author
Orlo Williams
b. 1883
A British writer and longtime House of Commons official, he brought an insider’s eye to politics, literature, and public life. His work ranges from criticism and biography to diaries and essays, with a tone readers often find sharp, observant, and lively.
2 Audiobooks
Vie de Bohème: A Patch of Romantic Paris
by Orlo Williams
The Good Englishwoman
by Orlo Williams
About the author
Born in 1883 and known as Orlo Williams, Orlando Cyprian Williams was a British author who also built a substantial career in public service. Records from the National Portrait Gallery identify him as a writer and Clerk of Committees in the House of Commons, and library and archival listings show a long publishing career under the name Orlo Williams.
His books covered an unusually wide range of subjects, including literary criticism, biography, essays, and social observation. Catalog and public-domain records connect him with works such as The Essay, The Good Englishwoman, Some Great English Novels, Life and Letters of John Rickman, and Vie de Bohème, suggesting a writer equally at home with literature, history, and cultural commentary.
He died in 1967. Although detailed biographical material appears to be scattered, the surviving record presents him as a versatile man of letters whose writing grew out of both deep reading and close experience of British public life.