The Dudley-Williams Baronetcy, of the city and of the county of the

city of Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal com ...

, is a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E ...

. It was created on 2 July 1964 for the aeronautical engineer and Conservative politician, Sir

Rolf Dudley-Williams Sir Rolf Dudley Dudley-Williams, 1st Baronet (17 June 1908 – 8 October 1987), born Rolf Dudley Williams, was a British aeronautical engineer and Conservative Party politician. Royal Air Force career Williams was born in Plymouth, son of maste ...

. On receiving the baronetcy, on 29 June 1964 Williams changed his surname to Dudley-Williams by

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. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the second Baronet, who succeeded in 1987. Journalist Marina Hyde is the daughter of the second Baronet.

Dudley-Williams baronets, of Exeter (1964)

*Sir Rolf Dudley Dudley-Williams, 1st Baronet (1908–1987) *

Sir Alastair Edgcumbe James Dudley-Williams, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(born 1943) The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Malcolm Dudley-Williams.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dudley-Williams Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom