William Barrow Simonds

William Barrow Simonds (28 August 1820 – 29 December 1911) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1880.

Simonds was the son of William Simonds of St. Cross and Abbott's Barton, Hampshire and his wife Helen Barrow, daughter of John Barrow merchant of Bristol. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School.[1] He was a J.P. for Winchester and Hampshire, captain commanding the 1st Hampshire Volunteers, and auditor of King's College, Cambridge.[2]

At the 1865 general election Simonds was elected Member of Parliament for Winchester. He held the seat until 1880.[3]

Simonds died at the age of 91.

Simonds married Ellen Lampard Bowker, daughter of Frederick Bowker of Winchester in 1858.

  1. ^ Charles John Robinson (1883). A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylor's School, from A.D. 1562 to 1874. Printed and published for the editor by Farncombe. pp. 234–. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)