George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley

The Right Honourable The Lord Marchamley PC
George Whiteley MP, circa 1906
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office 12 December 1905 – 3 June 1908
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, Bt
Succeeded by	Jack Pease
Personal details
Born	30 August 1855 (1855-08-30)
Died	21 October 1925 (1925-10-22) (aged 70) London, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative to 1900 Liberal 1900-1925(death)
Spouse(s)	Alice Tattersall (d. 1913)

George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley PC (30 August 1855 – 21 October 1925) was a British Conservative turned Liberal Party politician. He served as Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith.

Whiteley was the eldest son of George Whiteley, JP, of Woodlands, Blackburn, Lancashire. His brother, Herbert, also became a Member of Parliament.

He was partner in a cotton-spinning firm and had major brewing interests.

As a Conservative, Whiteley was a Member of Parliament (MP) for from 1893 to 1900. He then joined the Liberal Party, in whose interest he was elected M.P. in 1900 for Pudsey, serving until 1908. He became Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) when the Liberals came to power in December 1905, and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1907. On 1 June 1908, he resigned from Parliament by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead. It was thought that his retirement was due entirely to insomnia, from which he had suffered for a long period. On 3 July 1908 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Marchamley, of Hawkstone in the County of Shropshire. He contributed occasionally in the House of Lords, making his last speech in November 1919. The Complete Peerage summarised up his oratory as: "A ready speaker, with a somewhat caustic humour, he was on the platform an effective asset to the Liberal Party".