Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 2nd Baronet (1807 - 19 December 1881) was an English Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1851 to 1880.

Payne-Gallwey was the son of Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronet

Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronet

General Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and Governor of the Leeward Islands.He was the youngest son of Ralph Payne by his second spouse Margaret née Gallwey, of St. Kitts, West Indies. He had served as a Lieutenant General in India, and was at one point...

 and his wife Harriet Quin, daughter of the 1st Earl of Dunraven. His father was a British army general and Governor of the Leeward Islands. Payne-Gallwey was a major in the 7th Fusiliers and succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1831. He was a Deputy Lieutenant

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 and J.P.

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 for the North Riding of Yorkshire.

At a by-election in March 1851, Payne-Gallwey was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Thirsk

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. He was re-elected without a contest in the next four general elections, and in contested elections in 1868

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 and 1874

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-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

. He held the seat until he stood down at the 1880 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1880

-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

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Payne-Gallwey died at the age of 74.

Payne-Gallwey married Emily Anne Russell, daughter of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, 7th Baronet in 1847. They had four sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Ralph

Sir Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 3rd Baronet

Sir Ralph William Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, 3rd Baronet was an accomplished engineer, historian, ballistics expert, and artist.He authored several books on military and sporting history, theory, and practice. He wrote The Crossbow, which was re-published in 2007 by Skyhorse Publishing. He was the...

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