William Fletcher (31 January 1831 – 6 August 1900)[2][3] was a British Liberal Party politician.
He was Liberal MP for Cockermouth for a short period between 1879 and 1880.
[4] He was elected to the seat at the 1879 by-election, which was caused by his brother Isaac Fletcher's suicide.
Fletcher was one of the first directors of the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway, and chairman of Cleator and Workington Junction Railway.
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