William Sneyd (MP for Lichfield)

William Sneyd (c. 1693 – 11 February 1745) was an English politician who briefly sat in the House of Commons in 1718 as Member of Parliament for Lichfield.

[1] Sneyd was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1710.

[2] He also attended the Middle Temple, being called to the bar in 1719.

[1] He was elected on 24 April 1718 "by a very great mob with papers in their hats resembling white roses, headed by the same person that was captain of the famous riots at West Bromwich".

[1] His cousin Ralph Sneyd was MP for Staffordshire from 1713 to 1715.