William Edward Briggs Priestley

William Priestley

Sir William Edward Briggs Priestley (12 April 1859 – 25 March 1932)^[1] was a Liberal politician from the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford East.

He was the son of Briggs Priestley (1821–1907), a Thornton-born millhand who became a major mill-owner in Bradford, Mayor of Bradford for 1877–78 and MP for neighbouring Pudsey from 1906 to 1918. His younger brother Arthur was MP for Grantham.^[2]

William Priestley was also elected as Mayor of Bradford for 1904–05. He was elected as MP for Parliament in the 1906 general election,^[3] having failed to unseat Bradford East's Conservative MP in the 1900 general election. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1918 general election.^[4]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
2. Hesilridge, Arthur G. M. (1918). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918. London: Dean & Son. p. 134.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 80. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
4. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 100. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Priestley