Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914) asking were children, which angered their parents. Kenneth Williams recorded a visit to Deal in Kent where Hawtrey owned a house full of old brass bedsteads that the eccentric actor had hoarded, believing that "one day he would make a great deal of money from them". Hawtrey spent most of his life living with his mother, who suffered senile dementia in later years. Another anecdote recounted by Williams describes how during the filming of "Carry On Teacher" Joan Sims cried out to Hawtrey that his mother's handbag had caught fire after her cigarette ash fell into it. Without batting an
Kenneth P. Williams Williams married Mrs. Ellen (Laughlin) Scott on August 20, 1920. The main-belt asteroid, 1763 Williams, was named in his honor. http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/williamskp.html Lincoln Finds a General, Vol. 5. Kenneth P. Williams Kenneth Powers Williams (August 25, 1887 in Urbana, Ohio – September 25, 1958) was a professor of mathematics at Indiana University, and a ROTC commander. He is best known for his five-volume book, "Lincoln Finds a General", published from 1949–1957. Williams had intended to write seven books, but became ill and died just before Volume 5 was published. Volume 1 was reprinted by Indiana University Press, Volumes 3 and 4