Thomas Williams
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Thomas Williams may refer to:
Members of Parliament for English constituencies of Welsh origin
Members of the United States Congress
- Thomas Williams (speaker)Thomas Williams (speaker)Thomas Williams was a Speaker of the English House of Commons. He was a lawyer and a member of the Inner Temple, sat as MP for Exeter during the first and second Parliaments of Elizabeth I and was elected Speaker on 12 January 1563 and remained so until his unexpected death in 1566...
(Speaker of the House of Commons) (1513/4-1566) - Williams, Gresham Professor of AstronomyGresham Professor of AstronomyThe Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596 / 7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors.The...
from 11 November 1613 - Thomas Williams (Mayflower), signatory of the Mayflower Compact
- Ras ShilohRas ShilohRas Shiloh, born Thomas Williams on June 3, 1974 in Brooklyn, United States, is a reggae artist who made From Rasta to you in 2002 and Only King Selassie I in 2007 concerning Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia the God reincarnate or the king by holy appointment of the Rastafari movement...
is the stage name for reggae artist Thomas Williams - Thomas Williams (Royal Navy officer)Thomas Williams (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Thomas Williams GCB was a senior British Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, who served in numerous theatres during the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars...
(1761/62–1841), British admiral - Thomas H. Williams (California)Thomas H. Williams (California)Thomas H. Williams served as Attorney General of California, 1858-1862. He was the seventh person to hold that office.Williams was born in Monticello, Kentucky.-External links:*...
(1828–1886), attorney general of California, 1858-1862 - Thomas Williams (New Zealand)Thomas Williams (New Zealand)Thomas Williams was an ironfounder, businessman and Christchurch City Councillor.Williams established his engineering business in Christchurch New Zealand in 1864, aged only 18. He made flax machinery and kitchen ranges of which he sold 150 in 2 years. His foundry could turn out castings up to 16cwt...
(1846-?), ironfounder and businessman - Thomas Williams (general)Thomas Williams (general)Thomas R. Williams was an antebellum United States Army officer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed as he commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Baton Rouge....
(1815-1862), Union general during the American Civil War - Thomas Williams (d. 1831), murderer, one of the London BurkersLondon BurkersThe London Burkers were a group of body snatchers, operating in London, who apparently modelled their activities on those of the notorious Burke and Hare...
- Thomas Williams (rugby league)Thomas Williams (rugby league)Thomas "Tom" Williams was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s who at representative level played for Wales, and at club level for Oldham.-International honours:Tom Williams won a cap for Wales while at Oldham in 1913.-External links:...
, rugby league footballer of the 1910s for Wales, and Oldham - Thomas Williams, 1st Baron WilliamsThomas Williams, 1st Baron WilliamsThomas Edward Williams, 1st Baron Williams , was a peer of the United Kingdom.He was ennobled on 24 June 1948 as Baron Williams, of Ynyshir in the County of Glamorgan. The peerage became extinct on his death in 1966....
(1892–1966), British life peer - Thomas Williams (Australian politician)Thomas Williams (Australian politician)Thomas Francis Williams was an Australian politician.Born in Young, New South Wales, he was educated at Catholic schools and then the University of Sydney. He became a barrister in 1923. In 1943 he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Robertson, defeating...
(1897-1992) - Thomas Williams (RAF officer)Thomas Williams (RAF officer)Air Marshal Sir Thomas Melling Williams KCB, OBE, MC, DFC & Bar, RAF was an ace pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, scoring nine aerial victories...
(1899–1956), British air marshal - Thomas Williams (UK politician)Thomas Williams (UK politician)Sir Thomas Williams, QC was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Williams was educated at University College, Cardiff and St. Catherine's College, Oxford. He was President of the South Wales University Students' Union in 1939. He was a Baptist minister and a chaplain with the Royal Air Force...
(1993-???), leader of the controversial British political party, The VMF. - Thomas Williams (UK politician)Thomas Williams (UK politician)Sir Thomas Williams, QC was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Williams was educated at University College, Cardiff and St. Catherine's College, Oxford. He was President of the South Wales University Students' Union in 1939. He was a Baptist minister and a chaplain with the Royal Air Force...
(1915–1986) - Thomas Williams (writer)Thomas Williams (writer)Thomas Williams was an American writer and a National Book Award winning novelist. Williams was twice nominated for the National Book Award. His first nomination was for Town Burning, published in 1959...
(1926–1990), American novelist - Thomas Williams (British cartoonist)Thomas Williams (British cartoonist)Thomas Watson Williams , was an English cartoonist.Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Tom Williams attended art college in Newcastle in the early 1960s...
