William Johnson Galloway

William Johnson Galloway (5 October 1868 – 28 January 1931) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.

William Johnson Galloway

Galloway was born on 5 October 1868[1][2] in Sale, Cheshire, and was the only son of John Galloway, JP.[3] He was educated at Wellington College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[4][5] He made his home at Old Trafford, near Manchester, and became a partner in W & J Galloway & Sons, engineers and boiler makers, in the city.[3]

He was active in the Conservative Party in Manchester, and at the 1892 general election stood unsuccessfully for the party in the South-Eastern or Rugby Division of Warwickshire.[3][5] In 1895 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester South West. He held the seat until the 1906 general election, when he was defeated by a Labour Party opponent.

Galloway was a Lieutenant in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, later becoming Honorary Colonel of the East Lancashire Royal Engineers, a Volunteer unit (later part of the Territorial Force).[5] During the First World War he was on the staff of the Quartermaster General and also held positions with the Ministry of Information and the Foreign Office.[5]

In 1903, he was elected a director of the Great Eastern Railway Company, becoming chairman of the Locomotive Committee. When the GER was merged into the London and North Eastern Railway, Galloway became a director and was chairman of the Steamships and Continental Committee, a position he held until his death on 28 January 1931, aged 62.[5]

Aside from his Manchester address, Galloway also maintained houses in London and at Skaife (or Scaife) Hall, Otley, Yorkshire.[1][2] He was also a director of the Blackpool Lane Company and of the Carnforth Hematite Iron Company.[2]

Galloway grave, Weaste cemetery

On his death he was buried in the Galloway family grave at Weaste Cemetery.[6]