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WILMOT, PAUL, brother of Richard James Wilmot (qv); b. 10 Aug 1811; adm. 2 May 1821; adm. Middle Temple 9 Mar 1836, called to bar 3 May 1839; Home Circuit; special pleader; m. 1st, 9 Jul 1840 Sophia, youngest dau. of Rev. Thomas Willis DD, Rector of St. George’s, Bloomsbury; m. 2nd, 18 Oct 1849 Elizabeth Jessie, dau. of William Lee, HM Customs; d. 17 Mar 1879.

WILMOT, SIR JOHN EARDLEY, second son of Robert Wilmot, Osmaston, Derbs., and Ursula, dau. of Sir Samuel Mason, Bart.; b. 16 Aug 1709; adm. Jan 1723/4; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 13 Feb 1726/7, matr. 1727; adm. Inner Temple 6 Dec 1728, called to bar 26 Jun 1732, tenant chambers there 11 Feb 1731/2; practised in common law courts; refused silk 1753; retired to Derby with the inmtention of confining himself to local practice 1754; knighted 3 Feb 1755; Puisne Justice of the King’s Bench and Serjeant-at-Law 11 Feb 1755 – Aug 1766; a Commissioner of the Great Seal 19 Nov 1756 – 20 Jun 1757; Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 20 Aug 1766 – 26 Jan 1771; Privy Councillor 10 Sep 1766; took part in judicial business of the Privy Council to 1782; thrice refused the post of Lord Chancellor; FSA 16 May 1745; his Notes of Opinions and Judgments delivered in different Courts were edited by his son John Eardley-Wilmot (qv), 1802; m. 3 Apr 1743 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Rivett, Mayor of Derby; d. 5 Feb 1792. DNB.

WILMOT, CHARLES FOLEY, eldest son of Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., and his second wife Marianne, dau. of Charles Howard, Pipe Grange, Staffs.; b. 1796; adm. Midsummer 1811; left 1813; Secretary, British Legation to Swiss Cantons; d. 23 Mar 1852.

WILLSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1741; left 1743.

WILLSON, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1722; in under school list 1725.

Willson, Thomas Olaf, son of the Rev. Thomas Benjamin Willson, Litt.D., Rector of West Woodhay, Berks, by Jane Florence, daughter of Peter Quinn, M.P., of Killabodagh, co. Armagh; b. July 29, 1880; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1898; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1901; 2nd class hons. Mod. Hist.; M.A. 1905; asst. secretary, Berks Education Committee, 1905-19, Oxfordshire Education Committee 1919; Director of Educa­tion 1919-46; served in Great War I; H.A.C. 1914; T.F. Reserve 1915; F.O. Dept., Min. of Information 1915-9; C.B.E. June 3, 1918; Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne Feb. 1919; m. 1st June 25, 1919, Constance Horsburgh, daughter of Walter Basil Cowan, of Saratoga, Wyoming, U.S.A.; 2nd Nov. 2, 1948, Joan, younger daughter of A. J. Livesey, of Leyland, Lancs; d. 1973.

WILLSON, ROBERT; b.; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1714/5; in under school list 1716.

WILLSON, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-8.