[1] 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.

[2] When the Liberals came to power under William Ewart Gladstone in February 1886, Shuttleworth was made Under-Secretary of State for India.

[citation needed] Already in April he became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, replacing Edward Heneage, who had resigned over Irish Home Rule.

[3] Shuttleworth returned to office under Gladstone in 1892 when he was made Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, a post he held until 1895, the last year under the premiership of Lord Rosebery.

[citation needed] In the 1902 Coronation Honours, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

[citation needed] Lord Shuttleworth married Blanche Marion, daughter of Sir Woodbine Parish, in 1871.

[6] His granddaughter by his youngest daughter Catherine was Freydis Sharland, an Air Transport Auxiliary pilot during the Second World War and one of the first women to earn RAF wings.