Francis Channing, 1st Baron Channing of Wellingborough

Lord Channing of Wellingborough.

Francis Allston Channing, 1st Baron Channing (21 March 1841 – 20 February 1926), known as Sir Francis Channing, Bt, between 1906 and 1912, was a British barrister, academic, and Liberal Party politician.

Background and education

Channing was the youngest child and only son of American parents, Reverend William Henry Channing (1810–1884) and Julia Maria Allen (died 1889); he was naturalized as a British citizen in 1883. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and subsequently became a fellow, lecturer and tutor in philosophy at University College, Oxford, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.

Political career

Channing was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for East Northamptonshire at the 1885 general election, and held the seat until the December 1910 general election. From 1893 to 1896 he was a member of the Royal Commission on Agricultural Depression. He was made a Baronet, of Maiden Newton in the County of Dorset, on 3 December 1906,^[1] and on 9 July 1912 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Channing of Wellingborough, in the County of Northampton.^[2]

Family

Lord Channing of Wellingborough married Elizabeth Bryant on 21 July 1869. They had two daughters and one son, but only his eldest daughter survived infancy. His titles therefore became extinct on his death.

Publications

• Memories of Midland Politics, 1885-1910, published 1918.

References

1. ^ London Gazette: no. 27971. p. 8299. 27 November 1906.
2. ^ London Gazette: no. 28629. p. 5418. 23 July 1912.

• ThePeerage.com
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Francis Channing

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for East Northamptonshire 1885 – Dec. 1910	Succeeded by Sir Leo Chiozza Money
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Maiden Newton) 1906 – 1926	Extinct
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Channing of Wellingborough 1912 – 1926	Extinct