The Vulliamy family was a family of clockmakers, Swiss in origin, active in 18th and 19th century Britain.
- (François) Justin Vulliamy (1712–1797), born in Switzerland, moved to London to study in the 1730s, ended up settling there, setting up a business in partnership with Benjamin Gray (1676–1764), who was in 1742 appointed watchmaker in ordinary to George II; married Gray's daughter Mary, and had 4 children with her:
- Jane (b. 1743)
- Benjamin (1747–1811), who took over the business from his father
- Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780–1854), last in the family firm (none of his children took it up)
- Benjamin Lewis (1815–1895)
- George John Vulliamy (1817–1886), architect and civil engineer
- Lucy Sarah Frances (1819–1872)
- Mary (b. 1781)
- Justin Theodore Vulliamy (1787–1870)
- Lewis Vulliamy (1791–1871), architect
- Frances (b. 1801)
- Frederick (1803–1892)
- Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780–1854), last in the family firm (none of his children took it up)
- Lewis (1749–1822), sugar refiner
- Mary (b. 1750).
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