William Tipping
English railway company director and Conservative politician
William Tipping JP MP JSA (1816 – 16 January 1897) was an English railway magnate and Conservative politician.
Tipping was born in Liverpool to John Tipping, a Quaker corn merchant. William Tipping was educated at a private school in Tottenham. During his twenties he travelled into Palestine making drawings of archaeological sites, some of which were published in Punch; he was elected to the Society of Antiquaries as a result. He became a director of the London and North Western Railway and in 1857 purchased Brasted Park, at Brasted, Kent, where he helped restore dilapidated cottages, paid for the widening of local roads, and supported local community institutions.
He was persuaded by friends to stand for Parliament. At the 1868 general election, Tipping was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport with 4,498 votes, but he lost the seat at the 1874 general election. He was re-elected for Stockport in 1885, but did not defend his seat at the 1886 general election.
By 1876 he was director of 13 railway companies; one of his responsibilities was to arrange the travel of the royal family. He was also appointed J. P. for Kent, Lancashire, and West Riding of Yorkshire.
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