Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead explained

Honorific-Prefix:	The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Williams
Honorific-Suffix:	PC JP
Office:	Member of Parliament for West Dorset
Term Start:	14 May 1895
Term End:	15 November 1922
Predecessor:	Henry Richard Farquharson
Successor:	Philip Colfox
Birth Date:	15 June 1848
Nationality:	British
Party:	Conservative
Spouse:	Rosa Walker Simes (1869-1916; her death)
Children:	8

Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet JP (15 June 1848 – 15 April 1943)^[1] 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,^[2] and held the seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.^[3]

He was made a baronet, in 1915, of Bridehead in the county of Dorset.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with D, part 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231339/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons2.htm . 10 August 2009 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . usurped . 14 January 2010.
2. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 . 1974 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-27-2 . 266.

3. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X . 337.

4. Web site: Baronetage: W . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225237/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsW2.htm . 1 May 2008 . Leigh Rayment's baronet pages . usurped . 14 January 2010.