Cyril Herbert Williams

Cyril Herbert Williams CMG OBE (1908-1983) was Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province of Kenya (1951–56).^[1][2][3]

Cyril Herbert Williams CMG OBE
Born	(1908-12-27)27 December 1908
Died	27 November 1983(1983-11-27) (aged 74) Sussex
Nationality	British
Education	Bedford Modern School
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge
Occupation	Colonial Administrator
Known for	Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province (1951-56)

Life

Cyril Herbert Williams was born on 27 December 1908, the son of Thomas Ethelbert Williams. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Jesus College, Cambridge.^[1] In 1929 he played for Cambridge in the Varsity Match, earning a blue, and also played for Bedford in the 1930–31 season.^[4]

Williams entered the colonial service in Kenya in 1931, later becoming Provincial Commissioner of the Nyanza Province (1951–56), a member of the Kenya Council of State (1961–64) and Chairman of Naivasha County Council (1963).^[1] He was invested as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1949 and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1956.^[1]

Williams married Patricia Joy Collyer on 15 February 1936.^[5] They had a son and twin daughters. Williams died on 27 November 1983.