Background
Williams was born near Carmarthen and educated at Carmarthen Grammar School before matriculating at Jesus College, Oxford, in 1773.
Williams was born near Carmarthen and educated at Carmarthen Grammar School before matriculating at Jesus College, Oxford, in 1773.
He moved to Wadham College, Oxford, later the same year, and graduated with degrees of Bachelor (1776) and Master of Arts (1781).
He became a Fellow of Wadham in 1780, acting as librarian (1781-1782) and humanity lecturer (1782), resigning his fellowship in 1792. In the meantime he had joined Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1784. He was appointed a serjeant-at-law in 1794, and a king"s serjeant in 1804.He died in London and was buried in the Temple Church.
By her he had three sons: Charles.
Edward Vaughan; and John, a colonel in the Royal Engineers. There were also three daughters, of whom Mary married August Edward Hobart, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire.
