Wednesday, 4 December 2013

338 William Price



William Philip Price : Biography

Constituency : Gloucester  1852-9, 1865-73

William  was  a  timber  merchant  from  Gloucester. He  was  also  a  director  of  the  Midland  Railway  Company  and  the  Gloucester  Banking  Company.

William  was  unseated  on  petition  along  with  Charles  Monk  and  like  him  did  not  get  back  until  1865. In  1870  he  became  chairman  of  the  Midland  Railway.

William  resigned  his  seat  in  1873  to  become  a  railway  commissioner.

He  died  in  1891  aged  74.

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