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WILLIAMS, BRANDON MEREDITH RHYS- - gweler RHYS-WILLIAMS, BRANDON MEREDITH
WILLIAMS, CATHERINE ANNE - gweler WILLIAMS, HUGH
WILLIAMS, CHARLES (1633 - 1720), benefactor of his native town majority, subject to the condition that he added the name ' Williams ' to his own surname; this was done in 1729 (see Hanbury-Williams, Sir Charles). In his will, he left £4,000 to found a charity school for thirty boys and twenty girls in Caerleon-on-Usk, and to pay for their apprenticing - so far as the balance permitted; the school was built in 1724. Moreover, in a codicil (23 August 1720), he left a
WILLIAMS, CHARLES (1807? - 1877), principal of Jesus College, Oxford Born in 1807? christened 22 June 1807, third son of William Williams (1765 - 1847), a Dolgelley man who was for fifty-nine years master of Cowbridge grammar school. From that school, Charles Williams went up to Jesus College in 1823, graduated in 1827 with a 'first' in classics and a 'second' in mathematics, and was Fellow of his college from 1829 till 1845. He received a M.A. degree in 1830, B.D
WILLIAMS, Sir CHARLES (bu farw 1642), politician - gweler WILLIAMS, Sir TREVOR
WILLIAMS, Sir CHARLES HANBURY (1708 - 1759), satirical writer and diplomatist Born 8 December 1708, the fourth son of Major John Hanbury, of Pontypool. He was educated at Eton. He was god-son to Charles Williams of Caerleon, who had fled abroad after killing his cousin, William Morgan of Penrhos, in a duel, and had amassed a great fortune in Smyrna. Charles Williams had been aided in returning to this country by John Hanbury, and by his will, dated 7 August 1717, he left
WILLIAMS, Sir CHARLES JAMES WATKIN (1828 - 1884), Member of Parliament, judge Born 23 September 1828, eldest son of the Rev. Peter Williams, rector of Llansannan (later of Llangar) and his wife Lydia Sophia, daughter of James Price, Plas yn Llysfaen, Denbighshire. Educated at Ruthin grammar school, he studied medicine at University College Hospital, London, where he became house surgeon. Deciding to become a lawyer, he entered S. Mary's Hall, Oxford, but did not graduate
WILLIAMS, CHRISTMAS PRICE (1881 - 1965), politician and engineer Born 25 December 1881, the son of Peter Williams and Mary Price his wife, Brymbo Hall, Wrexham, Denbighshire. His father was the managing director of the Brymbo Steel Co. He was educated at Grove Park School, Wrexham, at Mold, and at Victoria University, Manchester, where he graduated B.Sc. (with honours) in science and M.Sc. He earned his living as an engineer at Sheffield, Warrington and South
WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER DAVID (1873 - 1934), artist Born at Maes-teg, Glamorganshire, 7 January 1873, the only son of Evan and Mary Williams. Destined for the medical profession, he eventually overcame parental opposition, and after leaving Oswestry high school and attending art classes at Neath was awarded a scholarship at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. After three years he entered the Royal Academy schools, where he studied under
WILLIAMS, CYRIL GLYNDWR (1921 - 2004), theologian Cyril Williams was born on 1 June 1921 in Pont-iets, Carmarthenshire, the youngest in a family of nine born to David Williams, a coal miner, and his wife Hannah. After having attended for a time the local Elim Pentecostal fellowship, the family returned to Nazareth Congregational chapel where, apart from being more staid and traditionalist, the medium of worship was Welsh. Educated at the
WILLIAMS, D. J. - gweler WILLIAMS, DAVID JOHN
WILLIAMS, DAFYDD RHYS (Index; 1851 - 1931), author and journalist

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