Sir Thomas Williams, 1st Baronet (c. 1621 – 1712) was a Welsh medical doctor and politician who sat in the

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from 1675 to 1679. He was "Chymical Physician" to King Charles II.

Early life

Williams was the son of Thomas Williams, of Talyllyn, Breconshire, and his wife Mary Pare, daughter of John Pare of Poston, Herefordshire.

Career

He practised medicine in Kent and was admitted on 11 February 1660 as an Extra Licentiate of the College of Physicians, London. He was created M.D. at the

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on 5 March 1669. He became Chymical Physician to Charles II on 19 June 1670, and was created a

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of Eltham (a mistake for Elham, near Canterbury) on 12 November 1674. In 1675, he was elected

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for

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in a by-election to the

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until he was unseated in 1678.

Personal life

Williams married twice. His first marriage, which took place before 1653, was to Anne Hogbeane, daughter of John Hogbeane, barrister of Elham, Kent. This union produced two children: * Sir John Williams (1653–1723), eldest son and heir * Sir Edward Williams (1659–1721), MP for

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Anne died and was buried at Elham on 18 February 1664. He married secondly by licence dated 21 December 1666 Grace Carwardine, widow of Madley, Herefordshire and daughter of Thomas Lewis, of the Moor, Herefordshire. The couple had two further children: * James Williams (d. 1727),

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of St. Paul's * Thomas Williams (d. c. 1700) Sir Thomas died at the age of about 90 and was buried on 12 September 1712, at Glasbury, Breconshire.

References

1620s births 1712 deaths Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1661–1679 Baronets in the Baronetage of England 17th-century English medical doctors Alumni of the University of Cambridge {{17thC-England-MP-stub