Ralph Champneys Williams

Ralph Champneys Williams

Sir Ralph Champneys Williams CMG (born in Anglesey, Wales: March 9, 1848; died in London, England: June 22, 1927) was a colonial governor.

Williams, educated at The King's School, Chester and Rossall School joined the colonial service in 1884 and his first post was to Bechuanaland. He then served at Pretoria, South Africa, Gibraltar and Barbados before returning to Bechuanaland at the height of the Second Boer War. Williams was governor of the Windward Islands prior to his appointment as governor of Newfoundland in 1909.

While governor of Newfoundland Williams travelled throughout the island and the coast of Labrador. He was opposed to confederation with Canada and desired to maintain Newfoundland's individuality and hold fast Britain's last tie to North America. In 1913 he published his memoirs, "How I Became a Governor". Two Newfoundland towns were renamed for him: Salmon Cove, Trinity Bay, became Champneys, and Greenspond, White Bay, became Williamsport.

See also

* Governors of Newfoundland
* Colonial heads of Botswana (Bechuanaland)
* Colonial Heads of the Windward Islands
* List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
* List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador

External links

* [http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g61.html Biography at Government House "The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador"]


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