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WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, son of Roger Williams, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1729; KS 1730.

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EDWARD WYNN, eldest son of David Williams MP, Castle Dendraeth, Merioneth, and Anne Louisa Loveday, only dau. of William Williams, Pennarthuchaf, Merioneth, barrister; b. 20 Jul 1842; adm. 7 Jun 1855 (G); Min. Can. 1857; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Easter 1861; adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Nov 1866, called to bar 7 Jun 1869; d. young.

WILLIAMS, WATKIN HERBERT, second son of Sir Hugh Williams, Bart., and Henrietta Charlotte, only dau. of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 20 Aug 1845; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (G); Min. Can. 1860; left Whitsun 1863; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1864; BA 1870; MA 1871; DD 1899; ordained deacon 1870, priest 1871 (both St. Asaph); Curate, Rhos-Llanerchrugog, Denbighshire 1870-2; Vicar of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire 1872-92; Archdeacon and Prebendary of St. Asaph 1889-92; Dean of St. Asaph 1892-8; consecrated Bishop of Bangor 2 Feb 1899 – res 1924; Busby Trustee 27 May 1902; President, Elizabethan Club 1915-20; m. 30 Apr 1879 Alice, youngest dau. of Gen. Henry Monckton; d. 19 Nov 1944.

WILLIAMS, WALTER VERE VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 23 Sep 1839; adm. 22 Nov 1852; QS 1854; left 1858; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1858; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jan 1863; migr. to Inner Temple 15 Jan 1868, called to bar 27 Jan 1868; Northern Circuit; joint author with H. H. Creed of Handicraftsmen and Capitalists, 1867, and other works; [unm. in 1881]; d. 2 Feb 1890.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS LOCKYER, eldest son of George Thomas Williams, Lymington House, Somerset, barrister, and Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Smith MP, Putney Hill, Surrey; b. 31 Jan 1823; adm. 7 Jun 1836 (Benthall's); KS 1837; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1841, adm. pens. 21 May 1841; BA 1846; Assistant Master, Cheltenham Coll. 1847-9; ordained deacon 1847, priest 1848 (both Gloucester); Curate, Tetbury, Gloucs., 1847-9; Perpetual Curate of Porthleven, Cornwall 1851-89; m. 21 Jun 1847 Emma Sarah, dau. of Frederick Rushbrook, Cambridge; d. 2 Apr 1919.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS FRANCIS FORD, youngest son of Rev. Thomas Williams, Vicar of Northop, Flintshire, and Mary Louisa, only child of Rev. Henry Jones, Vicar of Northop, Flintshire; b. 1 Aug 1859; adm. 30 May 1872 (G); QS 1874; left May 1878; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1878; BA 1884; MA 1887; ordained deacon 1887, priest 1888 (both St. Albans); Curate, St. John’s, Stratford, Essex 1887-9, Saffron Walden, Essex 1889-95; Vicar of All Saints, Forest Gate, Essex 1895-1901; Rector of King’s Cliffe, Northants 1901-5; Rector of Silsoe, Beds., 1905-16; m. 19 Sep 1889 Mary Rosamond, second dau. of Thomas Lewis, Bryn Edwin, Flintshire; d. 6 May 1922.

Williams, Thomas Allison, son of Howard Hunter Williams, New York Telephone Co., and Mary Katharine, d. of Charles Herbert Covell, New York Telephone Co.; b. 19 Dec. 1940; adm. Sept. 1954 (C); left July 1955; Yale Univ., CT, USA BA 1959; Yale Law Sch., JD 1962; Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, New York, USA 1962-71, partner 1971-; m. 7 Sept. 1961 Ann Lamson, d. of Frank Suydam Bell, co. exec., of Toledo, OH, USA; d. 1 Apr. 1998.

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.

WILLIAMS, SEYMOUR YEATS, second son of Philip Penry Williams (qv); b. 31 Mar 1844; adm. 22 Jan 1858 (James'); QS 1859; left 1 May 1863; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1863; BA 1867; MA 1873; ordained deacon 1869, priest 1870 (both Hereford); Curate, Caynham, Shropshire 1869-73, Greet, Shropshire 1873-4; d. unm. 1 Feb 1919.

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.