WILLIAMS, SEYMOUR YEATS, second son of Philip Penry Williams (qv); b. 31 Mar 1844; adm. 22 Jan 1858 (James'); QS 1859; left 1 May 1863; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1863; BA 1867; MA 1873; ordained deacon 1869, priest 1870 (both Hereford); Curate, Caynham, Shropshire 1869-73, Greet, Shropshire 1873-4; d. unm. 1 Feb 1919.

WILLIAMS, SIR EDWARD VAUGHAN, brother of Charles Williams (left 1811, qv); b. ; at Winchester Coll. 1808-11; adm. Christmas 1811; KS (Capt. ) 1812; probably the editor of The World at Westminster, a school periodical which appeared from 28 Nov 1815 to 20 May 1816; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1816, adm. pens. 27 May 1816, aged 18, scholar 1817; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Jun 1818, called to bar 17 Jun 1823; initially joined Oxford Circuit, later on South Wales and Chester Circuits; Serjeant-at-Law 27 Oct 1846; Puisne Justice, Court of Common Pleas 3 Nov 1846 – end of Hilary Term 1865, when he retired [check date]; knighted 4 Feb 1847; Privy Councillor 9 Mar 1865; member, Judicial Committee, Privy Council; a fine scholar, learned lawyer and excellent judge; Busby Trustee 26 May 1854; author, Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators, 1832, and other works; m. 5 Sep 1826 Jane Margaret, eighth dau. of Walter Bagot (adm. 1739/40, qv); d. 2 Nov 1875. DNB.

Williams, Thomas Allison, son of Howard Hunter Williams, New York Telephone Co., and Mary Katharine, d. of Charles Herbert Covell, New York Telephone Co.; b. 19 Dec. 1940; adm. Sept. 1954 (C); left July 1955; Yale Univ., CT, USA BA 1959; Yale Law Sch., JD 1962; Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, New York, USA 1962-71, partner 1971-; m. 7 Sept. 1961 Ann Lamson, d. of Frank Suydam Bell, co. exec., of Toledo, OH, USA; d. 1 Apr. 1998.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS LOCKYER, eldest son of George Thomas Williams, Lymington House, Somerset, barrister, and Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Smith MP, Putney Hill, Surrey; b. 31 Jan 1823; adm. 7 Jun 1836 (Benthall's); KS 1837; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1841, adm. pens. 21 May 1841; BA 1846; Assistant Master, Cheltenham Coll. 1847-9; ordained deacon 1847, priest 1848 (both Gloucester); Curate, Tetbury, Gloucs., 1847-9; Perpetual Curate of Porthleven, Cornwall 1851-89; m. 21 Jun 1847 Emma Sarah, dau. of Frederick Rushbrook, Cambridge; d. 2 Apr 1919.

WILLIAMS, WALTER VERE VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 23 Sep 1839; adm. 22 Nov 1852; QS 1854; left 1858; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1858; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jan 1863; migr. to Inner Temple 15 Jan 1868, called to bar 27 Jan 1868; Northern Circuit; joint author with H. H. Creed of Handicraftsmen and Capitalists, 1867, and other works; [unm. in 1881]; d. 2 Feb 1890.

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, son of Roger Williams, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1729; KS 1730.

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, brother of John Williams (at school under Busby, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1642, matr. 1642, scholar 1647; BA 1647/8; MA 1657; Lic. Med. 1657 (incorp. Oxford 1657); ordained; Rector of Beaumaris, Anglesey 3 Sep 1660; Master, Beaumaris Sch.; Rector of Llansannan, Denbighshire 1663-78; Rector of St. George, Denbighshire [check county] 1668-84; Vicar of Northop, Flintshire 1669/70-7; Vicar of Abergele, Denbighshire (in 1676); Vicar of Rhuddlan, Flintshire 1678-84; Prebendary of St. Asaph 1679.

WILLIAMSON, CAESAR, son of Francis Williamson, Lincoln’s Inn Grange, and Susan, dau. of John Hunt LLD, advocate, Court of Arches; bapt. 15 Jun 1609; adm.; KS in 1625; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1627, adm. scholar 1628, matr. Mich. 1627; BA 1631/2; MA 1635; BD Oxford 1642; MA Dublin 1659; DD Dublin 1661; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1633 – c. 1642, Tutor 1635-8; a petition from Williamson against Mr. Auditor Povey, a Middlesex JP who had unjustly committed him on suspicion of felony, appears CSP Dom 1635, 284-5; ordained priest (Lincoln) 20 Dec 1640; Rector of Wappenham, Northants, 13 Jan 1640/1; Prebendary of York 12 Aug 1641 – c. Feb 1662/3; joined Royalist army and was present at battle of Edgehill 23 Oct 1642; sequestered from his benefices and went to Ireland in 1646; Fellow, Trinity Coll., Dublin 1654; Public Orator, Dublin Univ.; Rector of Ardstran, co. Derry 1660; Rector of Dromiskin and of Kilsaramn, co. Louth, from 1666; Dean of Cashel from 1671; d. 29 Nov 1675.

WILLIAMSON, EDMOND, brother of Talbot Williamson (qv); b.; adm. Jan 1722/3; in under school list 1725; KS (aged 13) 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733, matr. 1732; BA 1735/6; MA 1765; ordained deacon 21 Sep 1740, priest 28 Sep 1740 (both Lincoln); Chaplain to Earl of Pomfret; Rector of Millbrook, Beds., from 1740; Rector of Lolworth, Cambs., from 1764; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1742 (IGI) Catherine Taylor; m. 2nd, 1760 Mary, dau. of Rev. Thomas Tipping, Vicar of Stagsden, Beds.; d. 15 Nov 1775.

Williamson, Edward William, son of Edward Williamson, of Cardiff, solicitor, by Florence Frances, daughter of Richard Sankey Tipton, of Wallasey, Cheshire; b. April 22, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; Mure Scholar 1909; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1910, matric. Michaelmas 1910; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1912; B.A. 1914; M.A. 1917; ordained deacon 1915, priest 1916 (Ripon); Curate of Potternewton, Yorks, 1915-7, of Lambeth, Surrey, 1917-22; Fellow of St. Augustine's Coll. Canterbury, 1922; Warden of St, Michael's Coll. Llandaff, 1926; Canon of Llandaff 1930; Chancellor 1937; consecrated Bishop of Swansea and Brecon Nov. 30, 1939; D.D. Lambeth; Select Preacher, Oxford, 1944-6; a Busby Trustee 1946; d. Sept. 23, 1953.