567 William Fordyce

Constituency :  Aberdeenshire  1866-8, East  Aberdeenshire  1868-75

William  restored  Aberdeenshire  ( Tory  since  the  elevation  of  Lord  Haddo  in  1860 )  to  the  Liberals  after  the  resignation  of  the  Tory.

William  was  a  Scottish  landowner  with   a  reputation  for  benevolence. He  arranged  insurance  and  transport  for  his  tenants. He  promoted  the  reform  of  gaming  laws  to  improve  the  local  economy.
His  parliamentary  interventions  were  usually  on  agricultural  questions.

He  died  in  1875  aged  39. His  tenants  subscribed  for  the  Culsh  Monument  to  commemorate  him.