Researching William Clement
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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
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William James Clement
William James Clement (1802 – 29 August 1870) was an English surgeon and a Liberal Party politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1870.
Clement was the son of William Clement who was a medical practitioner in Shrewsbury for over sixty years. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at the University of Edinburgh.
He was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, a Fellow of the Society of Apothecaries, surgeon to the 1st battalion of the Shropshire Rifle Volunteers, and in actual practice as a surgeon. He authored Observations in Surgery and Pathology and in 1834 was awarded the Fothergillian Gold Medal of the Medical Society of London. In writing An Account of Two Cases of Intestinal Obstruction, in which the operation for the formation of an artificial anus was performed; one in the ascending, the other in the descending colon he claimed to have been the first surgeon in Great Britain who successfully opened the ascending colon for intestinal obstruction.
He was an Alderman, Mayor of Shrewsbury for 1861–62, a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Merionethshire and a J.P. for Shrewsbury borough. At the 1865 general election Clement was elected Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury. He held the seat until his death aged 68 in 1870. He was buried at the General Cemetery in Longden Road, Shrewsbury.
Clement married Tryphosa Freme, daughter of W. P. Freme of Wepre Hall, Flintshire in 1845.
Source: William James Clement, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Pope Clement
William Pope Clement, (August 26, 1887 – 1982) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Kitchener from 1929 to 1930.
The son of Edwin Perry Clement and Janie Elizabeth Bowlby, Clement was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) on August 26, 1887. He was educated there and at the University of Toronto. In 1912, he entered the practice of law in the family firm of Bowlby, Colquhoun and Clement. In 1936, Clement was named King's Counsel. He later served as Crown Attorney for Waterloo County.
In 1915, he married Muriel Alberta Kerr.
Clement played organ for three different churches in Kitchener, sang with the Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir and played viola for 25 years with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra.
Clement died on May 21, 1982 at the age of 94. He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery along with his wife and daughter Elizabeth who preceded him in death.
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