William McArthur

I have been intrigued by a William McArthur, colleague of Sir Ernest Schiff, and have gradually been collecting information about him that I need to sort out.

1901 Census
Name: William M Mcarthur
Age: 43
Born In: 1858
Profession: London Stock Exchange Agent

Name	William Mcarthur
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1911
Event Place	Folkestone, , Kent, England
County	Kent
Parish	Folkestone
Sub-District	Folkestone
Registration District	Elham
Gender	Male
Age	53
Marital Status	MARRIED
Occupation	STOCK BROKER
Birth Year (Estimated)	1858
Birthplace	Galsgow Resident, Lanarkshire
Relationship to Head of Household	Visitor
Line	30
Page	4

1891

William Mcarthur Head England and Wales Census, 1891

birth: 1860 Scotland residence: 1891 Eltham, London, England

spouse: Constance Mcarthur child: Lawrence Mcarthur other: Maud Mcarthur, Amelia Clare, Eleanor Shirlaw, Martha Gardener, Elizabeth Stout

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
William Mcarthur	Head	M	31	Scotland
Constance Mcarthur	Wife	F	31	London, England
Lawrence Mcarthur	Son	M	0	Kent, England
Maud Mcarthur	Visitor	F	15	Kent, England
Amelia Clare	Servant	F	49	Cliffton Grange, Buckinghamshire, England
Eleanor Shirlaw	Servant	F	26	Kent, England
Martha Gardener	Servant	F	24	London, England
Elizabeth Stout	Servant	F	16	Kent, England

1881

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
William Mc Arthur	Head	M	50	Derry, Ireland
Sarah Mc Arthur	Wife	F	29	Middlesex, England
William Mc Arthur	Son	M	23	Glasgow, Scotland
Agnes C Mc Arthur	Daughter	F	18	Glasgow, Scotland
Ethel M Mc Arthur	Daughter	F	5	Blackheath, Kent, England
Arthur E Mc Arthur	Son	M	3	Blackheath, Kent, England
Annie Chield	Servant	F	24	Toberton, Hampshire, England
Margaret Savage	Servant	F	17	Ashford, Kent, England

1871

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
John Bell	Head	M	45	Cumberland
Hannah Bell	Wife	F	47	Cumberland
Henry Bell	Son	M	23	Cumberland
John Bell	Son	M	21	Derbyshire
Francis Bell	Son	M	9	Lewisham, Kent
Henry Graham	Father-in-law	M	80	Brigham, Cumberland
Josiah Hodgson	Assistant	M	20	Cumberland
Augustas Falk	Assistant	M	20	Paddington, Middlesex
George Farncomb	Assistant	M	21	London
John Olney	Servant	M	18	Luton, Bedfordshire
Emma Magney	Servant	F	27	Walsingham, Norfolk
Hannah Robertson	Servant	F	18	London, Middlesex
Annie Featherston	Servant	F	19	East Sutton, Kent
Mary A Gayler	Servant	F	17	Deptford, Kent
Henry A Wenham	Pupil	M	13	Blackheath, Kent
Robert Reynolds	Pupil	M	14	Portugal
Walpole Best	Pupil	M	13	Orpington, Kent
Chigel Money	Pupil	M	14	Aylesford, Kent
James Henry Moy	Pupil	M	12	London, Middlesex
Henry Parker	Pupil	M	13	Greenwich, Kent
John Bath	Pupil	M	15	Bexley, Kent
Frederick Bath	Pupil	M	12	Blackheath, Kent
Sydney Bath	Pupil	M	9	Hackney, Middlesex
Charles Franklin	Pupil	M	17	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
William Mcarthur	Pupil	M	13	Glasgow, Scotland
Arthur Nettlefield	Pupil	M	14	Hackney, Middlesex
Horace Nettlefield	Pupil	M	10	Hackney, Middlesex
Henry Semark	Pupil	M	13	Windsor, Berkshire
Sydney Prestige	Pupil	M	14	Deptford, Kent
Alexander Prietch	Pupil	M	15	Belgium
Herman Prietch	Pupil	M	13	London, Middlesex
John Page	Pupil	M	14	East Indies
Burton Ellis	Pupil	M	16	Hambledon, Surrey
James Barber	Pupil	M	15	Deptford, Kent
Davie Anderson	Pupil	M	14	Scotland
Charles Sheather	Pupil	M	15	London, Middlesex
William Brown	Pupil	M	14	Hastings, Surrey
Florentine Jenner	Pupil	M	14	London, Middlesex
John Webb	Pupil	M	17	Acton, Middlesex
James Welch	Pupil	M	15	Glamorganshire
Richard Hughes	Pupil	M	11	Hackney, Middlesex
Bernard Harrison	Pupil	M	15	Derbyshire
George Downing	Pupil	M	14	London, Middlesex
Walter Downing	Pupil	M	11	London, Middlesex
Charles Ellis	Pupil	M	14	Lewisham, Kent
George Badger	Pupil	M	13	Derbyshire
Andrew Badger	Pupil	M	12	Derbyshire
Sydney Pook	Pupil	M	10	London, Middlesex
Frank Venef	Pupil	M	8	Hastings, Sussex
William Fisher	Pupil	M	12	Singapore

This William McArthur appears to have been a relation.

The Right Honourable Sir William McArthur KCMG, JP, DL
William McArthur's caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1881.
Member of the British Parliament for Lambeth
In office 8 December 1868 – 18 December 1885 Serving with Baronet Lawrence
Preceded by	Thomas Hughes
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Lord Mayor of London
In office 1 January 1880 – 31 December 1880
Preceded by	Francis Wyatt Truscott
Succeeded by	John Whittaker Ellis
Personal details
Born	6 July 1809 Malin, Ireland, UK
Died	16 November 1887 (aged 78) Derry, Ireland, UK
Resting place	West Norwood Cemetery, London, England
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Marianne McElwaine (m. 1843; his death 1887)
Profession	Businessman, manager

Sir William McArthur, KCMG JP DL (6 July 1809 – 16 November 1887)[1] was an Irish businessman and Lord Mayor of London, and a Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885.
Biography[edit]

McArthur was born at Malin, County Donegal,[2] the son of Rev. John McArthur, a Methodist minister in Londonderry.[3] In 1821 he was apprenticed to a woollen draper in Enniskillen. He moved to Lurgan in 1825 where he was a merchant and in 1831 established a drapery business in Derry initially in a partnership, but later on his own. In 1841 his brother Alexander McArthur went to Australia and the business was trading with several destinations in Australia.[2] McArthur became an alderman of Derry. In 1857 McArthur moved the business to the City of London where he also became chairman of the Star Assurance Company, and was a director of the City Bank, the Bank of Australasia and the Australian Telegraph Co. He was a J.P. for Surrey and a Deputy Lieutenant for the City of London.[3]

McArthur was involved in the opening of Methodist College Belfast in 1865.[4] At the 1865 general election McArthur stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in Pontefract.[5] From 1867 to 1868 he was Sheriff of London and Middlesex.[3] At the 1868 general election McArthur was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lambeth,[6] and held the seat until borough was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.[1][6] He was elected an alderman of London for Coleman Street in 1872 and became Lord Mayor of London in 1880. He was one of the founders of the London Chamber of Commerce in 1881 and was made KCMG in 1882.[2]