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WHO WAS WHO,
and Tendencies
German
Transatlantic
Enterprise, 1908
Aktiengesellschaften in
den Vereinigten Staaten Life of Carl Schurz,
1908
Editor, Jahrbuch der Weltwirtschaft
Address : The University,
many essays.
Berlin. Clubs : City of New York
Kaiserl.
Automobil, Berlin.
[Died 28 June 1909.
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VON SCHRODER,
b.
1841
Baron William Henry, D.L.
m. 1866, Marie, d. of Charles Horny,
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[Died 11 June 1912.
Austria.
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VOULES, Horace
Truth
St.
George, journalist
editor
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s. of
Windsor, 23 April 1844
Charles Stuart Voules, solicitor, Windsor.
Educ. : private schools
EastBrighton
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bourne.
Cassell,
started for them
Fetter, & Galpin's, 1864 ;
the Echo (1868), the first halfpenny evening
paper, and managed it for them until they
sold it to Albert Grant, 1875
edited and
managed Echo for Albert Grant until he sold
it to Passmore Edwards,
1876
directly
after leaving Echo, 1876, arranged with H.
Labouchere to start Truth, which was first
published in January 1877, and did sole
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editing for several years, and also assisted in
reconstruction of Pall Mall Gazette at the
time of Greenwood's secession for about 12 to
18 months. Recreations : cricket (looking on
Address
only
later), golf, billiards.
Carteret Street,
Office,
S.W.
Truth
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Uplands,
Brighton. Clubs : Royal Thames Yacht, and
local clubs.
[Died 4 May 1909.
VOUSDEN, William John, V.C. C.B., 1900
b.
Inspector- General of Cavalry, India
s.
of
Perth,
Scotland, 20 Sept. 1845;
late Capt. Vousden, 21st R.N.B. Fusiliers
m. 1891, d. of Major-General Drummond.
Educ. : King's School, Canterbury
R.M.C.
Sandhurst.
Joined the 35th Royal Sussex
Regiment, 1864; transferred to the 5th
Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force, 1867
afterwards served entirely on the N.W.
Frontier
saw service in the Jowakki Afridi
1st and 2nd
Expedition as a staff-officer
Afghan Campaigns (3 times mentioned in
despatches, and Brevet of Major)
gained
the V.C. for exceptional gallantry before
Cabul
1st and 2nd Miranzai Expeditions in
command of 5th Punjab Cavalry, and mentioned in despatches
commanded 5th
served with the
Punjab Cavalry 1890-97
Tochi Field Force and Tirah Expeditionary
Force, N.W. Frontier Campaign, 1897-98
(despatches)
Major-General commanding
Punjab Frontier Force and District, India,
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1901-2.
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rackets,
shooting,
Club : Naval and
Military.
[Died 12 Nov. 1902.
VOYSEY, Rev. Charles, B.A. founder of the
Theistic Church b. London, 18 March 1828
m.
y. s. of Annesley Voysey, architect
Frances Maria, d. of Robert Edlin (partner in
Herries, Farquhar, & Co.'s Bank), 1852
four s. four d. Educ. : Stockwell Grammar
School
St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Ejected
from curacy of St. Mark's, Whitechapel, for
a sermon against endless punishment began
as a religious reformer by publication of a
sermon Is Every Statement of the Bible
about Our Heavenly Father Strictly True ?
1865
Ultra- Orthodox Party in Anglican
Church got Archbishop of York to take legal
after a struggle of two years, in
proceedings
which the case was taken to the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council, Mr. Voysey
was deprived of his living and ordered to pay
1871
he gradually founded the
costs,
Theistic Church, which after 1885 was at
Swallow Street, Piccadilly, W.
Curate
photography, bicycling.
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WAGE
1897-1916
Henry Boyd, afterwards head
of Hertford
Oxford
Vicar of Healaugh, Yorkshire,
1864-71.
Publications : The Sling and the
in
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The Mystery of
Stone,
vols., 1866-93
Discourses in RefutaPain, Death, and Sin
tion of Atheism, 1878
Lectures on the Bible,
and The Theistic Faith and its Foundations,
1881
Theism, or Religion of Common Sense,
1894
Theism as a Science of Natural TheoNatural Religion, 1895
and
logy
Testimony
of the Four Gospels concerning Jesus Christ,
1896
Religion for all Mankind, 1903, etc.
Lecture on Cremation, Mr. Voysey was the
only surviving founder of the Cremation
he was also for 25 years
Society of England
a member of the Executive Council to the
Homes for Inebriates. Recreations : playing
with children
all games enjoyed except
billiards at
chess, which was too hard work
home daily, with or without a companion
Adwalking and running greatly enjoyed.
dress :
Theistic Church, Swallow Street,
Coll.
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Annesley Lodge, Hampstead,
member of the Macca[Died 20 July 1912.
VYNER, Robert Charles de Grey, D.L. landed
owner of racehorses and stud
proprietor
farm b. London, 13 Feb. 1842 3rd surv. s.
of Henry Vyner and Lady Mary, d. of Earl de
Grey m. 1865, Eleanor (d. 1913), d. of Rev.
two d. Educ. :
Slingsby Duncqmbe Shafto
Eton. Grenadier Guards, 1859-65. Owned
about 26,700 acres.
Recreations : racing,
Address :
shooting, and sport in general.
Club House, Bidston, Birkenhead
Fairfield
Stud Farm, York
Newby Hall, Ripon
Tupholme Hall, Bafdney, Lincoln Chateau
Ste. Anne, Cannes, France
Coombe Hurst,
Kingston Hill, S.W. Clubs : Guards', Bath,
Turf.
[Died 19 March 1915.
VYNNE, Nora ; Editor of Woman and Progress
authoress, journalist, dramatic critic, and
d. of Charles Vynne, a
political worker
member of an old Norfolk family. Educ. :
at home.
Came to London after death of
Piccadilly,
N.W.
Club
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did all sorts of literary and journalistic
was expected to be an artist when a
passed the usual examinations (Ken-
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sington Local), and won prizes. Publications
The Blind Artist's Pictures Honey of Aloes
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A Man and
his
Womankind
A Comedy
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Honour The Story of a Fool and his Folly
The Priest's Marriage The Young Pretender
The Wroote Entail
The Blank Cheque
The Pieces of Silver So it is with the Damsel
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one-act plays which were acted in the provinces
a five-act play (with Elliott Page),
short stories
produced by the Play Actors
and various political articles Women under
the Factory Acts (in collaboration with Miss
Helen Blackburn and Mr. H. W. Allason,
lectured and did much political
solicitor)
work in connection with social questions.
Recreations : almost all out-door exercise.
Address : 288 King's Road, Chelsea. Club :
Writers'.
[Died 18 Feb. 1914.
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VYVYAN.Capt.Sir George Rawlinson, K.C.M.G.,
had Royal Naval Reserve decoracr. 1902
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Elder Brother, Trinity House, 1883
Deputy Master, 1889
retired, 1910
of late Sir Vyell Vyvyan, 8th Bt.
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s.
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m. 1873, Blanche Henrietta,
Sept. 1838
2nd d. of Most Rev. Robert Gray, D.D., 1st
Bishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of
South Africa. J.P. Kent. Clubs : Constitu[Died 22 Oct. 1914.
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b.
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Hessle, Yorkshire, 7 years
Craighton, St. Andrews, Jamaica, 1J year
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Curate Great Yarmouth, 6 months
of St.
of Victoria
Mark's, Whitechapel, 1861-63
Dock Church, North Woolwich, under Rev.
