He was born at Llanfihangel-y-Traethau, Merionethshire, Wales on 17 March 1849. He was the eldest surviving son of Anne Louisa (née Loveday) Williams and David Williams, M.P. for Merioneth from 1868 to 1869. Among his siblings was brother Dr. Leonard Williams, the prominent physician and writer, and sister Alice Williams, the painter and welfare worker.[1]
On 3 August 1880, he married Frances Evelyn Greaves (1855–1926) in Lillington, Warwickshire. She was a daughter of John Whitehead Greaves and Ellen (née Stedman) Greaves. Together, they were the parents of six children, including:[7]
David Osmond Deudraeth Williams (1882–1882), who died in infancy.
Ellen Dolga Dormie Williams (b. 1891), who married Capt. Robert Gordon Beazley, brother of Hugh Loveday Beazley.[11]
Lady Williams died on 10 August 1926. Sir Osmond died in Australia on 28 January 1927. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, Michael Osmond Williams, 2nd Baronet (1914–2012),[5] who married Benitha Mary Booker, daughter of George Henry Booker.[12]
References
^Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, ‘Williams, Alice Helena Alexandra (1863–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 20 Oct 2017