Constituency : Limerick 1847-74
William was a landowner who resided in Ireland. He went to Oxford but did not graduate. In 1843 he helped found St Columba's College.
William was first elected in 1847 and converted to Catholicism three years later. In 1852 he joined Lord Aberdeen's government as Clerk to the Ordnances and retained the post under Palmerston before a brief stint at the Board of Health. He returned to government in 1866 when he succeeded Goschen as President of the Board of Trade and also Paymaster-General. Gladstone also found a use for him as Under-Secretary for the Colonies (1868-71) and Postmaster-General (1871-3).
William retired in 1874 and received a peerage as Baron Emly. He opposed the Irish National Land League and Home Rule.
He died in 1894 aged 81.
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