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Charles Hanbury Williams
British politician, diplomat and writer (1708–1759)
This article is about the British politician, diplomat and writer. For other people called Charles or Charlie Williams, see Charles Williams.
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, KB (8 December 1708 – 2 November 1759) was a British politician, diplomat and writer. He was a Member of Parliament from 1734 until his death.
Early life
[edit]Hanbury was the son of a Welsh ironmaster and Member of Parliament, John Hanbury, and his second wife, Bridget Ayscough, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Ayscough of Stallingborough and South Kelsey. With his father's marriage to Bridget came a fortune of £10,000 and connections with established political families. His mother was a close friend of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.
Charles went to Eton, where he befriended the novelist Henry Fielding. In 1720, he assumed the name of Williams, under the terms of a bequest from his godfather, Charles Williams of Caerleon.
Career
[edit]Williams entered Parliament in 1734, representing the Monmouthshire constituency as a supporter of Robert Walpole, and held the seat until 1747. In 1754 he was returned to the commons as member for Leominster, holding the seat until his death.
From 1747 to 1750, Williams
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Sir Charles Hanbury Williams KB (8 Dec 1708 - 2 Nov 1759) was an Humanities poet, wounding writer, take precedence diplomat.
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Charles Williams (British writer)
British writer, theologian, and literary critic (1886-1945)
This article is about the British writer born in 1886. For other people called Charles or Charlie Williams, see Charles Williams (disambiguation). For the British writer born in 1971, see Charlie Williams (British writer).
Charles Walter Stansby Williams (20 September 1886 – 15 May 1945) was an English poet, novelist, playwright, theologian and literary critic. Most of his life was spent in London, where he was born, but in 1939 he moved to Oxford with the university press for which he worked until his death.
Early life and education
[edit]Charles Williams was born in London in 1886, the only son of (Richard) Walter Stansby Williams (1848–1929) and Mary (née Wall). His father Walter was a journalist and foreign business correspondent for an importing firm, writing in French and German,[1][2] who was a 'regular and valued' contributor of verse, stories and articles to many popular magazines.[3] His mother Mary, the sister of the ecclesiologist and historian J. Charles Wall,[3] was a former milliner (hatmaker),[4] of Islington. He had one sister, Edith, born in 1889. The Williams family lived in 'shabby-genteel' circumstances