Cyril Herbert Williams

Cyril Herbert Williams CMG OBE (1908-1983) was Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province of Kenya (1951–56).[1][2]

Cyril Herbert Williams

Born(1908-12-27)December 27, 1908
DiedNovember 27, 1983(1983-11-27) (aged 74)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
EducationBedford Modern School
Alma materJesus College, Cambridge
OccupationColonial Administrator
Known forProvincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province (1951-56)

Life

Cyril Herbert Williams was born on 27 December 1908, the son of Thomas Ethelbert Williams. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Jesus College, Cambridge.[1] In 1929 he played for Cambridge in the Varsity Match and also played for Bedford in the 1930-31 season.[3]

Williams entered the colonial service in Kenya in 1931, later becoming Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province (1951–56), a member of the Kenya Council of State (1961–64) and Chairman of Naivasha County Council (1963).[1] He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1949 and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1956.[1]

Williams married Patricia Joy Collyer on 15 February 1936.[4] They had a son and twin daughters. Williams died on 27 November 1983.

References

  1. Who’s Who 1971, Published by A&C Black Limited 1971
  2. "Kenya Gazette". google.com. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedfordshire Times History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), p. 211
  4. "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2015.


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