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Herbert, C.M.G. 1903; Government
Agent of Central Province from 1900 y. s.
of late Rev. R. H. Wace of Wadhurst, Sussex.
Educ. : Westminster. Ceylon Writer, 1873
Assistant Agent, Kalutara, W.P. 1879 ;
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WHO WAS WHO,
WADE
Government Agent, Ratnapura, 1885
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N.-W.
Southern Province, 1897
Province, 1890
Member Legislative
Central Province, 1900
Council. Address : The Old Palace, Kandy,
Ceylon.
[Died 28 May 1906.
WADE, Surg.-Maj.-Gen. Frederick William.
Entered army, 1857 retired, 1894.
[Died 26 Dec. 1906.
WADE, Sir Willoughby Francis ; Kt. ; cr.
1896
Consulting
M.D., F.R.C.P., J.P.
(senior) Physiciaa to the General Hospital,
Birmingham ; b. 31 Aug. 1827 s. of Rev.
ra. Augusta, d. of Sir John
E. M. Wade
Educ. :
Power, 2nd Bt. of Kilfane, 1880.
Rugby; Trin. Coll. Dublin.
Brighton;
General
and
tutor
Medical
Officer
Resident
Professor of MediHospital, Birmingham
cine and Clinical Medicine, Queen's Coll.
Birmingham. Publications : On Gout as a
On the Liver and
Peripheral Neurosis, 1893
On
its Difficulties (Health Lecture), 1884
Sick Headache,
Treatment
of
the Preventive
1896; On the Treatment of Abdominal
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Le
Palpitation, 1899
(Stabbing in Italy), Rassegna Nazionale, 1903
La Legge e le Coltellate, 1905 ; many addresses and papers in medical journals and
Address : Villa Monforte,
transactions.
(winter) 153 Via Torino,
Maiano, Florence
Rome.
[Died 28 May 1906.
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Italia
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WADDY,
His Honour Judge Samuel Danks,
K.C.
Judge of County Courts, Cheshire,
March 1896 transferred to Sheffield, April
1896 b. 1830 s. of late Rev. S. D. Waddy,
D.D. (formerly President of the Wesley an
m. Emma, d. of Samuel A.
Conference)
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Educ. : Wesley
1898).
B.A. London, 1851. Barr.
M.P (L.) Barnstaple,
Inner Temple, 1858
1879-80
1874-79
Edinburgh,
Sheffield,
1886-94
Lincolnshire (Brigg),
1882-85
Recorder of Sheffield, 1894-1902. Address :
Claremont, Sheffield; 120 Bedford Court
5 Paper
Mansions, Bedford Square, W.
Clubs : Sheffield,
Buildings, Temple, E.G.
National Liberal.
[Died 30 Dec. 1902.
WAITE, Rev. Joseph, M.A., D.D. Hon. Canon
retired from active work owing
of Newcastle
s. of Rev.
b. 21 July 1824
to ill-health
Joseph Waite, Incumbent of St. John's-inWeardale m. Rosamond, e. d. of late Canon
T. S. Evans, Professor of Greek and Canon of
Durham three s. one d. Educ. : Durham
Grammar School (King's Scholar) Durham
University College, Durham
University.
Barrington
University Scholarship, 1842
1st Class
Crewe Exhibition
Exhibition
1st Class Classics
Classics, Finals, B.A. 1845
Fellow of Univ. of Durham,
for M.A. 1848
1846-65 Composition Master in King Edward
Curate of
VI.'s School, Bromsgrove, 1846
Witton Gilbert, 1848-52; Chaplain and
Classical
Censor Univ. Coll. Durham, 1852
Tutor of Univ. of Durham, 1855-65 Master
Hon. D.D.
of Univ. Coll. Durham, 1865-73
Vicar of Norham-on-Tweed, 1873-99
1882
Rural Dean of Norham, 1880
Examining
Chaplain to Bishop of Newcastle, 1882
Canon of Newcastle, Stall of St. Finan, 1882
Proctor in Convocation for Archdeaconry of
Garbutt, Hull
(d.
College, Sheffield.
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Lindisfarne, 1886-1900. Publications : Commentary on II. Epistle to Corinthians in
Speaker's Commentary ; Latin and Greek
Verses of the late Professor T. S. Evans, with
Memoir of the Author. Recreations : in earlier
and trout fishing, sketching,
life salmon
Address : 31 Clarendon Road,
skating.
[Died 9 Sept. 1908.
Redland, Bristol.
WAITHMAN,
Robert
W.
W.R.
of
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landowner
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J.P. of
County
Roscommon, and County Gal way, and D.L.
served as High
of the W.R. of Yorkshire
Sheriff for County Galway, County Roscommon and the County of the town of
Galway b. 1828 e. s. of William Waithman
m. 1st, 1851, Millicent (d. 1887),
of Westville
734
Lancashire,
Yorkshire,
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1897-1916
W. Sharp, J.P., of Linden Hall, Lancashire ;
2nd, 1891, Arabella, d. of Dudley
Persse, D.L., of Roxburgh, County Galway ;
d. of
one
W.
two d. Educ. : Tutors. Heir
Waithman. Address : Galway.
s.
S.
:
s.
[Died 7 Jan. 1914.
WAKE,
Herewald Crawfurd, C.B. 1860; b.
1828
4th s. of Sir Charles Wake, 10th Bt.
m. 1860, Charlotte Lucy Hart, 4th d. of Sir
George Sitwell, 2nd Bt.
[Died 9 Dec. 1901.
WAKE, Major Hugh St. Aubyn, M.V.O. 1910
28th Gurkha Rifles
b. 27 March 1870
4r,h
s. of Admiral Charles Wake, 2nd s. of Sir
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Charles
Bt.,
Emma
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&t.
d. of Sir Edward St. Aubyn, Bt.
m.
Kathleen Mary, d. of Col. Grigg one s. one d.
Educ. : Wren's
Sandhurst. Served Tirah
Address :
Expedition (medal and clasp).
Lansdowne, Gahrwal, India.
[Died 5 Nov. 1914.
WAKE, William St. Aubyn, Lieut. D.S.O.
Aubyn,
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served in Nigeria, West Africa
b. Fotherin8. of late Admiral
gay, Northamptonshire
Charles Wake and Emma, d. of late Sir
Edward St. Aubyn, Bt. Educ. : Newton
South Devon;
Coll.
1891.
Sandhurst,
Joined 2nd Batt. Middlesex Regt. 1892;
West Africa, 1898-99;
India,
1892-98;
received D.S.O. for operations in Benin
Recreations : polo, hunting,
Hinterland.
Address : The Middlesex Regt.
shooting.
Club : Junior Army and Navy.
[Died 4 Feb. 1900.
WAKEMAN, Henry Offley ; Fellow and Bursar
of All Souls' College, Oxford; b. 25 Sept.
1852
y. s. of Sir Offiey Penbury Wakeman
and Mary, o. d. of Thomas Adlington
m.
Violet Mary, 2nd d. of Francis J. Johnston,
Christ Church, Oxford;
1898. Educ. : Eton
1st class in Modern History, 1873. Barristerat-law
sometime bursar and tutor of Keble
member of the Council of Keble
College
member of the Hebdomadal Council
College
of the University of Oxford.
Publications :
The Church and the Puritans Life of Charles
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The Ascendancy
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France
of
An Introduc(Periods of Foreign History)
tion to the History of the Church of England.
Address : All Souls' College Oxford. Club :
Windham.
[Died 27 Apr. 1899.
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WAKLEY,
of
editor
Thomas, L.R.C.P. Lond.
