William Hucks

William Hucks (1672–1740) was an English brewer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1709 and 1740.

His father owned the Horn brewery in Duke Street, Bloomsbury.

[1] He inherited the brewery when his father died in 1691 and worked it with his brothers and later his son.

He stood again at the 1708 general election, and though defeated in the poll, was returned as Member of Parliament for Abingdon on petition on 20 January 1709.

He followed Whig policies by supporting the naturalization of the Palatines in 1709 and the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710.