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WILSON, ANTHONY GODFREY, son of Anthony Wilson, Chepstow Villas, Bayswater, manager, Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., and Elizabeth A. --- (1881 Census); b. 19 Dec 1861; adm. 25 Sep 1873 (G); left Dec 1876; adm. solicitor Jun 1885; practised at Wisbech, Cambs., to 1890. [Not in Law List 1900].

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, 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, PHILIP PENRY, younger son of Penry Williams (in school lists 1795-7, qv); b. 6 Jul 1812; adm. 1 Jun 1825 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1830; BA 1834; of Stoke House, Tenbury, Worcs.; DL JP Breconshire, Worcestershire, JP Shropshire; m. 15 Apr 1837 Charlotte Hamilton, youngest dau. of Cdr. Francis Edward Seymour, Royal Navy; d. 9 Feb 1873.

WILLIAMS, PENRY, elder son of Penry Williams (in school lists 1795-7, qv); b. 3 Nov 1807; adm. 15 Feb 1822 (G); left Bartholomewtide 1825; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1826; BA 1830; DL JP Breconshire, High Sheriff 1848; m. 19 Jul 1832 Anne, dau. of Thomas Downes, Hereford; d. 4 Feb 1886.

WILLIAMS, JOHN HERBERT, son of Robert Griffith Williams QC, Denbigh, Denbighshire, barrister, and Jane, dau. of Thomas Evans, Denbigh [but adm. MT as eldest son of John Herbert Williams, barrister, deceased]; b. 6 Aug 1857; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (G); QS 1872; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1876 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 10 Oct 1876; LLB 1880; LLM 1911; adm. Middle Temple 8 Nov 1878, called to bar 29 Jun 1881; 1st Equity scholarship Jun 1880, student Oct 1880; North Wales circuit; Capt., on staff Judge Advocate Gen., 19 Oct 1917; went out to France 29 Oct 1917, but soon afterwards invalided home; joint author, The Law of Ejectment, 1911, and other works; m. 8 Sep 1885 Jessie Wilhelmina, younger dau. of William Hunter, Dhunellan, Innellan, Argyllshire; d. 18 Nov 1917.

WILLIAMS, GEORGE HARVEY GRAHAM, son of George Harvey Williams MD MRCS LSA, Oswestry, Shropshire, and Ellen, dau. of Joseph Cooper, Wrexham, Denbighshire; b. 11 Dec 1852; adm. 8 Feb 1866 (G); Min. Can. 1867; left Whitsun 1867.

WILLIAMS, GEORGE ARTHUR, brother of Edward William Colt (qv); b. 29 Dec 1851; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Whitsun 1865; readm. 21 Jun 1867, BB; left 1868; d. 25 May 1871.

Williams, Geoffrey John Hayhurst, brother of Anthony Hayhurst Williams (qv); b. 11 Feb. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (G); left July 1946; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1948, BA 1950; sales man. Tube Investments Plc 1952-80, British Steel Plc 1980-90; consult. Ricuss Ltd. 1990-4; m. 20 Sept. 1952 June Margaret, d. of Charles Stephen Mundy OBE, of Purley, Surrey; d. 18 Apr. 2010.