| 词条 | Berkeley Sheffield |
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Sir Berkeley Digby George Sheffield, 6th Baronet, DL (19 January 1876 – 26 November 1946) was a British Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. BackgroundHe was born in London, the son of Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet, of Normanby Hall, whom he succeeded as baronet in 1886. Sheffield was educated at Eton College and in France and Germany. He served with the Lincolnshire Regiment and in the Yeomanry, with the Diplomatic Service and in the Foreign Office. On 19 July 1904 he married Baroness Julia de Tuyll van Serooskerken, daughter of Dutch Baron Reginald de Tuyll van Serooskerken and Countess Mathilda van Limburg-Stirum[2] (illegitimate daughter of William III of the Netherlands); Lady Sheffield was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and a Lady of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.[3] He lived at 8 South Audley Street in London, and was a member of the Turf Club, the Jockey Club, the Orleans Club and the Beefsteak Club.[3] Sheffield is one of the great-great-grandfathers of Cara Delevingne and is great-grandfather of Samantha Cameron. Political careerSheffield was a member of Lindsey County Council from 1902 to 1906 and an alderman from 1908 to 1915. He was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1905. In February 1907 he was elected to Parliament for the Brigg division of Lincolnshire; he was defeated at the February 1910 election. Re-elected for Brigg in 1922, he sat until defeated in May 1929. When Scunthorpe was granted its charter as a municipal borough in 1936, Sheffield was the borough's first mayor.[3] References1. ^{{cite book |last=O'Grady |first=John |date=1996 |title=The Life and Work of Sarah Purser |location=Dublin |publisher=Four Courts Press |page=192 |isbn=1-85182-241-0}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p63259.htm#i632583|title=Anna Mathilde van Limburg Stirum (b. 24 July 1854, d. 14 May 1932) - Person Page 63259|work=www.thepeerage.com}} 3. ^1 2 Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III: 1919-1945, Harvester Press 1979, p. 325. External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Brigg | years =1907 – Jan. 1910 }}{{s-aft | after = Sir Alfred Gelder }}{{s-bef | before = Charles Wesley Weldon McLean }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Brigg | years = 1922 – 1929 }}{{s-aft | after = David Quibell }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheffield, Berkeley}} 13 : 1876 births|1946 deaths|People educated at Eton College|Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain|Deputy Lieutenants of Lincolnshire|High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1906–10|UK MPs 1922–23|UK MPs 1923–24|UK MPs 1924–29|Royal Lincolnshire Regiment officers|Sheffield family |
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