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Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London

Welsh baronet, physician and principal founder of the National Library of Wales

Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet (6 November 1840 – 24 May 1926), was a Welsh physician, who attended Queen Victoria and was raised to the baronetcy by her on 30 October 1894. He is remembered chiefly for his contribution to the collection of the National Library of Wales.²

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Born Nov 6, 1840, died May 24, 1926.¹

About

He resided for part of his life at Plas Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, a house he acquired by lease.

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Companies

National Library of WalesFounder¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Glasgow³
Date not recordedUCL Medical School³
Date not recordedSwansea University³

John Williams was born in Gwynfe hamlet, Carmarthenshire, the son of David Williams (1802–1842), a Welsh Congregational minister, and his wife, Eleanor. He had four siblings. His father's elder brother, Morgan Williams (1800–1892) had 11 children, John's first cousins. Williams went to school in Swansea, then to the University of Glasgow, and finally to University College Hospital, London, to complete his medical studies: among other disbursements on his death he bequeathed £2,000 to the University College Hospital, London. In 1886 he became a private doctor to the royal family. As well as his career as an obstetric surgeon in London, he helped set up a Welsh hospital in South Africa during the Boer War, and was involved in the campaign against tuberculosis in his native country.

Williams was invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) during a visit to King Edward VII at Sandringham House on 29 December 1902, and was later promoted to a Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) of the order.

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Career

Occupation: librarian, physician, obstetrician.⁶

Since 1907Chairperson, National Library of Wales⁵
1904 to 1905High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire⁵
Date not recordedFounded National Library of Wales⁴

Personal life

BornNov 6, 1840, Gwynfe⁷
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland⁸
ResidencePlas Llanstephan⁹

Williams married Mary Hughes in 1872. There were no children of the marriage.

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Awards

Date not recordedKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order^{10 11}

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