William Stratford Dugdale | |
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Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury | |
In office 1830 – 12 April 1831 | |
Succeeded by | William Leader Maberly |
Member of Parliament for Bramber | |
In office 1831–1832 | |
Preceded by | Frederick Gough-Calthorpe |
Succeeded by | N/A |
Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire | |
In office 1832–1847 | |
Preceded by | N/A |
Succeeded by | Richard Spooner |
Personal details | |
Born | William Stratford Dugdale 1 April 1800 Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
Died | 15 September 1871 |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Harriet Ella Portman |
William Stratford Dugdale DL (1 April 1800 – 15 September 1871)[1] was a British Tory (and later Conservative Party) politician.[2]
He was the only son of Dugdale Stratford Dugdale of Merevale Hall, Warwickshire and his wife, the Hon. Charlotte Curzon, daughter of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon. His father was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire.[2]
William was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He married Harriet Ella Portman in 1827, and the couple had 10 children.[3]
Dugdale entered the unreformed House of Commons at the 1830 general election as an MP for the borough of Shaftesbury in Dorset.[4] He did not contest that seat at the 1831 general election,[4] when he was returned unopposed for the rotten borough of Bramber in Sussex.[5]
Bramber was disenfranchised by the Reform Act 1832, and at the 1832 general election he was returned as a member for North Warwickshire.[6] He held that seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1847 election.[2]
Dugdale was a Justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Warwickshire, held a commission in the Warwickshire Yeomanry and was a trustee of Rugby School.[2]