Constituency Dates
Bedford 15 Dec. 1707 – 1710
Bedfordshire 1715 – 1722
Family and Education
bap. 24 Apr. 1676, 1st s. of Thomas Hillersden, M.P., of Elstow by Mary, da. of John Forth of Hackney, Mdx. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1693; I. Temple 1693. m. by 1705, Elizabeth, da. of William Farrer of Biddenham, Beds., 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 1698.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Beds. 1700–2.

Address
Main residence: Elstow, Beds.
biography text

William Hillersden, whose father had represented Bedford in three Parliaments under William III, was descended from Sir Thomas Hillersden, who bought the site of Elstow abbey in 1616.1Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. Publ. v. 75-93. Returned for the county in 1715, he voted with the Administration in all recorded divisions, receiving the whip through his father-in-law, the chairman of ways and means. Defeated by a Tory in 1722, he died 6 Apr. 1725.

Author
R.S.L.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. Publ. v. 75-93.