William Warner (Conservative politician)

Brigadier-General William Ward Warner, CMG (14 March 1867 – 21 March 1950) was a British Indian Army officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who rose to become a brigadier-general in the newly created Royal Air Force towards the end of the First World War.

William Warner
Member of Parliament
for Mid Bedfordshire
In office
29 October 1924  10 May 1929
Preceded byFrederick Linfield
Succeeded byMilner Gray
Personal details
Born(1867-03-14)14 March 1867
Died21 March 1950(1950-03-21) (aged 83)
Political partyConservative
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army (1887–1918)
Royal Air Force (1918)
Years of service1887–1907
1914–18
RankBrigadier-General
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of Saint Anna, 3rd Class (Russia)
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2rd Class (Russia)

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Warner served in India. He retired from the Indian Army in 1907 but rejoined the British Army early in 1915 after the outbreak of World War I. His first post was as a staff officer in the Directorate of Military Aeronautics and in 1916 he became the Assistant Adjutant-General at the Directorate.

From 1919 to 1922 he was a member of London County Council for Fulham.

From 1924 to 1929 he was the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire. In later life he was Chairman of the General Hydraulic Company.

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