Harry Barnston

      Sir Harry Barnston, 1st Baronet (December 1870 – 22 February 1929) MA JP DL was a British Conservative politician.

      The son of Major William Barnston of Crewe Hill, and Mary Emma King, he was educated privately and at Christ Church, Oxford.[citation needed]

      He was unsuccessful parliamentary candidate at Stockport in 1906 and sat for Eddisbury, Cheshire from 1910 until his death.

      He served in government as Comptroller of the Household from 1921–1924, and from November 1924-January 1928.[citation needed]

      He was created a baronet in 1924.

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      Parliament of the United Kingdom
      Preceded by
      Arthur Stanley
      Member of Parliament for Eddisbury
      January 19101929
      Succeeded by
      Richard John Russell
      Government offices
      Preceded by
      George Frederick Stanley
      Comptroller of the Household
      1921–1924
      Succeeded by
      John Allen Parkinson
      Preceded by
      John Allen Parkinson
      Comptroller of the Household
      1924–1928
      Succeeded by
      Sir William Cope


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