William Sargeant Roden

William Sargeant Roden (24 November 1829 – 25 April 1882)[1] was an English iron master and Liberal politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.

He was educated at Bristol, and became an iron Master in North Staffordshire, and chairman of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway.

[2] Roden was mayor of Hanley, Staffordshire from 1866 to 1868 and was living at Etruria Hall.

[5] He held the seat until the 1874 general election,[1] when he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Robert Heath.

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