitting MP, Percy Illingworth, died.^[6] Under an agreement between the parties vacant seats were to be uncontested for the duration of the conflict, with only a candidate of the party holding the seat being nominated. Partington stood down at the next general election in 1918.

He succeeded his father in the peerage upon his death in 1925.^[1] He died at his London home at Ennismore Gardens, Westminster in 1935 aged 62.^[1] He was buried at Hampton Lovett near Droitwich, close to his country home of Westwood Park.^[1]

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Obituary: Lord Doverdale The Wood Pulp Industry". The Times: p. 19. 125 March 1935. 
2. ^ 1881 Census, 20 Hollincross Lane, Glossop Dale, Derbyshire. RG11 Piece/Folio 3459/144 Page Number 9
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "DOVERDALE, 2nd Baron". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U208734. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
4. ^ "The General Election. An Even Day, Mr. Partington Defeated in The High Peak Division". The Times: p. 10. 17 December 1910. 
5. ^ "London County Council, First Meeting Of The New Body". The Times: p. 5. 4 March 1913. 
6. ^ "Liberal Candidate for Shipley". The Times: p. 5. 18 January 1915. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Oswald Partington

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Sidebottom	Member of Parliament for High Peak 1900–1910	Succeeded by Sir Samuel Hill-Wood
Preceded by Percy Illingworth	Member of Parliament for Shipley 1915–1918	Succeeded by Sir Henry Norman Rae
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Partington	Baron Doverdale 1925–1935	Succeeded by Edward Partington