Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet
Sir Robert Williams | |
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Sir Robert and Lady Williams at Fryars. A visiting child Henry Keppel entertains them with a handstand. | |
| Member of Parliament for Beaumaris | |
| In office 1826–1831 | |
| Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire | |
| In office 1790–1826 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1764 |
| Died | 1 December 1830 (aged 66) Nice, France |
| Spouse |
Anne Lewis (m. 1799) |
| Children | 2+, including Richard |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | John Eardley-Wilmot (son-in-law) |
Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet (20 July 1764 – 1 December 1830) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1790 to 1830.
Biography
Williams was the son of Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet and his wife Emma Rowland.[1]
Williams was elected Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire in 1790 and held the seat until 1826. He was then elected MP for Beaumaris and held the seat until his death in 1830.[2]
During the invasion crisis of 1803 he raised and commanded the 'Loyal Snowden (sic) Riflemen' in Caernarfonshire as a Captain and was also a Major in the Anglesey Loyal Volunteers under Colonel Viscount Bulkeley. When the volunteers declined he followed Bulkeley and most of the other Loyal Volunteer officers in transferring to the Anglesey Local Militia in 1809.[3][4]
Williams died at Nice, France at the age of 66.
Williams married Anne Lewis, daughter of Reverend Edward Hughes and Mary Lewis, on 11 June 1799. Their son Richard succeeded to the baronetcy, whilst their daughter Eliza Martha married Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet.
References
- ^ the Peerage.com
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Baillieston to Beckenham
- ^ Bryn Owen, History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: 1: Anglesey and Caernarfonshire, Caernarfon: Palace Books, 1989, ISBN 1-871904-00-5, pp. 105–6, 112, 121.
- ^ War Office, A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.