Watkin Williams

1742 - 1808


Biography

Of Penbedw Denbighshire and Erbistock Flintshire, MP for Montgomeryshire 1772-1774 and Flint Boroughs 1777-1806. Married Elizabeth Stapleton, one of the daughters and co-heirs of James Russell Stapleton (q.v.). In 1776, his sister-in-law Catherine Stapleton bought out his interest in the Stapleton estates on St Kitts and Nevis, for £18,000.


Sources

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/williams-watkin-1742-1808


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Elizabeth Stapleton

Legacies Summary

Political (1)

MP
 
election →
Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire
1772 - 1774
election →
Flint Boroughs Flintshire
1777 - 1806

Relationships (2)

Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law

Addresses (1)

Erbistock, Flintshire, North Wales, Wales