Richard Williams

Richard Williams (1835 – 15 June 1906) was a Welsh antiquarian and solicitor.

Biography Williams was born in 1835 at Bont Dolgadfan, Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire. He was the son of William Williams. Richard went to schools in Llanbrynmair and Newtown, and later at Bala Calvinistic Methodist College.

Williams worked in several law offices beginning in 1851 and became a solicitor in 1866. He moved to Newtown in 1869, and spent the remainder of his life there. He was an agent for Stuart Rendel, the first Liberal Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire. His extensive library was donated to the National Library of Wales as part of the library's founding in 1907.