Sir William Watson Rutherford, 1st Baronet was a Conservative party politician in the United Kingdom.
Career
Rutherford was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1900 general election for the Liverpool Scotland constituency. He served as mayor of Liverpool between 1902 and 10 January 1903 when he resigned, and was re-elected on 4 February 1903 for a second term. He was made a baronet on 24 July 1923.
He developed the Rutherford Code for transmitting chess moves over a telegraph.
Membership
27th United Kingdom Parliament. 28th United Kingdom Parliament. 29th United Kingdom Parliament.
30th United Kingdom Parliament.
31st United Kingdom Parliament. 32nd United Kingdom Parliament]
He was the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Liverpool West Derby from 1903 to 1918, and for Liverpool Edge Hill from 1918 to 1923.