William Augustus Adam

William Augustus Adam (27 May 1865 – 18 October 1940)[1] was a British Army officer[2] and Conservative Party[3] politician.

He was born with the surname "Adams" but later changed his name.

Career

Adam was a member of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers of the British army, and fought in the Second Boer War and First World War, and reached the rank of major. He fought on the Japanese side in the Russo-Japanese War.

In 1906, the Army Council decided that Major Adam should be made to retire, owing to his unsuitability as a cavalry leader. Those events would later give rise to the litigation in Adam v Ward.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woolwich in the January 1910 general election, but was defeated in the second election that year.[1][3]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  2. Burke, John (1914). John Burke (ed.). Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of peerage, baronetage and knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. p. 976.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 60. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Will Crooks		 Member of Parliament for Woolwich
January 1910 – December 1910		 Succeeded by
Will Crooks


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