Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead  Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet JP (15 June 1848 – 15 April 1943) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dorset at a by-election in May 1895, and held the seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election. He was made a baronet, in 1915, of Bridehead in the county of Dorset.