The Honourable William Frederick Barton Massey-Mainwaring (28 May 1845 – 12 March 1907) was an Irish art collector and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]
The fifth son of Eyre Massey, 3rd Baron Clarina and his wife Susan Elizabeth ( née Burton), he was originally known as William Frederick Barton Massey. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, London. [2] In 1872 he married Isabella Anne Milman, a widow and only child of Benjamin Lee Mainwaring of Knaresborough. [3] He assumed the surname Massey-Mainwaring on marriage. [2] [3]
Massey-Mainwaring was a well-known art collector who lent items from his collection to public galleries around the country. [4] [5] [6]
He was involved in Conservative politics and in 1892 put his name forward as a candidate for the Hackney Central constituency. Eventually he stood aside in favour of Sir Andrew Scoble. [6] [7]
In 1895 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central, holding the seat until 1906. [1] He died suddenly from influenza and diabetes at his London home in March 1907, [2] aged 61.
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
- ^ a b c d "Obituary". The Times. 13 March 1907. p. 12.
- ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and wales: comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. London: Harrison & Sons. p. 650.
- ^ "The Massey-Mainwaring Collection at Bethnal Green". The Times. 2 July 1888. p. 10.
- ^ "South Kensington And Bethnal Green". The Times. 14 January 1889. p. 4.
- ^ a b "The People's Palace". The Times. 5 August 1889. p. 4.
- ^ "The General Election". The Times. 24 June 1892. p. 7.