Talk:Samuel Williams (British politician)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved to Samuel Williams (politician). Consensus is clear that this guy isn't the primary topic and, looking at the dab page, there aren't any other politicians of this name, so "governor" and "British politician" are both overly precise (but I did create them as redirects). This is a bit of a supervote, so I'm happy to reopen if anyone has a problem with my decision. Jenks24 (talk) 04:48, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

– This page is obviously not the primary topic. I would have moved it, but it is not clear to me (from the two-line article) whether 'governor' or 'British politician' is the more appropriate disambiguator. Note that I have tidied up the incoming links. What currently points to Samuel Williams should all point to the governor/British politician.  Schwede 66  09:26, 15 June 2012 (UTC)  Schwede  66  09:26, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Samuel Williams → Samuel Williams (governor)
 * Samuel Williams (disambiguation) → Samuel Williams
 * Support- Or to Samuel Williams (politician); no current need to further disambiguate by nationality. References to the jurist include middle initial/name, the police commissioner's obituary doesn't nor do other articles I saw; military personnel officially include middle initial, and the linguist published exclusively with fullname, but pre-dated the politician. Dru of Id (talk) 12:11, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Support: I suggest Samuel Williams (British politician). —BarrelProof (talk) 17:24, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Something wrong with the Govenor's dates
I was looking for Samuel Williams who was, President of the House of Assembly (Legislature and Governor’s Deputy in Grenada in 1785. [From here - Acting deputy 1787-88 and 1789–1792]. I have: Samuel Williams (1733 - 1801) who was, President of the House of Assembly (Legislature and Governor’s Deputy in Grenada in 1785 and 1787 as well as for short periods between 1787 and 1793). I'd have to check my records but I think the above information is from within the family.

The main point is of course how could Samuel Charles Evan Williams (20 May 1842 – 2 March 1926) have been in Grenada before he was born? Juncus (talk) 22:46, 29 May 2023 (UTC)


 * It is plainly impossible, and neither should Williams' page state he was governor, nor should this page state (as it now does) "Samuel Williams (British politician) (1842–1926), British politician and Governor of Grenada". Clearly it is a different Samuel Williams who doesn't presently have a Wikipedia page. This page indicates Williams the Governor of Grenada died 1808. But I can't find much about him online. FieldOfWheat (talk) 14:59, 29 December 2023 (UTC)