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Who was Bernard Williams’s first wife, Shirley Williams?
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Bernard Williams
English philosopher of ethics and historian of philosophy Bernard Williams.
Bernard Williams married Shirley Catlin in 1955. She became a prominent political figure in Britain and was later known as Shirley Williams, eventually being created Baroness Williams of Crosby in 1993. The couple's marriage was dissolved in 1974.1