John Shiress Will

John Shiress Will QC, born John Will (1840 – 24 May 1910)[1] was a British legal writer and politician. He was born in Dundee, the son of John Will, a merchant, and his wife Mary Chambers. He was educated at Brechin Grammar School and afterwards at the University of Edinburgh and at King's College London, although he graduated from neither. In 1861, he was admitted to the Middle Temple, being called to the bar in 1864. In 1883 he was made Queen's Counsel, and was made a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1888.

John Shiress Will

In 1885, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Montrose Burghs, a position he was re-elected to in 1886, 1892, and 1895. He was a strong supporter of William Ewart Gladstone, and resigned his seat on 5 February 1896 by taking the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead[2] so that John Morley could be re-elected[3] after a defeat in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
  2. Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  3. "No. 26715". The London Gazette. 25 February 1896. p. 1123.

Sources
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Edward Baxter		 Member of Parliament for Montrose Burghs
1885 – 1896		 Succeeded by
John Morley


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