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Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom

Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet Justice of the Peace was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Background

Williams, Robert was born on June 15, 1848. Son of Robert Williams and Mary Anne, daughter of Reverend J. W. Cunningham, Harrow.

Education

Eton; Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

Member of Parliament (Conservative) West Dorset. Director Williams Deacon’s Bank, Limited. Director of Wiltshire and Dorset Bank.

Director of London and South-Western Railway. Honourable Colonel 4th Battalion Dorset Regiment.

Politics

Conservative.

Membership

25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament.

28th United Kingdom Parliament.

29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament.

31st United Kingdom Parliament]

He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for West Dorset at a by-election in May 1895, and held the seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.

Connections

Father:
Robert Williams

Mother:
Mary Anne