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Williams, Sir Griffith Goodland, son of Alfred Augustus Williams, of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, by Elizabeth Florence, daughter of Mark Ovenden; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1911; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorset Regt. (T.F.) April 9, 1915; served in India and Mesopotamia and was demob. as Capt.; asst. principal Board of Educa­tion 1919-25, principal 1925; under secretary, Ministry of Education, Jan. 1, 1946; deputy secretary, May 30, 1946-53; secretary of the Churches Main Committee 1954; C.B. 1945; K.B.E. 1949; d. 1974.

WILLIAMS, GEORGE JAMES, fourth son of William Peere Williams MP, Gray’s Inn, London, barrister, Chancery Reporter, and Anne, second dau. of Sir George Hutchins, Kt, Greville Street, Holborn, King’s Serjeant; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1727; Min. Can. 1732; KS 1733; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1737, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1737; adm. Inner Temple 13 Nov 1739; Inspector-Gen., Inland Excise Duties 1751 (still 1769, not 1780); Deputy Cofferer, Royal Household Nov 1761 – Jul 1765; Joint Receiver of Revenues, Virginia 1 Sep 1772 (still 1780); Receiver-Gen., Excise 8 Nov 1774-81; Paymaster to Forces, Nova Scotia (occurs 1780); FSA 15 Nov 1781; known as “Gilly” Williams; an intimate friend of George Selwyn, Richard Edgcumbe and Horace Walpole; m. 13 Jun 1751 Diana, illegitimate dau. of Hon. Peregrine Bertie, and step-daughter of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry (Notes and Queries clxxiii, 206); d. 28 Nov 1805. DNB.

WILLIAMS, FREDERICK GEORGE ADOLPHUS, brother of Thomas Lockyer Williams (qv); b. 18 Sep 1825; adm. 29 Jan 1838 (Benthall's); QS 1840; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1844, adm. pens. 16 May 1844; BA 1848; adm. Inner Temple 9 Nov 1848, called to bar 30 Apr 1852; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Dec 1856; equity draftsman and conveyancer; Chancery Reporter for Incorporated Council of Law Reporting; m. 28 Dec 1865 Mary Katherine, third dau. of James Leman, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, solicitor; d. 15 Apr 1889.

WILLIAMS, FRANCIS, son of Right Rev. Griffith Williams DD, Bishop of Ossory, Dean of Bangor and Prebendary of Westminster; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 13) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224).

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, 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, Charles Cuthbert Powell, Baron Williams of Elvel, son of Rev. Norman Powell Williams DD, Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church, and Muriel de Lerisson, d. of Arthur Philip Cazenove, stockbroker; b. 9 Feb. 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1950; left July 1951; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, played cricket for Oxford 1953-5 (capt. 1955); BA 1955, MA; played cricket for Essex 1953-9; asst. master Eton Coll. 1955-8; BP Co. Ltd. 1958-64; contested (Lab. ) Colchester 1964; Bank of London & Montreal 1964-6; Eurofinance SA Paris 1966-70; Baring Bros & Co. 1970-7, man. dir. 1971-7; chmn. Prices Commission 1977-9; CBE 1980; Henry Ansbacher & Co., man. dir. 1980-2, chmn. 1982-5; chief exec. Henry Ansbacher Holdings Plc 1982-5; created Baron Williams of Elvel (Life Peer) 1985; dir. Pergamon Holdings Ltd. 1985-91, Mirror Group Newspapers 1985-92; dep. Leader Labour Party House of Lords 1989-92; chmn. Acad. of St Martin-in-the-Fields 1988; pres. Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales 1989-95, vice-pres. 1995-2009; PC 2013; m. 1st, 8 May 1965 Maria Cecilia Rodriguez de Leon, d. of Don Vincenzo Rodrigues Sanchez of Guatemala; 2nd, 1975 Jane Gillian, formerly wife of Gavin Bramhall Welby, and d. of Lieut. -Col. Gervas Edward Portal, Indian Army; d. 30 Dec 2019.

WILLIAMS, ARTHUR CHARLES VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 8 Nov 1834; adm. 22 Oct 1846; QS 1849; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1653, matr. 18 May 1653, Westminster Student; BA 1857; MA 1860; ordained 1860; Vicar of Down Ampney, Gloucs., from 1868; father of Ralph Vaughan Williams OM, musical composer; m. 22 Feb 1868 Margaret Susan, second dau. of Josiah Wedgwood, Leith Hill Place, Surrey; d. 9 Feb 1875.

WILLIAMS, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1579 (Chapter Muniments 39716).