William Whateley (barrister)

[9][2] In 1826 he represented one of the candidates in the Oxfordshire parliamentary election, and was noted there by John Marriott Davenport for his "platitudes and wit".

[9] In 1847, Whateley stood as a Conservative parliamentary candidate, in South Shields, but was defeated by John Twizell Wawn, the Liberal.

[2][11] Again, in the 1852 United Kingdom general election, he stood as the Conservative candidate for Bath, but was unsuccessful against two Whigs, Thomas Phinn and George Treweeke Scobell.

[12] As Treasurer of the Inner Temple, Whateley gave evidence in 1854 to a parliamentary committee looking into the Inns of Court.

[4][2] Whateley died on 15 November 1862, at Park Street, Westminster, aged 68.