Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald
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Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald ( 1857–1919 ) was a Conservative Party
politician in England
.
At the 1885 general election
, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Pontefract
in Yorkshire
. He held the seat until his father's death in 1893, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron St Oswald
.
He married in 1892 Mabel Susan Forbes and they had a son in 1893, Rowland George Winn, who, on the death of his father, became 3rd Baron St Oswald.
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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At the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Pontefract
Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontefract was an English parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1621 until 1885, and one member from 1885 to 1974.-In the unreformed...
in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
. He held the seat until his father's death in 1893, when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron St Oswald
Baron St Oswald
Baron St Oswald, of Nostell in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the industrialist and Conservative politician Rowland Winn, a former Member of Parliament for North Lincolnshire. His son, the second Baron, represented Pontefract in the...
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He married in 1892 Mabel Susan Forbes and they had a son in 1893, Rowland George Winn, who, on the death of his father, became 3rd Baron St Oswald.