Percy Illingworth

Illingworth was the third and youngest son of Henry Illingworth, of Bradford, a member of an old Yorkshire family, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Isaac Holden, 1st Baronet. Albert Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth, was his elder brother. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played rugby for the university, winning two sporting 'Blues' in The Varsity Matches of 1889 and 1890. He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1894. He later served in the Second Boer War. ==Political career==

In 1906 Illingworth was returned to Parliament for Shipley, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland (James Bryce and Augustine Birrell respectively) from 1906 to 1910. to April 1912, he was a Junior Lord of the Treasury under H. H. Asquith. In 1912 Asquith appointed him Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, a post he held until his sudden death in early 1915. He had been nominated to the Privy Council but died before he could be sworn in. ==Family==

Illingworth married Mary Mackenzie Coats (b. 1883), daughter of George Coats, of Staneley, Renfrewshire, on 16 January 1907, at Paisley. They had three sons. • Henry George Coats Illingworth (1908–1993), married Violet Dawn Gold, daughter of Harcourt Gilbey Gold. had issue: • Mary Dawn Mackenzie Illingworth, married Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield. • James Henry Harcourt Illingworth, married his sister-in-law Lady Pauline Anne Ogilvie-Grant. He died suddenly in January 1915 of typhoid fever. ==References==