John Sidney North PC (1804 – 11 October 1894), known as John Doyle until 1838, was a British soldier and Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician. He was a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for 33 years.

Political and military career

At the 1852 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1852

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, North was returned to Parliament as one of three Members for Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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, a seat he held until the constituency was divided at the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

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. In 1886 he was sworn of the Privy Council. He was also a Colonel in the British Army

British Army

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Family

North married Lady Susan, daughter of George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford

George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford

George Augustus North, 3rd Earl of Guilford , known as the Honourable George North until 1790 and as Lord North from 1790 to 1792, was a British politician....

, in 1835. In 1838 he assumed by Royal license the surname of North in lieu of his patronymic. In 1841 the barony of North

Baron North

Baron North, of Kirtling Tower in the County of Cambridge, is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 17 January 1554, for Sir Edward North. He was a successful lawyer, clerk of the Parliament and chancellor of the Court of Augmentations. The barony was created by writ, which...

 held by Lord Guildford was called out of abeyance

Abeyance

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 in favour of Lady Susan, who became the tenth Baroness North. She died in March 1884, aged 87, and was succeeded by her and North’s son, William. North survived his wife by ten years and died in October 1894, aged 90.

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