Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, 2nd Baronet (14 November 1927 – 18 May 1988) was a British Conservative politician.
Family background
His father, Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, had been a Liberal MP. His mother, Juliet Rhys-Williams, was another Liberal politician who later joined the Conservative Party and became a member of the Conservative Monday Club. After his father's death, Brandon Rhys-Williams inherited his estate at Miskin.[1]
Parliamentary career
Rhys-Williams contested Pontypridd in 1959, and Ebbw Vale in the 1960 by-election following the death of Aneurin Bevan as well as the same constituency in the following general election. He was defeated each time in these safe Labour seats.
He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1968 Kensington South by-election, representing that seat until February 1974, then for Kensington from February 1974 until his death in 1988 aged 60. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 until 1984.
The by-election following Rhys-Williams' death, from leukaemia, at the age of sixty,[1] necessitated a by-election in which Kensington was held for the Conservatives by Dudley Fishburn.
References
- ^ a b John Graham Jones. "Rhys-Williams, Brandon Meredith (1927-1988), Conservative politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- 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
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 Rhys Rhys-Williams | Baronet (of Miskin) 1955–1988 | Succeeded by Arthur Rhys-Williams |