(1940–2002) - Thomas Williams (American football)Thomas Williams (American football)Thomas Washington Williams is an American football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
, American football player - Thomas Williams (figure skater)Thomas Williams (figure skater)Thomas Williams is a Canadian ice dancer. With current partner Nicole Orford, he is the 2011 Canadian junior champion. They placed 8th at the 2011 World Junior Championships....
, Canadian ice dancer - Thomas Williams (priest), Anglican dean in Wales
- Thomas Anthony WilliamsThomas Anthony Williamsthumb|right|250px|Tom WilliamsThomas Anthony Williams is an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Liverpool....
(b.1948), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church - Thomas Charles WilliamsThomas Charles WilliamsThomas Charles Williams was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister, who served as Moderator of the denomination's General Assembly.-Life:...
(1868–1927), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister - Thomas Williams (Christadelphian)Thomas Williams (Christadelphian)thumb|right||Thomas WilliamsThomas Williams was a Welsh Christadelphian who emigrated to America and became editor of the Advocate magazine of the Unamended Christadelphians.-Life:...
(1847-1913), editor of the Christadelphian Advocate magazine - Thomas Stafford Williams (born 1930), Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal from New Zealand
- Thomas R. WilliamsThomas R. WilliamsThomas Robert Williams is a Canadian university professor and academic administrator, who served as the 19th Principal of Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario. He became principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's on May 1, 2008, following the in-term resignation of Karen Hitchcock...
, Canadian educator, 19th principal of Queen's University, from 2008 - Thomas Samuel Beauchamp WilliamsThomas Samuel Beauchamp WilliamsLieut-Colonel Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams was a British physician of the Indian Medical Service, and a Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the Kennington division of Lambeth from 1923 to 1924....
, British Member of Parliament for Kennington, 1923–1924 - Joe Simmons (pornographic actor)Joe Simmons (pornographic actor)Joe Simmons was the screen name of Thomas Williams, an African-American male model and actor in gay-themed pornography....
was the screen name for Thomas Williams (1959-1995), a model for Robert Mapplethorpe and actor in gay pornography - Thomas Lanier Williams (1911–1983), author known as Tennessee WilliamsTennessee WilliamsThomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
Members of Parliament for English constituencies of Welsh origin
- Thomas Williams of Llanidan (1737–1802), Welsh lawyer and businessman known as the “Copper King of Parys Mountain”, MP for Marlow 1790-1802
- Thomas Peers WilliamsThomas Peers WilliamsLt.-Col. Thomas Peers Williams was MP for Great Marlow 1820-1868 and December 1867-1868.Peers Williams live at Craig-y-Don near Beaumaris on Anglesey and Temple House at Bisham in Berkshire, near Marlow...
(1795–1875), MP for Marlow 1820-1868, Father of the House, 1867-1868; grandson of Thomas Williams of Llanidan
Members of the United States Congress
- Thomas Williams (Alabama)Thomas Williams (Alabama)Thomas Williams was a United States Representative from Alabama.Williams was born near Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from the University of East Tennessee in Knoxville...
(1825–1903), United States representative - Thomas Williams (Pennsylvania)Thomas Williams (Pennsylvania)Thomas Williams was a United States representative from Pennsylvania.Williams was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1825. In 1828, he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar and began practicing in...
(1806–1872), United States representative - Thomas Hickman WilliamsThomas Hickman WilliamsThomas Hickman Williams was a United States Senator from Mississippi. Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, he attended the common schools, moved to Mississippi and settled in Pontotoc County, and engaged in planting. He was appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to...
(1801–1851), United States senator from Mississippi, 1837-1838 - Thomas Hill WilliamsThomas Hill WilliamsThomas Hill Williams was a senator from Mississippi. Born in North Carolina, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was register of the land office for the Territory of Mississippi in 1805, secretary of the Territory in 1805, and Acting Governor in...
(1780–1840), United States senator from Mississippi, 1817-1828 - Thomas Scott WilliamsThomas Scott WilliamsThomas Scott Williams was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.He was a descendant of immigrant Robert Williams of Roxbury, a cordwainer of Great Yarmouth and Norwich, England, who arrived in Roxbury, Massachusetts with his wife and several children about 1635.Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut,...
(1777–1861), United States representative from Connecticut - Thomas Sutler WilliamsThomas Sutler WilliamsThomas Sutler Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Louisville, Illinois, Williams attended Willis district school, Louisville High School, and Austin College, Effingham, Illinois.He studied law....
(1872–1940), United States representative from Illinois - Thomas Wheeler WilliamsThomas Wheeler WilliamsThomas Wheeler Williams was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Stonington, Connecticut, Williams attended the public schools....
(1789–1874), United States representative from Connecticut
See also
- Tom Williams (disambiguation)
- Thomas William (disambiguation)