(1795–1874). From Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Williams was one of the leaders of the Newport Rising, 1839, in which he led the march from Nantyglo to Newport. With Frost, John, he was as a result convicted of treason but had his death-sentence commuted to transportation for life to Tasmania. With Frost, he was pardoned in 1856, but remained for the rest of his life in Tasmania.