William Wilshere
William Wilshere (1806 – 10 November 1867)[1] was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1847.
Life[edit]
He was the son of Thomas Wilshere of The Frythe and his wife Lora, daughter of Charles Beaumont of Houghton, Huntingdonshire. He was educated at Bedford grammar school, and Wadham College, Oxford. He inherited an estate from his uncle William Wilshere, who died in 1824, and who had adopted him while still young.[2][3]
Wilshere was a landed proprietor and banker of Hertford. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth at the 1837 general election. He held the seat until 1847.
Wilshere lived at The Frythe, near Welwyn and in 1846 had a Gothic revival mansion built to the design of Thomas Smith and Edward Blore.[4] In 1858, he became High Sheriff of Hertfordshire.[5]
He died unmarried at the age of 61. The Frythe passed to his younger brother Charles Willes Wilshere.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Leigh Rayment[usurped]
- ^ Bernard Burke (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1529.
- ^ "Death of William Wilshere, Esq". Hertford Mercury and Reformer. 16 November 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 21 May 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ A history of The Frythe
- ^ "No. 22091". The London Gazette. 3 February 1858. p. 539.
- ^ "Wilshere, Charles Willes (WLSR833CW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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