James Rolston Lonsdale
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James Rolston Lonsdale was Unionist Member of Parliament
(MP) for Mid Armagh
from January 1918 until his death. He succeeded his brother John
to this constituency on the latter's elevation to the Lords as Baron Armaghdale
.
The son of James Lonsdale, DL, he was educated at The Royal School, Armagh
and Trinity College, Dublin
. In 1902 he married Maud Musker, daughter of John Musker, Shadwell Court, Norfolk.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh
in 1891.
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 Mid Armagh
Mid Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)
Mid Armagh was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act for the 1885 general election and returned one Member of Parliament until it was abolished with effect from the 1922 general election....
from January 1918 until his death. He succeeded his brother John
John Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale
John Brownlee Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale , known as Sir John Lonsdale, Bt, between 1911 and 1918, was a British businessman and Conservative politician.- Early life :...
to this constituency on the latter's elevation to the Lords as Baron Armaghdale
John Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale
John Brownlee Lonsdale, 1st Baron Armaghdale , known as Sir John Lonsdale, Bt, between 1911 and 1918, was a British businessman and Conservative politician.- Early life :...
.
The son of James Lonsdale, DL, he was educated at The Royal School, Armagh
The Royal School, Armagh
The Royal School, Armagh is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. It was one of a number of free schools created by King James I of England in 1608 to provide an education to the sons of local merchants and farmers during the plantation...
and Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
. In 1902 he married Maud Musker, daughter of John Musker, Shadwell Court, Norfolk.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh
High Sheriff of Armagh
The High Sheriff of Armagh is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Armagh. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258...
in 1891.