MP for Great Marlow
What position did Thomas Peers Williams take from Dec 1832 to Dec 1834?
Thomas Peers Williams Lt.-Col . Thomas Peers Williams ( 27 March 1795 – 8 September 1875 ) was MP for Great Marlow 1820–1868 . He was Father of the House of Commons from December 1867 to 1868 . Peers Williams owned a house and estate called Craig-y-Don , near Beaumaris on Anglesey . He also had a residence at Temple House , Bisham , Berkshire , near Marlow . He was active in the Anglesey Hunt . He first became an MP in 1820 for the constituency of Great Marlow ( usually known as Marlow ) , and retired in 1868 after serving 48 years . In the last year , he was Father of the House of Commons from December 1867 , succeeding Henry Cecil Lowther who had entered the House in 1812 and retired as MP in 1867 . Family background . His grandfather Thomas Williams ( 1737–1802 ) was a prominent attorney and active in the copper industry . He was the son of one Owen Williams of Cefn Coch in Llansadwrn , who owned also Tregarnedd and Treffos . About 1785 , Williams became chief agent of copper mines owned partly by the earl of Uxbridge and partly by the family of Llysdulas ; for a time both parties entrusted the management to Williams alone . He was closely associated with the Uxbridge family and helped several sons get elected to Parliament . In 1790 , probably with help from the earl of Uxbridge , he was elected for Great Marlow , and held the seat till his death on 30 November 1802 . ( The seat was won in 1820 by his grandson and retained until 1868 ) . Four generations from Thomas Williams of Llanidan to his great-grandson Lt-General Owen Lewis Cope Peers Williams ( d . 1904 ) held the Great Marlow seat with intervals , from 1790 until 1885 . His son Owen Williams ( 1764–1832 ) , also MP for Great Marlow , married Margaret Hughes , and had a son Thomas Peers Williams ( the subject of this article ) . Three of the younger Thomass daughters were married to members of the House of Lords , two others to sons of lords . The elder Thomass descendants gradually released their hold on the copper industry ; they are now remembered as owners of the Craig-y-don estate and the founders of banks . Several were Members of Parliament . Marriage and children . Peers Williams married 27 August 1835 Emily Bacon ( d . 24 November 1876 ) , daughter of Anthony Bushby Bacon of Benham Park and later of Elcot Park , both in Berkshire Lt Col Thomas Peers Williams had at least two sons and several daughters who married into the peerage . - Lieutenant General Owen Lewis Cope Williams ( 12 July 1836 Berkeley Square , London – 2 October 1904 Temple House , Bisham ) of Craig-y-Don , Llandegfan , Anglesey ( which he sold 1884 ) , and Temple House , Bisham , Berkshire , sometime MP for Great Marlow 1880–1885 . He married 1stly 18 August 1862 Fanny Florence Caulfeild ( 1838 Florence , Italy – 28 July 1876 Berwick House , Stable Yard , St . Jamess , London ) , younger daughter of St.George Francis Caulfeild and yr sister of Emily , Countess of Lonsdale by whom he had issue 1 son , Owen Gwynedd St . George Williams ( 1865–1893 , killed in the Matabele War ) . He married 2ndly 1882 Nina Mary Adelaide Sinclair , daughter of Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair , Bt . Owen Williams had two sons , who both predeceased him . - Hwfa Williams ( died 1926 ) , who with his wife was prominent in the court of Edward VII . He was manager of Sandown Park racecourse , created about 120 years ago . He married in 1881 to Florence Farquharson . - Gwenfra Williams had a daughter Julie who became Princess Korybut-Woroniecki by her marriage to Prince Krzysztof Korybut-Woroniecki . They had two children . Jan Korybut-Woroniecki — a London restaurateur , and Marysia Korybut-Woroniecka — a fashion business executive based in New York . - Margaret Elizabeth Williams ( 24 November 1838 – 10 August 1909 ) , married 12 August 1866 as his 2nd wife Sir Richard Mostyn Lewis Williams-Bulkeley , 11th Baronet ( 20 May 1833 – 28 January 1884 ) of Baron Hill , Anglesey ; son of Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley , 10th Baronet ( 1801–1875 ) . Sir Richard and Madge Williams-Bulkeley had one daughter , Bridget Henrietta Frances , who married Benjamin Seymour Guinness , of Anglesey ; they were parents of Thomas Loel Guinness . - Emily Gwendoline Williams ( July 1839 – 9 November 1932 ) , known as Gwen , wife since 1863 of the 2nd Earl Cowley ; she lived at Bodwen on the Isle of Wight overlooking Wotton Creek . She died at the age of 92 and had a daughter , Eva . - Edith Peers-William ( died 23 June 1897 ) , who married 1871 Heneage Finch , 7th Earl of Aylesford ( 1849–1885 ) , and had two daughters . The Earl and his wife separated in 1877 , when she became involved with the married Marquess of Blandford , the future 8th Duke of Marlborough . In 1881 , she bore a son , later known as Guy Bertrand ( b . 4 November 1881 Paris , christened 1883 ) . This son was baptized only in June 1883 St Mary-le-Strand , London as a son of the 7th Earl . His claims to the peerage ( made by his mother Edith ) were denied by the House of Lords in July 1885 . Edith , Countess of Aylesford never married Lord Blandford who went on to marry an American heiress . The Earl of Aylesford attempted to divorce his wife , but was himself found guilty of adultery , and thus the decree nisi was cancelled . - Blanche Mary Williams ( 1844 – 1 July 1914 ) married 15 January 1866 Lt Col Lord Charles John Innes-Ker ( 31 December 1842 – 19 November 1919 ) , 2nd son of the 6th Duke of Roxburghe , and had issue . - Nina Janet Bronwen Williams ( died 1939 ) , known as Bronwen , married 1870 Hon Seton Montolieu Montgomerie ( 15 May 1846 – 26 Nov 1883 ) a younger son of the 13th Earl of Eglinton & Winton , and had issue three daughters ; Alswen , Viva and May . - Evelyn Katrine Gwenfra Williams ( 1855 – 11 March 1939 West Green House , Hartley Wintney , Hants ) , who married firstly 7 March 1882 the 3rd Duke of Wellington ( 1846–1900 ) in 1882 ; they had no issue . She remarried in 1904 , as his third wife , a Wellesley cousin Col . Hon . Frederick Arthur Wellesley ( 1844–1931 ) , a son of the 1st Earl Cowley and younger brother of the 2nd Earl Cowley , husband of her sister , Emily . Landownership . The grandson Thomas Peers Williams was a considerable landowner in Wales , as recorded with in 1873 . He owned estates in Anglesey and Berkshire , and elsewhere . References . - Biography of Thomas Williams , the grandfather , from the National Library of Wales . Accessed 24 February 2008 . - Viva Seton Montgomerie ( 1954 ) . My Scrapbook of Memories . Original draft . Eglinton Archive . - Leigh Rayment . Fathers of the House of Commons . Last updated 6 December 2006 , and accessed 24 February 2008 . - Leigh Rayment . Members of Parliament for Great Marlow . Last updated 6 April 2007 , and accessed 24 February 2008 . External links . - Ancestry and descendants of Thomas Peers Williams . Retrieved 27 November 2012 .