he kept a family base, within his earlier constituency's area, at Dobroyd Castle in Todmorden, but was also variously a landowner in Oxfordshire and Shropshire. In 1885, possibly helped by his marriage into a family with a coalowning fortune, he purchased Bury Knowle House at Headington, Oxford, renaming the house "Brocklehurst" (presumably in memory of his mother Ellen Brocklehurst). In 1894 he moved into Shropshire by renting Longford Hall, near Newport, before buying the Condover Hall estate near Shrewsbury in 1897, which he sold in 1926 on moving to Court of Hill near Ludlow. He died at Court of Hill, aged 84, in 1942, and was buried at the parish church of St John the Baptist at Nash. References External links 1857 births 1942 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies English businesspeople Masters of foxhounds in England UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 High Sheriffs of Shropshire