Captain Iolo Aneurin Williams (18 June 1890 – 18 January 1962), was a British author, journalist and Liberal Party politician. His son was the composer Edward Williams.
Background[]
Williams was born in Middlesbrough, the son of Aneurin Williams, who was a Liberal member of parliament. He was the brother of Ursula Williams who was also a Liberal politician. He was educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge. In 1920 he married Francion Elinor Dixon. They had one son and two daughters.[1]
Professional career[]
Williams was Bibliographical Correspondent of the London Mercury from 1920–39. He made contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography and the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. He was a published poet and author of the following works;[2]
Publications[]
- Poems, 1915
- New Poems, 1919
- Byways Round Helicon, 1922
- Shorter Poems of the 18th Century, 1923
- Seven 18th Century Bibliographies, 1924
- Editor: plays of Sheridan, 1926
- Elements of Book-Collecting, 1927
- Poetry To-day, 1927
- Where the Bee Sucks, 1929 (illustrated by Katharine Cameron)
- The Firm of Cadbury, 1931
- Points in 18th Century Verse, 1934
- English Folk Song and Dance, 1935
- Flowers of Marsh and Stream (King Penguin), 1946
- Early English Water-Colours, 1952
Political career[]
Williams was Liberal candidate for the Chelsea division of London at the 1924 General Election. Chelsea was a safe Unionist seat, so he was not expected to win. 1924 was not a good election for the Liberals and he duly came a poor third. Despite this, he contested Chelsea again at the 1929 General Election, a better election for the Liberals. He increased the Liberal share of the vote, but still finished third. He did not stand for parliament again.[3]
Electoral record[]
| General Election 1924: Chelsea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare | 13,816 | 65.68 | +8.68 | |
| Labour | Dora Russell | 5,661 | 26.01 | -1.49 | |
| Liberal | Iolo Aneurin Williams | 1,557 | 7.40 | -8.11 | |
| Majority | 8,155 | 38.77 | +9.27 | ||
| Turnout | 29,582 | 71.10 | +7.27 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +5.09 | |||
| General Election 1929: Chelsea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare | 15,480 | 58.4 | -7.2 | |
| Labour | Alfred George Prichard | 6,645 | 25.1 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal | Iolo Aneurin Williams | 4,360 | 16.5 | +9.1 | |
| Majority | 8,835 | 33.4 | -5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 41,945 | 63.1 | -8.0 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -4.1 | |||
See also[]
- Katharine Cameron
- Arthur St John Adcock
References[]
- ↑ ‘WILLIAMS, Iolo Aneurin’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 April 2016
- ↑ ‘WILLIAMS, Iolo Aneurin’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014, accessed 8 April 2016]
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1973, FWS Craig
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