674 William Brewer

Constituency :  Colchester  1868-74

William  took  the  second  seat  at  Colchester  away  from  the  Tories.

William  was  the  son  of  a  Norwich  schoolmaster. He  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  and  became  a  doctor . In  1840  he  published  The  Family  Medical  Reference  Book . In  1863  he   switched  to  historical  novels  with  Beatrice  Sforza . He  became  a  coroner  in  Monmouthshire

William  helped  found  the  Metropolitan  Asylums  Board  to  control  the  spread  of  infectious  diseases  and  provide  hospital  facilities  for  the  poor. He  became  chairman  of  the  saniotary  committee  for  the  Metropolitan  Board  of  Works.

He  died   suddenly in  1881 aged  69.