William Wilshere (1806 – 10 November 1867)[1] was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1847. He was a banker and a landed proprietor.
Life
[edit]He was the son of Thomas Wilshere of The Frythe near Welwyn and his wife Lora, daughter of Charles Beaumont of Houghton, Huntingdonshire. He was educated at Bedford grammar school, and Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1827.
While young he was adopted by his uncle William Wilshere (1754–1824),[2] a partner in the Whitbread brewery.[3][4]
He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth at the 1837 general election. He held the seat until 1847.
In 1846 he had a Gothic revival mansion built at The Frythe, the family estate near Welwyn, to the design of Thomas Smith and Edward Blore.[5]
In 1858, he became High Sheriff of Hertfordshire.[6] He died unmarried at the age of 61. The Frythe passed to his younger brother Charles Willes Wilshere.[7]
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.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
- ^ 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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