William Patrick Adam
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The Right Honourable William Patrick Adam CIE DL |
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| First Commissioner of Works | |
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In office 11 August 1873 – 17 February 1874 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Acton Smee Ayrton |
| Succeeded by | Lord Henry Lennox |
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In office 3 May 1880 – 1880 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Hon. Gerard Noel |
| Succeeded by | George Shaw-Lefevre |
| Paymaster-General | |
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In office 30 September 1873 – 17 February 1874 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Hugh Childers |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Cave |
| Governor of Madras Presidency | |
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In office 20 December 1880 – 24 May 1881 |
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| Preceded by | The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
| Succeeded by | William Huddleston (acting) |
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| Born | 14 September 1823 |
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24 May 1881 (aged 57) Ooty, British India |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Emily Wyllie (1838–1906) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL (14 September 1823 – 24 May 1881) was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.
Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles Adam, son of William Adam, only surviving son of the architect John Adam, brother of architects Robert Adam and James Adam. His mother was Elizabeth Brydone, daughter of Patrick Brydone, while John Adam and Sir Frederick Adam were his uncles. He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1849.
Adam was secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Lord Elphinstone (his second cousin), from 1853 to 1858. In 1859 he was elected Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and Kinross, a seat he held until 1880. He served as a Lord of the Treasury under Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell from 1865 to 1866 and under William Ewart Gladstone from 1868 to 1873. In August 1873 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed First Commissioner of Works by Gladstone. In September of the same year he was given the additional post of Paymaster-General, and retained both offices until the fall of the Gladstone government in February 1874.
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