William Sneyd (''c''. 1693 – 11 February 1745) was an English politician who briefly sat in the

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in 1718 as

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for

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.Eveline Cruickshanks,
SNEYD, William (c.1693-1745), of Bishton, Staffs.
, ''

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'' Sneyd was educated at

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, graduating in 1710. He also attended the

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, being

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in 1719. He was elected on 24 April 1718 "by a very great mob with papers in their hats resembling

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s, headed by the same person that was captain of the famous riots at

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". However, Sneyd was unseated on petition on 10 December. His cousin

Ralph Sneyd Ralph Sneyd (1564 – 7 April 1643) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He was a colonel in the Royalist army in the English Civil War and was killed in action on the Isle of Man. Sneyd wa ...

was MP for

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from 1713 to 1715.Stuart Handley,
SNEYD, Ralph (1692-1733), of Keele Hall and Bradwell, Staffs
, ''

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sneyd, William 1690s births 1745 deaths People from Stafford Tory MPs (pre-1834) British MPs 1715–1722 Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple