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Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead

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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Politician

Political party
  
Conservative

Died
  
April 15, 1943


Children
  
8

Party
  
Conservative Party

Name
  
Sir Williams,

Succeeded by
  
Philip Colfox

Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead

Preceded by
  
Henry Richard Farquharson

Born
  
15 June 1848 (
1848-06-15
)

Spouse(s)
  
Rosa Walker Simes (1869-1916; her death)

Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet JP (15 June 1848 – 15 April 1943) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dorset at a by-election in May 1895, and held the seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.

He was made a baronet, in 1915, of Bridehead in the county of Dorset.

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Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead Wikipedia