Constituency : Wycombe 1868-83
William was elected unopposed when his brother became Baron Carington.
William was educated at Eton then joined the Grenadier Guards.
William was still a serving soldier when elected. He held the seat when it was reduced to one member for the 1868 election. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and won a medal for his actions in the Egyptian Campaign of 1882.
William resigned his seat in 1883 and held a variety of court positions until his death.He accompanied Prince George to Berlin for the Kaiser's birthday in 1902.
He died in 1914 aged 69.
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