Background
West, William Cornwallis Cornwalliswas born in 1835. 2nd son of late F. R. West, grandson of 2nd Earl Delaware, and Theresa, daughter of Captain Whitby, Royal Navy.
West, William Cornwallis Cornwalliswas born in 1835. 2nd son of late F. R. West, grandson of 2nd Earl Delaware, and Theresa, daughter of Captain Whitby, Royal Navy.
Eton. Bare. Lincoln’s Inn, 1862.
Contested Lymington, 1874. West. Cheshire Liberal, 1880. Member of Parliament West. Division, Denbighshire, 1885-1892, when he joined the Liberal Unionist party, but has since acted with the Conservatives.
Lord-Lieutenant of Denbighshire since 1872. Honourable Colonel 4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Community College for Denbighshire and Justice of the Peace for Hampshire.
Clubs: Brooks’s, Windham, United Empire, Hurlingham.