Sir William Hutt was born in Lambeth, Surrey in 1791. He was educated privately at Ryde, Isle of Wight, and Camberwell. He graduated BA (1827) and MA (1831) from Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1831 he married Mary Milner. She died in 1860, and the following year he married again.
Hutt entered Parliament as MP for Hull in 1832, a title he held until 1841. He then successfully stood as MP for Gateshead, a seat which he retained for over 30 years.
Hutt was a member of the select committee on colonial lands in 1836, and a commissioner for the foundation of South Australia. He was heavily involved in the colonisation of New Zealand, being a member of the New Zealand Association and of the select committee on New Zealand in 1840. Hutt helped form the New Zealand Company, of which he was later a director and chairman.
Hutt challenged the "conventional wisdom" that the workers were initially at a disadvantage in dealing with management, a disadvantage which justified the militant action of trade unions.
Hutt's work on the economic impact of the labour unions in the nineteenth century drew his attention to the rise of the vote-buying motive in politics as the working classes gained the vote.
Hutt argued that many economists had sacrificed their intellectual integrity by supporting "politically feasible" policies instead of telling unpopular truths about the policies that were required to handle the depression.
Lower Hutt is a city in the lower North Island of the country of New Zealand.
Within months of settlement, however, the Hutt River flooded, and the settlers decided to move the new colony to Thorndon, in what is now the heart of Wellington, though some settlers remained at the north end of the harbour.
Lower Hutt also continues to act as one of Wellington's dormitory areas and a significant proportion of the population commutes to the commercial and Government offices in Wellington 12 km to the south-west.
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