Sir charles williams barbados biography
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WILLIAMS, Sir Charles Othniel - 19 Nov
He was s of (John) Elliot WILLIAMS and Lillian WITHNALL. He m 1st (div ) Diane WALCOTT and had two sons and a dau as above. He m 2nd as her 3rd h Mary-Ann b d of Brig Peter Neil Ralli STEWART-RICHARDSON OBE (gs of Sir James Thomas STEWART-RICHARDSON of Pitfour 14th Bt ) and Patricia Ann d of femte månaden i året John Michael Evans LOMBE MC scion of the EVANS-LOMBE gentry family of Marlingford, and Patricia Routledge GIBSON
From the Times Remembering loved ones'section 26 Feb
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Sir Charles ‘Cow’ Williams, Barbadian construction colossus who started with a single tractor
Born in on a plantation in the parish of St John, Cow was the fourth of nine children of John, known as Elliott, and Lillian (née Withnall)
Charles’s first marriage was to Diane Walcott in the s, with whom he had Stephen, a farmer, Charmaine, a housewife, and Teddy, who runs the construction company. In the s on Barbados Charles met Mary-Ann Gemmell and they ma
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Construction pioneer developed multiple businesses, became largest landowner
Sir Charles Othneil Cow Williams, the iconic construction magnate whose pioneer road-building, housing and farming developments transformed the Barbadian landscape over six decades, has died, four days short of his 89th birthday.
He died on Friday evening at the Bayview Hospital with his wife Mary-Ann, Lady Williams and brother Ralph Bizzy Williams at his side, according to relatives.
From humble origins as a plantation manager’s son and with a single earth-mover, Sir Charles rose to become the nation’s largest private owner of land and the founder of C. O. Williams Construction.
Along the way, COW Williams became a household name noted for his colourful personality, plain speaking and often controversial opinions.
Educated at The Lodge School, Cow Williams built the Williams Group of Companies with his younger brother, Bizzy,pioneering construction, mining, dairy farming, horticulture, agr
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When Sir Charles Othniel Williams was born on 24 November , in Ashford, Saint John, Barbados, his father, John Percy Elliot Williams, was 43 and his mother, Lilian Audrey Doris Withnall, was He married Diane Walcott on 18 August , in Barbados. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 19 November , in Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados, at the age of