William Cripps

William Cripps (died 1848) was a British Conservative MP.

For the British surgeon, see William Harrison Cripps.

He was the fourth son of Joseph Cripps, Member of Parliament for Cirencester, his mother being Cripps's second wife Dorothea Harrison.[1] He sat himself for the constituency of Cirencester, from 1841 until his death in 1848. From 1845 until 1846 he held minor office in Sir Robert Peel's government as a Junior Lord of the Treasury.

Wilfred Joseph Cripps, writer on antique silver, was his son.[2]

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Notes
  1. "Cripps, Joseph (1765–1847), of Coxwell Street, Cirencester, Glos., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Cripps, Wilfred Joseph" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.


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