William Chambers (Welsh politician)

William Chambers (24 May 1809 – 21 March 1882), was a Welsh politician, the illegitimate son of the industrialist William Chambers of Llanelli, and a member of the Chambers family.

William Chambers the younger was born in Valenciennes, France, but was educated in England, first at Eton College and then at St John's College, Cambridge.

[1] In 1839 he co-founded the Llanelly Reform Society.

He was the leader of a demonstration at Mynydd Sylen in August 1843, during the Rebecca Riots, but shortly afterwards he helped the authorities to capture rioters who attacked the toll-gate at Pontarddulais.

In 1850, he was the first chairman of the Llanelli Board of Health.