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Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth, (18 December 1844 – 20 December 1939), known as Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt, between 1872 and 1902, was a British landowner and

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politician. He was

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under

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in 1886 and

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under Gladstone and Lord Rosebery between 1892 and 1895.

Background

Shuttleworth was the son of the physician, civil servant and social reformer James Kay-Shuttleworth. His father, born James Kay, had assumed the additional surname of Shuttleworth on his marriage to Janet Shuttleworth, the only child and heiress of Robert Shuttleworth, of

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, Lancashire. His father's brothers included the economist Joseph Kay and the Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Edward Kay. The Shuttleworth family had been landowners in Lancashire from medieval times. Tradition states they made their fortune from wool weaving. They supported the parliamentary side in the

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. Sir James and Lady Shuttleworth parted company after five children and Shuttleworth was raised largely apart from his father. For some years in his youth he lived in Germany with his mother. On her death, in 1872, he inherited large estates, including Gawthorpe Hall. His father then relocated to another of the estates, in

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Political career

Shuttleworth was returned to parliament for

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in 1869, a seat he held until 1880. He remained out of parliament until 1885, when he was elected for the Clitheroe division of

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, a constituency he continued to represent until his elevation to the peerage in 1902. When the Liberals came to power under

in February 1886, Shuttleworth was made

. Already in April he became

, replacing Edward Heneage, who had resigned over Irish Home Rule. He was sworn of the Privy Council at the same time. He remained Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until the Liberals fell from power in July 1886. Shuttleworth returned to office under Gladstone in 1892 when he was made

, a post he held until 1895, the last year under the premiership of Lord Rosebery. In the

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, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Shuttleworth, ''of Gawthorpe, in the County Palatine of Lancaster''. From 1908 to 1928 he was

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, in which capacity in 1910 he entertained

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and Queen Mary at Gawthorpe Hall.

Family

Lord Shuttleworth married Blanche Marion, daughter of Sir Woodbine Parish, in 1871. They had two sons and four daughters (Angela, Nina,

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, Lawrence, Edward and Catherine). Both his sons, Captain the Hon. Lawrence Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth (1887–1917) and T/Captain the Hon. Edward James Kay-Shuttleworth (1890–1917) were killed in the

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. Lady Shuttleworth died in June 1924. Lord Shuttleworth survived her by fifteen years and died in December 1939, aged 95. He was succeeded in his titles by his grandson, Richard Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baron Shuttleworth ichard], eldest son of the Hon. Lawrence Kay-Shuttleworth. The second baron was killed during the

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only eight months later,thepeerage.com Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth
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went missing during a battle over a Channel convoy, south of the

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citing: Franks, Norman L R. (2008). RAF Fighter Command Losses of WW2: Vol. 1 – 1939–1941. Midland Publishing. . Richard's younger brother, Ronald, the third Baron, was killed in North Africa in 1942. The barony passed to Ronald's first cousin, Charles, the fourth Baron Shuttleworth. He was badly injured in the Second World War, losing one leg and the use of the other. He moved to another home, Leck Hall at

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, on his estates, which was more convenient to his disability, leaving his aunt

to continue living at

until her death in 1967. The estate became a

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property in 1970."Gawthorpe Hall" at aboutbritain.com
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