Sir William Peere Williams, 2nd Baronet, MP (''c.'' 1730 – 27 April 1761) was an

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politician in

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. He was born in Clapton,

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, to Sir Hutchins Williams, 1st Baronet of Clapton, and Anne Hutchins. He was

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for New Shoreham from 1758 until his death in 1761. An officer in the

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who served in the

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, Williams was killed at Butalot in the

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in France.Burke, p. 570

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References

*Burke, John, and Bernard Burke.
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland
'' London: J.R. Smith, 1844. * *

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