Cameron Gull
Sir William Cameron Gull | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Barnstaple | |
| In office 13 July 1895 – 25 September 1900 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Billson |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Joseph Soares |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1860 Finsbury, Middlesex |
| Died | 15 December 1922 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Unionist |
| Spouse | Hon. Annie Clayton Lindley |
| Children | Major Francis William Lindley Gull, Sir Richard Cameron Gull, 3rd Bt |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet (6 January 1860 – 15 December 1922), known as Sir Cameron Gull was a leading barrister and Liberal Unionist Party politician in England, who served for five years as a Member of Parliament (MP).
Early life
Gull was born on 6 January 1860, the third child of the leading 19th century physician Sir William Withey Gull and Susan Gull. His elder siblings were Caroline Cameron Gull (born in 1851) and Cameron Gull (born in 1858 and died in infancy).
At the time of his birth, his father had a home-based practice at 8 Finsbury Square, London. A year later, the family moved to a new home at 74 Brook Street, in London's Mayfair district.
William was eductated at Eton College and later studied law at the University of Oxford, winning the Vinerian Scholarship in 1883.
When his father died in 1890, Gull and his family lived at Gloucester Street, off Portman Square. William was named as one of the executors of his father's will. He inherited the sum of £40,000 and all his father's real estate, which included the house in Mayfair and a house in Scotland. He also inherited his father's title, becoming 2nd Baronet.
Barrister and Member of Parliament
Gull practised as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in the City of London.
In 1890, he was a co-author of a Treatise of the Partnership Act 1890, along with his father-in-law Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley then one of the Lord Justices of Appeal, and his brother-in-law Walter Barry Linley M.A., also a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. The Partnership Act 1890[1] established the legal rules that defined the nature of a legal partnership, the powers and obligations of partners and limitations of liability.[2]
At the general election in July 1895, Gull was elected as the Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for the Barnstaple division of Devon. The Liberal Unionist party were to support the ruling Conservative administration, led by Lord Salisbury, for the ensuing Parliament.
During his term as an MP, Gull supported the 1896 reform of Poor Law barrack schools.[3][4] He also took an interest in rail transport[5], rural affairs[6] and in foreign affairs such as the Boxer Rebellion in China and the conduct of the Boer War [7]
At the 1900 general election, held from 25 September to 24 October, Gull lost his Barnstaple seat to his Liberal opponent Ernest Joseph Soares.[8]
Family
Gull married the Hon. Annie Clayton Lindley, daughter of Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley and Sarah Katherine Teale in 1886.[9] They lived together at Frilsham House at Frilsham in Berkshire.
They had two sons and four daughters. The elder son, Francis William Lindley Gull, was born on 1 November 1889 and educated at Eton College, leaving the school in 1908. He served with the rank of Major in the Rifle Brigade, was wounded in France in the summer of 1916 and was eventually killed in action on 25 August 1918.
The younger son was Richard Cameron Gull. He became the 3rd Baronet upon his father's death in 1922.[10]
The four daughters were Mary Edith Gull (born 23 Jul 1887); Amy Beatrice Gull (born 1888, died 9 Nov 1971); Jessie Katherine Gull (born 17 Dec 1892, died 17 Jun 1894); and Dorothea Susan Gull (born 5 Oct 1897).
References
- ^ The Partnership Act 1890, Sir Nathaniel Lindley Knt., LL.D, Ed, Sir W. Cameron Gull Bart., M.A., Walter B. Lindley M.A., published by Sweet and Maxwell Limited, 3 Chancery Lane
- ^ http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/MANUALS/BIMMANUAL/BIM72505.htm
- ^ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1896/apr/16/poor-law-schools
- ^ British Medical Journal, 18th April 1896
- ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/agriculturalorga00prat/agriculturalorga00prat_djvu.txt
- ^ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1898/jun/15/post-office-local-authority-guarantee
- ^ "Sir C Gull on the stuation,"Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, 30th June 1900
- ^ "Liberals' Loss made up," New York Times, 11th October 1900
- ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 179.
- ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1704