WILLIAMS, SIR EDWARD VAUGHAN, brother of Charles Williams (left 1811, qv); b. ; at Winchester Coll. 1808-11; adm. Christmas 1811; KS (Capt. ) 1812; probably the editor of The World at Westminster, a school periodical which appeared from 28 Nov 1815 to 20 May 1816; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1816, adm. pens. 27 May 1816, aged 18, scholar 1817; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Jun 1818, called to bar 17 Jun 1823; initially joined Oxford Circuit, later on South Wales and Chester Circuits; Serjeant-at-Law 27 Oct 1846; Puisne Justice, Court of Common Pleas 3 Nov 1846 – end of Hilary Term 1865, when he retired [check date]; knighted 4 Feb 1847; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1865; member, Judicial Committee, Privy Council; a fine scholar, learned lawyer and excellent judge; Busby Trustee 26 May 1854; author, Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators, 1832, and other works; m. 5 Sep 1826 Jane Margaret, eighth dau. of Walter Bagot (adm. 1739/40, qv); d. 2 Nov 1875. DNB.