William Hyslop Sumner was an American lawyer, soldier, and writer, and the son of Governor Increase Sumner. He graduated from Harvard College in 1799, and practiced law. He served as a general in the Massachusetts militia. Sumner wrote The History of East Boston and died in 1861.
- Occupation
- military leader
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 4, 1780
- Died
- 1861
