About Robert Williams
Lived 1811 – 1890 (aged 79). Robert Williams was a British politician and banker.
Robert Williams (23 January 1811 – 7 June 1890) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life Williams was born on 23 January 1811. He was the eldest son of the English banker and politician Robert Williams MP and the former Frances Turner of Putney. He later inherited the Bridehead estate near Dorchester, Dorset, which his father had purchased around 1797.
Career He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dorchester at the 1835 general election, and held the seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1841 general election.
Personal life He had married twice: firstly to Mary Anne Cunningham, the daughter of Rev. John William Cunningham, the Vicar of Harrow, on 7 September 1847. Before her death on 1 September 1855, they had two sons and three daughters, including:
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British politician (1811-1890)
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Robert Williams was born on 23 January 1811.
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Robert Williams died on 7 June 1890 in Dorset, England.
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Robert Williams was a politician and banker.
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