| The Right Honourable The Lord Marchamley PC |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
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| In office 12 December 1905 – 3 June 1908 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Prime Minister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Jack Pease |
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| Born | 30 August 1855 |
| Died | 21 October 1925 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Tattersall (d. 1913) |
George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley PC (30 August 1855 – 21 October 1925) was a British Liberal politician. He served as Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith.
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Whiteley was the eldest son of George Whiteley, JP, of Woodlands, Blackburn, Lancashire.[1]
Whiteley was Member of Parliament for Stockport from 1893 to 1900[1][2] and for Pudsey from 1900 until 1908.[1][3] He became Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) when the Liberals came to power in December 1905,[1] and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1907.[4] On 1 June 1908, he resigned from Parliament by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[5] It was thought that his retirement was due entirely to insomnia, from which he had suffered for a long period.[6] On 3 July 1908 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Marchamley, of Hawkstone in the County of Shropshire.[7][8] He contributed occasionally in the House of Lords, making his last speech in November 1919.[9]
Lord Marchamley married Alice, only child of William Tattersall, JP, of Quarry Bank, Blackburn, and St Anthony's Milnthorpe, in 1881. She died in 1913. Marchamley survived her by twelve years and died in October 1925, aged 70. He was succeeded in the barony by his son, William.[1]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Louis John Jennings Sir Joseph Leigh |
Member of Parliament for Stockport 1893 – 1900 With: Sir Joseph Leigh 1893–1895 Beresford Valentine Melville 1895–1900 |
Succeeded by Beresford Valentine Melville Sir Joseph Leigh |
| Preceded by Briggs Priestley |
Member of Parliament for Pudsey 1900 – 1908 |
Succeeded by John James Oddy |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, Bt |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1905 – 1908 |
Succeeded by Jack Pease |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Marchamley 1908 – 1925 |
Succeeded by William Whiteley |