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Sir Thomas Marchant Williams

Sir Thomas Marchant Williams, writing name T. Marchant Williams, (1845 – 27 October 1914) was a Welsh nationalist, lawyer, and author.

Williams was one of the first students of Aberystwyth University and later received a BA from the University of London. He went on to study law and be active in Welsh associations. In early 1900 he was appointed stipendiary magistrate at Merthyr Tydfil. Williams founded the paper The Nationalist. Among his works are The Welsh Members of Parliament and poems such as The Cloud. He received a knighthood by 1905.

References

  1. "Appointment". The Times. No. 36074. London. 24 February 1900. p. 11.
  2. "No. 27170". The London Gazette. 2 March 1900. p. 1432.
  3. Edward Morgan Humphreys. "Williams, Sir Thomas Marchant (1845-1914), barrister and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. Richard Carwardine; Jay Sexton (8 July 2011). The Global Lincoln. Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-19-970243-5.
  5. The Celtic Review. William Hodge & Company. 1914. p. 169.
  6. William Cadwaladr Davies; William Lewis Jones; Sir John Edward Lloyd (1905). The University of Wales and Its Constituent Colleges. F. E. Robinson & Company. pp. 106& 221.



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