Constituency : Westbury 1900-11
John took Westbury from the Tories recapturing his father's former seat.
John was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He was a perennial candidate standing at Chippenhaam ( 1892 ), |Bath ( 1895 ) and Salisbury ( 1897 ).
John's parliamentary contributions were generally on either military or agricultural matters.
John was a junior whip for Campbell-Bannerman then promoted to Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1907.
In 1910 John was created a baronet.
John resigned his seat in 1911 to become Governor of Victoria. He resigned that position in 1913 for health and family reasons.
He died in 1915 aged 50.
That completes our look at the 1900 intake, We now look at the by-election victors - and defectors - of the 1900-06 Parliament.
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