Name William Hussey | Role Politician | |
William Hussey (c.1724 – 26 January 1813) was an English businessman and politician.
He was baptised on 1 Jan 1725, the son of John Hussey, Mayor of Salisbury in 1737. On his father's death in 1739 William inherited property in Wiltshire and Dorset and became a successful clothier in Salisbury. In 1755 he was elected a councillor for the city, becoming an alderman in 1756 and mayor in 1759.
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for St Germans 11 June 1765 – 1768, Hindon 1768–74 and Salisbury from 1774 to his death on 26 January 1813.
He had married twice:firstly Mary, the daughter of John Eyre of Landford Lodge, Wiltshire, with whom he had a daughter and secondly Jane, the daughter of Robert Marsh, a London merchant and Governor of the Bank of England, with whom he had a son and another daughter.