William Alexander McArthur (1857-7 June 1923), was a British Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician.

McArthur was born in Australia, the son of Alexander McArthur

Alexander McArthur

Alexander McArthur was an Australian and British businessman and politician in both countries.McArthur was born at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, the son of John McArthur, a Wesleyan minister, and his wife Sarah, née Finlay. In 1830 he was apprenticed to a merchant in Omagh...

 and his wife Maria Boden. His father was a businessman and politician in Australia and England, becoming MP for Leicester

Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He became a merchant like his father.

McArthur was elected to Parliament for Buckrose

Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at the 1886 general election, with a majority of a single vote, but was unseated on a scrutiny being held and the seat was awarded to the Conservative candidate, Christopher Sykes. He entered Parliament for St Austell

St Austell (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in a 1887 by-election, a seat he held until 1908. He served in the Liberal administrations

Liberal Government 1892-1895

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 of William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

 and the Earl of Rosebery

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who...

 as a Junior Lord of the Treasury

Lord of the Treasury

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from 1892 to 1895.

McArthur died in June 1923.

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