VENN: Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, June 3, 1779. Of Surrey. [S. and h. of John (1740), R. of Chipstead, Surrey, and Anne, dau. of Thomas Thackeray, D.D., Head Master of Harrow.] Bapt. Jan. 12, 1760, at Sanderstead, Surrey. Schools [Harrow, 1770-1 and] Eton, 1771-9. Matric. Michs. 1780; B.A. 1783; M.A. 1786, as George Griffies-Williams. Ord. deacon (Winchester) July 14, 1782; C. of Chipstead, Surrey. Assumed the additional surname and arms of Williams, May 2, 1785, by request of his uncle, David Williams, who left him the estate of Llyn-y-Wormwood, near Llandovery, Carmarths., on that condition. Created Bart., May 22, 1815. Married (1) Jane, dau. of the Rev. John Lewis, of Tredeved, Pembs.; (2) Anna Margaret, dau. of Herbert Evans, of Highmead, Cardigans., and had issue. Died Mar. 28, 1843, in London. Brother of Elias E.; father of Erasmus H. G. Griffies-Williams (1814). (Eton Coll. Reg.; Harrow Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 280; G. Mag., 1843, I. 533-4.)