The son of John Williams and Mary Williams ( Kennedy), Williams was educated at Bishop Foy School,
Waterford,
Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated BA, and
Downing College, Cambridge. He was posted to Northern Rhodesia as a cadet in 1928, promoted to District Officer there in 1930, Assistant Chief Secretary in 1944, Administrative Secretary in 1944 and from 1947 to 1952, and Chief Secretary and Governor's Deputy from 1952 to 1957. In 1957, he was appointed
Governor of the Leeward Islands, serving until 1959. Williams was appointed MBE in 1936, CMG in 1950, and promoted to KCMG in 1958. He was also appointed as a KStJ in 1958. He received an
LLD jure dignitatis from the
University of Dublin in 1957. == References ==