Poster (believed to be for 1895 UK General election) of Tankerville Chamberlayne (left) and Barrington Simeon

Sir John Stephen Barrington Simeon, 4th Baronet DL (31 August 1850 – 1909) was one of the two Members of Parliament[a] for Southampton at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century.

He was born at Swainston Manor[b] in West Wight on 31 August 1850 and succeeded his father, the 3rd baronet, in 1870.[1][2] He served as Ensign in the Rifle Brigade until he married Isabella Mary, daughter of the Hon Ralph Heanage Dutton, in 1872. The marriage was childless.[1] In 1880 he became private secretary to the Rt Hon John Bright, MP, and entered parliament himself in 1895 as a Liberal Unionist. Shortly after his election he commissioned a private railway station[3] at Watchingwell, some four miles (6 km) west of Newport.[4] On 5 December 1903 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Southampton-based 1st Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers).[1][5]

Re-elected in 1900, Simeon left the House of Commons in 1906 and died three years later. He was succeeded as 5th baronet by his brother, Edmund Charles (1855–1915).[1]

Coat of arms of Sir John Simeon, 4th Baronet
Crest
A fox passant-reguardant Proper in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert.
Escutcheon
Per fess Sable and Or a pale counterchanged in chief an ermine spot of the first between two trefoils slipped of the second and in base a like trefoil between two like ermine spots.
Supporters
Dexter a fox reguardant Proper in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert, sinister a lion Gules ducally crowned Or.
Motto
Serviendo; Nec Temere Nec Timide[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Some larger cities returned two members elected on a single ballot.
  2. ^ A country estate totalling 8,800 acres.

References

  1. ^ a b c d 'Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953.
  2. ^ Who was Who,1897-1915, Vol 1, London, A&C Black, 1987 ISBN 978-0-7136-2670-4
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey Grid reference SZ448884
  4. ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  5. ^ Army List.
  6. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byFrancis Henry EvansTankerville Chamberlayne Member of Parliament for Southampton 1895 – 1906 With: Tankerville Chamberlayne to 1896Sir Francis Henry Evans 1896–1900Tankerville Chamberlayne 1900–1906 Succeeded bySir Ivor PhilippsWilliam Dudley Ward Baronetage of the United Kingdom Preceded byJohn Simeon Baronetof Grazeley, Berkshire 1870–1909 Succeeded byEdmund Charles Simeon


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