Brandon Rhys-Williams

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Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, 2nd Baronet. (14 November 1927 – 18 May 1988) was a British Conservative politician.

Rhys-Williams was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Kensington South by-election, 1968, representing that seat until 1974, then for Kensington from 1974 until his death in 1988 aged 60. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 until 1984.

His father, Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams had been a Liberal Party MP. His mother Juliet Rhys-Williams was a Liberal Party (UK) politician who later joined the Conservative Party and became a member of the Conservative Monday Club.

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• The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1987
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Lloyd Roots	Member of Parliament for Kensington South 1968–1974	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Kensington 1974–1988	Succeeded by Dudley Fishburn
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams	Rhys-Williams Baronets 1955–1988	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Gareth Ludovic Emrys Rhys-Williams