Constituency : South Ayrshire 1906-18
William took South Ayrshire. It had been held by the Liberal Unionist William Arrol but he had stepped down and William defeated a Tory candidate.
William came from a well known Birmingham merchant family. He was related by marriage to the Chamberlains. He was educated at Birmingham and Edgbaston proprietary School and Heidelberg University. He started work in a family ironworks firm but he switched to the law and became a barrister. He stood in Tamworth in 1885. He stayed with the Liberals in 1886 and contested the Birmingham Central seat at the by-election caused by Bright's death in 1889. He contested the by-election at Aston Manor in 1891. He did not stand in 1895 or 1900.
William supported women's suffrage in 1908.
William was created a baronet in 1912.
William had a keen interest in crystallography and mineralogy and published a guide to the former.
William indicated that he was stepping down in 1914 but remained in the House until the 1918 election.
He died in 1922 aged 82.
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