Friday, 6 February 2015

759 William Holms



Constituency : Paisley  1874-84

William  took  over  from  Humphrey  Crum-Ewing  at  Paisley.

William  was  educated  at  Paisley  Grammar  and  Glasgow  University. He  was  a  partner  in  a  textile  company  with  offices  in  Glasgow  and  London. He  was  the  brother  of  John  Holms, MP  for  Hackney.

William  was  chairman  of  Glasgow  Technical  College  in  1877.

William  stood  down   in   1884.

He  died  in  1903  aged  76.

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