William Hunter (Aberdeen MP)

William Alexander Hunter (8 May 1844 – 21 July 1898)[1] was a Scottish jurist and Liberal politician.

He was educated at Aberdeen grammar school and university.

He entered the Middle Temple, and was called to the English bar in 1867, but then was occupied mainly with teaching.

[4] In the House of Commons he was a prominent supporter of Charles Bradlaugh; he was the first to advocate old age pensions, and in 1890 carried a proposal to free elementary education in Scotland.

In 1895 his health broke down;[2] he resigned his seat in Parliament on 24 April 1896 by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.