1414 William Gurdon

Constituency  : North  Norfolk  1899-1910

William  took  over  at  North  Norfolk  after  the  resignation  of  Herbert  Cozens-Hardy.

William  was  the  son  of  the  former  MP  for  West  Norfolk, John  Gurdon. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Cambridge.William  joined  the  civil  service  as  a  Treasury  clerk  in  1863. He  was  private  secretary  to  Gladstone  as  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  from  1865  to  1866  and  as  Prime  Minister  from  1868  to  1874.  He  went  to  the  Transvaal  on  a  number  of  occasions. He  stood  unsuccessfully  at  South  West  Norfolk  ( 1885 ),  Rotherhithe  ( 1866 )  and  Colchester  ( 1888 ).

William's  last  parliamentary  contribution  was  opposing  the  Daylight  Saving  Bill  in  1909.

William  stood  down  in  January  1910.

He  died  in  1911  aged  70.