William Biggs was a British politician and hosier. He was elected as a councillor for Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council

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 on 26 December 1835 where he served as Mayor on three occasions in 1842, 1848 and 1859. In 1852

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 he was elected to Parliament

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 as the member

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 for Newport

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. He resigned from Parliament on 7 January 1857 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.

Born in Leicester in 1804, he was the younger brother of John Biggs who was also a politician and hosier. He died in Liverpool on 3 October 1881 at the age of 77.

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