Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth
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The Right Honourable The Lord Shuttleworth PC |
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| Under-Secretary of State for India | |
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In office 7 February 1886 – 12 April 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | The Lord Harris |
| Succeeded by | Stafford Howard |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 16 April 1886 – 20 July 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Edward Heneage |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Cranbrook |
| Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | |
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In office 19 August 1892 – 21 June 1895 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | Arthur Forwood |
| Succeeded by | William Ellison-Macartney |
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| Born | 18 December 1844 |
| Died | 20 December 1939 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Blanche Parish (d. 1924) |
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth PC (18 December 1844 – 20 December 1939), known as Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt, between 1872 and 1902, was a British landowner and Liberal politician. He was Under-Secretary of State for India and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under William Ewart Gladstone in 1886 and Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty under Gladstone and Lord Rosebery between 1892 and 1895.
Shuttleworth was the son of the physician, civil servant and social reformer James Kay-Shuttleworth. His father, born James Kay, had assumed the additional surname of Shuttleworth on his marriage to Janet Shuttleworth, the only child and heiress of Robert Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham, Lancashire. His father's brothers included the economist Joseph Kay and the Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Edward Kay.
The Shuttleworth family had been landowners in Lancashire from medieval times. Tradition states they made their fortune from wool weaving. They supported the parliamentary side in the English Civil War. Sir James and Lady Shuttleworth parted company after five children and Shuttleworth was raised largely apart from his father. For some years in his youth he lived in Germany with his mother. On her death, in 1872, he inherited large estates, including Gawthorpe Hall. His father then relocated to another of the estates, in Westmorland.
Shuttleworth was returned to parliament for Hastings in 1869, a seat he held until 1880. He remained out of parliament until 1885, when he was elected for the Clitheroe division of Lancashire, a constituency he continued to represent until his elevation to the peerage in 1902. When the Liberals came to power under William Ewart Gladstone in February 1886, Shuttleworth was made Under-Secretary of State for India. Already in April he became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, replacing Edward Heneage, who had resigned over Irish Home Rule. He was sworn of the Privy Council at the same time. He remained Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until the Liberals fell from power in July 1886.
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