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{{Infobox military person<br />
| name = Watkin Lewis Griffies Williams, 3rd Baronet<br />
| image = Watkin_Lewes_Griffies-Williams,_3rd_Baronet.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1800}}<br />
| death_date = 23 May {{death year and age|1877|1800}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Llwynywormwood, Carmarthenshire]], Wales<br />
| death_place = [[Notting Hill]]<br />
| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]] / [[British Empire]]<br />[[Image:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22x25px]] [[East India Company]]<br />
| branch = {{flagicon|British India}} [[Madras Army]]<br />
| serviceyears = <br />
| rank = [[General (United Kingdom)]]<br />
| unit = [[63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry]]<br />
| battles = [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]<br />
| awards = <br />
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General '''Sir Watkin Lewis Griffies Williams, 3rd Baronet''' (1800 – 23 May 1877) was the 3rd and last [[Baronet]] of his line, the [[Griffies-Williams baronets|Griffies-Williams Baronetcy]], and an officer in the British Indian Army. It was noted by a superior that he had a "perfect knowledge" of [[Burmese language|Burmese]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Watkin Lewis Griffies Williams was born in 1800 at the family estate Llwynywormwood, Carmarthenshire in Wales.<br />
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== Military service ==<br />
During his service under the [[East India Company]], he was [[Mentioned in dispatches|mentioned in despatches]] for his conduct during the First Anglo-Burmese War by Lieutenant Colonel Pepper: "''and from Lieutenant Williams, commanding 3rd Regiment P.L.I. not only for his anxiety and zeal, but from the able assistance I have derived from his perfect knowledge of the Burmese language''.".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The London Gazette Publication date:4 July 1826 Supplement:18265 Page:1681|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/18265/supplement/1}}</ref> He was retrospectively awarded the [[Army of India Medal]] with Ava clasp in recognition of his service during the campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morton and Eden auction catalogue Wednesday 2 July 2014|url=https://www.mortonandeden.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/70.pdf}}</ref><br />
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Becoming [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] of the 3rd Palamcottah Light Infantry in the August of 1854, he was promoted to [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] of the Madras Infantry on 28 November 1854,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The London Gazette Publication date:4 March 1864 Issue:22828 Page:1357|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22828/page/1357}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The London Gazette Publication date:6 February 1855 Issue:21658 Page:432|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21658/page/432}}</ref> with this rank being confirmed as full Major-General in 1864.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The London Gazette Publication date:4 March 1864 Issue:22828 Page:1357|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22828/page/1357}}</ref> He was then further promoted to [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] on 17 September 1866<ref>{{Cite web|title=The London Gazette Publication date:28 December 1866 Issue:23203 Page:7175|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23203/page/7175}}</ref> and again to [[General (United Kingdom)|General]] on 25 July 1870.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The London Gazette Publication date:11 July 1871 Issue:23754 Page:3145|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23754/page/3145}}</ref><br />
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== Later life ==<br />
Griffies-Williams died at 38 Elgin Road, Notting Hill on 23 May 1877.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The London Gazette Publication date:10 July 1877 Issue:24480 Page:4061|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24480/page/4061}}</ref> The Baronetcy ended with him, and his nephew Major Edmund Watkin Kent was granted probate over the estate.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Teesdale Mercury August 15th, 1877|work=The Teesdale Mercury|url=http://teesdalemercuryarchive.org/pdf/1877/August-15/August-15-1877-07.pdf}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:British East India Company Army generals]]<br />
[[Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom]]<br />
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[[Category:British military personnel of the First Anglo-Burmese War]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army generals]]</div>Bot