Cyril Herbert Williams
Cyril Herbert Williams CMG OBE (1908-1983) was Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province of Kenya (1951–56).[1][2][3]
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Born | 27 December 1908 |
Died | 27 November 1983 74) | (aged
Nationality | British |
Education | Bedford Modern School |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Colonial Administrator |
Known for | Provincial 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, earning a blue, and also played for Bedford in the 1930–31 season.[4]
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.[5] They had a son and twin daughters. Williams died on 27 November 1983.
References
- "Williams, Cyril Herbert, (27 Dec. 1908–27 Nov. 1983)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U170436. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- "Kenya Gazette". google.com. 18 August 1953. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- "Europeans In East Africa - Home".
- Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedfordshire Times History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), p. 211
- "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2015.