Brandon Rhys-Williams

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
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