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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, 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, CAESAR, son of Francis Williamson, Lincoln’s Inn Grange, and Susan, dau. of John Hunt LLD, advocate, Court of Arches; bapt. 15 Jun 1609; adm.; KS in 1625; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1627, adm. scholar 1628, matr. Mich. 1627; BA 1631/2; MA 1635; BD Oxford 1642; MA Dublin 1659; DD Dublin 1661; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1633 – c. 1642, Tutor 1635-8; a petition from Williamson against Mr. Auditor Povey, a Middlesex JP who had unjustly committed him on suspicion of felony, appears CSP Dom 1635, 284-5; ordained priest (Lincoln) 20 Dec 1640; Rector of Wappenham, Northants, 13 Jan 1640/1; Prebendary of York 12 Aug 1641 – c. Feb 1662/3; joined Royalist army and was present at battle of Edgehill 23 Oct 1642; sequestered from his benefices and went to Ireland in 1646; Fellow, Trinity Coll., Dublin 1654; Public Orator, Dublin Univ.; Rector of Ardstran, co. Derry 1660; Rector of Dromiskin and of Kilsaramn, co. Louth, from 1666; Dean of Cashel from 1671; d. 29 Nov 1675.

WILLIAMSON, SIR ADAM, only son of Lieut. -Gen. George Williamson, Royal Artillery, and Jane, dau. of Capt. Robert Pedley; b.; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1744 (Hawkins'); Cadet Gunnner, Royal Artillery 1 Jan 1748; RMA Woolwich 1750; Practitioner Engineer 1 Jan 1753; Ensign, 6th Foot 14 Oct 1755; Lieut., 5th Foot 25 Sep 1757; Engineer Extraordinary and Capt. -Lieut., 4 Jan 1758; Capt., 40th Foot 21 Apr 1760; Maj., 61st Foot 16 Aug 1770; Engineer in Ordinary and Capt., 4 Dec 1770; Lieut. -Col. in Army 12 Sep 1775; 18th Foot 9 Dec 1775; Col., 15 Feb 1782; Major-Gen., 28 Apr 1790; Col., 47th Foot 16 Jul 1790 – Mar 1794, 72nd Foot (Highlanders) from 19 Mar 1794; Lieut. -Gen., 26 Jan 1797; nominated KB 18 Nov 1794, invested 21 Apr 1795; served in Braddock’s expedition to Virginia 1755, wounded at battle of Du Quesne; took part in Canadian campaign during Seven Years’ War, being wounded at Montmorency during siege of Quebec Aug 1759; accompanied expedition to West Indies 1761-3; present at battle of Bunkers Hill Jun 1775; Deputy Adjutant-Gen., Forces in South Britain 23 Dec 1778; Lieut. -Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica 1790- Oct 1794; established British protectorate at St. Domingo Sep 1793; appointed Governor of St. Domingo 24 Oct 1794, but owing to losses caused by yellow fever and desultory fighting was compelled to evacuate the island; returned to England 1798; m. 10 Aug 1771 (IGI) Anne, dau. of Thomas Jones, Comptroller of Artillery, Woolwich; d. from effects of a fall 21 Oct 1798. DNB.

WILLIAMS-BULKELEY, SIR RICHARD BULKELEY, BART., eldest son of Sir Robert Williams, Bart. (qv); b. 23 Sep 1801; adm. 20 Feb 1815 (Packharness'); left 10 Apr 1819; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1820; assumed additional surname of Bulkeley 3 Jun 1826, having inherited the estates of his father’s older step-brother, Thomas James Warren- Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (I) (qv); succ. father as 10th baronet 1 Dec 1830; MP (Whig/Liberal) Beaumaris 8 Feb 1831-2, Anglesey 1832-7, Flint 1841-7, Anglesey 1847-68; Lord Lieut., Caernarvonshire 7 Mar 1851 – 14 Sep 1866; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1870; a well-known sportsman; m. 1st, 27 May 1828 his cousin Hon. Charlotte Mary Hughes, eldest dau. of William Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben; m. 2nd, 20 Aug 1832 Maria Frances, only dau. of Sir Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley, Bart.; d. 28 Aug 1875.

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, brother of John Williams (at school under Busby, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1642, matr. 1642, scholar 1647; BA 1647/8; MA 1657; Lic. Med. 1657 (incorp. Oxford 1657); ordained; Rector of Beaumaris, Anglesey 3 Sep 1660; Master, Beaumaris Sch.; Rector of Llansannan, Denbighshire 1663-78; Rector of St. George, Denbighshire [check county] 1668-84; Vicar of Northop, Flintshire 1669/70-7; Vicar of Abergele, Denbighshire (in 1676); Vicar of Rhuddlan, Flintshire 1678-84; Prebendary of St. Asaph 1679.