1. William Woodall, was a British Liberal politician, philanthropist and supporter of women's suffrage.
13 Facts About William Woodall
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William Woodall was the elder son of William Woodall, of Shrewsbury, and his wife Martha.
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William Woodall was educated at the Crescent Congregational Schools, Liverpool.
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William Woodall thereafter trained as a gas engineer at the works of the Liverpool Gas Company.
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William Woodall was later taken into a business partnership by his father-in-law, who operated a china works at the Washington Works at Burslem.
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William Woodall became a senior partner in the firm, after James Macintyre's death in December 1868.
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William Woodall was a member of the Royal Commission on Technical Education from 1881 to 1884.
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William Woodall served as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance under William Ewart Gladstone in 1886, and as Financial Secretary to the War Office under Gladstone and later Lord Rosebery from 1892 to 1895.
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William Woodall was on the Care of Blind and Deaf Mutes Royal Commission from 1886 to 1889, was a member of the Royal Commission on Technical Instruction, and authored the report of the Select Committee on Volunteer Acts.
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William Woodall became leader of the woman suffrage party in the House of Commons in 1884, and several times unsuccessfully presented bills for the introduction of women's suffrage.
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William Woodall was a firm supporter of Irish Home Rule.
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William Woodall became the Chairman of the Sneyd Colliery Company in North Staffordshire, one of the oldest coal mines in the UK, which he was said to own.
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William Woodall was a great traveler, and was one of the first to enter Paris after the Siege of Paris, which is recorded in his book Paris After Two Sieges.