Sir Griffith Williams, 1st Baronet


Sir Griffith Williams, 1st Baronet of Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, was Sheriff of Carnarvonshire in 1650–1651, and held the unusual distinction of being granted a baronetcy by both the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II.

Biography

Griffith Williams was the only son and heir of Robert Williams, of Penryallt, near Conway, by Elizabeth, daughter of Griffith John Griffith, of Cefnamwich. was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 21 February 1624.
Williams was Sheriff of Carnarvonshire in 1650–1651 and a Commissioner of Assessment there in 1656. He was created a Baronet by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell on 28 May 1658, a dignity, which was disallowed after the Restoration in May 1660, though about a year later he was, created a baronet, on 17 June 1661, by the King Charles II. He died towards the end of 1663. His son and heir Sir Robert Williams.

Family

Williams married, in or before 1627, Gwen, daughter of Hugh Bodwrda, of Bodwrda, Carnarvonshire. The will of his widow. They had nineteen children.