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71 unusual facts about Williams


Alfred Nelson-Williams

He then earned a public administration diploma from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration at Legon before returning to serve as the commanding officer for the 1RSLAR until 1997.

Nelson-Williams entered into the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces in 1975 as an enlisted serviceman, then became commissioned as a regular combatant officer after completing an officer cadet training program in the Egyptian Military Academy in April 1978.

Andrew Foster-Williams

The Daily Telegraph in London named him their "Newcomer of the Year" and said "Andrew Foster-Williams is an impressively intelligent artist who sang both Leporello in Don Giovanni and Alidoro in La Cenerentola with impressive vocal polish. We should be hearing more of him."

Arbor Lakes

In keeping with the lifestyle center tradition, the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes is made up of mainly upscale national chains such as Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Brooks Brothers, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Banana Republic, Anthropologie, Coldwater Creek, Talbots, Express, Lane Bryant, Victoria's Secret, The Gap, J.Crew, and American Eagle.

Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams

In 1906, she married Harold Williams (1876–1928), a New Zealand-British Slavist who was working as a journalist in Saint Petersburg for the Morning Post.

Arthur John Williams

They had two sons, Eliot Crawshay-Williams who was also a Member of Parliament and Leslie Crawshay.

Berger Paints India

Sherwin-Williams, an American company bought control of the company in the 1900s.

C. E. Wynn-Williams

The one using the Lorenz SZ 40/42, code-named Tunny at the Government Code & Cypher School at Bletchley Park, was used for high-level traffic between German High Command and field commanders.

California Closets

California Closets began business in 1978, was purchased by Williams-Sonoma in 1990, which in turn sold California Closets in 1994 returning it to an independent company status.

Chris Bart-Williams

He also helped the Owls reach the Football League Cup semi-finals in the 1993–94 season and also appeared in their short-lived UEFA Cup campaign (the club's first European run since the 1960s) the previous season.

Comex Group

Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW), the largest U.S. paint retailer, agreed in November 2012 to acquire closely held Consorcio Comex SA de CV for about $2.34 billion including debt to gain Mexico’s largest paint maker.

Crispin Nash-Williams

After studying mathematics at Cambridge University, earning the title of Senior Wrangler in 1953, he remained for his graduate studies at Cambridge, studying under the supervision of Shaun Wylie and David Rees.

Cynthia Irwin-Williams

In 1962, Irwin-Williams led the team that first excavated the Hueyatlaco site in Mexico.

Daniel Pabst

In addition to the above museums, he is represented in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, NY, and the Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, DE.

David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

Lord Home has been married since 1972 to Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne (born 1949), of the Williams-Wynn baronet family.

David Lewis-Williams

While still utilising Semiotic theory (particularly the work of Charles Sanders Peirce) as a heuristic device, David's Ph.D. focused upon the various San ritual ceremonies, particularly the Healing or (so called) Trance Dance, and their connection to the rock art.

His book, The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art (Thames & Hudson) won the American Historical Association’s 2003 James Henry Breasted Award.

Derrell Palmer

After retiring in 1953, Palmer moved back to Texas and worked for Sherwin-Williams for 32 years.

Eliot Crawshay-Williams

In June 2010, a letter written by Crawshay-Williams to Churchill, pleading with the prime minister to come to terms with Adolf Hitler, was sold by New York publishing executive Steve Forbes.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams

It explored her sense of dislocation based on her mixed heritage, as well as going to college in the segregated South after having grown up in Pennsylvania.

She did not visit the segregated South until 1942, when she met relatives in Edgefield.

Henry Sylvester-Williams

Thomas particularly was famous for his book Froudacity (1889), in which he refuted and questioned the view espoused by Oxford historian James Anthony Froude that black people could not be entrusted with self-government.

Incitrio

Prior to Incitrio, Ms. Hill’s national clients included: Hallmark, Williams-Sonoma, Mars Candy, Energizer, Ford Motor Co., Sun Microsystems, Intel, Maersk: Shipping and Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, Merrill Lynch and Vis.

John G. W. Husted, Jr.

He remarried on June 6, 1972 in London, England to Mrs. Elizabeth Keeling, a twin daughter of Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams and Lady Hanbury-Williams.

John Hanbury-Williams

In 1934 he appeared as a witness in Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia’s famous and successful libel suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Limited following the release in England of the film Rasputin, the Mad Monk (USA title: Rasputin and the Empress).

