Career
Arrol was knighted in 1890, and elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ayrshire at the 1895 general election, serving the constituency until 1906. He served as President of The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland from 1895–1897. He spent the latter years of his life on his estate at Seafield, near Ayr, where he died on 20 February 1913.
His company, Sir William Arrol & Co., continued in business after his death until 1969 when it was acquired by Clarke Chapman.
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