668 William Roden

Constituency : Stoke-upon-Trent  1868-74

William  took  over  from  Henry  Grenfell  at  Stoke. He  was  unopposed.

William  was  from  Wolverhampton. He  was  an  iron master  and  railway  man,  being  chairman  of  the  Manchester, Buxton, Matlock  and  Midland  Junction  Railway. He  also  had  an  interest  in  mining. He  was  mayor  of  Hanley  between  1866  and  1868.

William  was  defeated  in  1874.

William  died  in  1882  aged  52.