Constituency : East Retford 1826-7, Kingston-Upon-Hull 1830-2, Northallerton 1835-65
William was a wealthy landowner whose father was an MP for Aylesbury. He was a Cambridge-educated barrister. He was originally elected for the venal borough of East Retford at the suggestion of the banker Cecil Foljambe. He came in second after a violent contest but was unseated on petition despite being exonerated of personal wrongdoing. Earl Fitzwilliam invited him to stand for Hull in 1830 which he did on a platform of free trade, retrenchment and the abolition of slavery. He again came in second after a fierce contest during which he was hit on the head by a stone. In 1831 he was returned unopposed. He switched to Northallerton for 1832 because his wife had an interest there but was defeated.
Dod's Parliamentary Companion described him as "a Whig of old principles".
He died in 1879 aged 89.
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