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English: Cathedral Church of St. Asaph, Wales. In memory of Sir John Hay Williams, 2nd Baron of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire; Born 9 January 1794. Died 10 Sept 1859. Cathedral Church of St. Asaph, Wales. In memory of w:Sir John Hay-Williams, 2nd Baronet (1794–1859) of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire; Born 9 January 1794. Died 10 Sept 1859. He married in 1842 Lady Sarah Elizabeth Pitt Amherst, a daughter of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst. One of their children was Margaret Maria Hay-Williams, the wife of Sir Edmund Hope Verney. He was succeeded by his brother, Sir Hugh Williams, 3rd Baronet. The Williams Baronetcy, of Bodelwyddan in the County of Flint, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 24 July 1798 for John Williams. He had previously served as High Sheriff of Flintshire. Williams was the great-grandson of John Williams, second son of Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet (see Williams-Wynn Baronets). The second Baronet assumed in 1842 the additional surname of Hay but died without male issue. The title became extinct on the death of the ninth baronet in 2018. Arms of Williams of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire: Argent, two foxes counter-salient in saltire gules that in bend sinister surmounted by that in bend dexter a crescent for difference (Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p. 855); Gules, three tilting spears erect in fesse or the heads argent (Amherst/Amhurst);