WILLIAMS
,
DAVID
(
Dewi Heli
;
1799
-
1869
),
solicitor and Liberal Member of Parliament for Merioneth
;
b.
30 June 1799
at
Saethon
in the parish of
Llanfihangel-Bachellaeth, Caerns.
, son of
David
Williams
and
Margaret
his wife. He was articled to his brother
John
Williams
(
high sheriff
of
Merioneth
,
1841-2
), then a
solicitor
at
Llanfyllin, Mont.
, and practised at
Pwllheli
and
Portmadoc
, becoming also controller of the
Madocks estate
. In course of time he
acquired much property
, forming the estate associated with the house called
Castell Deudraeth
,
Merioneth
, formerly called
Bron Eryri
, where his brother
John
formerly resided.
David
Williams
had
literary interests
and
contributed to some Welsh periodicals
; letters which he wrote to
Ebenezer
Thomas
(
Eben Fardd
)
and
John
Thomas
(
Siôn Wyn o Eifion
) are preserved in
N.L.W. Cwrt Mawr MS. 404
. He was
clerk of the peace
for
Merioneth
,
1842-59
, one of the
deputy-lieutenants
for
Merioneth
and
Caernarvonshire
,
high sheriff
for
Merioneth
,
1861-2
, and for
Caernarvonshire
,
1862-3
. He contested
Merioneth
as a
Liberal
in
1859
and
1865
, unsuccessfully, but he won the seat in
1868
. He m.
25 Sept. 1841
,
Annie Louisa
Loveday
(d.
16 June 1904
), daughter of
William
Williams
, of
Peniarthucha, Mer.
,
barrister-at-law
, and they had a large family; the eldest and the youngest sons are briefly noticed below. He d.
15 Dec. 1869
, and was buried at
Penrhyndeudraeth
.
David
Williams
was succeeded in the
Deudraeth estate
by his eldest son
(
Sir
)
ARTHUR
OSMOND
WILLIAMS
(
1849
-
1927
),
1st baronet
,
Liberal Member of Parliament
for
Merioneth
,
1900-10
. Born
17 March 1849
, he was educated at
Eton
, was
justice of the peace
and
deputy-lieutenant
for
Caernarvonshire
,
chairman of quarter sessions
for
Merioneth
,
constable
of
Harlech castle
,
lord-lieutenant
of
Merioneth
,
1909-27
, and created a
baronet
in
1909
.
Sir
Osmond
Williams
d.
28 Jan. 1927
, in
Australia
. He had m.,
3 Aug. 1880
,
Frances Evelyn
Greaves
; their elder son,
OSMOND
TRAHAEARN
DEUDRAETH
WILLIAM
(
1883
-
1915
), served in the
South African War
, was a
captain
in the newly-formed
Welsh Guards
in the
first Great War
, and was
killed in action
in the
battle of Loos
,
1915
.
The youngest son of
David
Williams
was
Leonard Llewelyn Bulkeley
Williams
(
1861
-
1939
),
physician
in
London
and
writer
. Born
2 Oct. 1861
, he was educated at
Marlborough
, at the
University of Glasgow
(where he took his medical degrees), and in
France
and
Germany
. He
wrote articles to medical and scientific journals
and was the
author of numerous books dealing, mainly, with medicine
,
Paris
,
Spain
, and the
Spanish
language; for titles of some of his publications see
Who's Who
,
1939
, and the obituary notice in
The Times
,
21 Aug. 1939
. He d.
20 Aug. 1939
.
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952),
Aberystwyth
