SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY

SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.

WILLIAMS, SIR CHARLES HANBURY (1708-1759). —Diplomatist and satirist, s. of John Hanbury, a Welsh ironmaster, assumed the name of Williams on succeeding to an estate, entered Parliament as a supporter of Walpole, held many diplomatic posts, and was a brilliant wit with a great contemporary reputation for lively and biting satires and lampoons.