Constituency : Limehouse 1906-22
William took Limehouse from the Tories at the second attempt.
William was the son of a chemical manufacturer. He was educated at scientific colleges. He became a Progressive councillor on the LCC.
William scored exactly the same majority - 431 votes - in both 1910 elections.
William was knighted in 1915. He served on the Committee for After-War Trade which considered decimalisation and metrification. He became the first Treasurer of the Association of British Chemical Manufacturers established in 1916 to match a similar German body.
William received the coupon in 1918 and comfortably held off Labour and National Party challengers.
In 1919, William chaired a select committee on war profits which after much discussion recommended a modest levy. The Cabinet decided not to implement the recommendations.
William was defeated by Labour's Clement Attlee in 1922.
He died in 1932 aged 79.
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