| Cyril Herbert Williams | |
| Honorific Suffix: | CMG OBE |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1908 |
| Death Place: | Sussex |
| Alma Mater: | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Known For: | Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province (1951-56) |
| Occupation: | Colonial Administrator |
| Nationality: | British |
Cyril Herbert Williams (1908-1983) was Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province of Kenya (1951–56).[1] [2] [3]
Cyril Herbert Williams was born on 27 December 1908, the son of Thomas Ethelbert Williams. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Jesus College, Cambridge.[1] In 1929 he played for Cambridge in the Varsity Match, earning a blue, and also played for Bedford in the 1930–31 season.[4]
Williams entered the colonial service in Kenya in 1931, later becoming Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province (1951–56), a member of the Kenya Council of State (1961–64) and Chairman of Naivasha County Council (1963).[1] He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1949 and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1956.[1]
Williams married Patricia Joy Collyer on 15 February 1936.[5] They had a son and twin daughters. Williams died on 27 November 1983.