WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM, third son of Sir William Wiliamson, Bart., and Elizabeth, youngest dau. of John Hedworth, Harraton, co. Durham; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1719/20; left 1720; re-adm. (aged 13) Feb 1722/3; KS 1724; left 1727; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Feb 1728/9; BA 1732; MA 1736; BD and DD 1747; Fellow, Merton Coll.; Proctor 1746; ordained deacon 16 Oct 1743, priest 27 Oct 1745 (both Durham); Rector of Whickham, co. Durham, from 1748; m. 9 Oct 1748 Frances Barras; d. 23 Aug 1763.
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WILLIAMSON, VICTOR ALEXANDER, fourrth son of Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., MP, and Hon. Anne Elizabeth Liddell, third dau. of Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth; b. 28 Jun 1838; adm. 7 Feb 1848; QS 1853; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1857, matr. 4 Jun 1857, Westminster Student 1857-71; BA 1860; MA 1864; adm. Inner Temple 17 Jan 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1865; Northern Circuit; a Commissioner for inquiring into the condition of Indian labourers in Mauritius 1872-3; Chairman of Commission for settling titles to land, Fiji, and member, Executive and Legislative Councils, Fiji 1879-82; CMG 24 May 1882; Secretary to Parliamentary Commission on London Board of Works 1888; Hon. Commissioner in Lunacy 11 Dec 1893; DL co. Durham; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1890; d. unm. 16 Sep 1924.
WILLIAMSON, PERCY, brother of John Williamson (adm. 1881, qv); b. 12 Jun 1871; adm. 31 May 1883 (J); exhibitioner 1884; QS 1885; Capt. of the School 1889; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1890, Westminster exhibitioner (with Triplett); BA 1895; Clerk, Inland Revenue 1 Apr 1895-1909, Assistant Secretary 1909-16; Special Commissioner of Income Tax 1916-35; m. 12 Nov 1904 Florence Mary, dau. of Herbert Benjamin Gammon, Gipsy Hill, Kent, builder and contractor; d. 1958.
WILLIAMSON, JOSEPH TAYLOR, son of William Williamson, Westminster, and Sophia Christina --- (IGI); bapt. St. Philip, Charleston, South Carolina, North America 13 Sep 1739 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Sep 1750; KS 1754; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1759, scholar 2 May 1760; 8th Wrangler and Senior Chancellor’s Medallist 1763; BA 1763; MA 1771; ordained deacon 25 Jan 1764, priest 18 Mar 1764 (both Winchester); Vicar of St. Dunstan in the West, London 14 Jul 1764–1805; Chaplain to John Wilkes when Lord Mayor of London 1774; Rector of Thakeham, Sussex, from 12 Jun 1805; a good scholar, bon viveur and member of the Beefsteak Club; m.; d. 4 Nov 1807.
Williamson, John, third son of George Williamson, barrister-at-law, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Emily, daughter of the Rev. Charles Frederick Watkins, Vicar of Brixworth, Northants; b. May 10, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 15, 1891; left Jan. 1893; m. Jan. 31, 1906, Henrietta Helen Hook.
Williamson, Edward William, son of Edward Williamson, of Cardiff, solicitor, by Florence Frances, daughter of Richard Sankey Tipton, of Wallasey, Cheshire; b. April 22, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; Mure Scholar 1909; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1910, matric. Michaelmas 1910; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1912; B.A. 1914; M.A. 1917; ordained deacon 1915, priest 1916 (Ripon); Curate of Potternewton, Yorks, 1915-7, of Lambeth, Surrey, 1917-22; Fellow of St. Augustine's Coll. Canterbury, 1922; Warden of St, Michael's Coll. Llandaff, 1926; Canon of Llandaff 1930; Chancellor 1937; consecrated Bishop of Swansea and Brecon Nov. 30, 1939; D.D. Lambeth; Select Preacher, Oxford, 1944-6; a Busby Trustee 1946; d. Sept. 23, 1953.
WILLIAMSON, EDMOND, brother of Talbot Williamson (qv); b.; adm. Jan 1722/3; in under school list 1725; KS (aged 13) 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733, matr. 1732; BA 1735/6; MA 1765; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1740, priest 28 Sep 1740 (both Lincoln); Chaplain to Earl of Pomfret; Rector of Millbrook, Beds., from 1740; Rector of Lolworth, Cambs., from 1764; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1742 (IGI) Catherine Taylor; m. 2nd, 1760 Mary, dau. of Rev. Thomas Tipping, Vicar of Stagsden, Beds.; d. 15 Nov 1775.
WILLIAMSON, CAESAR, son of Francis Williamson, Lincoln’s Inn Grange, and Susan, dau. of John Hunt LLD, advocate, Court of Arches; bapt. 15 Jun 1609; adm.; KS in 1625; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1627, adm. scholar 1628, matr. Mich. 1627; BA 1631/2; MA 1635; BD Oxford 1642; MA Dublin 1659; DD Dublin 1661; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1633 – c. 1642, Tutor 1635-8; a petition from Williamson against Mr. Auditor Povey, a Middlesex JP who had unjustly committed him on suspicion of felony, appears CSP Dom 1635, 284-5; ordained priest (Lincoln) 20 Dec 1640; Rector of Wappenham, Northants, 13 Jan 1640/1; Prebendary of York 12 Aug 1641 – c. Feb 1662/3; joined Royalist army and was present at battle of Edgehill 23 Oct 1642; sequestered from his benefices and went to Ireland in 1646; Fellow, Trinity Coll., Dublin 1654; Public Orator, Dublin Univ.; Rector of Ardstran, co. Derry 1660; Rector of Dromiskin and of Kilsaramn, co. Louth, from 1666; Dean of Cashel from 1671; d. 29 Nov 1675.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, brother of John Williams (at school under Busby, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1642, matr. 1642, scholar 1647; BA 1647/8; MA 1657; Lic. Med. 1657 (incorp. Oxford 1657); ordained; Rector of Beaumaris, Anglesey 3 Sep 1660; Master, Beaumaris Sch.; Rector of Llansannan, Denbighshire 1663-78; Rector of St. George, Denbighshire [check county] 1668-84; Vicar of Northop, Flintshire 1669/70-7; Vicar of Abergele, Denbighshire (in 1676); Vicar of Rhuddlan, Flintshire 1678-84; Prebendary of St. Asaph 1679.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, son of Roger Williams, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1729; KS 1730.