Sir Basil Peto, 1st Baronet

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Sir Basil Edward Peto, 1st Baronet (13 August 1862 – 28 January 1945) was a British Unionist politician.

Peto was the seventh son of Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet. At the January 1910 general election he was returned as Member of Parliament for the Devizes constituency in Wiltshire, and retained the seat until the 1918 election. He was later elected twice as Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, holding the seat from 1922 to 1923 and again from 1924 to 1935.

Peto was created a Baronet, of Barnstaple in the County of Devon, in January 1927. He died in January 1945, aged 82. He was succeeded by his elder son James Michael Peto (1894-1971). A younger son Christopher (1897-1980) succeeded his elder brother.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Francis Edward Newman Rogers	Member of Parliament for Devizes Jan. 1910–1918	Succeeded by William Cory Heward Bell
Preceded by John Thomas Tudor Rees	Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1922–1923	Succeeded by John Thomas Tudor Rees
Preceded by John Thomas Tudor Rees	Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1924–1935	Succeeded by Sir Richard Acland
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet (of Barnstaple) 1927–1945	Succeeded by James Peto

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page