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- [?1868]-1908 (mostly 1878-1899) (Creation)
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19 bundles (1 large box)
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Biographical history
Aneurin Williams (1859-1924) was a barrister, ironmaster and politician. He was born on 11 October 1859 in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, the second son of Edward Williams, ironmaster, and Mary Elizabeth Williams (née Trick). His father was the son of Taliesin Williams (Ab Iolo) and grandson of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg). The family moved to Middlesbrough in 1865. Williams was a graduate of St John’s College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1884. He was for a time a partner of Linthorpe Ironworks, Middlesbrough. He was Liberal MP for Plymouth (1910), North West Durham (1914-1918) and Consett (1918-1922). In Parliament he was known for his support for co-partnership, profit-sharing, proportional representation and town planning and was chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, 1921-1922. He married Helen Pattinson (d. 1922) in 1888 and they had a son, Iolo Aneurin Williams, and a daughter, Helen Ursula Williams. Aneurin Williams died at Hindhead, Surrey, on 20 January 1924.
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Correspondence of Aneurin Williams, [?1868]-1908, including letters addressed to him from his parents, his siblings and their spouses, and his cousins the Petherick family, 1879-1908; and letters from him to his parents and brothers, [?1868]1899; together with letters from his wife Helen to his mother, 1888-1899; papers relating to his role as executor of the wills of Mary Petherick and Elizabeth Bowman, 1878-1891; and miscellaneous personal papers, 1879-1898.
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Access to this sub-fonds was formerly restricted until 1993.
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- English
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English
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Title based on contents.
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Previous title 'Iolo Aneurin Williams family letters', based on the name of the donor; the contents relate to his father, Aneurin Williams.
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Formerly restricted accession No. 35.