Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet
Politician
1853 – 1927
Who was Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet?
Sir William Watson Rutherford, 1st Baronet was a Conservative party politician in the United Kingdom.
Rutherford was an unsuccessful candidate in teh 1900 election for the Liverpool Scotland constituency. He served as mayor of Liverpool between 1902 and 10 January 1903 when he resigned, and was re-elected on 4 February 1903 for a second term He became Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby from 1903 to 1918, and for Liverpool Edge Hill from 1918 to 1923.
He was made a baronet on 24 July 1923. He developed the Rutherford Code for transmitting chess moves over a telegraph.
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