Lewis Randle Starkey (13 March 1836 – 16 September 1910) was a British Conservative politician.
Biographyedit
He was the eldest son of John Starkey of Spring Lodge, Huddersfield and his wife, Sarah Anne, daughter of Joseph Armitage, a millowner of Milnsbridge, Yorkshire.[1] Following education at Rugby School and the University of Berlin he entered "commercial pursuits" in Yorkshire.[2] In October 1857, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment of Yeomanry.[3] In 1858 he married his namesake, Constance Margaret, daughter of Thomas Starkey.[1] He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 6 December 1867,[4] and was promoted to captain in the Yeomanry on 22 February 1868.[5]
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