1416 Sir William Anson

Constituency  : Oxford  University  1899-1912 ( Liberal  Unionist ), 1912-4  ( Conservative )

William  took  over  from  a  veteran  Tory  as  one  of  the  members  for  Oxford  University. He  was  unopposed.

William  was  the  son  and  heir  of  a  baronet. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Oxford. He  became  a  barrister  but  went  into  academia  rather  than  practice. He  succeeded  his  father  in  1873. In  1881  he  became  Warden  of  All  Souls  College. In  1891  he  became  Vice-Chancellor  of  the  University. He  was  constitutional  tutor  to  the  future  Edward  VIII.

William's  main  interest  was  unsurprisingly  education  and  he  became  Parliamentary  Secretary  to  the  Board  of  Education  in  1902.

William  produced  a  couple  of  standard  works  on  Contract  and  Constitutional  Law.

He  died  in  1914  aged  70.