It is not clear where this originates from, and it could either refer to the old-English word for 'friend', Welsh for 'fair', or to the Reverend John Wynne who had baptised Sir Charles Williams, his father's oldest surviving brother.

[3] Aged 8, Robert Wynn Williams was sent to London to Christ's Hospital to receive his education.

[4] After he was admitted to the Supreme Court of New Zealand at age 21, he practised as a lawyer for some time in Auckland before declining health prompted him to move to Ireland.

[5] He headed to Charters Towers in 1894 to start his own practice, specialising in mining and company law, operating this business up until his death in 1929.

[5] Wynn Williams, representing the Ministerialists, won the seat of Charters Towers at the 1912 state elections.