The Lancet
b. London, 10 July 1851
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of late Thomas H. Wakley, F.R.C.S. ;
g. s. of Thomas Wakley, M.P., Coroner, and
founder of The Lancet ; m. Gladys Muriel,
one s. Educ. :
e. d. of late Norman Barron
o.
s.
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Westminster
St.
Trinity Coll. Camb.
Fellow of the Royal
Thomas's Hospital
Address : 16 Hyde
Numismatic Society.
Park Gate, S.W. Clubs : New University
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New, Brighton.
WAKLEY, Thomas
H., F.R.C.S.
joint-editor
Consulting Surgeon to the
Lancet
Royal Free Hospital
of the
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of late Thomas Wakley, founder
and editor of The Lancet, Coroner for West
and
M.P. for Finsbury. Educ. :
Middlesex,
1821
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e. s.
private tutor
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University Coll.
Hospital
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London Paris. Late Surgeon and Lecturer
on Surgery at the Royal Free Hospital Medical
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Practised as a consulting surgeon,
Publications : Diseases of Joints,
Copper's Surgical Dicsurgical contributions to
the Lancet. Address : 5 Queen's Gate, Hyde
Park, S.W.
[Died 6 Apr. 1907.
College.
1848-83.
and other articles
tionary, and many
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WALDECK-ROUSSEAU,
Pierre Marie, French
and lawyer President of Council
and Ministry of Interior, 1899-1902 b. 2 Dec.
Member of Chamber of Deputies,
1846.
politician
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Minister of
Interior, 1881-82, 1883-85 ; Member of Paris
formed Ministry, 1899. Address :
Bar, 1886
35 rue de 1'Universit^, Paris.
[Died 10 Aug. 1904.
Rennes, 1879
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WHO WAS WHO,
Field-Marshal Count Von ; b.
m. 1874, Princess von Noer
8 April 1832
(Mary Esther Lee of New York), widow of
Prince Frederic of Schleswig-Holstein. Enserved in camtered Prussian Army, 1850
A.D.C. to King of
paigns of 1866 and 1870
Prussia during Franco-German War, and
present as a staff officer at battles of Gravelotte, Beaumont, Sedan, Beaune la Rolande,
Chief of Staff of
Loigny, Orleans, Le Mans
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, and after the
end of the war German Charge" d'Affaires in
Chief of the Prussian Staff,
Paris, 1871
commanded 9th Army Corps, 1891
1888
Inspector- General of the Third Army, 1898
commanded Allied Forces in China, 1901
G.C.B. 1902. Address : Hanover, Germany.
[Died 6 March 1904.
WALDERSEE,
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M.D.
Louis,
physician, and author
Educ. :
April 1853.
b.
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New
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pathologist,
New York, 15
York, College
Heidelberg (M.D.
Physicians and Surgeons
1879, Assist, at Pathological Institute, 18791881); Zurich, Vienna, Paris, London. Practised as physician in New York, 1881-97
retired and devoted himself to scientific
research in London. Publications : The Suband articles in pathoconscious Self, 1897
logical journals in Germany, France, and
United States.
Recreations : golf, cycling.
Clubs : Royal Societies, Bath.
[Died 11 Apr. 1915.
WALDTEUFEL, Emile ; b. Strasburg, 9 Dec.
1837
Educ. : under Joseph Heyberger,
then at Paris Conservatoire under Marmontel
and Laurent. Pianist to the Empress Eugenie
1865
organised the court balls of Napoleon
III. and the soirees at Compiegne and
Biarritz
confought in the war of 1870
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Berlin,
1889. Publications : Waltzes, Manolo, Amour
et Printemps, A toi Dolores, Dans les Nuages,
Dans un Songe, Je t'aime, Myosotis, Pour une
Rose, Retour du Printemps, Sentiers Fleuris,
Soir d'Amour, Les Sourires, Toujours ou
Jamais, Doux Poeme, Les Violettes, 1'Espace
melodies for piano and
Polka, Bella Bocca
voice
Address : 37
pieces for the piano.
rue St. George's, Paris.
[Died 18 Feb. 1915.
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WALFORD,
Lucy Bethia (Mrs. Walford),
b.
novelist
Portobello, near Edinburgh,
17 April 1845
y. d. of John Colquhoun,,
author of The Moor and the Loch, and g. d.
of Sir James Colquhoun, 10th Bt. of Colquhoun and Luss, and sis. of 13th Bart.
ra.
1869, Alfred Saunders Walford (d. 1907)
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two s. five d. Educ. : home, under English
and foreign governesses, with masters for
various branches of knowledge. Publications :
Mr. Smith, 1874
Nan and other Tales (in
Blackwood), 1875
Pauline, 1877
Cousins,
1879
Troublesome Daughters, 1880
Dick
The -Baby's Grandmother,
Netherby, 1881
1885 The History of a Week, 1886 A Stiffnecked Generation, 1888
Her Great Idea,
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1888 A Mere Child, 1889 A Sage of Sixteen,
1889
The Havoc of a Smile, 1890
The
Mischief of Monica, 1891
The One Good
For Grown-Up Children, 1892
Guest, 1891
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1893
A Question of
1893
A
Ploughed, 1894
1895
1895
Successors
Bubble,
Frederick,
to the Title, 1896
Leddy Marget, 1896
Iva Kildare 1997
The Intruders, 1898
The Archdeacon, 1899
Sir Patrick, the
1900
One
of Ourselves, 1 900
Puddock,
Charlotte, 1901 A Dream's Fulfilment, 1902
Stay-at-Homes, The Black Familiars, 1903
The Enlightenment of Olivia, 1907 Leonore
Recollections of a Scottish
Stubbs, 1908
Memories of Victorian
Novelist, 1910.
1912
David
and Jonathan on the
London,
Riviera, 1914
Biographies from Blackwood;
Twelve English Authoresses, etc.
several
The Matchmaker,
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shorter tales, and magazine
for four years the London
1897-1916
correspondent of the New York Critic. Address : 17 Warwick Square, S.W.
[Died 11 May 1915.
WALFORD, Col. J. A., D.S.O. 1900 B.S.A.
Police.
[Died 3 June 1903.
WALKER, Maj.-Gen. Alexander, C.S.I. 1893
Col. Commandant R.A. from 1900
b. 1838
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m. 1869, Anne, d. of Com. Smail, R.N.
Entered army, 1856
Maj.-Gen. 1894
served Indian Mutiny, 1857-58 (medal)
1860
and clasps)
Waziristan,
(medal
Bhootan Expedition, 1885-86 (medal with
2 clasps)
Director-General of Ordnance in
India, 1890-97. Address : 5 Montagu Place,
Russell Square, W.C.
[Died 1 Feb. 1905.
WALKER, Sir Edward Noel-, K.C.M.G., cr.
1881
b. Dover, 28 April 1842
e. *. of late
Sir James Walker, K.C.M.G., C.B., of the
Colonial Service, and of Anne, d. of George
m. 1871, Florence,
Bland, Trinidad, W.I.
d. of H. S. Bascom, British Guinana
two
s. three d.
Educ. : private schools Cheltenham Coll.
Glasgow Univ. Private sec.
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Lt.-Gov.
of
St.
and to the
Vincent,
Governor of the Windward Islands, 18621867
Assist ant- Secretary British Guiana,
1867-74
Colonial Secretary, Jamaica, 18741883-87
Colonial Secretary, Ceylon,
1883,
1887 Lieut -Governor, 1890 retired 1901
Borough Council of Kensington, 1903. Address : 52 Warwick Road, Earl's Court, S.W.
Club : Constitutional.
[Died 20 Sept. 1908.
WALKER, Frederick James, M.V.O., J.P.,
1 Feb. 1835
D.L.
b.
s.
of Sir James
m.
