| Sir Osmond Williams | |
| Honorific Suffix: | Bt JP DL |
| Term Start: | 22 March 1909 |
| Term End: | 28 January 1927 |
| Predecessor: | W. R. M. Wynne |
| Successor: | The Lord Harlech |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament for Merioneth |
| Term Start2: | 1900 |
| Term End2: | 1910 |
| Predecessor2: | Owen Morgan Edwards |
| Successor2: | Sir Henry Haydn Jones |
| Birth Name: | Arthur Osmond Wynn Williams |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Llanfihangel-y-Traethau, Merionethshire, Wales |
| Death Place: | Australia |
| Education: | Eton College |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Parents: | David Williams Anne Louisa Loveday Williams |
| Children: | 6 |
| Relations: | Alice Williams (sister) Leonard Williams (brother) Dacre Smyth (grandson) |
Sir Arthur Osmond Wynn Williams JP DL (17 March 1849 – 28 January 1927) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician. He became Constable of Harlech Castle, and Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire.
He was born at Llanfihangel-y-Traethau, Merionethshire, Wales on 17 March 1849. He was the eldest surviving son of Anne Louisa (née Loveday) Williams and David Williams, M.P. for Merioneth from 1868 to 1869. Among his siblings was brother Dr. Leonard Williams, the prominent physician and writer, and sister Alice Williams, the painter and welfare worker.[1]
Williams was educated at Eton.
He was elected as Liberal M.P. for Merioneth at the 1900 general election and held the seat until 1910.[2]
Williams served as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Caernarvonshire, Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Merioneth, and constable of Harlech Castle. In 1909, he was created a baronet of Castell Deudraeth and Borthwen,[3] and from 22 March 1909 to 28 January 1927, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire.[4]
On 3 August 1880, he married Frances Evelyn Greaves (1855–1926) in Lillington, Warwickshire. She was a daughter of John Whitehead Greaves and Ellen (née Stedman) Greaves. Together, they were the parents of six children, including:[5]
Lady Williams died on 10 August 1926. Sir Osmond died in Australia on 28 January 1927. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, Michael Osmond Williams, 2nd Baronet (1914–2012),[10] who married Benitha Mary Booker, daughter of George Henry Booker.[11]