WILLET, ---; b.; in school list 1764; left Dec 1764.
WILLES, WILLIAM, second son of Rev. William Shippen Willes, Rector of Preston Bissett, Bucks., and Prebendary of York, and his second wife Margaret, only dau. of John Williams, Panthowell, Carmarthenshire; b. 6 Mar 1802; adm. 3 May 1813; at Haileybury Coll. 1818-20; Writer, EICS Bombay 1819; Assistant to Collector, Poona 18 Jul 1821; Assistant Register of Adawlut, Northern Concan 7 Oct 1822; Register, Candeish 2 Feb 1824; acting magistrate, Centre Division 20 Aug 1833; out of service 1834; of Astrop House, Northants; DL JP Northants, High Sheriff 1837; JP Oxfordshire; m. 8 Dec 1831 Sophia, dau. of William Ralph Cartwright MP, Aynho, Northants; d. 15 Mar 1865.
WILLES, WILLIAM, brother of Edward Willes (adm. 1730/1, qv); bapt. Westminster Abbey 20 Dec 1731; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1739/40; left 1741; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1747; BA 27 Feb 1749/50; MA 1753; employed as government decipherer c. 1752 – c. 1764; ordained deacon (Rochester for London) 1 Dec 1755, priest (Bath and Wells) 14 Jan 1756; Rector of Christian Malford, Wilts., from 16 Jan 1756; Prebendary of Wells 14 Oct 1757-60, Chancellor 3 Apr 1758-60; Archdeacon of Taunton 31 Dec 1760-7, Archdeacon of Wells from 20 Oct 1767; Rector of West Camel, Somerset 1788 (disp. to hold with R. Christian Malford); m. 23 Oct 1766 Margaret, sister of William Jeanes, Shroton, Dorset; d. 12 May 1815 (M. I. Christian Malford, Wilts. ).
WILLES, JOHN, brother of Edward Willes (adm. 1730/1, qv); bapt. Westminster Abbey 10 Mar 1729; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1739/40 (Christian name recorded as “Charles” by Russell Barker and Stenning, but Hudson’s transcript reads “John”); left 1747; Lieut. , Royal Navy 1 Mar 1749; Cdr. , superannuated, 29 Sep 1796; d. unm. 1804]
WILLES, SIR FRANCIS, brother of Edward Willes (adm. 1730/1, qv); b. 30 May 1735; adm. May 1744 (Peirson's); left 1748; Decipherer, Foreign Office c. 1758 – c. 1807, salary commencing 5 Apr 1763; Under Secretary of State, Southern Dept., Oct 1772 – Nov 1775; knighted 11 Aug 1784; of Cockenhtach and Ippolits, Herts., and of Hampstead, Middlesex; m. 6 Aug 1788 [or 1778 ?] Mary, eldest dau. of Hon. George Clinton, Governor of New York; d. 30 Oct 1827. Buried North Ambulatory, Westminster Abbey.
WILLES, EDWARD, brother of William Willes (adm. 1813, qv); b. 25 Jan 1803; adm. 14 Jan 1814; Min. Can. 1817; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1821; BA 1825; MA 1827; ordained; Vicar of Ampney Crucis, Gloucs., 31 Aug 1827; Rector of Stratton, Gloucs., 1829; Rector of Hamstall Ridware and Yoxall, Staffs., from 6 Aug 1833; m. 1 Jun 1826 Laura, third dau. of Lieut. -Col. Samuel Edward Steward, Myton, Warwicks.; d. 13 Oct 1848.
WILLES, EDWARD, eldest son of Right Rev. Edward Willes DD, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Jane, second dau. of Henry White MP, Oxford; b. 30 Aug 1721; adm. Jan 1730/1; left 1736; Queens’ Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Mar 1737, matr. 1737; LLB 1745; Chancellor, Diocese of Bath and Wells (occurs 1774-83); Decipherer, Foreign Office c. 1741 – c. 1804; of Barton, Beds.; d. unm. 25 Dec 1812.
Willcocks, Roger Escombe, son of George Waller Willcocks, C.B., M.Inst.C.E., of Streatham, by Mary, eldest daughter of Rowland Escombe; b. Sept. 25, 1885; adm. May 4, 1899 (G); left Dec. 1902; called to the bar at the Middle Temple June 23, 1909; Western Circuit; Legal Dept. Ministry of Labour; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. on the outbreak of Great War I; a clerk in the solicitors' dept., Ministry of Labour; d. Jan. 15, 1944; unm.
Willcocks, Robert Waller, brother of Roger Escombe Willcocks (q.v.); b. July 26, 1887; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left July 1905; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1905); B.A. 1908; M.B. and B.C. 1914; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1912; practises at Chelmsford, Essex; Capt. R.A.M.C. Dec. 1, 1915; served in Gallipoli and France; mentioned in despatches; m. July 26, 1927, Irene Hope, daughter of G.R.H. Stringer, of Colchester, Essex; d. 1 May 1970.
WILLAUME, JOHN WILLIAMS, brother of Edward Willaume (qv); bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 5 [or 10] Apr 1741; adm. (aged 8) May 1749 (Gibson's); KS (Capt. ) 1753; Capt. of the School 1757; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1758, adm. pens. 24 May 1758, scholar 11 May 1759, matr. 1759; BA 1762; MA 1767; adm. Grays Inn 3 Nov 1773; of Tingrith, Beds.; m. (by 1782) Mary ---; d. 16 Jun 1810.