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WILLIAMS, EZEKIEL, son of John Williams, Truro, Cornwall, and Alice --- (IGI); bapt. Truro, Cornwall 12 May 1704 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jun 1717; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Mar 1721/2; BA 1725; BCL 21 Jan 1731/2; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 5 Jun 1726; Vicar of Crowan, Cornwall (disp. to hold with Helland 1731/2); Rector of Helland, Cornwall, from 22 Mar 1731/2; m. 4 Apr 1741 Jane Harris, Gwythian, Cornwall; d. 1777.

WILLIAMS, EDWARD, brother of Rowland Williams (qv); bapt. 30 Apr 1710; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1721; in under school list 1724; of Thames Ditton, Surrey; m. Mary Bennett, Penrith, Cumberland; d. 6 Apr 1784.

WILLIAMS, SIR EDWARD VAUGHAN, brother of Charles Williams (left 1811, qv); b.; at Winchester Coll. 1808-11; adm. Christmas 1811; KS (Capt. ) 1812; probably the editor of The World at Westminster, a school periodical which appeared from 28 Nov 1815 to 20 May 1816; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1816, adm. pens. 27 May 1816, aged 18, scholar 1817; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Jun 1818, called to bar 17 Jun 1823; initially joined Oxford Circuit, later on South Wales and Chester Circuits; Serjeant-at-Law 27 Oct 1846; Puisne Justice, Court of Common Pleas 3 Nov 1846 – end of Hilary Term 1865, when he retired [check date]; knighted 4 Feb 1847; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1865; member, Judicial Committee, Privy Council; a fine scholar, learned lawyer and excellent judge; Busby Trustee 26 May 1854; author, Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators, 1832, and other works; m. 5 Sep 1826 Jane Margaret, eighth dau. of Walter Bagot (adm. 1739/40, qv); d. 2 Nov 1875. DNB.

WILLIAMS, EDWARD FRASER VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 17 May 1833; adm. 22 Oct 1846; QS 1848; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1852, adm. pens. 21 May 1852, scholar 1853; BA 1856; MA 1860; ordained deacon (Bath and Wells) 1862, priest (Bishop Anderson for Bath & Wells) 1866; Curate, Batheaston, Somerset 1862-8; Rector of North Tidworth, Wilts., 1869-1911; m. 6 Oct 1868 Emily Eugenia, dau. of Thomas Gibson Inman, Bath, Somerset, barrister; d. 25 Jun 1914.

WILLIAMS, EDMUND; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1722/3; in school list 1731.

WILLIAMS, DUDLEY; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 10 May 1635, scholar 1635, but did not matr. [Presumably Dudley Williams, son of Anthony Williams, bapt. Gilstone, Herts., 11 Mar 1616 (IGI)]

WILLIAMS, SIR DAVID, BART., son of Rev. Sir Gilbert Williams, Bart., and Dorothy, widow of Thomas Day, Rickmansworth, Herts., and dau. of William Wankford, Rickmansworth, Herts.; b. 13 May 1726; adm. Jul 1737; left 1742; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1742; BA 1748; MA 1751; succ. as 6th baronet Apr 1768; m. 19 Aug 1762 Rebecca, dau. of Dr. [or Rev. ?] Thomas Harding Rowland, Aylesbury, Bucks.; d. 9 Dec 1792.

WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER; b.; in under school lists 1715, 1716; BB 1716-7.

WILLIAMS, CHARLES; b.; BB 1712-6; in under school list 1715.

WILLIAMS, CHARLES, eldest son of John Williams, Daventry, Northants, Serjeant-at-law, and Mary, dau. of Charles Clarke, Forebridge, near Stafford; b.; adm.; left 1811; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1811; migr. to Trinity Hall, Cambridge; LLB 1827; ordained; d. 1835, aged 41 (will proved PCC 4 Oct 1837). [Perhaps bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 4 May 1794 (IGI)]