Biography
Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet (1634 โ 11 July 1700) was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Chester and later Beaumaris, and was appointed Speaker for two English Parliaments during the reign of Charles II. He later served as Solicitor General during the reign of James II. Williams had a bitter personal and professional rivalry with Judge Jeffreys (the hanging judge).-Wikipedia
Books by Williams, William Sir
A reply to Mr. Burk's two letters, on the proposals for peace with the regicide Directory of France. By William Williams, ..
Redemption; a sacred poem
Redemption; a sacred poem
A specimen of the rhetorick, c
A specimen of the rhetorick, candour, gravity, and ingenuity of Wi. Williams, Speaker to the late House of Commons at Westminster, in his speech to Sir Robert Peyton, when he expell'd him that House
The speech of the Honorable Wi
The speech of the Honorable William Williams, esq
The Examination Of Captain Wil
The Examination Of Captain William Bedlow Deceased, Relating to The Popish Plot, Taken in his last Sickness, by Sir Francis North, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Together with the Narrative of Sir Francis North, at the Council Board
The speech of the Honourable W
The speech of the Honourable Willm. Williams, Esq., Speaker of the House of Commons, to the Honourable House of Commons, upon the electing of him Speaker in the Parliament at Oxford, Monday the 21st day of March, 1680