William Henry Whitbread (4 February 1795 – 21 June 1867) was an English Whig and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1818 to 1835. Whitbread was the son of brewer Samuel Whitbread and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grey, the eldest daughter of

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. He was educated at

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and

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. He was awarded a M.A. in 1816 and became a partner with his brother

Samuel Charles Whitbread Samuel Charles Whitbread (16 February 1796 – 27 May 1879) was a British Member of Parliament, member of the Whitbread brewing family and founding president of the Royal Meteorological Society. Early life and education Whitbread was the so ...

in the brewing firm. In 1818 Whitbread was elected as a

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(MP) for

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and held the seat until 1835. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for

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and became

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in 1837.

Whitbread lived at

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, Bedfordshire and died at the age of 72. Whitbread married, Harriet Sneyd, daughter. of the Rev. Wettenhall Sneyd, of the Isle of Wight on 5 November 1845. They had no family.

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