Juan Radrigán

Sue Dunderdale’s production of ‘Las Brutas’ (‘Beasts’) premiered at Theatre 503 in September 2011, and in October-November 2013, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup, Robert Shaw’s new translation of ‘Hechos Consumados’ (‘Children of Fate’) starring Sian Reese-Williams, will premiere at The Bussey Building in Peckham.

Juliet Rhys-Williams

However, she was against signing the Treaty of Rome and campaigned vigorously against joining the Common Market, which she thought would hand over British sovereignty to Europe and betray the Commonwealth.

Kathryn Harby-Williams

She currently works with Radio Sport New Zealand and is a Sky TV commentator for Sky Sport 1's live netball coverage of the ANZ Championship and international tests, along with former Silver Ferns Tania Dalton and Anna Stanley, and with co-Australian national representative Natalie Avellino; she also co-hosts the weekly netball show On Court with Stanley.

Kensington by-election, 1988

The Kensington by-election, in Kensington, on 14 July 1988 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brandon Rhys-Williams.

Kensington South by-election, 1968

The Conservative Sir Brandon Rhys-Williams, a management consultant, won the seat with 75.5 percent of the vote and a slightly reduced majority (13,747) on a much reduced turnout.

Lead-based paint in the United States

In February 2006, the jury decided in favor of the state and said that Sherwin-Williams, NL Industries and Millennium Holdings would have to pay for the clean-up of lead paint in the state.

Matroid partitioning

A formula proved by Crispin Nash-Williams characterizes the arboricity exactly: it is the maximum, over all subgraphs H of the given graph G, of the quantity E(H)|}{|V(H)|-1}\right\rceil.

Monier Monier-Williams

It is also now available on CD-ROM and is the basis of the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.

In 1883 the Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone; the building was inaugurated in 1896 by Lord George Hamilton.

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

A highlight of the permanent collection is the first of the two original sets of Thomas Cole's famous series of paintings titled The Voyage of Life, (the second set is at the National Gallery Washington, DC.).

Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art in the British Isles

This idea was first applied to the petroglyphs on the Neolithic monuments of the British Isles by David Lewis-Williams and T. Dowson.

Patrice Bart-Williams

Most of the following year was spent performing sell out shows throughout Europe, including the 6.000 capacity Zénith de Paris and his first London shows.

In 2008 Patrice released his album Free Patri-Ation on Universal.

He performed with Youssou N'Dour in Senegal, the Tamika Reggae Awards in New York, Manu Chao and Damon Albarn at the festival In the Desert.

Peter Havard-Williams

Havard-Williams held senior posts in the libraries of Swansea University and the University of Liverpool.

A collector of Bloomsbury Group first editions, he also wrote on one of Bloomsbury's best known members, Virginia Woolf.

Havard-Williams received degrees from universities in Wales and Oxford.

Prime Minister of the Netherlands

The independent cabinets of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten also have their own prime ministers: Mike Eman (Prime Minister of Aruba), Gerrit Schotte (Prime Minister of Curaçao), and Sarah Wescot-Williams (Prime Minister of Sint Maarten).

Raylawni Branch

The night Medgar Evers was assassinated, June 12, 1963, she went to Jackson and sat with the widow Myrlie Evers-Williams.

Reem Alasadi

She has worked with several British designers such as John Richmond, Robert Cary-Williams, and Stella McCartney, who have all courted her services, which has led to highly successful consultations.

Regina Askia-Williams

As a model, Askia-Williams appeared in several Nigerian print and television commercials including Kessingsheen Hair Care, boutique chain Collectibles, and most famously, Visine.

Askia-Williams is married to American Rudolph 'Rudy' Williams, nephew of Ron Everette and grandson of Fess Williams; together the couple have two children - daughter Teesa Olympia and son Rudolph Junior.

Richard John Maddern-Williams

Whilst in Norwich he was Music Master at the Norwich High School for Boys, and also Music Master for the Norwich Pagent in 1912.

Richard John Maddern-Williams FRCO (1885 - 1955) was a music teacher and organist based in Norwich.

Rolf Dudley-Williams

During the 1954 controversy over Rudolph Cartier's television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, Williams attacked "the tendency, evident in recent British Broadcasting Corporation television programmes, notably on Sunday evenings, to pander to sexual and sadistic tastes".

Rudolph Berking-Williams

He is of German and Samoan descent and currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

Shanésia Davis-Williams

She is well known for her role on the television series Early Edition (1996–2000), and her movie contributions include With Honors (1994) and The Weather Man (2005).

