William Philip Price (1817 – 31 March 1891) was an English timber merchant and

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politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1852 and 1873. Price was the son of William Price of Gloucester and his wife Frances George, daughter of Phillip George of Bristol. He was educated privately.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> He ran a successful timber company, and was also involved in the Railway industry, being a director of the Midland Railway Company. In 1840 he became a director of the Gloucester Banking Company, and was later made the chairman in 1865. Price was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Gloucestershire and in 1849 was made High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. In July 1852 Price was elected

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for

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. In 1857 his re-election was investigated for bribery, and it was found that his agents had been bribing voters, although he himself was not aware of it. He was unseated in 1859. Price was re-elected MP for Gloucester in the 1865 general election, but left parliament in May 1873 to become a railway commissioner. Price is one of the few

to be made both Steward of the Manor of Northstead and

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.House of Commons: Appointments to the Manor of Northstead and Chiltern Hundreds stewardships since 1850
/ref> Price married Frances Ann Chadborn, daughter of John Chadborn of Gloucester. Their son

William Edwin Price William Edwin Price (10 January 1841 – 10 February 1886) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880. Price was the son of William Philip Price, M.P. for Gloucester and his wife Frances Ann Chadbo ...

was MP for Tewkesbury.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, William Philip 1817 births 1891 deaths High Sheriffs of Gloucestershire Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 Members of Parliament for Gloucester