Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington

The Right Honourable
The Lord Alington
KCVO
"East Dorsetshire". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1892.
Member of Parliament
for East Dorset
In office
1891–1904
Preceded byGeorge Hawkesworth Bond
Succeeded byCharles Henry Lyell
Majority4,776 (50.5%)
Personal details
Born
Humphrey Napier Sturt

(1859-08-20)20 August 1859
Died30 July 1919(1919-07-30) (aged 59)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Feodorowna Yorke
​
(m. 1883)​
Children
Parents
OccupationPolitician

Humphrey Napier Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington, KCVO (20 August 1859 – 30 July 1919) was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Career

Sturt was the son of Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington. He was elected a Member of Parliament for the East Dorset division in an 1891 by-election. In late 1902 he indicated his intention not to seek re-election,[1] but he succeeded to the barony in February 1904 and automatically triggered another by-election.[2]

Family

Sturt married on 25 June 1883 Lady Féodorovna Yorke, daughter of Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke. In 1897, she was one of the guests at the Duchess of Devonshire's Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball.[3]

They had six children.

  • Lois Sturt (born 25 August 1900 – 1937)
  • Diana Isabel Sturt (born 3 April 1884)
  • Sylvia Sturt (born and died 1886)
  • Olivia Sturt (born 11 February 1899 and died 20 February 1899)
  • Captain Gerard Philip Montagu Napier Sturt (1893–1918) (died of wounds)
  • Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1896–1940) (died of illness serving with the RAF)

Death

He died on Wednesday, 30th July 1919.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36942. 4 December 1902. p. 11.
  2. ^ General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 86. Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington.
  3. ^ Walker, Dave. "Costume Ball 4: Ladies only". Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
  4. ^ "Lord Alington Dead — Ex-M.P. for East Dorset". Bournemouth Guardian. 2 August 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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