William Henry Stone (MP)
William Henry Stone (8 October 1834 – 7 November 1896)[1] was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1874.
Life[edit]
Stone was the son of William Stone of Dulwich Hill and his wife Mary Platt daughter of Thomas Platt of Hampstead.[2] He was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge graduating BA as 30th Wrangler and 8th Classic in 1857 and MA in 1860. In 1859, he was a Fellow of Trinity College. He was a merchant and East India agent and a director of the London and County Banking Co.[3] He lived at Godalming and was a J.P. for Surrey and Hampshire.[2]
Stone married Melicent Helps daughter of Sir Arthur Helps in 1864.[3]
At the 1865 general election Stone was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth.[4] He was re-elected in 1868 held the seat until his defeat at the 1874 general election.[4]
He was chairman of the Girl's Public Day School Company and gave evidence to the Royal Commission on Secondary Education in 1894, with Mary Gurney.[5]
Stone died at the age of 62.
References[edit]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- ^ a b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
- ^ a b "Stone, William Henry (STN853WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 246–7. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Joyce Senders Pedersen, The Reform of Girls' Secondary and Higher Education in Victorian England: A Study of Elites and Educational Change, Garland, 1987, 488 p. [1]
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