1079 William Harker

Constituency : Ripon  1885-6

William  took  over  at  Ripon  after  George  Goschen  moved  to  Edinburgh.

William  was  a  self-made  wool  baron  in  Bradford. He became  a  director  of  the  Bradford  Banking  Company  which  later  merged  into  Barclays. He helped  improve  Bradford's  water  supply  and  sewage disposal.

William  never  spoke  in  the  Commons.

William  was  defeated  in  1886.

He  died  in  1905  aged  86.