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Birth4 May 1883, Marylebone church, London
Death10 Mar 1967, 11/13 Ladbroke Terrace London W.11
GeneralOnly s. House of commons clerk.
FatherThomas Cyprian Williams (ca1854-1932)
MotherHelen Rosalind Campbell (1856-1939)
Notes for Orlando Cyprian Williams C.B., M.C.
His birth index:

Name:                         Mother's Maiden Surname:
WILLIAMS, ORLANDO CYPRIAN     CAMPBELL  
GRO Reference: 1883  J Quarter in MARYLEBONE  Volume 01A  Page 630
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In 1912 it looks like he married either Gladys M Honey or Alice I Waterlow/Pollock.  The 1939 Register might help:

They were at 35 Addisland Court, West Holland Park, Kensington:
                
                                                          Marital
First name(s)  Last name(s)  Birth date  Sex  Occupation  status  Schedule  Schedule sub number

Orlando C  Williams  04 May 1883  M  Principal Committee Clerk House Of Comm  M  250  1
Alice I    Williams  15 Jun 1876  F  Unpaid Domestic Duties                   M  250  2
Annie      Johnson   21 Jan 1893  F  Cook                                     S  250  3

1939 ref: RG101/0304F/018/36

So his wife was definitely Alice I Waterlow/Pollock, indicating that she had been married before.
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I wonder if this rare combination of Williams and Pollock could be a daughter of theirs?  It may need a birth certificate to clarify the matter.

Name:                       Mother's Maiden Surname:
WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH MARY    POLLOCK  
GRO Reference: 1913  S Quarter in KENSINGTON  Volume 01A  Page 153

There are hundreds of records for Elizabeth Mary Williamses.  His will may clarify the matter too - and a lot cheaper.

However in his will he twice mentions his daughter Rowan Mary Williams, who married Patrick Walter Low.

So: Can we find the birth of Rowan and her marriage to Patrick.

There was no Rowan Mary birth in the british isles from 1910 to 1950.

There was a Patrick Walter Low birth in 1910 in Hants.

No marriage in Britain of any Patrick Low to any Williams.

Try The World.  No marriage of Elizabeth Mary or Rowan Mary Williams to any Low.

But she did die in 2004 in Kent and is shown as born in 1913:

Name: Year of Birth:  
LOW, ROWAN  MARY   1913  
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2004 in KENT  (5641E)  Reg KDE3  Entry Number 104

Her her husband’s address as executor for her father was Ashford, Kent.

Did she leave a will?  Yes.
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His death index:

First name(s)  Orlando C
Last name      Williams
Gender         Male
Birth year     1884
Age            83
Death quarter  1
Death year     1967
District       Kensington
County         London
Volume         5C
Page           778
Country        England
Record set     England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Orlando Cyprian Williams C.B., M.C.
His probate index:

1967
WILLIAMS Orlando Cyprian C.B. M.C. of 6 Weller Court 66 Ladbroke Road London W.11 died 10 March 1967 at 11/13 Ladbroke Terrace London W.11  Probate London 24 May to John Cyril Leslie Sweet solicitor and Patrick Walter Low retired civil servant.  £47522

Definitely order his will.
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Good value too.

His will had two codicils.  Each codicil changed the executors.  The first Codicil followed the death of his wife Alice Isabella and acknowledged the marriage of his daughter .  The second codicil also referred to followed the marriage of his daughter Rowan Mary to Patrick Walter Low.

His executors at death were John Cyril Leslie Sweet, solicitor, and his son-in-law Patrick Walter Low.

He also named his two sisters Gwendolen Meta Williams and Violet Helen Williams and they witnessed his second and last codicil.

The dating was:
  Will:        16 December 1940
  1st codicil  2 July 1953
  2nd codicil  17 January 1963

No other relatives were named.  Though the possibility of his daughter having children was included in the original will.
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Notes for Orlando Cyprian & Alice Isabella (Family)
Their marriage index, showing the problem of her name:


Surname  First name(s)  Spouse  District  Vol  Page
Marriages Jun 1912   (>99%)
Pollock Alice I Williams Kensington  1a  271
Waterlow Alice I Williams Kensington  1a  271
Williams Orlando Waterlow Kensington  1a  271
Williams Orlando Pollock Kensington  1a  271

An explanatory note is: “COMMENT Spouse name is given as Waterlow or Pollock”

So we need to plonk around for earlier records to see what was going on.
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