# Peter Gordon Williams

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{{Short description|British businessman (1920–1982)}}
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'''Peter Gordon Williams''', [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire), [JP](/source/Justice_of_Peace) (23 January 1920 – 14 October 1982) was a British businessman and an [unofficial member](/source/unofficial_member) of the [Legislative Council of Hong Kong](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong).

Williams was a [fencer](/source/fencing) and a [cricket](/source/cricket) player. He was an artillery officer in the [British Indian Army](/source/British_Indian_Army) during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War). After the war, he met and married Anne Newmarch of Guy Newmarch, a railway engineer in North China, and Catherine Muir, in London. The couple had two sons, Adam and Piers. Through Anne's connections, Peter Williams got a job with the [Dodwell & Co](/source/Dodwell_%26_Co), a Far East trading company in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adam-williams.net/biography/|title=Biography|work=Adam Williams}}</ref>

He became the director and later the chairman of the company. He was also the chairman of the [Inchcape](/source/Inchcape) after it purchased the Dodwell for £13 million in 1973.<ref>{{cite book|page=182|title=The Son from the West|first=Evelyn|last=Cromer|publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd|year=2007}}</ref> He was also chairman of the [Hongkong Electric Company](/source/Hongkong_Electric_Company) and non-executive director of the [Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation](/source/Hongkong_and_Shanghai_Banking_Corporation), [The Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company Limited](/source/The_Wharf_(Holdings)_Limited) and [The Hong Kong Telephone Company](/source/HKT_(Hong_Kong_Telecom)). He succeeded Sir [Douglas Clague](/source/Douglas_Clague) in 1975 as the deputy chairman of the bank. In 1972, he became chairman of the [Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce](/source/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce), As a chamber representative, he was an [unofficial member](/source/unofficial_member) of the [Legislative Council of Hong Kong](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong) from 1972 to 1978. He was also a provisional member of the [Executive Council of Hong Kong](/source/Executive_Council_of_Hong_Kong) during the absence of Sir Douglas Clague.

He was also a steward and later chairman of the [Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club](/source/Royal_Hong_Kong_Jockey_Club). Under his spell, the [Sha Tin Racecourse](/source/Sha_Tin_Racecourse) was opened in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://racingmemories.hk/hottopics/sha-tin-racecourse/|title=SHA TIN RACECOURSE|work=Racing Memories}}</ref> He also greeted [Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II) during her visit in Hong Kong in 1975. Williams and his family lived at 35 [Magazine Gap Road](/source/Magazine_Gap_Road) of [The Peak](/source/The_Peak_(Hong_Kong)).

He resigned as chairman of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club in 1981 and retired as the director on 31 May 1982. Shortly after he returned to England, Williams died in London at 9:30 am on 14 October 1982, aged 62.<ref>{{cite news|title=前任賽馬會主席 韋彼得在英病逝 馬會今下半旗誌哀|date=15 October 1982|newspaper=The Kung Sheung Daily News|page=8}}</ref>

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{{s-ttl | title=Chairman of the [Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce](/source/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce)| years=1972–1973}}
{{s-aft |after=[Peter Foxon](/source/Peter_Foxon)}}
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{{s-ttl | title=[Unofficial Member](/source/Unofficial_Member)| years=1972–1978|district=[Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce](/source/Hong_Kong_General_Chamber_of_Commerce)}}
{{s-aft | after=[Sidney Gordon](/source/Sidney_Gordon_(businessman))}}
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{{s-bef | before=Sir [Douglas Clague](/source/Douglas_Clague)}}
{{s-ttl | title=Chairman of the [Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club](/source/Royal_Hong_Kong_Jockey_Club)| years=1974–1981}}
{{s-aft | after=Sir [Michael Sandberg](/source/Michael_Sandberg)}}
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Category:1920 births
Category:1982 deaths
Category:English male fencers
Category:English cricketers
Category:British businesspeople in shipping
Category:British expatriates in Hong Kong
Category:Hong Kong businesspeople in shipping
Category:Hong Kong chief executives
Category:HSBC people
Category:Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Category:Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:British people in British India

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