710 William Price

Constituency :  Tewkesbury  1868-80

William  claimed    Tewkesbury  , now  reduced  to  one  member,  for the  Liberals  despite  both  the  sitting  MPs  from  1865  being  Tories.

William  was  the  son  of  the  MP  for  Gloucester  of  the  same  name. He  was  educated  at  Eton , University  College, London  and  the  Royal  Military  Academy, Woolwich. He  served  in  the  36th  Regiment  of  Foot  until  1865. He  was  a  Unitarian

William's  victories  in  1868  and  1874  were  both  very  narrow  , his  majorities  being  32  and  27  respectively  . His  opponent  got  exactly  the  same  number  of  votes  on  both  occasions. William's  re-election  in  1880  was  declared  void.

William  got  married  to  Margaret  Phillips  , scion  of  the  Manchester  Liberal  family,  in  1878  and  honeymooned in  America. Their  son  later  published  their  travel  diary.

William  was  a  keen  huntsman  who  kept  a  pack  of  hounds.

He  died  in  1886  aged  44. His  son  Morgan  became  a  Labour  MP.

William  concludes  our  look  at  the  MPs  elected  in  the  1868  election.