Baron Wargrave
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Baron Wargrave was a title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
on 22 November 1922 for the former Member of Parliament
(MP) for Devizes
and Worcester
, Edward Goulding
, on whose death on 17 July 1936 it became extinct. He was educated at Clifton College
and St John's College
, Cambridge
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
on 22 November 1922 for the former Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Devizes
Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
Devizes is a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is now represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England....
and Worcester
Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)
Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1885 it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs....
, Edward Goulding
Edward Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave
Edward Alfred Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1895 and 1922, before being ennobled and taking his seat in the House of Lords...
, on whose death on 17 July 1936 it became extinct. He was educated at Clifton College
Clifton College
Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...
and St John's College
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
, Cambridge
Barons Wargrave (1922)
- Edward Alfred Goulding, 1st Baron WargraveEdward Goulding, 1st Baron WargraveEdward Alfred Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1895 and 1922, before being ennobled and taking his seat in the House of Lords...
(1862–1936)