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.

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.