Major[1] Basil Kelsey Barton MC (1879 – 2 July 1958)[2] was a British solicitor and Conservative Party politician from Hull.
[3] He served during World War I[1] as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery,[4] winning a Military Cross in 1917,[4] and attaining the rank of Captain.
Kenworthy's share of the votes had never fallen below 52%, and in three-way contests in 1926 and 1929 this had given him generous majorities over his Liberal and Conservative opponents.
[8] Kenworthy succeeded to the peerage in 1934 as Baron Strabolgi, and at the 1935 general election Barton defended his seat against the Labour candidate Walter Windsor.
Windsor was a former Communist who had been MP for Bethnal Green North East in the 1920s, and he defeated Barton with an 8% swing.