William Harker
William Harker (23 June 1819 – 18 September 1905) was a wool merchant, banker and Liberal politician who represented Ripon.In civic matters, he helped in the development of improved water supply and sewage disposal in Bradford.Harker died in 1905 and, in 1906, his daughter Gertrude had repaired the old Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, which had been deconsecrated and left as a ruin, and established the Harker Memorial in Pateley Bridge Cemetery.Members of the National Federation of Cemetery Friends began to restore the monument.This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub.