WILLIAMS, JOHN HERBERT, son of Robert Griffith Williams QC, Denbigh, Denbighshire, barrister, and Jane, dau. of Thomas Evans, Denbigh [but adm. MT as eldest son of John Herbert Williams, barrister, deceased]; b. 6 Aug 1857; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (G); QS 1872; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1876 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 10 Oct 1876; LLB 1880; LLM 1911; adm. Middle Temple 8 Nov 1878, called to bar 29 Jun 1881; 1st Equity scholarship Jun 1880, student Oct 1880; North Wales circuit; Capt., on staff Judge Advocate Gen., 19 Oct 1917; went out to France 29 Oct 1917, but soon afterwards invalided home; joint author, The Law of Ejectment, 1911, and other works; m. 8 Sep 1885 Jessie Wilhelmina, younger dau. of William Hunter, Dhunellan, Innellan, Argyllshire; d. 18 Nov 1917.
WILLIAMS, JAMES, son of Sir Thomas Williams, Bart., Chymical Physician to Charles II, and his second wife Grace Carwardine, dau. of Thomas Lewis, The Moor, Hereford; b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1688, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1689, matr. 1688; BA 1691/2; MA 1695; DD 1709; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1694, Major Fellow 8 Mar 1695 – c. 1712; ordained deacon 20 Mar 1697/8, priest 25 Sep 1698 (both Lincoln); Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 12 Dec 1707; Rector of St. Magnus, London Bridge, from 29 Jan 1710/1; Vicar of Chigwell, Essex, from 16 Oct 1721; d. Jul 1727.
WILLIAMS, JAMES OSBORNE, third son of Penry Williams (adm. 1822, qv); b. 7 May 1844; adm. 28 Mar 1859 (James'); left Christmas 1862; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1864; d. unm. 21 Apr 1871.
Williams, Hubert Francis Llewellyn, brother of Lambert Frederick Williams (q.v.); b. Feb. 21, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (H); left July 1906; Marcon's Hall, Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1910; served in Great War I; Capt. M.G.C. Nov. 9, 1917; acting Major April 25, 1918; M.C. June 3, 1918; d. Nov. 18, 1961.
WILLIAMS, HOLLAND, son of William Williams, Caernarvonshire, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of William Holland, Conway, Caernarvonshire; b. 21 Aug 1641; adm. ; KS 1658 (Chapter Muniments 43060); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jul 1659; adm. Inner Temple Nov 1658, called to bar 1668; m. Jane, dau. of Edward Edwards, Llwyndu, Merionethshire; d. 1 Jan 1680.
WILLIAMS, HERVEY VAUGHAN, eldest son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 5 Apr 1829; adm. 12 Apr 1842; QS 1843; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846, 29 Jul 1847; Capt. of the School 1847; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1848, matr. 28 Jun 1848; BA 1852; d. 4 Nov 1852.
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH, son of Roger Williams, London, citizen and merchant, and Mary, dau. of Norton Curtiss, Morden, Surrey; bapt. 8 Jul 1675; adm.; KS 1691; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1693, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1693, aged 18, scholar 20 Apr 1694, matr. 1693; BA 1696/7; MA 1700; BD 1708; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1699, Major Fellow 5 Apr 1700 – c. 1715; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 12 Mar 1703/4, priest (Ely) 19 May 1706; signed petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley 1709; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, from 18 Apr 1712; m. Anne, only dau. of Rev. Robert Purland, Rector of East Walton, Norfolk; d. 8 Jan 1718.
Williams, Sir Griffith Goodland, son of Alfred Augustus Williams, of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, by Elizabeth Florence, daughter of Mark Ovenden; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1911; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorset Regt. (T.F.) April 9, 1915; served in India and Mesopotamia and was demob. as Capt.; asst. principal Board of Education 1919-25, principal 1925; under secretary, Ministry of Education, Jan. 1, 1946; deputy secretary, May 30, 1946-53; secretary of the Churches Main Committee 1954; C.B. 1945; K.B.E. 1949; d. 1974.
Williams, Gerald Lowe, son of Edward Cecil Williams, civil servant; b. 29 Sept. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); Ieft Dec. 1927; a local govt officer; m. Nov. 1933 Audrey, d. of John Tanner of Ling, Norfolk; d. 6 July 1984.
WILLIAMS, GEORGE JAMES, fourth son of William Peere Williams MP, Gray’s Inn, London, barrister, Chancery Reporter, and Anne, second dau. of Sir George Hutchins, Kt, Greville Street, Holborn, King’s Serjeant; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1727; Min. Can. 1732; KS 1733; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1737, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1737; adm. Inner Temple 13 Nov 1739; Inspector-Gen., Inland Excise Duties 1751 (still 1769, not 1780); Deputy Cofferer, Royal Household Nov 1761 – Jul 1765; Joint Receiver of Revenues, Virginia 1 Sep 1772 (still 1780); Receiver-Gen., Excise 8 Nov 1774-81; Paymaster to Forces, Nova Scotia (occurs 1780); FSA 15 Nov 1781; known as “Gilly” Williams; an intimate friend of George Selwyn, Richard Edgcumbe and Horace Walpole; m. 13 Jun 1751 Diana, illegitimate dau. of Hon. Peregrine Bertie, and step-daughter of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry (Notes and Queries clxxiii, 206); d. 28 Nov 1805. DNB.