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William Adams (30 September 1752 – 21 September 1811) was a British merchant and Tory politician. He was born the eldest son of William Adams of Totnes, Devon. He was made Mayor of Totnes for 1780-81, 1788-89 and 1797-98 and served as town Recorder from 1807 to 1811. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title= ADAMS, William (1752-1811), of Bowden, nr. Totnes, Devon ) 〕 He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Plympton Erle in 1796. He resigned that seat to be elected MP for Totnes in Devon, his native town, at a by-election in June 1801,〔 and was returned unopposed to the House of Commons at the next three general elections, holding the seat until his death in 1811 at the age of 58.〔〔(''The House of Commons, 1790-1820'', Volume 1 by R. G. Thorne, p. 38. )〕 In 1810〔Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.380〕 he was residing in Bowden House, Ashprington, near Totnes, which he had purchased from the Trist family in about 1800.〔Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.195〕 ==Marriage & progeny== In 1774 he married Anna Maria Dacres, daughter of Richard Dacres of Leatherhead, Surrey and wet nurse to HRH Princess Amelia, by whom he had progeny 2 sons and 2 daughters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Adams (1752–1811)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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