Willson, Thomas Olaf, son of the Rev. Thomas Benjamin Willson, Litt.D., Rector of West Woodhay, Berks, by Jane Florence, daughter of Peter Quinn, M.P., of Killabodagh, co. Armagh; b. July 29, 1880; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1898; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1898; B.A. 1901; 2nd class hons. Mod. Hist.; M.A. 1905; asst. secretary, Berks Education Committee, 1905-19, Oxfordshire Education Committee 1919; Director of Education 1919-46; served in Great War I; H.A.C. 1914; T.F. Reserve 1915; F.O. Dept., Min. of Information 1915-9; C.B.E. June 3, 1918; Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne Feb. 1919; m. 1st June 25, 1919, Constance Horsburgh, daughter of Walter Basil Cowan, of Saratoga, Wyoming, U.S.A.; 2nd Nov. 2, 1948, Joan, younger daughter of A. J. Livesey, of Leyland, Lancs; d. 1973.