Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn
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The Right Honourable The Lord Williams of Mostyn PC QC |
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| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 13 June 2003 – 20 September 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Reid |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Amos |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 20 September 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Jay of Paddington |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Amos |
| Lord Privy Seal | |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Jay of Paddington |
| Succeeded by | Peter Hain |
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Attorney General for England and Wales Attorney General for Northern Ireland |
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In office 29 July 1999 – 8 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Morris |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Goldsmith |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 February 1941 Prestatyn, United Kingdom |
| Died | 20 September 2003 (aged 62) Gloucestershire, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn PC QC (5 February 1941 – 20 September 2003) was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician who was Leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council and a member of the Cabinet at the time of his sudden death in 2003.
Williams was born near Prestatyn, in North Wales, a son of Albert Thomas Williams and his wife Selina, née Evans. He was educated at Rhyl Grammar School and at Queens' College, Cambridge.
He had a successful legal career, having been called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1965,taking silk in 1978, being a Recorder in 1978-2003, being a Deputy High Court Judge, being the Leader of the Wales and Chester Circuit in 1987-89, and was a Member of the Bar Council in 1986-92 and became the Chairman in 1992.
He was created a life peer on 20 July 1992 as Baron Williams of Mostyn, of Great Tew in the County of Oxfordshire and became an opposition spokesman in the House of Lords on Legal Affairs, and later Northern Ireland. After Labour's election victory he appointed a Home Office minister, and in 1999 became Attorney General for England and Wales and Northern Ireland. He was appointed Leader of the House of Lords in 2001, initially with the sinecure office of Lord Privy Seal, for which Lord President of the Council was substituted in 2003.
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