Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet (1 November 1797 – 24 April 1861)[1] was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1831 and 1852.
He was initiated into the Lambton Lodge No 375, Chester-Le-Street, County Durham, England, 9 December 1824.
Sir Hedworth Williamson had four sons Hedworth, 25 March 1827 – 1874, William Henry, born 14 October 1829, Charles 1 September 1833 and Victor Alexander, born 28 June 1828, all of which were members of Palatine Lodge No 97.
[8] Williamson married Anne Elizabeth Liddell (1801–1878), daughter of the first Baron Ravensworth.
Their daughter Maria Dorothea married David Barclay who was also an MP for Sunderland.