Sir William Prescott, 1st Baronet
- Sir William Prescott, 1st Baronet
Sir William Henry Prescott, 1st Baronet CBE, DL (1874 – 15 June 1945) was a British engineer and Conservative Party politician.
He was elected at the 1918 general election as Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham North, but stood down at the 1922 election.
He was later chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board, and two massive steam-driven pumping engines at Kempton Park Pumping Station were named "William" and "Bessie" after Prescott and his wife. [ [http://www.oncom.org.uk/journal/kemptonengine.htm Kempton steam engines] ]
Prescott was awarded a CBE in 1920 for his role is raising troops in Tottenham. [London Gazette Issue 31840 published on the 26 March 1920. Page 14 of 114] He was knighted in 1921, [London Gazette Issue 32563 published on the 30 December 1921. Page 3 of 12] and in the King's Birthday Honours 1938, he was honoured for his work with the water board by being made a baronet, of Godmanchester in the county of Huntingdon. [London Gazette Issue 34518 published on the 7 June 1938. Page 1 of 26]
He was appointed in 1924 as a Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex. [London Gazette Issue 32973 published on the 12 September 1924.]
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*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/tcommons2.htm Historical list of MPs: T (part 2)]
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