Constituency : Coventry 1887-95
William took Coventry from the Tories following their man's elevation to the peerage. He had a narrow majority over Eaton's son.
William had unsuccessfully contested Tewkesbury in 1885. He was a barrister.
William's parliamentary contributions were largely concerned with miscarriages of justice.
William was re-elected in 1892 but defeated in 1895.
William was once spotted by Frederick Leveson Gower travelling to France with a pretty young woman introduced as his neice and then again with a different "neice". Gower remarked to his son "he changes them too often".
He died in 1911 aged 64.
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