Robert Williams (23 January 1811 – 7 June 1890)[1] was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Robert Williams | |
|---|---|
| High Sheriff of Dorset | |
| In office 1855–1855 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Oglander Bt |
| Succeeded by | Charles James Radclyffe |
| Member of Parliament for Dorchester | |
| In office 1835–1841 Serving with Henry Ashley | |
| Preceded by | Robert Williams Sr. Henry Ashley |
| Succeeded by | Sir James Graham, Bt Henry Ashley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1811 |
| Died | 7 June 1890 (aged 79) Bridehead, Dorset, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouses | Mary Anne Cunningham
(m. 1847; died 1855)Lady Emily Leslie-Melville
(m. 1858) |
| Children | 5, including Sir Robert Williams, Bt |
| Parent | Robert Williams |
Early life
editWilliams was born on 23 January 1811. He was the eldest son of the English banker and politician Robert Williams MP and the former Frances Turner of Putney. He later inherited the Bridehead estate near Dorchester, Dorset, which his father had purchased around 1797.
Career
editHe was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dorchester at the 1835 general election,[2] and held the seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1841 general election.[2] In 1855 he was appointed Sheriff of Dorset.[3]
Personal life
editHe had married twice: firstly to Mary Anne Cunningham, the daughter of Rev. John William Cunningham, the Vicar of Harrow, on 7 September 1847. Before her death on 1 September 1855, they had two sons and three daughters, including:[3]
- Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet (1848–1943), who married Rosa Walker Simes, daughter of Nathaniel Simes.[4]
- John Arthur Williams (1849–1892).
After the death of his first wife, he married, secondly, Lady Emily Maria Leslie-Melville (1815–1896) on 18 November 1858. Lady Emily was the eldest daughter of John Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven and Harriet, Countess of Leven (a daughter of Samuel Thornton MP).[3]
Williams died at Bridehead in Dorset in 1890. His widow, Lady Emily Williams, died on 10 March 1896.
Descendants
editThrough his son, Sir Robert, he was grandfather of Sir Philip Williams, 2nd Baronet (1884–1958), who married Margaret Peek, daughter of Sir Cuthbert Peek, 2nd Baronet and the former Hon. Augusta Louisa Brodrick (a daughter of William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton).[4]
References
edit- ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with D, part 2". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 172. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ a b c Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Volume 2).
- ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "Sir Robert Williams, 1st Bt". www.thepeerage.com. The Peerage. Retrieved 28 February 2020.