Walker, 1st Bt., of Sand Button, York
Grace
d.
and
co-heir of late
1861,
Charlotte,
George Champney of Middlethorps Manor,
one s. one d. Educ. : Oxford
Co. Yorks.
Address :
24 Lennox Gardens,
(M.A.).
S.W. Mezzo Monte, Cannes, France. Clubs :
Carlton, Yorkshire.
[Died 7 Nov. 1913.
WALKER, Frederick William, b. London, 7
o.
s.
of
Thomas Walker,
July 1830
Tullamore; m. 1867, Maria (d. 1869), e. d.
of Richard Johnson, Manchester
one s.
Educ : Rugby Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford
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1st
(M.A.).
class
and 2nd
Classical
class
Mathematical Moderations, 1852
1st class
Classical and 2nd class Mathematical Final
1853
Boden
Examination,
Sanscrit Scholar
Vinerian Law Scholar, and Tancred Law
;
;
Scholar, 1854.
Barr. Lincoln's Inn, 1857
;
Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford,
1859-67
High Master of Manchester Grammar School, 1859-76; High Master of St.
Paul's School, 1876-1905
Honorary Fellow
of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1894;
member of Court of Assistants of the Fishmongers' Co., 1897 Hon. Litt.D. of Victoria
;
;
;
Publications : articles on
University, 1899.
Rephilology in the Classical Review, etc.
creations :
Address :
motoring, reading.
Holland Villas Road, Kensington, W.
Club : Oxford and Cambridge.
[Died 13 Dec. 1910.
WALKER, General Sir Frederick William
Edward Forestier Forestier-, K.C.B.
cr.
cr. 1901
Governor of
1894
G.C.M.G.
Gibraltar from 1905
G.O.C. Mediterranean,
b 17 April 1844 ; e. s. of late General
1909
Sir Edward W. Forestier- Walker, K.C.B.,
m.
and Jane, d. of 6th Earl of Seafield
Mabel, d. of Lieut.-Col. A. E Ross, late
one s. Educ. :
Northum. Fusiliers, 1887
R.M.C. Sandhurst. Entered Scots Guards,
served in Kaffir
1862
Adjutant, 1869-73
Mil. Sec.
War, 1877-78 (despatches, C.B.)
Zulu War,
to Sir Bartle Frere, 1878-79
1879, including Inyezane and occupation of
Ekowe (despatches, medal with clasp) A.A.
and Q.M.G. Bechuanaland, 1884 (C.M.G.)
commanded Infantry Brigade, Aldershot,
commanded troops in Egypt,
1889-90
Lieut.-Gen. Commanding Western
] 889-95
Lieut.-General in comDistrict, 1895-99
mand of Lines of Communication, South
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WHO WAS WHO,
WALKER
Africa Field Force, 1899-1901 (despatches
twice, Queen's medal, 2 clasps, G.C.M.G.).
Government House, Gibraltar.
Address :
Clubs : Travellers', Marlborough.
[Died 30 Aug. 1910.
WALKER,
cr.
Sir George Gustavus, K.C.B.
m. Anne, d. of
b. 1831
1892
J.P., D.L.
Admiral G. Lennock, 1856. Educ. : Rugby
Balliol Coll. Oxford (M.A. 1855). M.P. (C.)
Address:
Dumfriesshire, 1865-68, 1869-74.
Tirandrish,
Crawfordton, Thornhill, N.B.
Spean Bridge, Kingussie. Club : Carlton.
[Died 5 Aug. 1897.
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WALKER,
1868
1829
;
cr.
James Robert, 2nd Bt.
b. Sand Hutton, 19 Oct.
Sir
;
D.L., J.P.
;
m. Louisa, d. of
father, 1883
Educ. :
Bt., 1863.
Christ Church, Oxford (M.A.).
Owned
for
1859-65.
M.P. (C.)
Beverley,
Heir : s. James, b. 1865.
about 7000 acres.
Sand
Address : 41 Belgrave Square, S.W.
Club : Carlton.
Hutton, York.
12
June
1898.
[Died
WALKER, Captain Sir James Heron, 3rd Bt.
Hon. Major 3rd Batt. Hants Regt.;
cr. 1868
J.P. ; b. 23 May 1865 ; *. of 2nd Bt. and
Louisa, d. of Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bt.
m. Violet Maud Cecil, d. of
S. father 1898
Major-Gen, and the Hon. Mrs. Ives of Moyns
Park, Essex, 1889. Entered army, 1883;
Owned about 7000 acres.
reserve, 1885.
AdHeir : s. Robert James Milo, b. 1890.
dress : Sand Hutton, Co. Yorks.
[Died 25 Nov. 1900.
Sir
S.
;
;
John Heron-Maxwell,
Rugby
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WALKER,
Rev. John, F.R.H.S.
Hon. Canon
Rector of Whalton
Rural
of Newcastle
Vice-Chairman CastleDean of Morpeth
ward Board of Guardians Secretary Church
Extension Committee Diocesan Society
b. Gigg, near Bury,
Proctor in Convocation
s.
of James Walker,
Lanes, Feb. 1837
bleacher
m. 1880, e. d. of Rev. J. Elphinstone Elliot Bates of Millbourne Hall and
Whalton Rectory three s. one d. Educ. :
Curate of Newburn,
St. Bees Coll., 1863.
1865 Stockport, 1870-76 Ponteland, 18761878; Whalton, 1878-80. Publications : occasional papers in the Proceedings of the
Newcastle Antiquarian Society. Recreation:
Address :
Whalton Rectory,
gardening.
Morpeth.
[Died 22 June 1910.
WALKER, Sir Mark, V.C., K.C.B. cr. 1893
General (retired) Colonel Sherwood Foresters
from 1900 b. Ireland e. s. of late Captain
Alexander Walker, Gore Port, Westmeath,
and Elizabeth, d. of William Elliott; m.
Catherine, d. of Robert Bruce, Chichester
of Arlington, Devon.
Educ. : Portarlington.
Served in the army for 46 years
Crimea,
lost
arm.
Recreations :
right
hunting,
Address : 10 Castle Hill
shooting, fishing.
Avenue, Folkestone. Club : United Service.
[Died 23 July 1902.
WALKER, Oliver Ormerod, J.P., D.L. b. 1833;
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Ormerod Walker and 2nd
Helen Elizabeth, d. of late Timothy J.
Garston of Chester; m. 1860, Jane, d. of
Thomas Harrison of Singleton Park, Westmorland. High Sheriff, Lancaster, 1876
was Lieut.-Col. 8th Lancashire R.V.
was
M.P. Salford,
Capt. 7th Lancashire Militia
Address : Chesham, Bury. Clubs:
1877-80.
e. s.
of late Oliver
wife,
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;
;
Windham.
Carlton,
WALKER,
[Died 30
Sir Peter Carlaw,
D.L., J.P.
;
b.
May
7
May
2nd Bt.
1854
;
e.
;
1914.
1886;
cr.
s.
of Sir
Andrew, 1st Bt., Chairman of Peter Walker
and Son, and Eliza, d. of John Reid, Limekilns, Fife ; S. father 1893
Blanche, d. of late H. C.
Okeover,
s. one d.
d.
of 3rd
High
;
m. 1899, Ethel
and Hon. Mrs.
Baron Waterpark
one
Sheriff,
;
Lancashire,
1896.
Heir : s. Ian Peter Andrew Monro, b. 30
Osmaston Manor,
Address :
Nov. 1902.
Osmaston, Derby. Clubs : Carlton, Junior
Carlton
Royal iTacht Squadron, Cowes.
