Name Brandon Rhys-Williams Role British Politician | Died May 18, 1988 Party Conservative Party | |
Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1927 – 18 May 1988) was a British Conservative politician.
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Parliamentary career
Rhys-Williams contested Pontypridd in 1959, and Ebbw Vale in the 1960 by-election following the death of Aneurin Bevan as well as the same constituency in the following general election. He was defeated each time in these safe Labour seats.
He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Kensington South by-election, 1968, representing that seat until February 1974, then for Kensington from February 1974 until his death in 1988 aged 60. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 until 1984.
The by-election following Rhys-Williams' death saw Kensington held by the Conservative Dudley Fishburn.
Family
His father, Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams had been a Liberal MP. His mother Juliet Rhys-Williams was another Liberal politician who later joined the Conservative Party and became a member of the Conservative Monday Club.