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.

Williamson, John, third son of George Williamson, barrister-at-law, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Emily, daughter of the Rev. Charles Frederick Watkins, Vicar of Brixworth, Northants; b. May 10, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 15, 1891; left Jan. 1893; m. Jan. 31, 1906, Henrietta Helen Hook.

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.

WILLOUGHBY, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS in Jun 1569; a Latin letter dated 26 Jun 1569, addressed by him to William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and asking him for his influence at the forthcoming election, is preserved among the Lansdowne MSS (xii. 4) in the British Library; perhaps the Thomas Willoughby who was elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1569, Westminster Student to May 1571.

Wills, Charles John, son of Edgar Charles Wills, of Brentwood, Essex; b. Oct. 11, 1879; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 19, 1893; left May 1893 (see letter of E. C. Wills, The Times, June 1, 1893).

Wilson, George Balfour, son of Col. John George Yule Wilson, C.B.E., of Ealing, by Helena Theresa, daughter of George Duncan Gibb, M.D., of London; b. Sept. 12, 1887; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; Capt. of the School 1904; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Sam­waies) July 1906, matric. Michaelmas 1906; 1st class Classical Tripos (div. 2), pt. 1, 1909; B.A. 1909; appointed to the I.C.S. 1910; arrived in India Nov. 29, 1911; Asst. Commis­sioner, Punjab; retired March 1922; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army Reserve of Officers July 2, 1918; sec. E. P. Henderson, Ltd., since 1923; m. Nov. 1, 1913; Lucy Gertrude, daughter of Sir Michael William Fenton, K.C.S.I., of Harrow, Middlesex.

WILSON, JOHN, of Middlesex; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1602, matr. 5 Nov 1602, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1612; BA 1606; MA 1609; DD 1619; adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Feb 1612/3; a joint patent of the Head Mastership of the School was granted to Richard Ireland (qv) and himself 25 Jan 1609/10; on Ireland’s escape to France a few months later he became Head Master; a joint patent of the Head Mastership was granted to him and to Lambert Osbaldeston (qv) 7 Dec 1621, Osbaldeston succeeding him as Head Master in 1622; ordained; Rector of Bedale, Yorks., from 8 Aug 1621; Vicar of Burneston, Yorks., 1 Jul 1622-34; Rector of St. Mary, Castlegate, York 1625; Prebendary of Westminster Oct 1623 – res 1635, of Ripon 14 Aug 1623 and of Lincoln from 3 Mar 1629/30; Dean of Ripon from 1624; Master of the Savoy; lic. to m. 22 Apr 1616 Johanna, dau. of William Stanlake, King Street, Westminster, grocer; d. 19 Feb 1634/5.

Wilson, Robert Andrew, son of Robert Bruce Wilson of Billericay, Essex, and Margaret, d. of Abraham Phillips of Clifton, Bristol; b. 18 Julv 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (KS); left July 1924; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1927 (1st dass hons Classical Trip. Pts I and 2), MA 1946; asst Keeper Dept. of Printed Books British Museum 1929, dep. Keeper 1948, Keeper 1952, princi­pal Keeper 1959-66; CB Jan. 1962; m. 1967 Rosemary Ann, d. of Sydney Joseph Norris of Gravesend, Kent; d. 18 Aug. 1984.

WILSON, THOMAS, younger son of Rev. William Wilson DD, Canon of Windsor and Prebendary of Rochester, and Prebendary and Chancellor of St. Paul’s; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1607, matr. 10 Jun 1608, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1617; BA 1611; MA 1614 (incorp. Cambridge 1615); BD 8 Mar 1621/2; DD Cambridge c. 1625 (incorp. Oxford 12 Aug 1645); ordained; Rector of Paglesham, Essex 1625; Rector of Wimbish, Essex 1625; Rector of Debden, Essex 22 Dec 1629; Rector of Fulbourn St. Vigers, Cambs.; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 24 Dec 1623, of Westminster 10 Jan 1625/6 and of Lincoln from 30 Dec 1631; dispossessed of his preferments during the Civil War; living Sep 1652; m. Ann, widow of Rev. John Hills DD, Rector of Fulbourne St. Vigers, Cambs., Master of St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, and dau. of Clement Heigham, Wickhambrook, Suffolk; dead by May 1653.