William Brampton Gurdon

Sir William Brampton Gurdon (5 September 1840 – 31 May 1910) was a British civil servant who became a Liberal Party politician.

Early life Gurdon was the youngest son of Brampton Gurdon (MP for West Norfolk) of Letton, Norfolk and his wife Henrietta Susanna, daughter of the 1st Baron Colborne. He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1863 with a BA degree. His elder brother, Robert, would also enter politics and served as an MP from 1880 to 1895. He was unsuccessful again at Rotherhithe in 1886 and in Colchester at a by-election in 1888.

He finally entered Parliament on his fourth attempt, when he was elected at a by-election in March 1899 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk. He held the seat for 11 years, until he stood down at the January 1910 general election. and became Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk in October 1907.

Personal life In 1888 he married Lady Eveline Camilla Wallop, daughter of the 5th Earl of Portsmouth. She died in 1894. There is a memorial to them both in the church of St Edmund in Assington, Suffolk.