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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, 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.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, ARTHUR WATKIN, eldest son of Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (adm. 1832, qv); b. 2 Jun 1856; adm. 12 Jun 1868 (G); QS 1870; left (with Triplett) 1874; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1874; BA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 16 Nov 1878, called to bar 26 Jan 1882; Assistant Private Secretary to Viscount Cross, Secretary of State for India; DL Montgomeryshire, JP Montgomeryshire 1897, High Sheriff 1901; Busby Trustee 17 May 1892 – May 1929; m. 23 Jul 1892 Alice Mary, eldest dau. of Hon. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam MP, Milton, Peterborough, Northants; d. 27 Jan 1946.

WILLIS, CALEB, of Devon; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1585, matr. 22 Apr 1586, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1598; BA 1589; MA 1592; first Professor of Rhetoric, Gresham Coll., London 1598; d. 1598/9.

WILLIS, JOHN, son of Philirenes Willis, London; b.; adm.; KS 1764; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1768, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1768, aged 17, scholar 21 Apr 1769, matr. 1770. [Perhaps ordained deacon (Peterborough) 25 Apr 1773]. [will of Philirenes Willis, Bloomsbury, gentleman, proved PCC 18 Mar 1783] [note will Rev. John Willis, proved PCC 29 Jul 1799]

WILLIS, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS 1706; left 1708.

Willoughby, Cecil George, son of William George Willoughby, M.D., of Eastbourne, Sussex, by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lakeman Elliott, of Babland, Devon; b. May 15, 1902; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; left (with Triplett) July 1920; Merton Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. 1924; B.C.L. 1926; LL.B. (Lond.) 1926; M.A. Oxon. 1927; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1927; in practice at Eastbourne; m. March 16, 1929, Kathleen Joan Beatrice, daughter of Francis Clutterbuck Gedge, of Kenya; d. 14 June 1965.

Willoughby, Geoffrey David Mortimer, brother of John Michael Tait Willoughby (qv); b. 22 Nov. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1954; left July 1955; RN 1955-7, served Suez 1956, Lieut. RNR 1960; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1957, BA 1960, MA 1964; adm. solicitor 1963; partner Herbert Smith & Co. 1968-89; co-author, UK Oil and Gas Law (Sweet and Maxwell); m. 28 Oct. 1967 Alexandra Hay, d. of Edward Charlton Mitchell, oil co. exec.; d. 4 Nov. 1989.

Willoughby, John Lucas, son of the Rev. James Mason Willoughby, D.D., Vicar of St. Luke's, Hampstead, by Minnie Beatrice, daughter of Frederick Lucas, J.P., of New Barnet, Herts; b. Oct. 11, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left March 1918; a probationer L.N.W. Railway 1918-23; asst. district officer, Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway 1923-8; district traffic manager, Sudan Govt. Railways 1928; asst. port manager, Port Sudan, 1935; port manager 1938; representative in Sudan of the Ministry of War Transport 1941; traffic manager, Sudan Railways, 1944; deputy general manager 1946; returned to England 1948 as asst. sec. Road Transport Executive; deputy sec. Road Haulage Executive 1949; secretary, British Road Services 1953; traffic manager, British Road Services (Parcels) 1957; member of Council, Institute of Transport 1959; calied to the bar at Gray's Inn June 1945; O.B.E. June 8, 1944; mentioned in despatches (Middle East) L.G. Dec. 30, 1941; m. Sept. 29, 1932, Hilary Winifred Tweedaie, daughter of Harold Tweedaie Tait, of Hampstead; d. 30 Mar. 1985.

WILLOUGHBY, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS in Jun 1569; a Latin letter dated 26 Jun 1569, addressed by him to William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and asking him for his influence at the forthcoming election, is preserved among the Lansdowne MSS (xii. 4) in the British Library; perhaps the Thomas Willoughby who was elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1569, Westminster Student to May 1571.