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'''Thomas Edward Williams, 1st Baron Williams''' (26 July 1892 &ndash; 18 February 1966), was a [[Peerage of the United Kingdom|peer]] of the [[United Kingdom]].
Williams attended [[Porth]] County School, and later [[Ruskin College]].  He moved to London and joined the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], and in 1919 was elected to [[Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council]].  He stood unsuccessfully for the party in [[Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Finsbury]] at the [[1931 UK general election]], and that year was elected to the party's [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party|National Executive Committee]] (NEC).<ref name="whowaswho">{{cite book |title=Williams, 1st Baron |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U51375 }}</ref>
In 1932, Williams was elected to [[London County Council]], representing [[Camberwell North (London County Council constituency)|Camberwell North]]; on this council, he chaired the Parliamentary Committee.  He left the council and the NEC in 1935, and focused on the [[co-operative movement]], serving as president of the [[Co-operative Wholesale Society]], the central executive of the [[Co-operative Union]], as chair of the English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Wholesale Society, and as president of the [[Co-operative Congress]] in 1952–53.<ref name="whowaswho" />
He was ennobled on 24 June 1948 as '''Baron Williams''', of [[Ynyshir]] in the County of [[Glamorgan]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38341 |date=2 July 1948 |page=3834 }}</ref> The peerage became extinct on his death in 1966.  He was also made a Commander of the [[Order of Dannebrog]].<ref name="whowaswho" />
In 1947 Williams was appointed a member of the [[London Transport Executive]].<ref>''First annual report statement of accounts and statistics for the year ended 31st December, 1948'', [[British Transport Commission]]</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_WLL Parliamentary Archives, Papers of Baron Williams of Ynyshir, Glamorgan]
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