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Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, 2nd Baronet (born Brandon Meredith Rhys Williams; 14 November 1927 – 18 May 1988) was a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kensington South from 1968 to 1974, and for Kensington from 1974 until his death.




Background


Brandon Meredith Rhys Williams was born in 1927. 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. He took the surname Rhys-Williams in 1938. He was educated at Eton College and Bolton Technical College. From 1946 to 1948, he was in the Welsh Guards.
After his father's death, Brandon Rhys-Williams inherited his estate at Miskin.




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. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 until 1984.




Personal life and death


Rhys-Williams and his wife, the former Caroline Foster, had one son and two daughters. He lived in London and Groes-faen.
On 18 May 1988, Rhys-Williams died from pneumonia, as a complication of leukaemia, at Westminster Hospital, aged 60. In the subsequent by-election for Kensington, the seat was held for the Conservatives by Dudley Fishburn. Rhys-Williams was buried at St David's Church in Groes-faen.




References



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


Catalogue of the Rhys-Williams papers held at LSE Archives




External links


Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Brandon Rhys-Williams

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