Sir John Starkey, 1st Baronet

Sir John Ralph Starkey, 1st Baronet (1 May 1859 – 13 November 1940)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Life

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark at the 1906 general election,[2] and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.[3]

In 1910, his gardener planted the first commercial orchard of Bramley apples at Starkey's Norwood Park estate. It was still in cultivation by the family in 2017.[4]

Starkey was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in 1906,[5] and was made a baronet in July 1935, of Norwood Park in the parish of Southwell and County of Nottingham.[6]

He died in 1940.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 367. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 446. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  4. "'After Brexit people will fall in love with English apples again'". the Guardian. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. "No. 27928". The London Gazette. 3 July 1906. p. 4559.
  6. "No. 34179". The London Gazette. 12 July 1935. p. 4522.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Charles Welby, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Newark
1906 – 1922		 Succeeded by
Marquess of Titchfield
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Norwood Park, Nottimghamshire)
1935–1940		 Succeeded by
William Randle Starkey
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