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WILLIAMS, SAMUEL CHARLES EVAN, only son of John Williams (adm. 1811, qv); b. 29 May 1842; adm. Jan 1855 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1857; left 1859; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 May 1861; BA 1864; MA 1877; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1866; JP Radnorshire, High Sheriff 1880; MP (Liberal) Radnor District 1880-4; Vice-Chairman, Radnor County Council; one of founders of National Liberal Club 1882; Roman Catholic convert 1894; m. 26 Feb 1867 Mary Caroline, dau. of Rev. Henry William Robinson Luttman-Johnson (formerly Michell), West Dean, Sussex; d. 2 Mar 1926.

WILLIAMS, SIR ROLAND LOMAX BOWDLER VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 31 Dec 1837; adm. 27 Jan 1851; QS 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1856, matr. 15 May 1856, Westminster Student 1856-65; BA 1860; MA 1863; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Jan 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864, Bencher 1886, Treasurer 1912; South-Eastern Circuit; QC 1889; Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division, High Court 13 Feb 1890 – Nov 1897, Lord Justice of Appeal 2 Nov 1897 – 1914, retd.; knighted 30 Jun 1890; Privy Counsellor 26 Nov 1897; Chairman, Royal Commission on Disestablishment of Welsh Church 1906; author, The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy, 1870 (many subsequent editions); edited several editions of his father’s Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators; Vice-President, Elizabethan Club 1905-12, President 1912-5; Busby Trustee 20 May 1890; m. 28 Sep 1865 Laura Susanna, youngest dau. of Edmund Lomax, Netley, Surrey; d. 8 Dec 1916. DNB.

WILLIAMS, ROBERT GRIFFITH, son of Sir Robert Williams, Bart. (qv); b. 27 Jun 1809; adm. 1 Oct 1821 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 21st Foot 3 Oct 1826; Lieut., 6 Sep 1831; Capt., 24 Apr 1835; 24th Foot 11 Dec 1835; retd. 1841; m. 1833 Mary Anne, second dau. of Piers Geale, Dublin, Ireland; d. 13 Apr 1865.

WILLIAMS, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); left 1740.

Williams, Reginald, son of George Williams, of London; b. March 22, 1879; adm. April 28, 1892 (H); left July 1896.

WILLIAMS, REGINALD HENRY, second son of Rev. Daniel Rowland Williams, Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex, and Mary Elizabeth, third dau. of J. Tarratt, Moreby Hall, Staffordshire; b. 28 May 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (D), exhibitioner; QS 1879; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1883, matr. 22 Oct 1883; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1885, 1st cl. Natural Science (Morphology) 1887; BA 1887; MA 1894; ordained deacon 1889 (Chester), priest [check]; Curate, Odd Rode, Cheshire 1889-93; held other curacies; Rector of Bowers Gifford, Essex 1915-23; Rector of Ashingdon, Essex, from 1923; d. 27 Jan 1937.

WILLIAMS, PHILIP, second son of Llewellyn Williams, Duffryn Clydach, Glamorgan, and Middle Temple, London, barrister, and Jane, dau. of Edward Turbervill, Ewenny Abbey, Glamorgan; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1743 (Hawkins'); Min. Can. 1747; left 1747; adm. Middle Temple 27 May 1747; m. Catherine, dau. of Anthony Maddocks, Cefn Ydfa, Glamorgan; buried Llangattock, Breconshire 4 Sep 1772.

WILLIAMS, PHILIP, brother of Penry Williams (adm. 1727, qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1735 (Preston's); left 1737.

WILLIAMS, PHILIP PENRY, younger son of Penry Williams (in school lists 1795-7, qv); b. 6 Jul 1812; adm. 1 Jun 1825 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1830; BA 1834; of Stoke House, Tenbury, Worcs.; DL JP Breconshire, Worcestershire, JP Shropshire; m. 15 Apr 1837 Charlotte Hamilton, youngest dau. of Cdr. Francis Edward Seymour, Royal Navy; d. 9 Feb 1873.

WILLIAMS, PENRY, elder son of Penry Williams (in school lists 1795-7, qv); b. 3 Nov 1807; adm. 15 Feb 1822 (G); left Bartholomewtide 1825; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1826; BA 1830; DL JP Breconshire, High Sheriff 1848; m. 19 Jul 1832 Anne, dau. of Thomas Downes, Hereford; d. 4 Feb 1886.