William Ernest Brymer

Who was William Ernest Brymer?

William Ernest Brymer was a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two stages between 1874 and 1906.

Brymer was born at Bath, the son of John Brymer of Ilsington, Dorchester, Dorset and his wife Eliza Mary Tugwell, only daughter of George Tugwell of Crowe Hall, near Bath. He was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a J.P. for Dorset, and a captain in the Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry. He was patron of livings of Charlton Mackrell rectory Somerset, Child Okeford rectory, and Puddletown vicarage Dorset.

In the 1874 general election Brymer was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester and held the seat until it was replaced under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. He was High Sheriff of Dorset in 1887. In 1891, Brymer was elected Member of Parliament for South Dorset and held the seat until 1906.

Brymer lived at Ilsington House, Dorset. He died at Jerez, Spain, at the age of 69.