Hi Annual Report of the Council. 



to such an extent as to necessitate the provision of larger 

 premises, which they procured at Openshaw. 



Sir Wilham was a man of strong views, broad-minded, 

 adhering strictly to what he considered to be right. He married, 

 in 1876, Miss Mabel Gordon, daughter of Dr. Francis Anderson, 

 Inspector-General of Hospitals in India. In 1875 he was elected 

 a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was 

 well known for the assistance and active co-operation he was always 

 prepared to give to philanthropic and sociological work. To his 

 munificence is due the founding of the Crossley Sanatorium, for 

 the reception of consump'ive patients, at Delamere. Of this insti- 

 tution he became chairman. He financed an increase in the 

 accommodation of the Convalescent Home at Bowdon, Cheshire. 

 He was also chairman of the Boys' and Girls' Refuges at 

 Strangeways ; chairman of the Manchester Hospitals for Con- 

 sumptives; President of the Young Men's Christian Association, 

 Manchester ; and Treasurer of the United Kingdom Alliance. 

 He was a Justice of the Peace for Manchester and for the 

 County of Cheshire; and in 1901 he was elected a member of 

 the Cheshire County Council. He also was one of the pro- 

 moters of the Manchester Ship Canal, and became one of the 

 Board of Directors of the Ship Canal Company. In 1903 the 

 Corporation of Manchester conferred upon him the honorary 

 freedom of the city. 



Despite the many demands upon his energies Sir William 

 found time to devote himself to parliamentary duties, and he 

 sat as Member for the Altrincham Division of Cheshire from 

 1906 to 1910. He was re-elected at the contest in January, 

 19 10, but he lost the seat in December of the same year. In 

 1909 King Edward conferred a baronetcy upon him. 



Sir William was a member of this Society from 1895 until 

 he passed away on Thursday, October 12th, 191 1, in a 

 IVTanchester Nursing Home, after an illness of but a few days' 

 duration. R- F- H. 



