Charles Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel

Charles Cuthbert Powell Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel, CBE, PC (9 February 1933 – 30 December 2019^[1][2]) was a British businessman, cricketer and Labour life peer. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1985 until his death.

The Right Honourable The Lord Williams of Elvel CBE PC
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 22 May 1985 – 30 December 2019 Life Peerage
Chairman of the Prices Commission
In office 1977–1979
Personal details
Born	Charles Cuthbert Powell Williams (1933-02-09)9 February 1933 Oxford, England
Died	30 December 2019(2019-12-30) (aged 86)
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Jane Gillian Portal
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford London School of Economics
Profession	businessman

Cricket and writing

Williams played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1952 to 1955, and for Essex from 1954 to 1959. He appeared in 87 matches as a top-order right-handed batter, scoring 4,090 runs with a highest score of 139 not out. He completed six first-class centuries.^[3] In later years, he became a writer. His works included biographies of Don Bradman, Charles de Gaulle, Konrad Adenauer, Philippe Pétain, and Harold Macmillan. In 2012, he wrote the partly autobiographical Gentlemen & Players: The Death of Amateurism in Cricket, which was published on 4 April 2013.^[4]

Family

He was the stepfather of Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.^[5]