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Sir John Weston, 1st Baronet

Sir John Weston, 1st Baronet

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Colonel Sir John Wakefield Weston, 1st Baronet (13 June 1852 – 19 September 1926) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

Weston sat as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kendal between 1913 and 1918,.[1] When the constituency was abolished, he sat as the member for Westmorland between 1918 and 1924.[2] In July 1926 he was created a baronet, of Kendal in the County of Westmorland.[3]

Weston died in September 1926, aged 71, when the baronetcy became extinct.

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  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  2. [2]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  3. [3]
    "No. 33191". The London Gazette. 13 August 1926. p. 5371.
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