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Joseph Powell Williams was an English Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician who was active in local government in Birmingham and sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1904. He was a close political associate of Joseph Chamberlain. ==Family and Working Life== Born in Worcester, he attended Hazlewood School, Birmingham, which was founded by his father's cousin Thomas Wright Hill. On leaving school he worked for Graham & James of Ludgate Hill, Solicitors, Birmingham. Business with this firm led him to travel to the United States where he was to represent this and other Birmingham interests. He considered staying but the outbreak of the Civil War led him to return to Britain. He was also a partner in the firm of Hill, Evans & Co Ltd, vinegar manufacturers,〔http://www.worcestercitymuseums.org.uk/mag/spirit/sauce/sps9.htm〕 which, along with Lea & Perrins, and Royal Worcester, were industrial mainstays of the city of Worcester. Joseph's father (also Joseph) was one of the founders of Hill, Evans & Co., the company was originally called Hill, Evans & Williams. It made not only vinegar but what were then termed "British wines". On his return from the United States he accepted an appointment to the Post Office which, under the guidance of Rowland Hill (Joseph's second cousin), was undergoing a substantial revolution in the way it worked. While in the Post Office he had a share in setting up the Post Office Savings Bank. He also worked in the postal district to which Anthony Trollope was surveyor and struck up a friendship with Trollope - it is said that he read many of the proofs of the author's novels. In 1870 he married Anne Elizabeth Bindley. They had two sons, Francis, who became and an Electrical Engineer and was Secretary to the Institute of Engineers (India) from 1921 to 1931, Rowland, who became a barrister and played first-class cricket, and two daughters, Mary Dorothy and Winifred Ethel. In his later life, alongside his political career in Birmingham and Westminster, he held a number of positions including the chairmanship of the Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Powell Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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