WILLIAMSON, SIR JOSEPH, second son of Rev. Joseph Williamson, Vicar of Bridekirk, Cumberland; bapt. 4 Aug 1633; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 16) 1650; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, bateller, matr. 18 Nov 1650; BA 2 Feb 1653/4; MA 1657 (incorp. Cambridge 1659); DCL 1674; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. 1657- Dec 1678; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Jul 1660 – Sep 1674; Keeper of State Papers from 31 Dec 1661; Secretary to Sir Henry Bennet (afterwards 1st Earl of Arlington) (qv) 1662; adm. and called to bar, Middle Temple 25 Nov 1664; editor, The London Gazette, of which the first number was published 5 Feb 1666; Extra Clerk, Privy Council 9 May 1666-72, Clerk of the Council in Ordinary 24 Jan 1671/2 – res by 16 Sep 1674; MP Thetford 22 Oct 1669-81, 1685-7, Rochester 1690-1701; knighted 24 Jan 1671/2; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Mar 1671/2; one of the three plenipotentiaries to the Congress of Cologne 1673-4; Secretary of State Sep 1674 – Feb 1678/9; Privy Councillor 11 Sep 1674; a Commissioner of the Admiralty 29 Sep 1674 – Feb 1678/9; refused to allow Daniel Skinner (qv) to publish Milton’s Latin State Letters and the treatise De Doctrina Christina, 1676; committed to the Tower of London by the House of Commons for passing commissions in favour of certain recusants, but promptly released by the King 1678; reappointed to Privy Council 21 Nov 1696; Joint Plenipotentiary at Congress of Nimeguen 1697; Envoy at the Hague 1697-9; FRS 20 May 1663 (one of the original Fellows), President 30 Nov 1677 – 30 Nov 1680; Master, Clothworkers’ Co. 1676; Recorder of Thetford 1682; an industrious and methodical man of affairs; befriended Dr. Lancelot Addison, who named his son Joseph after him; a great benefactor to Queen’s Coll. Oxford; m. Dec 1678 Catherine, widow of Lord O’Brien (son of 7th Earl of Thomond), and dau. of George Stuart, Lord D’Aubigny; d. 3 Oct 1701. Buried in Duke of Richmond’s vault, Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
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, JOHN, son of John Williamson, Colinette Road, Putney, Surrey, and Ann Salmon, dau. of William Nye, Worcester Park, Surrey; b. 17 Dec 1867; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (J); left Dec 1884; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; LRCP 1892; MB London 1893; MD 1895; medical practitioner at Epsom, Surrey; Medical Officer of Health, Epsom, from 1901; m. 20 Oct 1906 Dorothy, dau. of William Heaton Jacob, Sinclair Gardens, West Kensington; d. 29 Jun 1932.
Williamson, Harold, son of George Edward Williamson, F.R.C.S., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by Mary Sarah, daughter of Thomas Robson Miller, of Streatham; b. Feb. 26, 1891; adm. from Oundle School Jan. 18, 1906 (H); left July 1909; Durham Univ.; M.B. and B. S. 1919; M.D. 1925; Charing Cross Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1915; F.R.C.S. (Edin.) 1920; served in Great War I; Surgeon R.N. July 17, 1915; Capt. I.M.S. June 17, 1920; Major Dec. 17, 1928; O.B.E. June 3, 1927; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 17, 1936; Surgeon to the Viceroy of India; retired 1947; resident in Kenya; m. Nov. 23, 1921, Margaret, daughter of Charles Gale Berrill, of Pytchley Manor, Northants.
WILLIAMSON, FRANCIS, son of Sir Francis Williamson, Kt, Isleworth, Middlesex, Serjeant-at-Arms; b. ; at school under Busby (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. of Christ’s Coll. , i, 480 ); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 19 Apr 1642, aged 15; adm. Inner Temple 3 Feb 1642/3.
WILLIAMSON, FERDINAND THOMAS, eldest son of Rev. Thomas Williamson, Rector of Stoke Damerel, Devon, and Mary Anne --- (IGI); bapt. St. Luke, Chelsea 25 Jun 1797 (IGI); adm. Midsummer 1810; left 1813; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1813, matr. 1813; Ensign, 45th Foot 16 May 1816; Lieut., 73rd Foot 3 Feb 1820; Capt., 18 Sep 1823; half-pay 21 May 1829; m. 16 Jul 1827 Frances Caroline, dau. of Sir John Murray, Bart. (qv); d. at Florence 10 Dec 1834, aged 37.
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, EDMOND, only son of Edmond Williamson (adm. 1722/3, qv), and his second wife; bapt. 5 Aug 1761; adm. 16 Feb 1773; in school lists 1775; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1778, matr. Mich. 1780; BA 1782; MA 1786; Rector of Lolworth, Cambs., from 1786; Rector of Campton with Shefford, Beds., from 1790; Rector of Aspley Guise, Beds. (disp. to hold with Campton with Shefford 1790); m. 4 Feb 1793 Phoebe, younger dau. of Rev. Richard Bisse Riland, Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks.; d. 13 Jan 1839, aged 62.