William Edwin Price (10 January 1841 – 10 February 1886) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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from 1868 to 1880. Price was the son of William Philip Price, M.P. for Gloucester and his wife Frances Ann Chadborn, daughter of John Chadborn of Gloucester. He was educated at

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, at

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graduating BA in 1859, and at the

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. He served in the 36th Regiment of Foot until his retirement in February 1865. He was a captain of the Royal South Gloucester Militia, and of the 3rd Gloucester City Rifle Volunteers.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> At the 1868 general election Price was elected as the

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for the

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. He was re-elected in

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and at the general election in April 1880 but his election was declared void on 29 June 1880. Price died at the age of 44. His son

Morgan Philips Price Morgan Philips Price (29 January 1885 – 23 September 1973) was a British politician and a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP). He was born in Gloucester. His father, William Edwin Price, was also a British MP, serving for the seat of Tewkes ...

was later a (Labour) M.P.

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* 1841 births 1886 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of University College London Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub