Background
Williams was the son of Thomas Williams, of Talyllyn, Breconshire, and his wife Mary Pare, daughter of John Pare of Poston, Herefordshire.
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Thomas Williams
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University of Cambridge.
Career
He was "Chymical Physician" to King Charles World War II He practised medicine in Kent and was admitted on 11 February 1660 as an Extra Licentiate of the College of Physicians, London. He was created Doctor of Medicine at the University of Cambridge on 5 March 1669. He became Chymical Physician to Charles II on 19 June 1670, and was created a baronet of Eltham (a mistake for Elham, near Canterbury) on 12 November 1674.
Williams died at the age of about 90 and was buried on 12 September 1712, at Glasbury, Breconshire.
Williams married twice. This union produced two children:
Sir John Williams (1653–1723), eldest son and heir
Sir Edward Williams (1659-1721), Member of Parliament for Breconshire
Anne died and was buried at Elham on 18 February 1664.
The couple had two further children:
James Williams (d 1727), Prebendary of Saint Paul"s
Thomas Williams (d c 1700).
Membership
Cavalier Parliament]
In 1675, he was elected Member of Parliament for Weobley in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament until he was unseated in 1678.
