Humphrey Willyams Explained

Humphrey Willyams
Office:	Member of Parliament for Truro
Term Start:	11 January 1849
Term End:	8 July 1852
Predecessor:	John Ennis Vivian Edmund Turner
Successor:	John Ennis Vivian Henry Vivian
Alongside:	John Ennis Vivian
Birth Date:	1792
Nationality:	British
Party:	Whig

Humphrey Willyams (1792 – 7 May 1872)^[1] was a British Whig politician.^{[2] [3]}

Willyams was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Truro at a by-election in 1849—caused by the death of Edmund Turner—and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "T" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 21 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180715143848/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Tcommons2.htm. 15 July 2018 . usurped . 15 July 2018.
2. News: Aberdeen Press and Journal . 15 July 2018 . 17 January 1849 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
3. News: Election Intelligence . 15 July 2018 . Berkshire Chronicle . 13 January 1849 . 2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
4. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 312.