Brandon Rhys-Williams

Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1927 – 18 May 1988) was a British Conservative politician.

Rhys-Williams was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Kensington South by-election, 1968, representing that seat until 1974, then for Kensington from 1974 until his death in 1988 aged 60. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 until 1984.

His father, Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams had been a Liberal Party MP. His mother Juliet Rhys-Williams was a Liberal Party (UK) politician who later joined the Conservative Party and became a member of the Conservative Monday Club.

References

• The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1987
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• The National Library for Wales:Digital of Welsh Biography (Sir Brandon Rhys-Williams)

Archives

• Catalogue of the Rhys-Williams papers held at LSE Archives

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Brandon Rhys-Williams

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Lloyd Roots	Member of Parliament for Kensington South 1968 – Feb 1974	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Kensington Feb 1974 – 1988	Succeeded by Dudley Fishburn
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams	Rhys-Williams Baronets 1955 – 1988	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Gareth Ludovic Emrys Rhys-Williams