;
[Died 15 Oct. 1915.
736
1897-1916
WALKER,
Richard Cornelius Critchett, C.M.G.-
principal
New
of
under-secretary
South'
Wales
b. at Sea, near Cape of Good
Hope
28 June 1841
y. s. of late Rev. James
;
;
Walker,
M.A.,
New
of
Chaplain
College,
Oxford, and formerly headmaster King's,
and Incumbent of St. Luke's, Liverpool
unmarried.
Educ. : Educated under his
father, and at St. James's Grammar School,
Sydney, under the Rev. Canon Druit, M.A.
;
Entered Public Service of New South Wales
as a Sessional Clerk in the Legislative Assembly, 1856
private secretary to Sir Charles
Cowper, K.C.M.G., and Sir Henry Parkes,
;
G.C.M.G., and Sir John Robertson, K.C.M.G.;
Clerk of Records in Chief Secretary's Dept
1866-78
first clerk, 1878
principal underDecorated for
secretary, N.S. Wales, 1879.
;
;
Recreations : fishing and boating.
Clubs : Union, Australian, Sydney.
[Died 14 June 1903.
WALKER, Robert, J.P., A.M.I.C.E., four times
past President Society of Architects, London.
Address : 17 South Mall, Cork.
[Died 30 Jan. 1910.
WALKER, Rt. Hon. Sir Samuel, 1st Bt., cr.
1906; P.C. (Ireland); Lord Chancellor,
b.
1832
2nd s. of
Ireland, from 1905
Capt. A. Walker, Goreport, Co. Westmeath :
m. 1st, 1855, Cecilia, d. of Arthur Greene ;
two s. four d. 2nd, 1881, Eleanor, d. of Rev.
services.
;
;
;
A. MacLaughlin
one s. one d. Educ. :
School
Portarlington
Trinity
College,
Irish Barr. 1855
Dublin.
Q.C. 1872
Solicitor - General for
1883 - 85
Ireland,
Attorney -General, 1885; Lord Chancellor
of Ireland, 1892-95
Lord Justice of Appeal,
M.P. Londonderry,
Ireland,
1895-1905;
;
;
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;
;
Heir: 8. Alexander Arthur [b.
m. 1885, Emily Florence, d. of Hon.
Address: PemCrowther, M.D.].
broke House, Upper Mount Street, Dublin.
Clubs : Reform, National Liberal
Uni1884-85.
1857
W.
:
L.
;
versity, Stephen's Green, Dublin.
[Died 13 Aug. 1911.
WALKER, Very Rev. William, M.A., LL.D.
s. of a farmer in the Garioch, Aberdeenshire.
Educ. : Old Aberdeen Grammar School
King's College, Aberdeen. Ordained 1842;
Curate in St. Andrew's Church, Aberdeen
Rector of Monymusk, 1844-1900
Dean of
Aberdeen and Orkney United Dioceses,
1896-1906.
Publications : Life and Times
of the poet-priest John Skinner, Life of
Primus John Skinner, Life of Bishop Jolly,
Life of Primus Gleig, Reminiscences of Three
Churchmen (Primus Terrot Bp. Russell,
and Professor Grub), Moses and Deutero-
;
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;
nomy, The Kings of Israel, Epochs of Scottish
Church History Nineteenth Century Reminiscences, Academical and Ecclesiastical.
Address : 104 Desswood Place, Aberdeen.
[Died 11 March 1911.
WALKER, Hon. William Campbell, C.M.G.
;
1901
member
;
from 1892
of the
Legislative Council
Minister of Education and Imand Minister representing the
Government in the Legislative Council from
;
migration,
1896 ; b. 1837
e. s. of late Sir William
Stuart Walker, K.C.B.
m. 1871, Margaret,
Archdeacon Wilson of Christchurch.
Educ. : Trinity College, Glenalmond, PerthOxford.
M.A.
Trinity College,
shire;
Arrived in Canterbury, 1862, and was
intimately associated with the settlement
;
;
d. of late
and
was
development of Canterbury
engaged with his brother in sheep-farming
;
for many years ;
girsuits
ouse of Representatives
1884-90
Chairman
member
for
of the
Ashburton,
Ashburton County
a member of Board of
Council, 1877-93
Governors, Canterbury College, for many
as also a member of the Land Board
years
;
(first)
;
;
of Canterbury, until joining the Ministry in
1896.
Address : Wellington, New Zealand.
Club: New, Edinburgh.
[Died 5 Jan, 1904.
WHO WAS WHO,
WALKER,
Hon. William Gregory, Judge in
Bankruptcy and Probate, Supreme Court,
New
South Wales, 1898-1906; b. 14 Dec.
1348; s. of Giles Walker of North Lynn,
Norfolk
m. 1875, Anna, e. d. of late T.
Whistler Smith of Sydney.
Educ. : TonExeter College, Oxford (scholar).
bridge
Called to Bar. Lincoln's Inn, 1873
went to
Chancellor of the Diocese of
N.S.W., 1882
Sydney, 1887-98. Publications : The Partition Acts, a Manual of Partition
A
Compendium of the Law relating to Executors and Administrators
Ad(joint)
ministration Actions.
Address : Highfield,
Club : Union,
Mossvale, New South Wales.
Sydney.
[Died 3 June 1910.
WALLACE, Alfred Russel, O.M., LL.D., D.C.L.,
occasional author
F.R.S.
President of
Land Nationalisation Society
b.
Usk,
8
1823
Jan.
father a
Monmouthshire,
m. Annie,
gentleman of Scottish ancestry
of William Mitten, Hurstpierpoint,
e.
d.
one s. one d.
Educ. : HertSussex, 1866
;
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;
Grammar
ford
With
elder brother
architect, 1838-44
School.
surveyor and
went to the Amazon with Bates, 1848-52
in Malay Archipelago, 1854-62
afterwards
occupied with natural history, social science,
a
land
;
;
;
and
scientific literature
lectured in America
1886-87.
Publications : Travels on the
Amazon, 1853 Palm Trees of the Amazon,
1853
The Malay Archipelago, 1869
Natural Selection, 1870
Miracles and
Modern Spiritualism, 1874
new edition,
The Geographical Distribution of
1896;
;
in
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;
1876
Tropical Nature, 1878
Island Life, 1880
Land
Australasia, 1879
Bad Times, 1885
Nationalisation, 1882
Vaccination a Delusion,
Darwinism, 1889
1898 ; The Wonderful Century its Successes
and its Failures, 1898
new ed., greatly
1903
Scientific
and
enlarged,
Studies,
Man's Place in the Universe,
Social, 1900
1903, new ed. 1904
My Life, 1905 Is
Animals,
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;
Mars Habitable
;
1907
My Life, condensed
in one volume, 1908
Notes of a Botanist
(by Dr. R. Spruce), edited and condensed
by A. R. Wallace, 2 yols. 1908 The World
of Life, 1910
Social Environment and
Moral Progress,
1912
and numerous
scientific papers and popular articles.
Recreations : chess, gardening.
Address : Old
Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne, Dorset.
[Died 7 Nov. 1913.
WALLACE, Sir Arthur Robert, Kt., cr. 1901
b. 1837
m. GeorC.B., B.A., D.L., J.P.
giana, d. of late Maj. George A. F. Quentin,
10th lloyal Hussars three s. two d.
Educ. :
Trinity College, Dublin.
Principal clerk
Chief Secretary's office, Dublin Castle, to
Address : Ardnamona Lough Eske,
1901.
Co. Donegal.
Club : lloyal St. George's
Yacht, Kingstown.
