Sir John Starkey, 1st Baronet

Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Baronet (1 May 1859 – 13 November 1940)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Life

He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Newark at the 1906 general election,[2] and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.[3]

In 1910, his gardener planted the first commercial orchard of Bramley apples at Starkey's Norwood Park estate. It was still in cultivation by the family in 2017.[4]

Starkey was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in 1906,[5] and was made a baronet in July 1935, of Norwood Park in the parish of Southwell and County of Nottingham.[6]

He died in 1940.

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 367. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 446. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  4. ^ Emma Sheppard (28 April 2017). "'After Brexit people will fall in love with English apples again'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 27928". The London Gazette. 3 July 1906. p. 4559.
  6. ^ "No. 34179". The London Gazette. 12 July 1935. p. 4522.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newark
1906 – 1922 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Norwood Park, Nottimghamshire)
1935–1940 		Succeeded by