William Williams ( 1788 - 1865 ) was a Welsh businessman based in London . As Radical MP for Coventry (1835-1847) and Lambeth (1850-1865), he was critical of the state of Welsh education and instigated the Commission which made its controversial report in 1847 (the Treachery Of The Blue Books ). His own bequest was used to promote university education in Wales.
William Williams ( 1808 - 1872 ), known as "Red Stag" (in Welsh , "Carw Coch") was proprietor of the Stag Inn at Trecynon , from which he derived his nickname. He was a local politician, one of the society of "Free Enquirers" at Aberdare , subsequently known as the "Cymreigyddion of Carw Coch".
William Williams of Wern ( 1781 - 1840 ) was an Independent minister, the promoter of the "General Union" movement of 1834 . He was one of three "giants of the Welsh pulpit", along with John Elias and Christmas Evans .
Scientists
William Williams ( 1832 - 1900 ) was a Welsh veterinary surgeon, founder of the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh (1871) and author of several standard works on Veterinary Science .
