Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet (20 July 1764 – 1 December 1830) was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1790 to 1830. Williams was the son of

Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet ( – 19 August 1794), was a British soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1794. Early life Williams was born in 1718 and was the son of Col. Griffith Williams of Arianws, near Lla ...

and his wife Emma Rowland.the Peerage.com
/ref> Williams was elected

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for

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in 1790 and held the seat until 1826. He was then elected MP for

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and held the seat until his death in 1830. Williams died at

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

, France at the age of 66. Williams married Anne Lewis, daughter of Reverend Edward Hughes and Mary Lewis, on 11 June 1799. Their son

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succeeded to the

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, whilst their daughter Eliza Martha married

Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (16 November 1810 – 1 February 1892) was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Warwickshire from 1874 to 1885. Career Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot wr ...

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