Sir Rowland Edward Whitehead, 3rd Baronet KC MP (1 September 1863 – 9 October 1942) was a British

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and

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politician.

Early life

The second son of

Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet DL (2 March 1834 – 20 October 1917) was a British merchant and Liberal Party politician. Early life Whitehead was born near Sedbergh, Yorkshire. He was educated at the grammar school in Appleby-in-Westmorlan ...

, he was educated at

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and

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, where he took a First Class degree in history.

Career

A Liberal Member of Parliament for South East Essex from 1906 to 1910, he was Parliamentary private secretary to

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MP from 1906 to 1909, then to the

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from 1909 to 1910. Outside parliament, Whitehead was a Bencher of

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, one of HM the King's Lieutenants for the

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, a member of

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, Chairman of Council of Clifton College, a member of the Committee on Work of National Importance, 1916–1919, and held a commission in the Second Volunteer Battalion of the City of London Regiment. He was appointed a

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in 1910.

Family

In 1893, Whitehead married Ethel M. L. Rathbone, a daughter of Philip H. Rathbone, and they had two sons and two daughters. Ethel was the aunt of the actor,

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. The family lived at White Cross House in

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near Wallingford in

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(now

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). He inherited the baronetcy from his elder brother, Sir George Whitehead, 2nd Baronet, when his brother died on 21 May 1931. On his own death, the title went to his son Major Philip Henry Rathbone Whitehead.

References

* Who's Who 1934
The Whitehead Papers 1826-1953
held by

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The History of Wilmington Hall

External links

Diary of Sir Rowland Whitehead on the UK Parliament website
* 1863 births 1942 deaths Alumni of University College, Oxford Members of Berkshire County Council Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 People educated at Clifton College Royal Fusiliers officers People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for South East Essex 3 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub