Constituency : Bow & Bromley 1885-6, South Shields 1895-1910
William took the new seat of Bow & Bromley.
William was the son of a merchant from Newcastle. He was educated at Cambridge and became a barrister.
In 1896 William spoke against revising the procedure for scrutinising the Estimates stating it might lead to a revival of jobbery.
In 1905 William was appointed Solicitor General by Campbell-Bannerman and promoted to Attorney General by Asquith in 1908. He represented Britain in the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration.
Between the two elections in 1910 William was made a Lord of Appeal and created Baron Robson . He resigned as a Lord of Appeal two years later.
He died in 1918 aged 66.
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