[Died 9 Apr. 1912.
Rev.
Charles Hill
Hon. Canon
WALLACE,
of Bristol, 1891
b. Halifax, Nova Scotia,
12 Jan. 1833 ;. *. of Charles Hill Wallace,
Barrister of Lincoln's Inn.
Educ. : Rugby;
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;
Pembroke
Classics,
Coll.
Oxford
First Public
;
M.A.
1st Class
;
Exam. Mods., 1853
;
Hon. 4th Class Lit. Hum., and Hon. 4th
Class Law and History, 1855.
Ordained
Curate of Holy Trinity, Clifton, Bristol, 1857;
Vicar, Holy Trinity, 1867|; resigned, 1892;
Examining Chaplain to Bishop of Bristol,
1897
Hon. Chaplain King's Colonials I.Y.
;
Recreations: reading
1901-1904; F.R.G.S.
and travelling. Address :
3
Gloucester
Club : United UniBristol.
Row, Clifton,
versity.
[Died 18 May 1912.
WALLACE, Rev. Charles Stebbing Vicar of
Church of the Ascension Battersea, from
1885
Hon. Canon of Southwark, 1905.
Educ. : Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A.).
Curate of Monk's-Eleigh, 1866-71
St.
St. Paul, LoriPhilip, Sydenham, 1871-77
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WALLACE
1897-1916
more Square, 1880-81
Agnes, KenningAddress : Ascension
St.
;
ton
Park, 1881-85.
Vicarage, Lavender Hill, S.W.
[Died 15 Nov. 1914.
b. Alicante,
Maj.-Gen. Hill, C.B.
3rd s. of Joseph Wallace,
m. 1st, Harriet
Beechmount, Co. Antrim
S., d. of Capt. F. W. Burgoyne, R.N.
2nd,
Marion C., d. of C. Gibbons, Stanuell. Educ.:
Addiscombe College. Joined
private schools
Bombay Artillery, 1843
Adjutant Horse
Artillery, 1851-56
Brigade Major to Artillery, Bombay Army, 1856-60
during this
interval officiated also as town major, Fort
St. George, Bombay, under late Lord Elphinstone the Governor, also as remount agent
commanded troop of Royal Horse Artillery,
1860-63
transferred to Royal Artillery,
1861
Lieut.-Col. 1863
reappointed to
R.H.A.
A. Adjt.-Gen. Bombay Army,
1864
commanded a division of Royal
Artillery in Abyssinia
present at capture
of Magdala (despatches, C.B. and medal)
commanded R.H.A. Exeter and Woolwich,
1871-72
R.A. in Mhow Division, 1873-74
R.A. in Mysore, 1875-79
commanded
Mysore Division, 1879; retired Dec. 1879.
WALLACE,
;
13 Aug. 1823
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Decorated for services in Abyssinia.
Address : The Pool House, Astley, near Stockport.
[Died 4 June 1899.
WALLACE,
novelist
1827
Lew (Lewis), American
Brookville, Indiana, U.S.A.,
Gen.
b.
;
m. Susan,
;
d. of
Maj. Isaac C. Elston
of Crawfordsville, Indiana.
2nd Lieut, in
Mexican War; in Civil War Adj. -Gen. of
Indiana
promoted Colonel, Brigadier- General, then, in 1862, Maj or- General, the latter
on recommendation of General U. S. Grant,
for good conduct at Fort Donelson
Barr.
1848
Governor of New Mexico, 1878-81
;
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;
;
U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1881-85. PublicaBen Hur, 1880 ;
tions : The Fair God, 1873
;
The
Boyhood
of
Christ,
Life
1888;
of
The Prince of
General Ben Harrison, 1888
The Wooing of Malkatoon,
1893
Recreations : hunting and fishing, for
which kept house and steamboat on KanAddress : Crawfordsville, Inkakee river.
[Died 17 Feb. 1905.
diana, U.S.A.
WALLACE, Hon. Nathaniel Clarke, M.P. for
West York, Ontario, Canada; b. Wood3rd s. of late
bridge, Canada, 21 May 1844
Capt. Nathaniel Wallace, of Woodbridge,
and
Ann
native of Sligo, Ireland,
Wallace,
of same place
m. Belinda Gillmor, 1877.Educ. : Public School, Woodbridge, and
:
India,
1898.
;
;
;
M.P. for West
School, Weston.
reRiding of York, first elected in 1878
Controller
elected in 1882, 1887, and 1891
1892
re17
Dec.
for
Canada,
& of Customs
was
signed Controllership, 12 Dec. 1895
re-elected M.P. in 1896 by majority of 4068,
being largest majority in the history of
Grammar
;
;
;
;
an Independent Conservative
Dominion
was
and thorough believer in protection
of the Loyal Orange AssociaMaster
Grand
tion of British America, which office held
Address : Woodbridge, Ontario,
from 1887.
;
;
Canada. Clubs
:
Toronto.
Albany, Toronto
[Died 8
;
National
Oct. 1901.
WALLACE,
Robert, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., F.L.S.,
Professor of Agriculture and Rural
etc.
Economy, University of Edinburgh, from
;
2nd *. of Samuel Wallace
1885
b. 1853
Wallace Hall (d. 1884), and Susan (d. 1889),
o. d. of late James Reid, surgeon R.N.,
Greenhead, Dumfriesshire. Educ. : Button
and EdinHall Academy, Dumfriesshire
burgh University. Publications : Farm Live
Stock of Great Britain Indian Agriculture
The Agriculture and Rural Economy of
Australia and New Zealand ;
Farming
;
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;
Industries
of
Cape Colony.
travelling abroad.
Place, Edinburgh.
Recreation
;
Address : 5 Mansfield
:
Junior Constitu737
Clubs
WHO WAS WHO,
WALLACE
United Service, Scottish Conservative,
Union, Edinburgh.
[Died 6 June 1899.
WALLACE, Robert John, C.B. 1903 b. 1846
m. 1882, Matilda, d. of
*. of J. H. Wallace
one s. three d. Assistant ConF. Masters
tional
;
;
;
;
;
1896-99
troller of legacy duties
Secretary,
;
Duty and Inland Revenue, 1899-
Estate
Paul's Place, St.
[Died 2 May 1909.
Rowland
Lieut.-Gen.
Robert, InWALLACE,
27 Jan. 1830. Entered
b.
dian Army
1892
Lieut.-Gen.
1847
unemployed
army,
Club : Constitutional.
list, 1888.
[Died 14 Jan. 1915.
WALLACE, Col. William Arthur James, C.I.E.
Address :
Leonard's-on-Sea.
1902.
3
St.
;
;
;
1890; R.E. Entered army, 1860; Col.
1886
served Afghan War, 1878-80 (thanks
of
medal)
Commander-in-Chief,
India,
Egypt, 1882 (despatches, Brevet Lieut.-Col.,
4th class Osmanieh, medal with clasp,
Club : United Service.
Khedive's star).
[Died 6 Feb. 1902.
WALLER, Sir Francis Ernest, 4th Bt., cr. 1815
11 June 1880
Fusiliers
b.
Capt. Royal
2nd *. of 3rd Bt. and Beatrice Katharine
Frances. 5th d. of Christopher and Lady
Served
S. father 1892.
Sophia Tower
Heir : b. Wathen
South Africa, 1899-1902.
m. 1904, Viola, d.
Arthur [b. 6 Oct. 1881
of Henry Le Sueur.
Club : Bachelors'].
Address : Woodcote, Warwick.
[Died 25 Oct. 1914.
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;
Waller
;
S.
member
E.,
;
*.
Cheltenham
began as student in R.A.
