Constituency : Taunton 1865-8, Haddington Burghs 1878
Lord William's victory made it a double gain from the Tories in Taunton.
Lord William was a younger son of the Marquess of Tweeddale. He was educated at the Imperial Service College. He then served in the Bengal Civil Service from 1845 to 1862. Back in England he became Chairman of the North British Railway Company.
William was defeated in 1868 and returned at a by-election in Haddington Burghs a year later. Shortly after his election, his brother's death made him the new Marquess of Tweddale, one of Scotland's richest landowners. In 1881 he was upgraded to Baron. He became Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland.
William joined the Liberal Unionists.
He died in 1911 aged 85.
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