Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet (c. 1627–1678), was a politician in Wales.
He was a Member of Parliament
for Caernarvonshire
, 1656–1658, and for Caernarvon Boroughs, 1659. He was one of the Williams-Bulkeley Baronets
; he became a baronet
in 1663.
He was a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Caernarvonshire
Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post...
, 1656–1658, and for Caernarvon Boroughs, 1659. He was one of the Williams-Bulkeley Baronets
Williams-Bulkeley Baronets
The Williams, later Williams-Bulkeley Baronetcy, of Penrhyn in the County of Caernarvon, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 17 June 1661 for Griffith Williams. He had already been granted a baronetcy by Oliver Cromwell in 1658. The second Baronet represented both ...
; he became a baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
in 1663.