WRIGHT, SIR WILLIAM SHAW, brother of Alfred Wright (qv); b. 9 Mar 1843; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); QS 1857; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 25 May 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; one of a committee of Cambridge undergraduates who in 1863 drew up the first code of rules for Association Football; a corn merchant at Hull, Yorks.; Chairman, Hull and Barnsley Railway Co.; Chairman, Humber Conservancy Board; knighted 29 Jul 1914; JP Yorkshire North Riding 1913; m. 12 Jun 1866 Anna, second dau. of Benjamin Vipan, Sutton, Cambs.; d. 10 Nov 1914.
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