Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative politician.
Career
Rhys-Williams contested Pontypridd in 1959, and Ebbw Vale in the 1960 by-election following the death of Aneurin Bevan as well as the same constituency in the following general election. He was defeated each time in these safe Labour seats. The by-election following Rhys-Williams" death saw Kensington held by the Conservative Dudley Fishburn.
His father, Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams had been a Liberal Member of Parliament.
Catalogue of the Rhys-Williams papers held at London School of Economics.
Membership
44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament. 46th United Kingdom Parliament.
47th United Kingdom Parliament.
48th United Kingdom Parliament. 49th United Kingdom Parliament.
50th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) in the Kensington South by-election, 1968, representing that seat until February 1974, then for Kensington from February 1974 until his death in 1988 aged 60. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 until 1984.
His mother Juliet Rhys-Williams was another Liberal politician who later joined the Conservative Party and became a member of the Conservative Monday Club.