Constituency : Shrewsbury 1865-70
William replaced Henry Robertson at Shrewsbury.
William was a doctor's son. He was educated at Shrewsbury ( naturally ) and Edinburgh University. He became a doctor himself working at Salop Infirmary where his radical views on free treatment for the needy caused consternation. He was also politically active , supporting electoral reform and becoming mayor of the town . The local Tories would not engage him. He was a noted medical author and a friend of Dickens and Macaulay.
He died in 1870 aged 68. The Tories won the by-election.
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