Name William Gillon | ||
William Downe Gillon (31 August 1801 – 7 October 1846) was a Scottish Whig politician.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was elected at the 1831 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lanark Burghs. That constituency was abolished by the Scottish Reform Act 1832, and at the 1832 general election he was returned for the new Falkirk Burghs. He was returned unopposed in 1835 and 1837, but defeated at the 1841 general election by the Conservative Party candidate William Baird.
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