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He was educated at the Jesuit Stonyhurst College in Lancashire and at Lincoln College, Oxford (MA History). He qualified as a solicitor in 1967 and runs (since 1979) his own law firm, William Cash & Co., (constitutional and administration lawyers). Apart from this he is a member of the wealthy Cash (nametag manufacturers) family. He married, 1965, Bridget Mary née Lee, and they have two sons, and a daughter, Laetitia, who is prominent in society circles. Their son, William Cash, Jr., is a published author. He entered Parliament in 1984 , when he became MP for Stafford in a by-election following the death of Sir Hugh Fraser ; since 1997 he has been MP for Stone , Staffordshire . He has served on various parliamentary committees: the All-Party Committee on East Africa (1988 -), the All-Party Group for the Jubilee 2000 (1997-2000), but more notably the Select Committee on European Legislation (1985 - ), and as chairman of the Conservative Backbench Committee on European Affairs 1989-1991. He is known as a strong eurosceptic and at one point was ringleader of a rebellion over the Maastricht Treaty that almost brought down John Major 's government. He was described by Ken Clarke as the most euro-sceptic Member of Parliament. In 1993 he founded and is chairman of the euro-sceptic European Foundation which was created during the Maastricht Rebellion , the funding for which he organised. He is currently Secretary of the European Reform Forum , and is a Vice-President of the Conservative Small Business Bureau (1986- ), After he became leader, fellow Maastricht rebel Iain Duncan Smith gave him the post of shadow Attorney General in 2001 , and in 2003 was made a spokesman on Constitutional Affairs . He lives at Upton Cresset Hall, near Bridgnorth , Shropshire . REFERENCES & PUBLICATIONS
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