Tuesday 24 November 2015

1039 William Cornwallis-West




Constituency : West  Denbighshire  1885-92

William  was  the  first  MP  for  West  Denbighshire.

William  was  a  grandson  of  Earl  De La  Warr. He  was  born  in  Florence.He  was  a  barrister  and  a  arge  landowner..

William  was  the  only  Welsh  MP  to  switch  to  the Liberal  Unionists. He  held  on  to  his  seat  unopposed. He defended  Welsh  landlords  against  accusations  of  tyranny  and  discrimination.

William  was  defeated  in  1892.

William  developed  Milford  as  a  seaside  resort.

William  died  in  1917  aged  82. His  son  George  became  Winston  Churchill's  stepfather.

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