800 William Ingram

Constituency  ;  Boston  1874-80; 1885-86, 1892-5

William's   victory  made  1874  the  first  time   the  Liberals  held  both  Boston  seats  since  the  death  of  his  father  in  a  boating  accident  in 1860.

William  was  the  son  of  Herbert  Ingram  the  founder  of  the  Illustrated  London  News  and   MP  for  Boston. He  was  educated  at  Winchester  and  Cambridge. In  1860  his  father  and  brother  died  on  Lake  Michigan  and  he  eventually  became  manager  of  the  paper. He  became  a  barrister.

In  1880  William  ceased  to  be  MP  when  Boston's  representation  was  suspended. He  won  the  new  one-member  seat  in  1885, then  lost  it  in  1886, won  it  back  in  1892  and  was  defeated  again  in  1895.

William  was  created  a  baronet  in  1893.

He  died  in  1924  aged  77.