From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams
Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks Succeeded by
Thomas Jewell Bennett 1923–1924 Herbert Walter Styles
Ronald Samuel Ainslie Williams (2 April 1890 – 10 Decem- [3] F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results,
ber 1971) was an English Liberal Party politician. 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow,
1949 p. 390
Family and education [4] F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results,
1918-1949 (Political Reference Publications, Glasgow,
Williams was the second son of Frank Williams of Brasted 1949), p. 390
Hall in Kent. He was educated at Repton School and the [5] Who was Who, OUP 2007
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1918 he married [6] http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/
Cicely Monro. They had a son and two daughters. [1] Scommons2.htm
Career External links
Williams was a professional soldier and reached the rank • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by
of Major in the Royal Artillery. He also served as a Justice Ronald Williams
of the Peace in Wiltshire from 1936 until 1964. [2] Persondata
Name Williams, Ronald Samuel Ainslie
Politician Alternative names
Williams first stood for Parliament at the 1923 general Short description British politician
election, as Liberal candidate for Sevenoaks in Kent. He
Date of birth 2 April 1890
defeated the sitting Conservative Member, Sir Thomas
Bennett, in a straight fight, by a majority of 669 votes. [3] Place of birth
This was the first, and so far only time, that Sevenoaks Date of death 10 December 1971
has been represented by a non-Conservative. Place of death
Williams defended his seat unsuccessfully at the 1924
general election, when in another straight fight with new
Tory candidate Captain H. W. Styles he lost his unexpect-
ed gain by 5,814 votes. [4]
He did not stand for election to the House of Com-
mons again. However, after the Second World War, Wil-
liams had a local government career in Wiltshire. He was
a member of Wiltshire County Council from 1945 to 1952
and served as an Alderman.[5]
Death
Williams died on 10 December 1971 aged 81 years. [6]
References
[1] Who was Who, OUP 2007
[2] Who was Who, OUP 2007
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