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WILLIAMS-WYNN, CHARLES WATKIN, brother of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 9 Oct 1775; adm. 23 Mar 1784; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Dec 1791, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1791 – void 23 Jun 1805; BA 1795; MA 1798; DCL 1810; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1795, called to bar 26 Nov 1798, Bencher 30 Jan 1835; MP Old Sarum 29 Jul 1797 – Mar 1799, Montgomeryshire from 14 Mar 1799 (“father” of the House of Commons from 1846); Under-Secretary, Home Office 19 Feb 1806 – Oct 1807; defeated by Manners-Sutton in contest for the Speakership 2 Jun 1817; he had entered politics as a member of the parliamentary group that followed his uncle Lord Grenville, and when the Grenvillites separated themselves from their Whig allies in 1818-9 he sought to form a third party in the House of Commons, but thereafter acted with the Tories, except for a brief period in 1830-1 when he held office in Earl Grey’s incoming Whig government; Privy Councillor 17 Jan 1822; President, Board of Control 8 Feb 1822 – Feb 1828; Secretary at War Nov 1830 – Apr 1831, also member Board of Control; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster 26 Dec 1834 – Apr 1835; member, Society of Dilettanti 1805; President, Royal Asiatic Society 1823-41; FRS 24 May 1827; FSA; while at school Wynn assisted Robert Southey (qv) and Grosvenor Charles Bedford (qv) in the production of The Flagellant Mar – Apr 1792; remained an intimate friend of Southey, to whom he made an allowance for some years; took a keen interest in the School, and offered an Indian Writership for competition among the boys in 1826 and 1829; Busby Trustee 15 Jun 1829; author, An Argument upon the Jurisdiction of the House of Commons to commit in Cases of Breach of Privilege, 1810; m. 9 Apr 1806 Mary, eldest dau. of Sir Foster Cunliffe, Bart.; d. 2 Sep 1850. DNB.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, ARTHUR WATKIN, eldest son of Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (adm. 1832, qv); b. 2 Jun 1856; adm. 12 Jun 1868 (G); QS 1870; left (with Triplett) 1874; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1874; BA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 16 Nov 1878, called to bar 26 Jan 1882; Assistant Private Secretary to Viscount Cross, Secretary of State for India; DL Montgomeryshire, JP Montgomeryshire 1897, High Sheriff 1901; Busby Trustee 17 May 1892 – May 1929; m. 23 Jul 1892 Alice Mary, eldest dau. of Hon. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam MP, Milton, Peterborough, Northants; d. 27 Jan 1946.

WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM, third son of Sir William Wiliamson, Bart., and Elizabeth, youngest dau. of John Hedworth, Harraton, co. Durham; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1719/20; left 1720; re-adm. (aged 13) Feb 1722/3; KS 1724; left 1727; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Feb 1728/9; BA 1732; MA 1736; BD and DD 1747; Fellow, Merton Coll.; Proctor 1746; ordained deacon 16 Oct 1743, priest 27 Oct 1745 (both Durham); Rector of Whickham, co. Durham, from 1748; m. 9 Oct 1748 Frances Barras; d. 23 Aug 1763.

WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM, third son of Edmond Williamson (adm. 1773, qv); b. 10 Jan 1804; adm. 7 Jun 1814; left Nov 1819; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Sep 1820, scholar Jan 1822; 2nd Wrangler, 2nd cl. Classics and 2nd Smith’s Prize 1825; BA 1825; MA 1828; BD 1843; Fellow, Clare Coll. 1827-50; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Jun 1825, called to bar 17 May 1830; equity draftsman and conveyancer; after practising at the bar in London, returned to Cambridge as Fellow and Tutor, Clare Coll. 1839-50; ordained deacon 1841, priest (Ely) 5 Jun 1842; Rector of Datchworth, Herts., from 1849; m. 9 Apr 1850 Jane Hutchinson, second dau. of William Fergusson MD FRCP (Ed), Inspector-Gen. of Military Hospitals; d. 17 Dec 1875.

WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM, son of Ralph Williamson, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, and Elizabeth Parke (IGI); bapt. Berwick upon Tweed 8 Aug 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Sep 1728; left 1733; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Dec 1738; BA 1742. [Kin to Eliab Harvey (adm. 1724, qv)].

WILLIAMSON, VICTOR ALEXANDER, fourrth son of Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., MP, and Hon. Anne Elizabeth Liddell, third dau. of Thomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth; b. 28 Jun 1838; adm. 7 Feb 1848; QS 1853; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1857, matr. 4 Jun 1857, Westminster Student 1857-71; BA 1860; MA 1864; adm. Inner Temple 17 Jan 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1865; Northern Circuit; a Commissioner for inquiring into the condition of Indian labourers in Mauritius 1872-3; Chairman of Commission for settling titles to land, Fiji, and member, Executive and Legislative Councils, Fiji 1879-82; CMG 24 May 1882; Secretary to Parliamentary Commission on London Board of Works 1888; Hon. Commissioner in Lunacy 11 Dec 1893; DL co. Durham; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1890; d. unm. 16 Sep 1924.

WILLIAMSON, TALBOT, eldest son of Edmond Williamson, Husborn Crawley, Beds., and his first wife Christian Stanyforth; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1722/3; in under school list 1725; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1727; adm. Inner Temple year 1724/5, called to bar 29 Jun 1734, tenant chambers there 26 May 1736; a ledger with entries relating to the school expenses of Talbot Williamson and his brother Edmond was formerly in the possession of Mrs Frances Atkinson, Clare College Lodge, Cambridge; m. 1752 Christian Gilbert; d. 15 Jun 1765.

WILLIAMSON, PERCY, brother of John Williamson (adm. 1881, qv); b. 12 Jun 1871; adm. 31 May 1883 (J); exhibitioner 1884; QS 1885; Capt. of the School 1889; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1890, Westminster exhibitioner (with Triplett); BA 1895; Clerk, Inland Revenue 1 Apr 1895-1909, Assistant Secretary 1909-16; Special Commissioner of Income Tax 1916-35; m. 12 Nov 1904 Florence Mary, dau. of Herbert Benjamin Gammon, Gipsy Hill, Kent, builder and contractor; d. 1958.

Williamson, Percival Bernard, son of Percy Williamson (qv); b. 13 Apr. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left July 1933; Law Society's Prize Studentship 1934; LLB (Lond.) 1937; adm. a solicitor May 1938; practised in London; RASC 1941-5 (Maj.); m. 29 Apr. 1950 Diana Rosemary, d. of Vice-Admiral Christopher Russell Payne CBE RN; d. 30 Oct. 1989.