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Sir William George Perring (17 March 1866 –24 August 1937) [1] was a British Conservative politician.
A member of Paddington Borough Council,he served as mayor of Paddington from 1911 to 1912. [2] He was first elected to the House of Commons at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Paddington North,when he stood as a Coalition Conservative (a holder of the "coalition coupon" issued to supporters of the coalition government led by David Lloyd George"). He was re-elected at the next three elections,and retired from the House of Commons at the 1929 general election. [3]
Perring laid the foundation stone for the Porchester Centre in Bayswater in 1923,and opened the building in 1925. He also bequeathed a sculpture,The Reading Girl,which remains part of the entrance hall in this Grade II* listed building. [4] [5]
He died on 24 August 1937,aged 71. [1]
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