UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 14 September 1823

Died: 24 May 1881

Member of Privy Council - August 1873

husband of Emily Wyllie

son of Elizabeth Brydone

Rugby School

Trinity College, Cambridge

Inner Temple (1849 -)

Administrator

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	21 April 1865	12 July 1866
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	16 December 1868	11 August 1873
First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings	11 August 1873	17 February 1874
Paymaster General	30 September 1873	17 February 1874
First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings	3 May 1880	1880

9 June 1851	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Whig	261	44.46
2 May 1859	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
April 1864 Resignation of William Adam on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.
20 April 1864	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
14 July 1865	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
19 November 1868	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
16 December 1868 Resignation of William Adam on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.
6 January 1869	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
11 February 1874	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	943	66.83
6 April 1880	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	1,150	71.08
3 May 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon William Adam on appointment as First Commissioner of Works.
13 May 1880	Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire	Liberal Party	Unopposed
November 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon William Adam on appointment as Governor of Madras.