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WILLIAMS-WYNN, HERBERT WATKIN, son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 29 Aug 1822; adm. 20 Apr 1833 (Benthall's); Ensign, 10th Foot 5 Jul 1839; Lieut., 24 Sep 1841; Capt., 7th Foot 28 Apr 1846; Maj., 1 Apr 1853; retd. with rank of Lieut. -Col., 9 Jun 1854; MP Montgomeryshire from Oct 1850; m. 26 Jul 1855 Anna, dau. of Edmund Lloyd, Cefn, Denbighshire; d. 22 Jun 1862.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, CHARLES WATKIN, son of Charles Watkin Willianms-Wynn (adm. 1784, qv); b. 4 Oct 1822; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839, Canoneer Student 1839-53; BA 1843; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Apr 1843, called to bar 6 May 1846; North Wales Circuit; Revising Barrister; Recorder of Oswestry 1880; MP (Cons) Montgomeryshire Jul 1862-80; DL JP Montgomeryshire; member, Society of Dilettanti 1871; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1874; m. 18 Aug 1853 Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont, youngest dau. of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers; d. 25 Apr 1896.

WILLIAMSON, SIR JOSEPH, second son of Rev. Joseph Williamson, Vicar of Bridekirk, Cumberland; bapt. 4 Aug 1633; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 16) 1650; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, bateller, matr. 18 Nov 1650; BA 2 Feb 1653/4; MA 1657 (incorp. Cambridge 1659); DCL 1674; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. 1657- Dec 1678; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Jul 1660 – Sep 1674; Keeper of State Papers from 31 Dec 1661; Secretary to Sir Henry Bennet (afterwards 1st Earl of Arlington) (qv) 1662; adm. and called to bar, Middle Temple 25 Nov 1664; editor, The London Gazette, of which the first number was published 5 Feb 1666; Extra Clerk, Privy Council 9 May 1666-72, Clerk of the Council in Ordinary 24 Jan 1671/2 – res by 16 Sep 1674; MP Thetford 22 Oct 1669-81, 1685-7, Rochester 1690-1701; knighted 24 Jan 1671/2; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Mar 1671/2; one of the three plenipotentiaries to the Congress of Cologne 1673-4; Secretary of State Sep 1674 – Feb 1678/9; Privy Councillor 11 Sep 1674; a Commissioner of the Admiralty 29 Sep 1674 – Feb 1678/9; refused to allow Daniel Skinner (qv) to publish Milton’s Latin State Letters and the treatise De Doctrina Christina, 1676; committed to the Tower of London by the House of Commons for passing commissions in favour of certain recusants, but promptly released by the King 1678; reappointed to Privy Council 21 Nov 1696; Joint Plenipotentiary at Congress of Nimeguen 1697; Envoy at the Hague 1697-9; FRS 20 May 1663 (one of the original Fellows), President 30 Nov 1677 – 30 Nov 1680; Master, Clothworkers’ Co. 1676; Recorder of Thetford 1682; an industrious and methodical man of affairs; befriended Dr. Lancelot Addison, who named his son Joseph after him; a great benefactor to Queen’s Coll. Oxford; m. Dec 1678 Catherine, widow of Lord O’Brien (son of 7th Earl of Thomond), and dau. of George Stuart, Lord D’Aubigny; d. 3 Oct 1701. Buried in Duke of Richmond’s vault, Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

WILLIAMS-BULKELEY, SIR RICHARD BULKELEY, BART., eldest son of Sir Robert Williams, Bart. (qv); b. 23 Sep 1801; adm. 20 Feb 1815 (Packharness'); left 10 Apr 1819; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1820; assumed additional surname of Bulkeley 3 Jun 1826, having inherited the estates of his father’s older step-brother, Thomas James Warren- Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (I) (qv); succ. father as 10th baronet 1 Dec 1830; MP (Whig/Liberal) Beaumaris 8 Feb 1831-2, Anglesey 1832-7, Flint 1841-7, Anglesey 1847-68; Lord Lieut., Caernarvonshire 7 Mar 1851 – 14 Sep 1866; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1870; a well-known sportsman; m. 1st, 27 May 1828 his cousin Hon. Charlotte Mary Hughes, eldest dau. of William Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben; m. 2nd, 20 Aug 1832 Maria Frances, only dau. of Sir Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley, Bart.; d. 28 Aug 1875.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS PEERS, elder son of Owen Williams (qv); b. 27 Mar 1795; adm. 11 May 1808; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1813; MP Great Marlow 1820-68; Lieut. -Col., Royal Anglesey Militia; DL JP Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Anglesey; m. 27 Aug 1835 Emily, youngest dau. of Anthony Bacon, Elcott, Berks.; d. 8 Sep 1875.

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 ROBERT, BART., eldest son of Sir Hugh Williams, Bart., MP, and Emma, widow of James Bulkeley, 6th Viscount Bulkeley (I) (qv), and only dau. of Thomas Rowlands, Nant, Caernarvonshire; b. 20 Jul 1764; adm. 12 Sep 1774; went to Harrow Sch.; Grand Tour (Italy) 1786; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 1 Jun 1782; Lieut. and Capt., 30 Dec 1789; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 4 Oct 1794; retd. 12 Jun 1795; served in France 1793; MP Caernarvonshire 1790-1826, Beaumaris from 1826; succ. father as 9th baronet 19 Aug 1794; m. 11 Jun 1799 Anne, second dau. of Rev. Edward Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. at Nice 1 Dec 1830.

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.

WICKHAM, WILLIAM, son of Henry Lewis Wickham (qv); b. 10 Jul 1831; adm. 19 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); QS 1846; left Whitsun 1847; New Inn Hall, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1850; BA 1854; MA 1857; adm. Inner Temple 20 Nov 1854, called to bar 6 Jun 1857; MP (Conservative) East Hampshire from 1892; DL Hampshire, High Sheriff 1888, JP 1866; Vice-Chairman, Hampshire County Council, from 1889; member Society of Dilettanti 1894; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1884; edited The Correspondence of the Right Hon. William Wickham from 1794, 1870; m. 9 May 1860 Sophia Emma, youngest dau. of Henry Francis Shaw-Lefevre; d. 16 May 1897.

WICKHAM, HENRY LEWIS, only son of Right Hon. William Wickham PC DCL MP, Bingley, Yorkshire, politician and administrator, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Eléonore Madeleine, dau. of Louis Bertrand, Professor of Mathematics, Geneva Univ.; b. 19 May 1789; adm. 29 Mar 1799; in school list 1801; KS 1803; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1807, matr. 13 May 1807, Westminster Student; BA 1811; MA 1813; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Apr 1811, called to bar 13 may 1817; Receiver-Gen., Gibraltar; Private Secretary to Viscount Althorp MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Dec 1830 – Jun 1833; a Commissioner of Excise Dept. Inquiry 1833; a Commissioner for the French Claims 1838; Chairman, Board of Stamps and Taxes 1838-48; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1846; joint author with his cousin John Antony Cramer (qv) of Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps; m. 19 Jun 1830 Lucy, youngest dau. of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv); d. 27 Oct 1864. DNB.