Background
He is the son of the former North Cornwall Conservative Member of Parliament, Alfred Martyn Williams (1898–1986).
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Hugh Williams
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Williams was educated at Eton College and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1970.
Career
Business He set up his own accountancy practice in 1973, first at a small farm on Dartmoor, moving to Plympton in 2001. He is also the owner of Saint Edward"s Press, an independent publisher. In 2004, he met Marta Andreasen and subsequently (through Street Edward"s press) published Brussels Laid Bare.
He stood as a UKIP candidate in the 2005 and 2010 general elections in the Devon South West constituency.
He was elected to UKIP’s National Executive Committee in 2010 where he was subsequently appointed as UKIP’s Deputy National Treasurer. After the 2014 European elections he succeeded as National Treasurer.
Williams" self-published history book From Ur to Us, Everything you Need to Know about History attracted strong criticism for a number of claims such as Winston Churchill admiring Hitler and the German invasion of Poland being provoked by Polish aggression.
Membership
A former Conservative supporter, in 2003, Williams became a member of UKIP. Williams is a former member of the Dartmoor National Park Authority.
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Political Party
United Kingdom Independence Party