William Entwisle (30 September 1808 – 18 August 1865)[1] was a British Conservative politician.[2]

William Entwisle
Member of Parliament
for South Lancashire
In office
24 May 1844 – 4 August 1847
Preceded byFrancis Egerton
Richard Bootle-Wilbraham
Succeeded byWilliam Brown
Charles Pelham Villiers
Personal details
Born30 September 1808
Manchester, England
Died18 August 1865(1865-08-18) (aged 56)
Hanford, Dorset, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Born in Manchester, Entwisle was the fourth son of Richard Entwisle. At age 19, he was admitted as a pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge before matriculating in Michaelmas in 1827, and then becoming a scholar in 1830. He graduated as a Bachelor of Arts and as 20th wrangler in 1831, and as a Master of Arts in 1834. He was also admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1831, and was called to the Bar in 1836.[2]

He became an honorary Doctor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford in 1844, and was also a chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, and a partner at banking firm Loyd, Entwisle, Bury and Jervis, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland. At some point, he married Hannah Loyd, daughter of Edward Loyd, a banker at the firm, and they had at least one son, named William.[2]

He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for South Lancashire at a by-election in 1844—caused by the death of Richard Bootle-Wilbraham— and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.[3][2]

Entwisle died in 1865 at Hanford, near Blandford in Dorset.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (5 December 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Entwisle, William". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for South Lancashire
18441847
With: William Brown (18461847)
Francis Egerton (18441846)
Succeeded by