Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield, 6th Baronet, DL (19 January 1876 – 26 November 1946) was a British Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party.
Sheffield was a director of Great Central Railway from 1908 until it was combined with the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. Postwar, he was member of Parliament for Brigg between 1922 and 1929. He was a Justice of the Peace in Lincolnshire. He was Mayor of Scunthorpe in 1936 and he was Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.[4]
berkeley, sheffield, berkeley, digby, george, sheffield, baronet, january, 1876, november, 1946, british, member, parliament, conservative, party, mpcontents, background, political, career, references, external, linksbackground, edit, nbsp, berkeley, with, sis. Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield 6th Baronet DL 19 January 1876 26 November 1946 was a British Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party Sir Berkeley Sheffield MPContents 1 Background 2 Political career 3 References 4 External linksBackground edit nbsp Berkeley with his sister Dorothy in a painting by Sarah Purser which was exhibited in 1885 at the Royal Academy of Arts 1 He was born in London the son of Sir Robert Sheffield 5th Baronet of Normanby Hall whom he succeeded as Baronet in 1886 Sheffield was educated at Eton College and in France and Germany He served with the Lincolnshire Regiment and in the Yeomanry with the Diplomatic Service and in the Foreign Office On 19 July 1904 he married Dutch Baroness Julie Marie Julia Mary de Tuyll van Serooskerken born at The Hague daughter of Baron Reginald de Tuyll van Serooskerken and wife Countess Anna Mathilda van Limburg Stirum 2 alleged illegitimate daughter of William III of the Netherlands Lady Sheffield was an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and a Lady of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem 3 They had one daughter and four sons including George Berkeley Sheffield 4 During the First World War he served as a Captain in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry 5 Sheffield was a director of Great Central Railway from 1908 until it was combined with the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 Postwar he was member of Parliament for Brigg between 1922 and 1929 He was a Justice of the Peace in Lincolnshire He was Mayor of Scunthorpe in 1936 and he was Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 4 He lived at 8 South Audley Street in London and was a member of the Turf Club the Jockey Club the Orleans Club and the Beefsteak Club 3 Sheffield is one of the great great grandfathers of Cara Delevingne and is great grandfather of Samantha Cameron Political career editSheffield was a member of Lindsey County Council from 1902 to 1906 and an alderman from 1908 to 1915 He was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1905 In February 1907 he was elected to Parliament for the Brigg division of Lincolnshire he was defeated at the February 1910 election Re elected for Brigg in 1922 he sat until defeated in May 1929 When Scunthorpe was granted its charter as a municipal borough in 1936 Sheffield was the borough s first mayor 3 References edit O Grady John 1996 The Life and Work of Sarah Purser Dublin Four Courts Press p 192 ISBN 1 85182 241 0 Anna Mathilde van Limburg Stirum b 24 July 1854 d 14 May 1932 Person Page 63259 thepeerage com a b c Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees Who s Who of British Members of Parliament Volume III 1919 1945 Harvester Press 1979 p 325 a b Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield 6th Bt The Peerage Retrieved 7 October 2020 WO 374 61841 held in the National Archives Kew https discovery nationalarchives gov uk details r C731962External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Berkeley Sheffield Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byHarold Reckitt Member of Parliament for Brigg1907 Jan 1910 Succeeded bySir Alfred Gelder Preceded byC W W McLean Member of Parliament for Brigg1922 1929 Succeeded byDavid Quibell Baronetage of Great Britain Preceded byRobert Sheffield Baronet of Normanby 1886 1946 Succeeded byRobert Arthur Sheffield Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Berkeley Sheffield amp oldid 1138089621, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
