769 William Whitworth

Constituency : Newry  1874-80

William's  was  another  Liberal  gain  from  the  Tories.

William  was  a  partner  in  the  cotton  firm  Benjamin  Whitworth  and  Brothers.

William  argued  for  a  reduction  in  the  naval  estimates  in  1877.

William  was  mayor  of  Drogheda  in  1876.

He  died  after  a  stroke  in  1886  aged  72.