William Sneyd (MP)

William Sneyd (c. 1693 – 11 February 1745) was an English politician who briefly sat in the House of Commons in 1718 as Member of Parliament for Lichfield.[1]

He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1710. He also attended the Middle Temple, being called to the bar in 1719.[1] He was elected on 24 April 1718 "by a very great mob with papers in their hats resembling white roses, headed by the same person that was captain of the famous riots at West Bromwich".[2] However, Sneyd was unseated on petition on 10 December.[1]

His cousin Ralph Sneyd was MP for Staffordshire from 1713 to 1715.[3]

Notes

Eveline Cruickshanks, 'SNEYD, William (c.1693-1745), of Bishton, Staffs.', The History of Parliament
Paul Kleber Monod, Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), p. 198.
Stuart Handley, 'SNEYD, Ralph (1692-1733), of Keele Hall and Bradwell, Staffs', The History of Parliament

Parliament of England
Preceded by Walter Chetwynd Samuel Hill	Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1718 With: Samuel Hill	Succeeded by Walter Chetwynd Samuel Hill

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[HoP-1] Eveline Cruickshanks, 'SNEYD, William (c.1693-1745), of Bishton, Staffs.', The History of Parliament

[2] Paul Kleber Monod, Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993), p. 198.

[3] Stuart Handley, 'SNEYD, Ralph (1692-1733), of Keele Hall and Bradwell, Staffs', The History of Parliament