Overview
Owen Lewis Cope Williams (13 July 1836 – 2 October 1904) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885. He belonged to the Marlborough House set around the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.
Early life
Williams was born into the landed gentry on 13 July 1836. He was the eldest son of Thomas Peers Williams, MP for Great Marlow, and the former Emily Bacon. Among his siblings was Hwfa Williams, who became a courtier in the circle of the Prince of Wales, and his sisters, three of whom married into the nobility.
His maternal grandfather was Anthony Bushby Bacon of Benham Park in Berkshire. Three generations of descent from Thomas Williams of Llanidan, who had made a fortune from the copper of Mynydd Parys.
He was educated at Eton College.
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