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Name: WILLIAMS, Ralph Champneys, Sir
Birth Date: 9 Mar 1848 Anglesey
Death Date: 22 June 1927 London
First Date: 1914
Profession: Explorer, Colonial governor
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Paddington 4 Mar 1875 Jessie Dean b. 1848 Islington, London, d. 13 Jan 1917
Children: Geoffrey Champneys Howard (17 Jan 1876 Paddington-8 Nov 1951 Naro Moru)
Author: How I Became a Governor, 1913
Book Reference: Leader14, Web, Chandler, Who's Who
School: King's School Chester, Rossall College
General Information:
Web - He travelled to Australia, where he worked as a shopkeeper and overseer, Patagonia, and Central Africa before joining the Colonial Service in 1884. He was first posted to Bechuanaland and later to Pretoria, South Africa. He served in Gibraltar and Barbados before returning to Bechuanaland during the Boer War. Williams was governor of the Windward Islands prior to his appointment as Governor of Newfoundland in 1909. ……… Williams' term ended in 1913 when he retired from the colonial service. …. He died in London on June 22 1927.
Who's Who - president of 2nd line of defence for war in E Africa 1914