Sir William Rutherford, 1st Baronet

For other people called William Rutherford, see William Rutherford.

Sir William Watson Rutherford, 1st Baronet (1853 – 3 December 1927) was a Conservative party politician in the United Kingdom.

Rutherford was an unsuccessful candidate in the 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 (MP) 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.

References

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir William Rutherford

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Samuel Wasse Higginbottom	Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby 1903–1918	Succeeded by Sir F. E. Smith
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill 1918–1923	Succeeded by John Henry Hayes
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet 1923–1927	Succeeded by (John) Hugo Rutherford