William Retlaw Williams

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William Retlaw Jefferson Williams (c. 1863 – 20 March 1944) was a Welsh writer, solicitor, genealogist, and historian.

Life

He was born in Aberclydach, Brecknockshire in 1863. He ran a genealogical business and became a solicitor in 1884. From 1895 to 1901 he published books on the history of Wales and several English counties. He left notes for an unfinished book about the parliamentary history of Ireland. He died on 20 March 1944 and was buried at Llansanffraid churchyard.

Personal life

His father John James Williams was a surgeon and a captain of the 1st Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers. He had three siblings including Welsh writer Alice Matilda Langland Williams.

Works

Title page of his book on the parliamentary history of Wales

Title page of his book on the parliamentary history of Gloucester

• The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, from the earliest times to the present day, 1541-1895, comprising lists of the representatives, chronologically arranged under counties, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, together with particulars of the various contested elections, double returns and petitions (1895)
• The parliamentary history of the county of Hereford, including the city of Hereford and the boroughs of Leominster, Weobley, Bromyard, Ledbury and Ross, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1896. comprising lists of the representatives, chronologically arranged, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members together with particulars of the various contested elections, double returns, and petitions (1896)
• The parliamentary history of the county of Worcester, including the city of Worcester, and the boroughs of Bewdley, Droitwich, Dudley, Evesham, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove and Pershore, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1897, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members (1897)
• The parliamentary history of the county of Gloucester, including the cities of Bristol and Gloucester, and the boroughs of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1898, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members (1898)
• The parliamentary history of the county of Oxford, including the city and university of Oxford, and the boroughs of Banbury, Burford, Chipping Norton, Dadington, Witney, and Woodstock, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1899, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members (1899)
• The history of the great sessions in Wales, 1542-1830, together with the lives of the Welsh judges, and annotated lists of the chamberlains and chancellors, attorney generals, and prothonotaries of the four circuits of Chester and Wales; the lord presidents of Wales, and the attorney generals and solicitor generals of the marches (1899)
• Official lists of the duchy and county palatine of Lancaster from earliest times to the present day, with biographical and genealogical notices (1901)

References

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