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WILLIAMS, WALTER VERE VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 23 Sep 1839; adm. 22 Nov 1852; QS 1854; left 1858; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1858; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jan 1863; migr. to Inner Temple 15 Jan 1868, called to bar 27 Jan 1868; Northern Circuit; joint author with H. H. Creed of Handicraftsmen and Capitalists, 1867, and other works; [unm. in 1881]; d. 2 Feb 1890.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS LOCKYER, eldest son of George Thomas Williams, Lymington House, Somerset, barrister, and Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Smith MP, Putney Hill, Surrey; b. 31 Jan 1823; adm. 7 Jun 1836 (Benthall's); KS 1837; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1841, adm. pens. 21 May 1841; BA 1846; Assistant Master, Cheltenham Coll. 1847-9; ordained deacon 1847, priest 1848 (both Gloucester); Curate, Tetbury, Gloucs., 1847-9; Perpetual Curate of Porthleven, Cornwall 1851-89; m. 21 Jun 1847 Emma Sarah, dau. of Frederick Rushbrook, Cambridge; d. 2 Apr 1919.

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, SEYMOUR YEATS, second son of Philip Penry Williams (qv); b. 31 Mar 1844; adm. 22 Jan 1858 (James'); QS 1859; left 1 May 1863; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1863; BA 1867; MA 1873; ordained deacon 1869, priest 1870 (both Hereford); Curate, Caynham, Shropshire 1869-73, Greet, Shropshire 1873-4; d. unm. 1 Feb 1919.

WILLIAMS, SAMUEL CHARLES EVAN, only son of John Williams (adm. 1811, qv); b. 29 May 1842; adm. Jan 1855 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1857; left 1859; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 May 1861; BA 1864; MA 1877; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1866; JP Radnorshire, High Sheriff 1880; MP (Liberal) Radnor District 1880-4; Vice-Chairman, Radnor County Council; one of founders of National Liberal Club 1882; Roman Catholic convert 1894; m. 26 Feb 1867 Mary Caroline, dau. of Rev. Henry William Robinson Luttman-Johnson (formerly Michell), West Dean, Sussex; d. 2 Mar 1926.

WILLIAMS, SIR ROLAND LOMAX BOWDLER VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 31 Dec 1837; adm. 27 Jan 1851; QS 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1856, matr. 15 May 1856, Westminster Student 1856-65; BA 1860; MA 1863; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Jan 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864, Bencher 1886, Treasurer 1912; South-Eastern Circuit; QC 1889; Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division, High Court 13 Feb 1890 – Nov 1897, Lord Justice of Appeal 2 Nov 1897 – 1914, retd.; knighted 30 Jun 1890; Privy Counsellor 26 Nov 1897; Chairman, Royal Commission on Disestablishment of Welsh Church 1906; author, The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy, 1870 (many subsequent editions); edited several editions of his father’s Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators; Vice-President, Elizabethan Club 1905-12, President 1912-5; Busby Trustee 20 May 1890; m. 28 Sep 1865 Laura Susanna, youngest dau. of Edmund Lomax, Netley, Surrey; d. 8 Dec 1916. DNB.

WILLIAMS, REGINALD HENRY, second son of Rev. Daniel Rowland Williams, Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex, and Mary Elizabeth, third dau. of J. Tarratt, Moreby Hall, Staffordshire; b. 28 May 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (D), exhibitioner; QS 1879; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1883, matr. 22 Oct 1883; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1885, 1st cl. Natural Science (Morphology) 1887; BA 1887; MA 1894; ordained deacon 1889 (Chester), priest [check]; Curate, Odd Rode, Cheshire 1889-93; held other curacies; Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex 1915-23; Rector of Ashingdon, Essex, from 1923; d. 27 Jan 1937.

WILLIAMS, OWEN, eldest son of Thomas Williams MP, Llanidan, Anglesey, solicitor and copper mine proprietor, and Catherine, dau. of John Lloyd, Llanfihangel Tre’r Beirdd, Anglesey; bapt. 19 Jul 1764; adm. 16 Sep 1776; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1782, but was never adm.; MP Great Marlow from 1796; of Temple House, Berks., and Craigydon, Anglesey; m. 18 Jul 1792 Margaret, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. 23 Feb 1832.

WILLIAMS, MORGAN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1618, Westminster Student to 1620, but did not matr. [Possibly same individual as Morgan Williams, son of John Williams, Llansanttfraid, Cardiganshire, Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jul 1624, aged 25 (sic)]

WILLIAMS, LEWIS, son of Hugh Williams, Menai, Anglesey; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1623, matr. 24 Jul 1624, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1638.