947 William Marriott

Constituency  : Brighton  1880-4,  1884-93   ( Conservative )

William  was  the  other  Liberal  victor  in  Brighton.

William  was  educated  at  Cambridge. He  was  ordained  as  a  deacon  and  became  a  curate  in  Manchester  briefly  before  deciding  to  switch  to  the  law.He  became  a  barrister.

Once  in  Parliament  William  became  disillusioned  with  his  Liberal  colleagues. In  1884  he  published  a pamphlet  The  Liberal  Party  and  Mr  Chamberlain  fiercely  attacking  the  latter.  He  also  clashed  with  Gladstone  over  Egypt. That  same  year  he  stood  down  and  fought  the  by-election  as  a  Conservative. He  was  re-elected.

When  Salisbury  came  to  power  in  1885  he  made  William   Judge  Advocate  General. He  held  the  same post  from  1886  to  1892. He  helped  the  deposed  Khedive  of  Egypt  receive  compensation  from  the  Egyptian  government.

In  1893  William  resigned  from  Parliament  to  concentrate  on  his  legal  career. He  later  emigrated  to  South  Africa.

He  died  in  1903  aged  69.