Sian Reese-Williams

Reese-Williams was cast to play the role of Genesis Walker she was created by series producer Kathleen Beedles, although by the time her first episode aired on 1 April 2008, Anita Turner had taken over from Beedles.

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet

His direct ancestors, the Williams family, were an important parliamentary and landowning family from Denbighshire, north Wales, who in the 17th Century married into the famous Wynn family of Gwydir, the direct patrilineal descendants of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd 1137–1170, and the only surviving branch of that dynasty.

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet

In 1949, at the age of eighty-seven, he inherited the Williams-Wynn Baronetcy and estates from a cousin, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 8th Baronet (1891–1949).

The Williams-Wynn baronets were an important family of Denbighshire landowners, whose 17th century ancestor had married into the Wynn family of Gwydir, the patrilineal descendants of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd (1137–1170), and in time they became the senior surviving branch of his family.

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1998

Bubba was quickly elevated to celebrity status in South Carolina and was even adored by Gamecock fans when he made appearances at Williams-Brice Stadium for USC football games.

T. H. Parry-Williams

Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (21 September 1887 – 3 March 1975) was a Welsh poet, author and academic.

Tom Lovatt-Williams

What was not publicised at the time was that it was based on his childhood experiences at Ellesmere, near Oswestry, where he was born.

William Grover

William Grover-Williams, British-French racing driver and World War II spy

Williams-Bulkeley baronets

The eighth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Beaumaris while the ninth Baronet represented Caernarvonshire and Beaumaris.

Williams-Wynn baronets

Today, the family is represented by Sir David, 11th Baronet, who remains active in Welsh life in Denbighshire and Flintshire.

Through primogeniture, Sir David Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet, may be heir to the Aberffraw legacy and claim as princes of Wales, and could theoretically use the appellation "Dafydd III of Wales".

In the past, some Plaid Cymru members have advocated that an independent Wales would be better served by a Welsh constitutional monarchy, one which would engender the affection and allegiance of the Welsh people and legitimize Welsh sovereignty.

Williams, Arizona

Most recently it was represented by Republican Rick Renzi from 2003 to 2008, Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick following the 2008 election and Republican Paul Gosar following the 2010 election.

Williams was the last town to have its section of Route 66 bypassed, due to lawsuits that kept the last section of Interstate 40 in Arizona from being built around the town.

Williams' Blood

"Williams' Blood" is an autobiographical song, written by Jones and music duo Wendy & Lisa, explaining how Jones takes after her mother's, Marjorie Jones née Williams, musical side of the family rather than that of her disciplinarian father Reverend Robert Jones.

Williams' jerboa

Williams' Jerboa (Allactaga williamsi) is a species of jerboas native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey.

Williams's Lark

The other inhabits a particular area (elevated between 600m and 1,350m) lying between Isiolo and Garba Tula.

Wynn-Williams

:* Wynn Williams & Co, a law firm in Christchurch named after the above

William Wynn-Williams (1828–1913), 19th-century Member of Parliament and prominent lawyer in Christchurch


1943 VFL season

In the spiteful round 1 match between Essendon and South Melbourne, a vicious brawl broke out in the last quarter when South Melbourne's Jack "Basher" Williams felled Ted Leehane (apparently in a square-off retribution for Leehane's similar action against Williams in the 1942 Preliminary Final) which involved a dozen players, team officials, trainers, fans, and police.

1988 Canadian Grand Prix

Both Williams drivers were suffering from continuing problems with the FW12's reactive suspension leaving Mansell and Riccardo Patrese in 9th and 11th respectively with Mansell, 3.2 seconds slower than Senna's pole time and 0.8 slower than his own 1986 pole time set in the Williams-Honda.

2007 Chinese Grand Prix

All the usual suspects were once again eliminated in the second session, Nico Rosberg in the second Williams, a very high performing Anthony Davidson in the Super Aguri, Heikki Kovalainen in the Renault, Jarno Trulli in the Toyota and the two Toro Rossos of Vettel and Vitantonio Liuzzi.

2011 Rutgers Tuition Protests

Rich Williams, an advocate of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, stated that grants are the principal method in which the federal government can assist students in battling rising college tuition costs.

39th District corruption scandal

The investigation of the illegal search was ultimately turned over to the F.B.I. by the PPD Internal Affairs Bureau at the direction of Police Commissioner Willie Williams, in the wake of the Rodney King beating at the hands of the LAPD.

