Constituency : Sudbury 1906-10
William took Sudbury from the Liberal Unionist William Quilter.
William was born in Austria. He was educated there and in Ireland where his family had estates. He joined the merchant navy. In 1876 he joined the Turkish navy to fight the Russians. In 1880 he fought for Chile against Peru. In 1892 he stood for the Conservatives at Mid-Tipperary but later switched to the Liberals.
William stood down in January 1910 and went into banking.
William financed railways in Jersey and Canada.
William was an amateur astronomer who published a paper on the sun's movement.
He died in 1917 aged 63.
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