Claude Nelson-Williams
Dr. Claude Nelson-Williams Esq. | |
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Dr. Claude Nelson-Williams | |
| Born | Thomas Claudius Nelson-Williams 30 May 1927 Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Died | 10 April 1989 (aged 61) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
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| Nationality | British Subject, Sierra Leonean |
| Education | Durham University (MBBS, King's College, Durham) (now part of the Newcastle University) |
| Relatives | Honourable John Nelson-Williams (brother), General Alfred Nelson-Williams (paternal cousin), James Blyden Jenkins-Johnston (maternal cousin), Justice Claudia Taylor (paternal cousin) |
Thomas Claudius Nelson-Williams, MBBS (30 May 1927 – 10 April 1989), commonly known as Claude Nelson-Williams was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor, politician, and civic leader who was active in the politics of Sierra Leone between the 1960s and 1980s.
Born into a professional family that was active in colonial politics in Sierra Leone, Nelson-Williams was among the early postcolonial professionals to participate in Sierra Leonean politics and he was active in SLPP politics and on the Freetown City Council. Alongside other professionals such as Gershon Collier and Raymond Sarif Easmon, he was among a small group of Creole professionals active in the political scene from the 1960s.
He served as Chairman of the Management Committee of the Freetown City Council and ran for Parliament on at least three occasions. He also served as a director of the Bank of Sierra Leone in the 1960s.
His assassination in early 1989 reverberated across West Africa and sent shockwaves in Sierra Leone, especially in the Creole community and among his professional and political peers.