A Cambridge Mass

It is one of two large scale choral works with orchestral accompaniment by Vaughan Williams surviving from this period, the other being a cantata setting of Swinburnes' poem The Garden of Proserpine.

Albert Rhys Williams

After that Williams returned to his main profession as a minister of the Maverick Square Congregational Church in East Boston (1908–14).

Aluizio Coelho

Em seguida, provou o carro F-3000 em Donington Park e se preparou para o grande dia de sua vida: em 12 de Novembro de 1998, no circuito de Silverstone, Aluizio teve a oportunidade de testar o carro da Williams, então atual campeã mundial.

Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite

Speedwell developed a sleek, alloy-bodied Sprite coupe, the Speedwell GT, designed by aerodynamicist Frank Costin and built by Williams & Pritchard.

Avon Williams

In the late 1980s Williams began to be debilitated by the progressive effects of ALS ("Lou Gehrig's disease") and began to require the services of a chauffeur/attendant.

Blatino Erotica Awards

The awardees so far have included such well-known porn stars as Tiger Tyson (2007), Marc Williams (2008), Bobby Blake (2009), Ty Lattimore (2010), Diesel Washington (2011), and Randy Cochran (2012).

Bobby DeBarge

The group - which consisted of DeBarge, Williams, Jody Sims, Phillip Ingram and Eddie Fluellen - then recorded an album in 1976 under the name Hot Ice entitled Pall Mall Groove, which included DeBarge's incredible singing, piano performance and writing of "Please Don't Let Me Go," released in 1977 on Polydor/Germany and in 1979 in the USA/Canada as SMASH on Source Records/MCA.

Chad Hugo

In 1992, while the two were attending different high schools in Virginia Beach (Hugo at Kempsville High School), Williams was paid to write a verse to the 1992 single "Rump Shaker", by Wreckx-n-Effect.

Clayton Williams

During the campaign, Williams publicly made a joke likening rape to bad weather, having stated: "If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it" (the statement had previously caused controversy amongst women's groups over the same statement by basketball coach Bob Knight, and caused WABC-TV weatherman Tex Antoine to be fired after saying that sentence, ironically, on a weather report after a story about a child rape).

Cleopatra Tucker

A special election convention elected Democratic Party activist Oadline Truitt to the seat for the remainder of Williams's term, but the convention was invalidated because of lack of notice for the seat and a second convention was called.

Crown Metal Products

Ken's son, Bert Williams, continued to support the Crown locomotives, providing replacement parts and service through his company, Castle Ridge Products of Claysville, Pennsylvania, until 2004, when the necessary tooling and machinery was donated to the Tweetsie Railroad, who currently handles the restoration and service of the engines.

Dolly Williams

Borough President Marty Markowitz declined to reappoint Williams to the Planning Commission, and named Shirley McRae as her successor.

Donna Fargo

Additionally, almost everything Fargo recorded for years was self-penned, although by the latter half of the 1970s she was also recording covers of songs from writers as diverse as Stonewall Jackson, Vaughn Horton, Bill Enis and Lawton Williams, Paul Anka, and Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil; those covers also became successful hits for Fargo.

Dutch Boy Paint

Founded in 1907 by the National Lead Company, Dutch Boy is currently a subsidiary of, and is owned and operated by the Diversified Brands Division of the Sherwin-Williams Company, who acquired it in 1980, three years after the CPSC's directive banning the manufacture of lead housepaint went into effect.

From Wimbledon to Waco

The Williamses do not live in Wimbledon, nor do they reach Waco, but as Nigel Williams explains in the last chapter of the book "I like the title..."

Hans des Vignes

He shared the spotlight with other well-known DJs and media personalities like Lisa Wickham, Jason Williams, Ancil “Blaze” Isaac and Tamara “The Empress” Williams.

Jamal Williams

In 1999, Williams married to singer-songwriter Surel Williams (née Sureldie Rycha Davis) of DeSoto, Texas.

Jerry Rivers

It was a style that Hank dismissed as "garden seed" fiddle, but one which served Rivers well on many of Williams' greatest recordings, among them: "Moanin' The Blues" (1950), "Cold, Cold Heart" (1950), "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" (1951), "Hey Good Lookin'" (1951) and "Jambalaya" (1952).

John Reesor Williams

In 2005, veteran legislators Sean Conway and Bob Runciman both named Williams as the most boring speaker they had encountered in the course of their careers.

