Sir Dennis Boles , 1st Baronet Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles , 1st Baronet CBE , DL ( 6 September 1861 – 26 July 1935 , age 74 ) , was a British Conservative politician and Baron of Bishop ' s Lydeard in Somerset , England . Boles was the son of Reverend James Thomas Boles of Ryll Court , Exmouth , Devon . He was educated at Bradfield School and Exeter College , Oxford . He was returned to Parliament for Wellington , Somerset , in 1911 , a seat he held until 1918 , and then sat for Taunton from 1918 to 1921 . Apart from his political career Boles was also a Lieutenant - Colonel in the 3rd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment , a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset and for 1923 the High Sheriff of Somerset . He was made a CBE in 1919 and in 1922 he was created a baronet , of Bishop ' s Lydeard in the County of Somerset . Boles married Beatrice , daughter of John Lysaght , in 1894 . He died in July 1935 , aged 74 , and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second but eldest surviving son Gerald . His eldest son , 2nd Lt . Hastings Fortescue Boles , was killed in action in France on 24 May 1915 while serving with the Royal Flying Corps . Lady Boles died in 1939 . Sir Dennis was also a cricketer , and did much to popularise the Exmouth Club . During 2 years of the Great War he commanded the third Battalion Devonshire Regiment , from which he retired in February 1917 after 32 years service in it . His total command was seven years , and on his retirement was specially mentioned by the Secretary at War for his valuable services . Sir Dennis founded two private hunting packs , which were for some years run entirely at his own expense . In 1931 he resigned the Mastership of the Quantock Staghounds , but continued as popular leader of the West Somerset Hunt , where he completed 31 years ’ Mastership — a record . He was a former president of Somerset County Cricket Club . Sir Dennis entered Parliament in 1911 , upon the elevation to the peerage of the late Lord St Audries , and was returned for Wellington by 604 majority over Mr . C . H . Dudley Ward , his Liberal opponent . At the next appeal to electors , in December 1918 , he was elected for the newly constituted Taunton Division , with a majority of 7 , 803 over a Labour opponent , Rev . G . S . Woods . He might have remained the representative of the constituency , but he gave up his seat in 1921 in favour of his personal and political friend Sir Arthur Griffith - Boscawen , the Minister for Agriculture , who had been defeated at Dudley on seeking reelection after accepting office . In recognition of his Parliamentary and Army service he was created a baronet in 1922 , and also had conferred upon him the Companionship of the British Empire . Up to his death Sir Dennis was president of Taunton Division Conservative Association , and in August 1917 succeeded Lord St . Audries as president of the West Somerset Farmer ’ s Club . He was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1923 . Sir Dennis was a supporter of the Taunton and Somerset Hospital , of which he was a life - governor , and he had been president on two occasions . He was also president of Taunton Motor Club , Assistant County Commissioner for the Boy Scouts and Chairman of the Bishops Lydeard Bank .