WILLIAMS
,
CHRISTMAS PRICE
(
1881
-
1965
),
politician and engineer
;
b.
25 Dec. 1881
, the son of
Peter
Williams
and
Mary
Price
his wife,
Brymbo Hall
,
Wrexham, Denbs.
His father was the
managing director
of the
Brymbo Steel Co.
He was educated at
Grove Park School
,
Wrexham
, at
Mold
, and at
Victoria University
,
Manchester
, where he graduated
B.Sc.
(with honours) in science and
M.Sc.
He earned his living as an
engineer
at
Sheffield
,
Warrington
and
South Africa
, and
held a number of important managerial positions
.
Williams
undertook
research work on the industrial potential of Canada
. In
1924
he was elected
M.P. (Lib.)
for
Wrexham
following an electoral pact with local
Conservatives
, when he defeated the
historian
Robert
Richards
(see above)
. He was bitterly disappointed when
Richards
re-captured the seat in
1929
, and his political career came to an abrupt end. He served as
J.P.
for
Lincolnshire
, was a
Congregationalist
and
deeply interested in music
.
He m.
23 June 1909
,
Marion
, dau. of
Thomas
Davies
,
Brymbo
. She was the
author of a number of novels and plays
. They lived at
Sanddeth House
,
Gwersyllt
,
Wrexham
, and briefly at
42B Courtfield Gardens
,
London
. He d.
18 Aug. 1965
.
Bibliography:
-
Who was who?
;
-
Who's who in Wales
(1937)
;
-
Dod's Parliamentary Companion
;
-
The Liberal year book
1928
;
-
The Times guide to the House of
Commons
, 1929
1929
;
- papers of Sir Henry Haydn Jones at N.L.W.
Author:
Dr John Graham Jones, Aberystwyth
