The English land owner and politician from a small town and civil parish on the River Calder sat in which branch of government?
Le Gendre Starkie (1799–1865) Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie (1 December 1799 – 15 May 1865 (Padiham)) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1826 to 1830.
West Calder West Calder (Scots: Wast Cauder, Gaelic: Calder an Iar) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, located 4 miles west of Livingston. The town was an important centre for the oil shale economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries. West Calder has its own railway station. The surrounding villages that take the towns name in their address; Polbeth, Addiewell, Loganlee, Harburn and Westwood outline the area that this town encompasses and they all have played an important part in the history of the town as well as West Lothian. It is also the most northerly centre of the Dogs Trust, closely followed by the new centre at Glasgow. The town is a 10-minute drive from Livingston, which is host to two large shopping centres.