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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.

WILLAUME, EDWARD, eldest son of David Willaume, Tingrith, Beds., and Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Dymoke, Ampthill, Beds.; bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 7 Oct 1736; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1745/6 (Gibson's); KS 1750; Capt. of the School 1754; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1755, adm. pens. 28 May 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756; BA 1759; MA 1770; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jul 1753; ordained priest (Winchester) Dec 1760; Rector of Cranley, Surrey 23 Dec 1760-4; Rector of Great Holland, Essex 1770; Rector of Bow Brickhill, Bucks., 1 Jun 1782 – Mar 1783; Rector of Tingrith, Beds., from May 1782; Prebendary of Lincoln from 11 May 1782; m. 11 Mar 1776 Essex, dau. of Charles Blackwell, The Strand, London; d. 13 Oct 1787.

WILLAUME, CHARLES DYMOKE, brother of Edward Willaume (qv); bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 8 Mar 1738 [or 1738/9]; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1748 (Gibson's); KS 1752; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1757, scholar 11 May 1759, readm. as fellow commoner 20 Apr 1762, matr. 1758; BA 1761; of Tingrith, Beds.; m. 1st, 8 Jan 1772 Mary Hamilton, Tingrith, Beds.; m. 2nd, ---; buried Tingrith, Beds., 3 Feb 1807.

WILLAUME, ---; b.; in school list 1797.

WILLAN, WILLIAM; b. 18 Dec 1807; adm. 27 Jan 1818 (Best's); left 1822; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1822-3; adm. solicitor; practised in Herefordshire; d. 30 Jan 1838. [Perhaps bapt. Wichenford, Worcs., 20 Dec 1807, son of John Willan, and Hannah --- (IGI)]