1869
two small pictures hung there in
1871
after that more or less continuously
two pictures in Tate Gallery, Millbank two
in Sydney and Melbourne National Galleries
;
;
;
;
;
;
many pictures engraved, Empty Saddle,
Day of Reckoning, 'Twixt Love and Duty
Publications : Six Weeks in the Saddle,
wrote many magazine
Sebastian's Secret
articles and stories (short).
Recreations :
etc.
;
fishing,
of hunting,
later life ;
but got
and when a young man
little
chance of
it
in
resource books.
Address : 6 Wychcombe Studios, Haverstock Hill, N.W.
[Died 5 June 1903.
WALLINGTON, Colonel Sir John Williams,
J.P. for
K.C.B., cr. 1898 ; C.B., 1881
Wilts and Gloster
b. The Ridge, Glosterhis
unfailing
;
;
16 March 1822
o. s. of late John
Wallington, Dursle, Glostershire, and Anne,
2nd d. of Edward Sheppard, The Ridge
m. 1852, Henrietta Maria (d. 1905), y. d. of
late Col. William Beach, Oakley Hall, Hants
and Keevil House, Wiltshire three s. three
Educ. : Harrow. Entered 83rd Regid.
exchanged to 4th Light
ment, 1839
retired as Captain, 1852
Dragoons, 1847
Gloster
Militia as Major, 1852
North
joined
Hon. Col. 4th Batt. Gloster
Lieut.-Col. 1854
retired
1872
1884. Decorated for
Regiment,
long service with Militia. Recreations : huntAddress:
ing, shooting, cricket, rackets.
Keevil Manor, Trowbridge, Wilts.
[Died 23 March 1910.
WALLIS, Sir Fred. C., Kt., cr. 1911
B.A.,
F.R.C.S. England,
M.B., B.C. Cantab
Surgeon to Charing Cross, Grosvenor, and
St. Mark's Hospitals
Consulting Surgeon
St. Monica's and Willesden Cottage HosVice-President of the Union Jack
pitals
b. Southampton. 18 Dec. 1859
m.
Club
shire,
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
1890,
May, 2nd
d. of late
H. Aspinall, Q.C.,
one s. two d.
Attorney- General of Victoria
Educ.: Caius Coll. Cambridge
;
BartholoPublications : various
mew's Hospital.
papers on surgery and
;
St.
surgical operations.
yachting, golfing, and fishing.
Clubs :
Address : 107 Harley Street, W.
Oxford and Cambridge, Bath, Union Jack.
26
[Died
Apr. 1912.
Recreations
738
:
1893;
;
;
1858 ;
in the War Office,
Inspector of
Fisheries, 1867 ; Lieutenant-Governor of the
Isle of Man, 1882
Secretary to the Post
;
Publications : History of
Life of Rt. Hoi.
Life of Lord John
Spencer Perc val ;
Russell
The Electorate and the Legislature
Foreign Relations (bpth in Engli&h
Citizen Series)
The Land Of Home Rule
History of Twenty-Five Years, vols. i. and
Address
:
Hartfield Grove, Cole1904.
ii.,
man's Hatch, Sussex. Club : Athenaeum.
[Died 7 July 1907.
WALPOLE, Rt. Hon. Spencer Horatio, retired
2nd s. of
11 Sept. 1806
statesman
b.
1893-99.
Office,
England from
1815;
;
;
;
;
;
;
Thomas Walpole and Lady Margaret, d. of
2nd Earl 01 Egmont m. 4th d. of late Rt.
;
Hon.
Spencer
Educ.
Perceval,
Eton
:
Trin.
;
Hon.
;
;
;
;
;
Sandham Waller and Anne E.
m. 1874, Mary L. Fowler. Educ. : WALSH, Yen.
very fond of
cr.
Carlton, Athenaeum, Oxford
of
Gloucester, 16
b.
K.C.B.;
;
Society of Oil
;
;
Spencer,
June 1850
;
Painters
of Fred.
Sir
Hon. D.L. Oxford, and LL.D. Edinburgh
b. 6 Feb. 1839
e. s. of Rt. Hon. Spencer
Horatio Walpole" (d. 1898), and Isabella, d.
of Right Hon. Spencer Perceval; m. 1867,
Marion, d. of Sir John D. Murray, Bart., of
Blackbarony one d. Educ. : Eton. Clerk
1835 (d. 1886).
Coll. Camb. (M.A.,
M.P.
LL.D.). Barr.
Q.C. 1846 ;
for Camb. Univ. 1856Midhurst, 1847-56
1886 Secretary of State Home Department,
a Commissioner for
1852, 1858-59, 1866-67
Church Estate, 1856-58, 1862-66; Deputy
Address : 109
Steward
Camb.
Univ.
High
Clubs :
Eaton Square
Ealing, Middlesex.
'
WALLER,
1897-1916
WALPOLE,
and Cambridge.
[Died 22
May
1898.
Canon of Auckland
Philip
Archdeacon of Waimate, 1900from 1897
2nd s. of late Rev.
1912
b. 7 May 1843
Edw. Walsh of Kilcooley, Co. Tipperary,
Ireland.
Educ. : privately. Passed most
;
;
;
;
emigrated to New
youth in France
engaged some years in
Zealand, 1866
farming, acting as lay-reader for settlement
awarded scholarship, St. John's College.
of
;
;
;
Priest,
Deacon, 1874
Auckland, 1872
1876 first appointment, Waitara, Taranaki,
;
;
;
scattered
large
after
district,
work
laborious
;
seven years removed to Auckland
charge, St. Mary's, Parnell
thence to Coromandel, a gold-mining disvisited the old country, 1883-84
trict
Vicar of Waimate
again in 1899-1900;
North, 1884-1909. Waimate Archdeaconry
;
temporary
;
;
;
districts worked
Publications : occasional
clergy.
Institute ;
for
New
Zealand
scientific papers
contributions to magazines on social and
short
Recreastories.
artistic subjects
tions : mechanics, gardening, drawing, paintAddress
:
Cambridge, Auckland,
ing, etc.
numerous native
includes
by Maori
;
New Zealand.
WALSH, Walter
;
Folkestone, 1847
b.
;
s.
of
Thomas and Sarah Walsh m. 1874, Elizatwo s. one d.
beth, d. of George Adams
After his earliest manhood was engaged in
;
;
assistant editor of the
Protestant work
editor of
English Churchman, 1884-1900
editor
the Protestant Observer from 1888
F.R.
of Grievances from Ireland, 1905
Protestant
founder of the Imperial
Hist.S.
Federation (1896), with which 56 Protestant
organisations in Great Britain and her
editorial secretary of
Colonies are united
the Imperial Protestant Federation, 1905
Publicalectures on Protestant questions.
tions : The Secret History of the Oxford
Movement The History of the Romeward
A
Movement in the Church of England
Defence of the King's Protestant DeclaraLife
The
tion
The Ritualists
Religious
The Jesuits in Great
of Queen Victoria
Britain
an Historical Enquiry into their
Political Influence
the Women Martyrs of
The Unknown Power
the Reformation
Behind the Irish Nationalist Party Popular
and a large number of
Protestant Papers
;
;
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;
;
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;
;
;
;
:
;
;
;
;
WHO WAS WHO,
contributor to the
Protestant pamphlets
Address : 21
Protestant Dictionary, 1904.
Osterley Avenue, Osterley Park, Isleworth.
[Died 25 Feb. 1912.
