Sir William Mitchell Acworth KCSI (22 November 1850 - 2 April 1925) was a railway economist, barrister and politician. The third son of the Reverend William Acworth of the Hall, South Stoke, near Bath, Somerset, and Margaret née Dundas, he was born at Rothley, Leicestershire, where his father was vicar in 1850. He was educated at Uppingham School and Christ Church, Oxford. He graduated with a masters degree in modern history in 1875. He was married twice. In 1878 he married Elizabeth Louisa Oswald Brown, who died in 1904. In 1923 he married Elizabeth Learmonth Wotherspoon. Wikipedia page [1].