William Ralph Cartwright

William Ralph Cartwright (30 March 1771 – 4 January 1847) was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1797 and 1846.

Life

Cartwright was the son of Thomas Cartwright of Aynhoe Park and his wife Mary Catherine Desaguilliers.^[1] In 1793 a highwayman was transported for robbing him of £32 10s worth of goods and money.^[2]

In 1797 on the retirement of Thomas Powys, he was elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire.^[3] He held the seat until 1831. In the 1832 general election he was elected MP for South Northamptonshire and held the seat until he resigned in 1846.^[4]

Cartwright was Lieutenant-Colonel in the local militia during the Napoleonic wars, and was responsible for the Brackley Battalion.^[5] In the time of agricultural depression and increasing population, Cartwright helped settle many dozens of his surplus agricultural labourers in Wellington County, Ontario from the late 1820s until his death. He ran up huge debts, mainly from playing the stock market, which he did unsuccessfully.^[5]

Family

Cartwright married Hon. Emma Mary Maude daughter of Viscount Hawarden on 12 April 1794. They had children Thomas who became a diplomat and William who became a Lieutenant General. These had respectively sons William Cornwallis Cartwright and Fairfax Cartwright who were both MPs. Cartwright's wife died in 1808 and he married again on 29 May 1810 to Julia Frances Aubrey.

References

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Cartwright
Portrait

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Powys Francis Dickins	Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire 1797–1801 With: Francis Dickins 1797–1801	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire 1801–1831 With: Francis Dickins 1801–1806 Viscount Althorp 1806–1831	Succeeded by Viscount Althorp Viscount Milton
Preceded by see Northamptonshire constituency	Member for South Northamptonshire 1832–1846 With: Viscount Althorp 1832–1835 Sir Charles Knightley 1835–1846	Succeeded by Sir Charles Knightley Richard Vyse

Muirhead and Boulton family tree

John Muirhead
(1685–1759)

Margaret Syme
(1685–1753)

John Muirhead
(1704–1755)

Janet Bogle
(1704–17??)

George Muirhead
(1715–1773)

Patrick Muirhead
(1718–1807)

Elizabeth Muirhead
(1728–1779)

James Campbell

Marion Muirhead
(1739–????)

Matthew Boulton
(1728–1809)

Anne Robinson
(1730–1783)

Lockhart Muirhead
(1765–1829)

Anna Campbell
(1769–1842)

Mary Anne Wilkinson
(1796–1829)

Matthew Robinson Boulton
(1770–1842)

William Ralph Cartwright
(1771–1847)

James Patrick Muirhead
(1813–1898)

Katharine Boulton
(1819–1890)

Matthew Piers Watt Boulton
(1820–1894)

Frances Eliza Cartwright
(1817–1864)

Herbert Hugh Muirhead
(1850–1904)

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Family tree of the Muirhead and Boulton families

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