page_title: William Overend Priestley
hierarchical_section_title: William Overend Priestley
caption_attribution_description: Sir William Overend Priestley. Photograph by Silvy. Iconographic Collections Keywords: portrait photographs; William Overend Priestley
context_page_description: Sir William Overend Priestley was a British physician and Conservative Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1896 to 1900.
  Priestley was born in Leeds and trained in Edinburgh as an obstetrician and gynecologist. He moved to London in 1856, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and was knighted in 1893 in recognition of his medical services.
context_section_description: Sir William Overend Priestley (24 June 1829 – 11 April 1900) was a British physician and Conservative Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1896 to 1900.
  Priestley was born in Leeds and trained in Edinburgh as an obstetrician and gynecologist.  He moved to London in 1856, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and was knighted in 1893 in recognition of his medical services.
caption: Sir William Overend Priestley circa 1860
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