Background
Best was the son of West B Best, and was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
Best was the son of West B Best, and was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
He was educated at Shrewsbury School before graduating from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1844.
He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1846, and practised on the Oxford Circuit. He was a counsel to the Palace Court from 1847 until its abolition in 1849. Best married Mary Smith of Ismere House, Worcestershire in April 1848.
He died in Llandudno, North Wales in June 1865, aged 44.
15th United Kingdom Parliament]
On 5 September 1849 he was elected to the House of Commons as Peelite Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Kidderminster.