William Edward Leonard Shenton

William Shenton
Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
In office 1 June 1927 – 1927
Appointed by	Sir Cecil Clementi
Preceded by	Henry Pollock
Succeeded by	Henry Pollock
In office 3 April 1928 – 4 April 1936
Appointed by	Sir Cecil Clementi Sir William Peel
Preceded by	D. G. M. Bernard
Succeeded by	J. J. Paterson
Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office 1 June 1927 – 1927
Appointed by	Sir Cecil Clementi
Preceded by	Henry Pollock
Succeeded by	Henry Pollock
In office 3 April 1928 – 4 April 1936
Appointed by	Sir Cecil Clementi Sir William Peel
Preceded by	D. G. M. Bernard
Succeeded by	S. H. Dodwell
Personal details
Born	18 March 1885 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Died	1967 (aged 82) Isle of Wight, England
Occupation	Solicitor

Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton (1885–1967) was an English solicitor who worked in Hong Kong.

Born on 18 March 1885 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, he was the son of William Shenton and Eleanor Johnson. He went to the Northgate School at St. Thomas, Hampshire around 1901. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1908 and rose to the head of the well-known Hong Kong legal firm of Deacons. He was also the chairman of the Union Insurance Society of Canton.

He was appointed member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong temporarily in 1927 and again from 1928, until his retirement and returned to England in 1936. He was also member of the legal sub-committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. He was made Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours of 1923.

He died in 1967 in Isle of Wight, England. He had a daughter Yvonne Eleanor Mutch Shenton who was a keen horeswoman and married Cecil Edward Sanford Barclay but were divorced in 1957.

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