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WILLIAMS, HERVEY VAUGHAN, eldest son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 5 Apr 1829; adm. 12 Apr 1842; QS 1843; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846, 29 Jul 1847; Capt. of the School 1847; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1848, matr. 28 Jun 1848; BA 1852; d. 4 Nov 1852.

WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH, son of Roger Williams, London, citizen and merchant, and Mary, dau. of Norton Curtiss, Morden, Surrey; bapt. 8 Jul 1675; adm.; KS 1691; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1693, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1693, aged 18, scholar 20 Apr 1694, matr. 1693; BA 1696/7; MA 1700; BD 1708; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1699, Major Fellow 5 Apr 1700 – c. 1715; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 12 Mar 1703/4, priest (Ely) 19 May 1706; signed petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley 1709; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, from 18 Apr 1712; m. Anne, only dau. of Rev. Robert Purland, Rector of East Walton, Norfolk; d. 8 Jan 1718.

Williams, Sir Griffith Goodland, son of Alfred Augustus Williams, of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, by Elizabeth Florence, daughter of Mark Ovenden; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1911; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorset Regt. (T.F.) April 9, 1915; served in India and Mesopotamia and was demob. as Capt.; asst. principal Board of Educa­tion 1919-25, principal 1925; under secretary, Ministry of Education, Jan. 1, 1946; deputy secretary, May 30, 1946-53; secretary of the Churches Main Committee 1954; C.B. 1945; K.B.E. 1949; d. 1974.

Williams, Gerald Lowe, son of Edward Cecil Williams, civil servant; b. 29 Sept. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); Ieft Dec. 1927; a local govt officer; m. Nov. 1933 Audrey, d. of John Tanner of Ling, Norfolk; d. 6 July 1984.

WILLIAMS, GEORGE JAMES, fourth son of William Peere Williams MP, Gray’s Inn, London, barrister, Chancery Reporter, and Anne, second dau. of Sir George Hutchins, Kt, Greville Street, Holborn, King’s Serjeant; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1727; Min. Can. 1732; KS 1733; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1737, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1737; adm. Inner Temple 13 Nov 1739; Inspector-Gen., Inland Excise Duties 1751 (still 1769, not 1780); Deputy Cofferer, Royal Household Nov 1761 – Jul 1765; Joint Receiver of Revenues, Virginia 1 Sep 1772 (still 1780); Receiver-Gen., Excise 8 Nov 1774-81; Paymaster to Forces, Nova Scotia (occurs 1780); FSA 15 Nov 1781; known as “Gilly” Williams; an intimate friend of George Selwyn, Richard Edgcumbe and Horace Walpole; m. 13 Jun 1751 Diana, illegitimate dau. of Hon. Peregrine Bertie, and step-daughter of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry (Notes and Queries clxxiii, 206); d. 28 Nov 1805. DNB.

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.

WILLIAMS, FREDERICK GEORGE ADOLPHUS, brother of Thomas Lockyer Williams (qv); b. 18 Sep 1825; adm. 29 Jan 1838 (Benthall's); QS 1840; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1844, adm. pens. 16 May 1844; BA 1848; adm. Inner Temple 9 Nov 1848, called to bar 30 Apr 1852; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Dec 1856; equity draftsman and conveyancer; Chancery Reporter for Incorporated Council of Law Reporting; m. 28 Dec 1865 Mary Katherine, third dau. of James Leman, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, solicitor; d. 15 Apr 1889.