Samuel Irton

Samuel Irton
Member of Parliament
for West Cumberland
In office
13 July 1852 – 6 April 1857
Serving with Henry Lowther
Preceded byHenry Lowther
Edward Stanley
Succeeded byHenry Lowther
Henry Wyndham
In office
25 March 1833 – 11 August 1847
Serving with Edward Stanley
Preceded byWilliam Lowther
Edward Stanley
Succeeded byHenry Lowther
Edward Stanley
Personal details
Born29 September 1796
Irton Hall, Cumberland, England
Died10 July 1866(1866-07-10) (aged 69)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Eleanor Senhouse
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(m. 1825)​
Parent(s)Edmund Lamplugh Irton
Harriet Hayne
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Samuel Irton (29 September 1796 – 10 July 1866)[1][2] was a British Conservative politician.

The only son of Edmund Lamplugh Irton and Harriet née Hayne, daughter of Richard Hayne, Irton was born at Irton Hall. He was first educated at Shrewsbury School, admitted during Michaelmas in 1814. He then was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge in February 1814. In 1825, he married Eleanor, daughter of Joseph Tiffin Senhouse, but they had no children. Upon his death in 1866, his estates were passed to his cousin Elizabeth Fell.[2]

Irton was first elected Conservative MP for West Cumberland at a by-election in 1833—caused by William Lowther opting to sit for Westmorland—and held the seat until 1847 when he stood down. He returned for the seat at the 1852 and served for one further term until 1857, when he again stood down.[3][2]

Outside of his political career, Irton was both a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Cumberland.[2]

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (30 December 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Venn, John; Venn, J. A., eds. (2011) [1947]. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, From the Earliest Times to 1900. Volume 2: From 1752 to 1900. Part 3: Gabb-Justamond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 526. ISBN 978-1-108-03613-9. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.