Sir John Rutherford, 1st Baronet


Sir John Rutherford, 1st Baronet was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Glasgow University.
Rutherford was Member of Parliament for Darwen in Lancashire from 1895 to January 1910 and from December 1910 to 1922.
Rutherford held a commission in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, where he was appointed a major on 27 August 1898, and received the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 25 October 1902.
He was made a baronet on 27 January 1916.
A Thoroughbred racehorse owner, his best horse was Solario, a winner of the St. Leger Stakes and Ascot Gold Cup.