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, 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, 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.

WILLIAMS, MORGAN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1618, Westminster Student to 1620, but did not matr. [Possibly same individual as Morgan Williams, son of John Williams, Llansanttfraid, Cardiganshire, Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jul 1624, aged 25 (sic)]

WILLIAMS, OWEN, eldest son of Thomas Williams MP, Llanidan, Anglesey, solicitor and copper mine proprietor, and Catherine, dau. of John Lloyd, Llanfihangel Tre’r Beirdd, Anglesey; bapt. 19 Jul 1764; adm. 16 Sep 1776; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1782, but was never adm.; MP Great Marlow from 1796; of Temple House, Berks., and Craigydon, Anglesey; m. 18 Jul 1792 Margaret, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. 23 Feb 1832.

WILLIAMS, SIR ROLAND LOMAX BOWDLER VAUGHAN, son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 31 Dec 1837; adm. 27 Jan 1851; QS 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1856, matr. 15 May 1856, Westminster Student 1856-65; BA 1860; MA 1863; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Jan 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864, Bencher 1886, Treasurer 1912; South-Eastern Circuit; QC 1889; Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division, High Court 13 Feb 1890 – Nov 1897, Lord Justice of Appeal 2 Nov 1897 – 1914, retd.; knighted 30 Jun 1890; Privy Counsellor 26 Nov 1897; Chairman, Royal Commission on Disestablishment of Welsh Church 1906; author, The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy, 1870 (many subsequent editions); edited several editions of his father’s Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators; Vice-President, Elizabethan Club 1905-12, President 1912-5; Busby Trustee 20 May 1890; m. 28 Sep 1865 Laura Susanna, youngest dau. of Edmund Lomax, Netley, Surrey; d. 8 Dec 1916. DNB.

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.