Henry Roberts Williams was an Australian politician.

Born in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

 to William James Lanyon Williams and his wife, he and his mother followed his father to Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 in 1860, moving to Bendigo

Bendigo, Victoria

Bendigo is a major regional city in the state of Victoria, Australia, located very close to the geographical centre of the state and approximately north west of the state capital Melbourne. It is the second largest inland city and fourth most populous city in the state. The estimated urban...

. Williams was educated at Bendigo and became a mine manager in 1874; he was an Eaglehawk

Eaglehawk, Victoria

Eaglehawk is a former gold-mining town in Victoria, Australia and a suburb within the City of Greater Bendigo.The town is situated to the north-west of Bendigo on the Loddon Valley Highway. The highway is known locally as High Street until the intersection with Sailors Gully Road and as Peg Leg...

 Borough Councillor from 1874 to 1877. In 1877 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...

 as the member for Mandurang

Electoral district of Mandurang

The Electoral district of Mandurang was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly , around Bendigo.-Members of Mandurang:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...

, serving until 1883. He was Minister for Mines from 1880 to 1881. In 1878 he married Kate Gruby at Eaglehawk, with whom he had five children; he would later remarry Louisa Cyrena Davidson. In 1889 Williams returned to the Assembly as the member for Eaglehawk

Electoral district of Eaglehawk

Electoral district of Eaglehawk was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Eaglehawk:...

, serving until 1902. He was Minister for Health from 1895 to 1899. Williams died Murrumbeena in 1935.