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.
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.
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)]
Wilks, Paul Edward, son of Edward John Wilks, of Sheffield, Yorks, by Eliza Ann Reckless; b. Nov. 29, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left Dec. 1892; a farmer at Alford, Lincs; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (Spec. Res.) Dec. 17, 1917; m. April 24, 1902, Edith Margaret, daughter of John Charles Clegg, of Sheffield.
WILKS, CHARLES VINCENT, only son of William Henry Wilks, Headingley, Yorks., and Harriet Roberts, dau. of Vincent Barker (IGI); b. 13 Oct 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'); left Aug 1879; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1879; BA 1884; MA 1887; m. Beatrice ---; d. 25 Apr 1933.
WILKINSON, WILLIAM JOHN, third son of Thomas Wilkinson, Elvet, Durham, and Jane, dau. of Richard Williamson, Kirk Ella, Yorks.; bapt. 26 Nov 1770; adm. 6 Oct 1784; KS (aged 15) 1787; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1789; BA 1793; MA 1800; ordained deacon 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York), priest 1794 (London, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Kirk Ella, Yorks., 1 Mar 1804; Rector of Little Calden, Yorks., 28 Apr 1813; Vicar of Elloughton, Yorks., 1798-1842; d. 2 Sep 1856.