Lieutenant-Colonel John Wingfield Malcolm, 1st Baron Malcolm CB, VD (16 April 1833 – 6 March 1902) was a British soldier and Conservative politician.
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Malcolm was the son of John Malcolm, 14th feudal baron of Poltalloch, Argyll, and Isabella Harriet, daughter of John Wingfield. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
Malcolm was elected Member of Parliament for Boston in 1860, resigning in 1878 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. He was later Member of Parliament for Argyllshire from 1885 to 1892. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1892[2] and raised to the peerage as Baron Malcolm, of Poltalloch in the County of Argyll, in 1896.[3]
Lord Malcolm married firstly the Honourable Alice Frederica, daughter of George Irby, 4th Baron Boston, in 1861. After her death in October 1896 he married secondly Marie Jane Lilian, widow of H. Gardner Lister, in 1897. Both marriages were childless. He died in March 1902, aged 68, when the barony became extinct. Lady Malcolm remained a widow until her death in August 1927.[1]
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| Preceded by Herbert Ingram Meaburn Staniland |
Member of Parliament for Boston 1860 – 1878 With: Meaburn Staniland, to 1865; Thomas Parry 1865–1866; Meaburn Staniland 1866–1867; Thomas Parry, 1867–1868; Thomas Collins 1868–1874 |
Succeeded by William Ingram Thomas Parry |
| Preceded by Donald Horne Macfarlane |
Member of Parliament for Argyllshire 1886–1892 |
Succeeded by Donald Horne Macfarlane |
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| New creation | Baron Malcolm 1896 – 1902 |
Extinct |