{{Short description|English merchant and politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Use British English|date=August 2017}} '''William Towerson''' (died c. 1630) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.

Towerson was a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. He was the first Deputy-Governor of the Irish Society from 1610 to 1613. He was on the Committee of the East India Company from 1619 to 1622, until retiring after the execution of his brother Gabriel in the Amboyna massacre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/towerson-william-i-1563-1630|title=TOWERSON, William I (c. 1563–1630), of Fenchurch Street, London|accessdate=2015-11-08}}</ref>

In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for City of London. He was elected MP for Portsmouth in 1628 and sat until 1628 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.<ref name=Alders>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67223&amp;strquery=Towerson |title= Aldermen in Parliament for other constituencies|series= The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III – 1912 |year=1908|pages= 261–297|access-date=2015-11-08|work=British History Online}}</ref>

Towerson died between 7 May 1630 when he made his will and 16 January 1631 when it was proved.<ref name=Alders/>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|en}} {{s-bef | before= Nicholas Fuller | before2= Sir Henry Montague | before3= Robert Myddelton | before4= Sir Thomas Lowe }} {{s-ttl | title=Member of Parliament for City of London | with= Robert Heath | with2= Robert Bateman | with3= Sir Thomas Lowe | years=1621–1622 }} {{s-aft | after= Sir Thomas Middleton | after2= Heneage Finch | after3= Robert Bateman | after4= Martin Bond }} {{s-bef | before= Sir James Fullerton | before2= Thomas Whatman }} {{s-ttl | title=Member of Parliament for Portsmouth | with= Owen Jennens | years=1628–1629 }} {{s-non| reason= Parliament suspended until 1640}} {{s-end}}

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