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]
Galloway grave, Weaste cemetery
On his death he was buried in the Galloway family grave at Weaste Cemetery.[6]
Publications[]
Galloway published at least three books:[2]
- Musical England
- Operatic Problem
- Advanced Australia
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 64. London: Whittaker. 1896. pp. 248–249. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081634358;q1=galloway;start=1;size=100;page=root;view=image;seq=254;num=248.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lancashire - Biographies - Rolls of Honour. London: Richard J. James. 1917. pp. 153–154. https://archive.org/stream/lancashirebiogra00lanc#page/152/mode/2up.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The General Election - Biographies of Candidates", The Times, 1 July 1892, p.5
- ↑ "Galloway, William Johnson (GLWY888WJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=%22GLWY888WJ%22&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Obituary: Colonel W. J. Galloway", The Times, 29 January 1931, p.16
- ↑ "Biographies of people buried between 1930 & 39". Salford Cemeteries Trust. http://www.weasteheritagetrail.co.uk/salford-people/biographies/entry/william-johnson-galloway-mp.htm. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
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