SMITH, WILLIAM, son of William Smith, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1661; failed to obtain election to either University 1664.
SMITH, WILLIAM, son of William Smith, Greenwich, Kent, Serjeant at Arms to Charles I, and Alice, sister of Brian Duppa (qv); b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1629; KS 1630; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1635, matr. 17 Jul 1635, Westminster Student (still 1642).
SMITH, WILLIAM, son of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); b. 12 Jun 1812; adm. 30 Jun 1825 (Stelfox's); KS 1826; rowed v. Eton 27 Jul 1829; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Oct 1831, Canoneer Student 1831-42; BA 1835; MA 1839; ordained deacon 14 Jun 1835, priest 18 Dec 1836 (both Oxford); Rector of Dry Drayton, Cambs. , 1841-67; JP Cambridgeshire; m. 7 Aug 1851 Constance Margaret, youngest dau. of William Rose Rose, Wolston Heath, Warwicks. ; d. 4 Feb 1886.
SMITH, WILLIAM, son of George Smith Bradshaw, Dean Street, Soho, upholsterer, and Margaret Huddle (IGI); b. 15 Nov 1762; adm. 20 Jan 1772 (as William Smith Bradshaw); left Whitsun 1775; Lieut., Royal Navy 4 Nov 1780; Commander 23 Dec 1782; had discontinued use of surname Bradshaw by 1790; Post Capt., 21 Sep 1790; dismissed the service Jan 1795.
SMITH, WILLIAM WHEELER, son of William Smith, Welwyn, Herts.; b. 31 May 1840; adm. 1 Feb 1853; left 1855; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Apr 1859; BA 1863; adm. Inner Temple 27 Jan 1862, called to bar 6 Jun 1866; d. 16 Aug 1866.
SMITH, WILLIAM WAVELL, son of Wavell Smith, Secretary-Gen. Leeward Islands; b.; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1731/2; d. at school 20 Aug 1733. Buried West Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
SMITH, WILLIAM LILLEY, son of Henry Lilley Smith MRCS, Southam, Warwicks., surgeon, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Bicknall, Southam, Warwicks.; b. 7 Aug 1826; adm. 27 May 1839; QS 1841; rowed v. Eton 1 Aug 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1845, adm. pens. 30 Apr 1845, scholar 1846; BA 1849; ordained deacon 1850, priest 1851 (both Worcester); Perpetual Curate of Radstone, Northants 29 Mar 1853-62; Rector of Kington Magna, Dorset 1862-6; Rector of Dorsington, Gloucs., from 1866; d. 20 Mar 1895 in river Avon.
SMITH, WILLIAM JAMES, son of William Smith, Louth, Lincs., and Mary ---; b. 27 Nov 1854; adm. 12 Jun 1866 (James'), BB 15 Jun 1866; left Whitsun 1872; Non-Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Jan 1878; migr. to Queen’s Coll.; BA 1885; MA 1886.
Smith, Sir William Gordon Bt, son of Sir Robert Workman Smith Bt, MP, of Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire, and Jessie Jill, d. of William Workman of Belfast; b. 30 Jan. 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (A); left Apr. 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) June 1939; RNVR 1939-48 (Lieut.-Cdr), despatches June 1945 and Jan. 1949; succ. as 2nd Bt 6 Dec. 1956; m. 1st 1941 Diana Gundreda, d. of Maj. Charles Malden RMLI, of Aquahorthies, Aberdeenshire; 2nd 1958 Diana May Violet Peel, d. of Warwick Goodchild, formerly wife of George Ian Young; d. 20 May 1983.