1075 William Saunders

Constituency : Kingston  upon  Hull  East  1885-6,  Walworth  1892-5

William  won  the  new  seat  of  Hull  East.

William  was  a  newspaper  proprietor. He  founded  the  Western  Morning  News  in  Plymouth  in  1860  and  the  Eastern  Morning  News  in  Hull  four  years  later. In  1863  he  founded  Central  Press  in  London  which  became  the  Central  News  Agency. He  was  vice-president  of  the  temperance  society, United  Kingdom Alliance.

William  was  defeated  in  1886.

In  1889  William  was  elected  to  London  County  Council  as  a  Progressive.

In  1895  William  used  a  speech  on  the  Budget  to  express his  disappointment  at  the  Liberal  government's  record.

William  died  in  1895  aged  71.