William Johnson Galloway

William Johnson Galloway

William Johnson Galloway (5 October 1868 – 28 January 1931) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.

Galloway was born on 5 October 1868[1][2] in Sale, Cheshire, and was the only son of John Galloway, JP.[3] He was educated at Wellington College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[4][5] He made his home at Old Trafford, near Manchester, and became a partner in W & J Galloway & Sons, engineers and boiler makers, in the city.[3]

He was active in the Conservative Party in Manchester, and at the 1892 general election stood unsuccessfully for the party in the South-Eastern or Rugby Division of Warwickshire.[3][5] In 1895 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester South West. He held the seat until the 1906 general election, when he was defeated by a Labour Party opponent.

Galloway was a Lieutenant in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, later becoming Honorary Colonel of the East Lancashire Royal Engineers, a Volunteer unit (later part of the Territorial Force).[5] During the First World War he was on the staff of the Quartermaster General and also held positions with the Ministry of Information and the Foreign Office.[5]

In 1903, he was elected a director of the Great Eastern Railway Company, becoming chairman of the Locomotive Committee. When the GER was merged into the London and North Eastern Railway, Galloway became a director and was chairman of the Steamships and Continental Committee, a position he held until his death on 28 January 1931, aged 62.[5]

Aside from his Manchester address, Galloway also maintained houses in London and at Skaife (or Scaife) Hall, Otley, Yorkshire.[1][2] He was also a director of the Blackpool Lane Company and of the Carnforth Hematite Iron Company.[2]

He was elected a Member of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in January 1903.[6]

Galloway grave, Weaste cemetery

On his death he was buried in the Galloway family grave at Weaste Cemetery.[7]

  1. ^ a b Dod, Robert P.; Dod, Charles R. (1896). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Vol. 64. London: Whittaker. pp. 248–249.
  2. ^ a b c Lancashire - Biographies - Rolls of Honour. London: Richard J. James. 1917. pp. 153–154.
  3. ^ a b c "The General Election - Biographies of Candidates", The Times, 1 July 1892, p. 5
  4. ^ "Galloway, William Johnson (GLWY888WJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Colonel W. J. Galloway", The Times, 29 January 1931, p. 16
  6. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36985. London. 23 January 1903. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Biographies of people buried between 1930 & 39". Salford Cemeteries Trust. Retrieved 2 October 2013.