About William Grantham
Lived 1835 – 1911 (aged 76). William Grantham was a British judge, politician and barrister.
Sir William Grantham (1835–1911) was a British barrister, Member of Parliament for 12 years for successive areas which took in Croydon then, from 1886, High Court judge.
Biography Grantham was born on 23 October 1835 in Lewes, Sussex, England to George Grantham and Sarah Grantham (née Verrall).
Grantham married Emma L Wilson on 15 February 1865 in Sussex, England. In parliament he spoke 184 times, the last of which in 1885, and ardently opposed Gladstone. 'one of the severest ever dealt to an English judge by a minister of the crown'. He died later that year, of pneumonia, in his house, 100 Eaton Square,
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British judge and politician (1835–1911)
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William Grantham was born on 23 October 1835 in Lewes.
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William Grantham died on 30 November 1911.
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William Grantham was a judge, politician and barrister.
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