William Augustus Adam
William Augustus Adam (1865–1940) was a British politician and army officer.[1]
He was born with the surname "Adams" but later changed his name.
He was a member of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers of the British army, and fought in the Second Boer War and First World War, and reached the rank of major. He fought on the Japanese side in the Russo-Japanese War.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency) in the January 1910 general election, but was defeated in the second election that year.
References
- ^ Burke, John (1914). John Burke (ed.). Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. p. 976.
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