Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale

Who was Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale?

Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

The second but oldest surviving son of mill-owner Edward Partington, Partington was born in Bury. Educated at Rossall School, he held a commission in the 4th Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment. He was a justice of the peace for the counties of Cheshire and Worcestershire, and a Deputy Lieutenant of the latter county.

Partington entered the family business which involved the production and processing of wood pulp for the manufacture of paper. He became amember of the firm of Olive and Partington, with paper mills in Glossop, Derbyshire and a director of the Kellner-Partington Paper Pulp Company.

He was twice married: in 1902 he wed Clara Isabel Murray, daughter of Viscount Elibank. The couple had one son and one daughter and were divorced in 1934. In 1934 he married an American widow, Leslie Tailer of New York.

He was elected at the 1900 general election as Member of Parliament for High Peak constituency in Derbyshire, and held the seat through two further elections before his defeat at the December 1910 general election.