WILLIAMS, FRANCIS, son of Right Rev. Griffith Williams DD, Bishop of Ossory, Dean of Bangor and Prebendary of Westminster; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 13) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224).

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.

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, 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, 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, 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, HOLLAND, son of William Williams, Caernarvonshire, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of William Holland, Conway, Caernarvonshire; b. 21 Aug 1641; adm. ; KS 1658 (Chapter Muniments 43060); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jul 1659; adm. Inner Temple Nov 1658, called to bar 1668; m. Jane, dau. of Edward Edwards, Llwyndu, Merionethshire; d. 1 Jan 1680.

WILLIAMS, JAMES, son of Sir Thomas Williams, Bart., Chymical Physician to Charles II, and his second wife Grace Carwardine, dau. of Thomas Lewis, The Moor, Hereford; b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1688, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1689, matr. 1688; BA 1691/2; MA 1695; DD 1709; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1694, Major Fellow 8 Mar 1695 – c. 1712; ordained deacon 20 Mar 1697/8, priest 25 Sep 1698 (both Lincoln); Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 12 Dec 1707; Rector of St. Magnus, London Bridge, from 29 Jan 1710/1; Vicar of Chigwell, Essex, from 16 Oct 1721; d. Jul 1727.

WILLIAMS, JOHN, of Denbighshire; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1583, matr. 2 Jul 1585, aged 18, Westminster Student to c. 1597; BA 1587; MA 1590; BD 1597; DD 1602; ordained; Rector of Llanarmon yn Ial, Denbighshire 1596; Rector of Llangybi, Monmouthshire 1597; Vicar of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire 1598; Vicar of Llanfwrog, Denbighshire 1603; Vicar of Bangor–is-y-Coed, Denbighshire 1606; Warden of Ruthin, Denbighshire, from 1606; d. 1621.

WILLIAMS, JOHN, son of Rev. John Williams, Tiverton, Devon; b.; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1716; KS 1722; Capt. of the School 1726; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1727, matr. 8 Jun 1727, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1727 – void 5 Apr 1732; BA 1731; ordained deacon 24 Sep 1732, priest 18 Feb 1732/3 (both Rochester); Vicar of Oakham, Rutland, from 1 Oct 1736; d. 1782.