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Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, KB (8 December 1708 – 2 November 1759) was a Welsh diplomat, writer and satirist. He was a Member of Parliament from 1734 until his death.
Diplomatico e scrittore satirico (Pontypool, Givent, 1708 - Coldbrook Park 1759). Membro dei Comuni (1734-47; 1754-59), pubblicò (1739-43) versi satirici, molti contro R. Walpole e W. Pulteney.
Charles Hanbury Williams wrote much satirical verse, and Horace Walpole professed to believe him the greatest poet of his generation. In 1746 he began the series of diplomatic missions for which he is best known.
5 feb 2024 · Charles Williams, Esquire, of Caerleon in the county of Monmouth, died the 29th of August 1720 aged 87. He was truly a Christian, a strenuous defender of the Church of England, a lover of his country and defender of public liberty; towards the poor, those especially of his neighbourhood, devoutly liberal, to his friends generously ...
- August 29, 1720
Hanbury Williams came into the fortune of his godfather, Charles Williams, a rich Smyrna merchant, whose name he assumed. 1 Succeeding to his father’s seat in March 1735, he made his first reported speech against a place bill, 22 Apr. 2 At the opening of the next session he was chosen to second the Address by Walpole, who in 1737 proposed him fo...
Ritratto di Charles Hanbury Williams. Il dipinto, di evidente gusto internazionale, è stato considerato per molto tempo il ritratto di Carlo Broschi, il famosissimo Farinello, sopranista e bolognese di origine ritornato in patria soltanto in età avanzata.
Abstract. In the most fundamental way, the efforts of Stanislaw August to ‘create anew the Polish world’ were made possible by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. Williams was deeply impressed by Stanislaw's qualities.
