Howell Jones Williams

Sir Howell Jones Williams DL JP (died 13 August 1939), was a British Progressive politician. He represented Islington South on the London County Council from 1898 to 1925.

Williams

Background

Williams was married and had three sons.[1]

His sons were Howell Williams (circa 1895), Captain Arthur Ifor Meakin Williams ( 1895 - 9 October 1918) , Meyrick Richard M Williams ( 1900 - 1967)

Political career

Williams was Progressive candidate for the Rotherhithe division of Southwark, at a by-election on 31 March 1894. He was elected to the London County Council (LCC), holding the seat for the party.[2] He served until the full elections in 1895. He was Progressive candidate for the Islington South division at the 1898 LCC elections. He was elected, holding the seat for the party. He was re-elected for Islington South at the next seven elections. He was a Justice of the Peace in the County of London. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and served as High Sheriff of Merionethshire from 1917–18.[3] He was knighted in 1921. He was Deputy Chairman of the London County Council in 1921.[4]

Electoral record
Rotherhithe in London 1885-1918
Islington South in London 1885-1918
1901 London County Council election: Islington South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams unopposed n/a n/a
Independent George Samuel Elliott unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Independent hold Swing n/a
1910 London County Council election: Islington South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 2,855 26.7
Progressive George Dew 2,841 26.6
Municipal Reform S Lambert 2,515 23.5
Municipal Reform Violet Douglas-Pennant 2,475 23.2
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Islington South[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive George Dew 3,197 26.6 +0.0
Progressive Howell Jones Williams 3,195 26.6 -0.1
Municipal Reform A Dingli 2,829 23.5 +0.0
Municipal Reform William Hunt 2,807 23.3 +0.1
Majority 366 3.0
Progressive hold Swing -0.0
Islington South in London 1918-49
1919 London County Council election: Islington South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Howell Jones Williams Unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive George Dew Unopposed n/a n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
1922 London County Council election: Islington South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Sir Howell Jones Williams 4,916 25.6 n/a
Progressive George Dew 4,882 25.4 n/a
Municipal Reform A Hudson 4,735 24.7 n/a
Municipal Reform G Hampton Lewis 4,665 24.3 n/a
Majority 147 0.7 n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a
Progressive hold Swing n/a

References
  1. ‘WILLIAMS, Sir Howell Jones’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 Jan 2017
  2. County Council Election, The Times, 2 April 1894, p. 11.
  3. 13 March 1917. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  4. ‘WILLIAMS, Sir Howell Jones’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 Jan 2017
  5. "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1901: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Sept. 2016.
  6. London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  7. London Municipal Notes, 1913
  8. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
  9. London Municipal Notes - Volumes 18-23, London Municipal Society
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