William Smith Williams: Philip Hamlyn Williams

Writing is my third career - the publication of my first book coincided with the date of my entitlement to the state pension! William Smith Williams was my great great uncle and I needed to discover more about him; the result is this book but also an article in Brontë Studies. Most of my writing is about exploring some of the less well trod paths of history. You can read more on my blog. Here is what else I have done.

Former appointments

Chair of Trustees of the Lincoln Arts Trust, which owned and ran Lincoln Drill Hall (2014-2020)

Chair of Trustees of the Lincoln Book Festival (2016-2022)

Chapter Clerk and Chief Executive Lincoln Cathedral (2011-2014)

Member and Chairman of Audit Committee of The Church of England Pensions Board (1998 to 2011)

Finance Director of The Leicestershire, Rutland and Wycliff Society for the Blind (2003-2006)

Lay Canon Lincoln Cathedral (2003-2006) for service to the Church of England

Diocesan Secretary Diocese of Lincoln (1996-2003)

Lay Member of Chapter and Chairman of Finance Committee Lincoln Cathedral (1998-2003)

Member of Archbishops’ Council Finance Committee (1998-2003)

Lay Minister (Reader) Church of England (1997-2014)

Tax Partner Price Waterhouse (1986-1996)

Manager Price Waterhouse (1977-1986)

Audit Clerk Allan Charlesworth & Co (1971-1976)

Professional Qualifications

Chartered Accountant (1976)

Barrister at Law – Lincoln’s Inn (1977)

Member of the Institute of Taxation (1986)

Degrees

MA Professional Writing - University College Falmouth (2009)

BA First Class Honours - University of Exeter (2008)

Interests and other appointments

Member Marylebone Cricket Club

Leicester Tigers Rugby Football Club

Liveryman of the Merchant Taylors’ Company

Reading, music, theatre, gardening, walking, running, narrow boating

About me

Phil Hamlyn Williams's book entitled Charlotte Bronte's Devotee is about William Smith Williams, the man who discovered and mentored Charlotte Bronte and a host of Victorian writers and artists. He has now turned his attention to another aspect of history: manufacturing, explored through the prism of the Great Exhibition of 1851 at which William's brother exhibited. Previously, Dunkirk to D Day tells the stories of some of those ordnance men who fought in both world wars.

Ordnance, tells the story of the men and women who equipped the British Army for the Great War. It was published by The History Press in June 2018. His first book, War on Wheels, telling the story of the thousands of ordinary men and women who together worked to mechanise the British Army in WW2, was published by The History Press in September 2016. He wrote the story of the MacRobert's Reply collaborating with Story Terrace, published in December 2016. This is the story of an aeroplane, the woman who bought it and the men who flew it. He writes family histories for Story Terrace and comments regularly on contemporary issues his own blogs. He is chair of trustees at The Lincoln Arts Trust which ran the Lincoln Drill Hall arts venue. He also chairs The Lincoln Book Festival. He works with others on CompassionateLincoln.

He was awarded an MA in Professional Writing at University College Falmouth in 2009. He has been writing for fifteen years, having spent much of his career in professional services, most recently as a partner in Price Waterhouse, and in the not for profit sector.

William Smith Williams

My article in Bronte Studies

Philip Hamlyn Williams - my other CV

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