Judy Lewis

She was also the half-sister of John Clark Gable (Clark Gable's son with his fifth wife, Kay Williams), Christopher Lewis and Peter Lewis (Loretta's biological sons).

Lady Behave!

The fun loving Clarice goes out for a night on the town for their Mardi Gras as sensible conservative Paula and Godfather Burton Williams remain home and prepare for their journey.

Lon Williams

Lon Thomas Williams (March 17, 1890 - June 1978) was an American western author, teacher, and lawyer who lived in Andersonville, Tennessee, United States.

Lynn R. Williams

In 1973 Williams was elected District Director of USW District 6 (Ontario) at that time in Canada, where he became close friends with George Becker.

Melanie Williams

The Other Two's second album, Super Highways, featured Williams on some tracks as co-writer and guest vocalist.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Original Soundtrack

The soundtrack consists of two discs and features music from various artists and composers such as Harry Gregson-Williams, Norihiko Hibino, Cynthia Harrell, TAPPY, and Starsailor.

Michael J. Williams

BGen Williams served in that capacity until July 16, 1993, when he assumed command of 2nd Force Service Support Group (2nd FSSG).

Murder of Hannah Williams

Initially the body was speculatively identified as that of Danielle Jones, who had been missing from East Tilbury in Essex since 18 June 2001, but it was soon firmly identified by Williams's distinctive clothing.

Nelson Williams

Nelson "Cadillac" Williams (September 26, 1917, Montgomery, Alabama - 1973, Voorburg, the Netherlands) was an American jazz trumpeter.

North Dakota Highway 1804

Highway 1804 begins at the border between North Dakota and South Dakota near Pollock, South Dakota, and continues uninterrupted along the north east side of the Missouri River through Emmons, Burleigh, McLean, Mountrail, and Williams counties.

Northern Territory Women's Division

The tournament has its origins in an annual match started in 1994 between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek by Shane and Mervyn Franey from Alice Springs and Ross Williams from Tennant Creek.

Patrick Williams

John Patrick Williams (born 1937), Member of the US House of Representatives from Montana, 1979-1997, generally known as Pat Williams

Richard Pyros

Film credits include, "No Budget" by Christopher Stollery (official selection, Palm Springs International Film Festival 2012), Noise by Matthew Saville (official selection, Sundance Film Festival 2007), In Your Dreams by Greg Williams, and Is God a DJ by Ben Chessell.

Roy Lee Williams

However, Williams came under immediate suspicion for involvement with organized crime, particularly Kansas City Crime Boss Nicholas Civella.

SCOPE Project

Dr. King announced the SCOPE project in a speech at UCLA on April 27, 1965 and his visit resulted in the recruitment of twenty UCLA students, including the late Joel Siegel, who later became the film critic for Good Morning America and Rick Tuttle, who worked with Rev. Hosea Williams and Rev. Andrew Young and spent two months in a Savannah jail as a result of his Movement activities before he was released.

Shelden Williams

According to an officer at the Douglasville Police Department, the suspects were in Williams' car and were attempting a robbery.

Shuffle Along

The cast included Lottie Gee as Jessie Williams, Adelaide Hall as Jazz Jasmine, Gertrude Saunders as Ruth Little, Roger Matthews as Harry Walton, and Noble Sissle as Tom Sharper.

Silas Green from New Orleans

Williams managed the show and continued to perform horse tricks, alongside musicians such as Bessie Smith.

The Platters

In 1960, lead vocalist Williams left for a solo career, and was replaced by tenor Sonny Turner.

TWL

The Tony Williams Lifetime, a jazz-rock fusion group led by jazz drummer Tony Williams

William Fuller Brown, Jr.

William Fuller Brown, Jr. was born in Lyon Mountain, New York on September 21, 1904 to William Fuller Brown and Marie E. Williams.

Williams baronets

The Williams Baronetcy, of Elham in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 November 1674 for Thomas Williams, Physician to Charles I and James II.

Williams FW09

The problems with the 1984 chassis were noted by broadcaster Clive James, opining in FOCA's season review video that Rosberg had managed "to make the Williams look driveable, which everyone including Frank Williams knew it really wasn't".

Wilmington Drama League

The talents and energies of thousands of volunteers - actors, directors, set designers and builders, lighting and sound engineers, as well as costume, makeup, and prop technicians - have transformed our stage into the compelling fantasy worlds created by playwrights ranging from Edward Albee, Beckett and Chekhov to David Mamet and Arthur Miller, Simon and Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Williams.