Baron Doverdale
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Baron Doverdale, of Westwood Park in the County of Worcester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on 6 January 1917 for the industrialist and politician Sir Edward Partington
. He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the second Baron. He represented High Peak
and Shipley
in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of his childless son, the third Baron, on 18 January 1949.
Herbert Partington (1868-1916), eldest son of the first Baron, was Mayor of Glossop
. He predeceased his father, leaving only daughters.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created on 6 January 1917 for the industrialist and politician Sir Edward Partington
Edward Partington, 1st Baron Doverdale
Edward Partington was an English industrialist.-Biography:Partington was born in Bury, England and arrived in Glossop in 1874. He, with his partner William Olive, bought the Turn Lee Mill from Thomas Hamer Ibbotson. He bought it to try out a modern method of paper manufacture using the sulphite...
. He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the second Baron. He represented High Peak
High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Shipley
Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)
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in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of his childless son, the third Baron, on 18 January 1949.
Herbert Partington (1868-1916), eldest son of the first Baron, was Mayor of Glossop
Glossop
Glossop is a market town within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Glossop Brook, a tributary of the River Etherow, about east of the city of Manchester, west of the city of Sheffield. Glossop is situated near Derbyshire's county borders with Cheshire, Greater...
. He predeceased his father, leaving only daughters.
Barons Doverdale (1917)
- Edward Partington, 1st Baron DoverdaleEdward Partington, 1st Baron DoverdaleEdward Partington was an English industrialist.-Biography:Partington was born in Bury, England and arrived in Glossop in 1874. He, with his partner William Olive, bought the Turn Lee Mill from Thomas Hamer Ibbotson. He bought it to try out a modern method of paper manufacture using the sulphite...
(1836–1925) - Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron DoverdaleOswald Partington, 2nd Baron DoverdaleOswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.The second but oldest surviving son of mill-owner Edward Partington , Partington was born in Bury. Educated at Rossall School, he held a commission in the 4th Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment...
(1872–1935) - Edward Alexander Partington, 3rd Baron Doverdale (1904–1949)