WALSH, Rt. Rev. William Pakenham, D.D.
b. 1820
s. of Thomas Walsh, St. Helena
Lodge, Co. Roscommon, and Mary, d. of
;
;
;
m. 1st, Clara,
Robert Pakenham, Athlone
d. of Samuel Ridley, Muswell Hill, London,
1861 (d. 1875)
2nd, Annie, d. of late Rev.
John Winthrop Hackett, M.A., St. James,
Bray, 1879. Educ. : Trin. Coll. Dublin
Donellan Lecturer, T.C.D., 1861
M.A.).
;
;
V
;
Biblical
Vice-Chancellor's Prize
Divinity Prize, etc. Deacon, 1843
Greek,
;
Cdrate of Ovoca
Priest,
;
Curate of Rathdrum
Incumbent of Sandford, Dublin
Canon of Christ Church,
Dean of Cashe
Dublin Bishop of Ossory, 1878-97. Publications : Donnellan Lectures on Christian
Moabite Stone, 1874 Forty
Missions, 1862
Days of the Bible, 1874 The Angel of the
Daily Readings for Holy
Lord, 1876
Ancient Monuments and
Seasons, 1876
Heroes of the Mission
Holy Writ, 1878
The Decalogue of Charity,
Field, 1880;
1882
Echoes of Bible History, 1886 The
Address : InVoices of the Psalms, 1889.
veruisk, Killiney, Co. Dublin.
[Died 30 July 1902.
WALSHAM, Sir John, 2nd Bt. cr. 1831
Her Britannic
K.C.M.G. 1895 ;
D.L.
Majesty's Minister at Peking (retired); b.
e. s. of 1st Bt.
Cheltenham, 29 Oct. 1830
1844
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
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;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
Matthew Bell, WoolS. father
sington House, Northumberland
1874 m. Florence, o. d. of Hon. P. Campbell
and Sarah, 2nd
d. of
;
;
Scarlett (Abinger), C.B., Parkhurst, Surrey,
Trin.
1867.
Educ. : Bury St. Edmunds
Audit Office
ClerkColl. Camb. (M.A.).
attached
to
in
Foreign Office, 1854;
ship
Acting Consul at
Legation at Mexico, 1857
Attache"
at
2nd
Paid
1859
Mexico,
Mexico,
1st Attache", 1861
1860
Secretary of
Legation in Mexico, 1861, 1862; a 2nd
Charge" d'Affaires at Mexico,
Secretary, 1862
1863-65
Acting Charge"
Madrid, 1866
The Hague, 1870
Secred'Aftaires, 1887
Secretary
tary of Legation at Madrid, 1875
of Embassy at Berlin, 1878
Paris, 1883
Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris in the
absence of the Ambassador, 1885
Envoy
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to Emperor of China, and also to King of
retired on a
Bucharest, 1892
Corea, 1885
Heir : s. John Scarlett, b.
pension, 1894.
1869. Address : Knill Court, Kington, HereClubs : St. James's, Travellers',
fordshire.
Brooks's.
[Died 10 Dec. 1905.
;
;
WALSHAM, William Johnson, Surgeon.
Educ. :
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
University of
Aberdeen. F.R.C.S. Eng. 1875; M.B. and
C.M. Aberd. 1871. Surgeon and Lecturer
on Surgery, St. Bartholomew's Hospital
;
;
Examiner
in Surgery,
College of Sur-
Royal
Consulting Surgeon to
geons of England
the Metropolitan Hospital, Hospital for Hip
Disease, Sevenoaks, and Bromley Cottage
late Surgeon in charge of the
Hospital
Orthopaedic Department and Lecturer on
Anatomy, St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical,
;
;
;
PubPathological, and Clinical Societies.
lications : Surgery, its Theory and Practice,
7th edition, 1900
Surgical Pathology, 2nd
Nasal
edition ; Deformities of the Foot
and various
Obstruction
Appendicitis
papers on scientific and surgical subjects.
;
;
;
;
WarrenAddress : 77 Harley Street, W.
Clubs : ConForest Row, Sussex.
5
Oct.
1903.
Savage.
[Died
servative,
WALTER, Arthur Eraser, D.L., J.P., M.A.
;
side,
;
Lieut.-Col.
Col. Commandant 1st
a Director
Regt. (retired)
and Hon.
V.B. Royal Berks
;
London and South- Western Railway
b. 12 Sept.
High Steward of Wokingham
of
;
;
WALTON
1897-1916
1846; *. of late John Walter and Emily
Frances (nee Court)
m. Henrietta Maria,
e. d. of
Rev. T. A. Anson of Longford,
two s. two d. Edcu. :
Derbyshire, 1872
Eton
Christ Church, Oxford.
Barr. Lincoln's Inn Fields
never practised.
Address :
Bear Wood, Wokingham. Clubs :
Travellers', Union.
[Died 22 Feb. 1910.
cr.
1887
WALTER, Sir Edward, K.C.B.
;
;
;
;
;
;
Capt.
Founder and Commanding
;
Corps of Commissionaires
John
of late
s.
y.
Officer
9 Dec. 1823
Walter, M.P., Bearwood,
b.
;
;
Berks
m. Mary, d. of J. C. Athorpe,
Dinnington Hall, Yorks, 1853. Educ. :
Eton
Exeter Coll. Oxford. Entered 44th
Regt. 1843
Capt. 1847
exchanged to
8th Hussars, 1848
retired 1853
founded
the Corps of Commissionaires, 13 Feb. 1859,
for which service he was thanked by H.R.H.
;
;
;
;
;
;
a Testimonial
Duke of Cambridge
officers of the Army and Navy was
presented to him in acknowledgment of his
the
;
from the
1884.
Recreations : in early life
Address : Barshooting, boating.
the Corps of Commissionaires, 419
services
hunting,
racks of
Strand,
Dorset.
S.W.
Perran Lodge, Branksome,
;
Army and Navy.
[Died 26 Feb. 1904.
WALTERS, Frank Bridgman, Principal of
Club
:
King William's Coll., Isle of Man, from 1886
s. of Rev. John T. Walters,
30 Nov. 1851
Rector of Buckland Monachorum
m.
;
b.
;
;
Cecilia Frances, y. d. of late Patrick Beales,
1878.
Educ. :
Cambridge,
Uppingham
Queen's Coll. Camb. (M.A.) 8th Wrangler
(bracketed) ; Fellow of Queen's Coll. Camb.
Assistant Master Clifton College, 1877-81
House Master, Dover College, 1881-86.
Publications : joint-author of a Treatise on
Geometrical Conies (with Arthur Cockshott).
Recreations : golf, cricket, fishing.
[Died 1 Aug. 1899.
WALTERS, Ven. William, M.A., Vicar of
Malvern Wells from 1905. Educ. : Christ
Church, Oxford. Vicar of Oldham, 1864-73
Pershore, 1873-94 Hon. Canon of Worcester,
1881-89
Rector of Alvechurch, 1894-1904
Archdeacon of Worcester, 1889-1911. Address :
Malvern Wells. [Died 23 Sept. 1912.
;
;
;
;
;
;
Rev. W. D., Gen. Sec. London
b. 16 Oct. 1839
(retired)
William Walters of Pontypool m.
of
Jabez Rought
d.
Rev.
1863, Elizabeth,
thirteen c.
Educ. : Monmouth Grammar
Entered Wesleyan Ministry, 1865
School.
spent 14 years in the Provinces, including
Bradford and Leeds also 10 years in London
elected
appointed to London Mission, 1889
Member of the Legal Hundred, 1891 elected
Representative to Methodist Ecumenica
Conference in Washington, U.S.A., 1890.
Publications :
sundry articles to papers,
WALTERS,
Wesleyan Mission
s.
;
;
of late
;
;
;
;
;
;
theological
the
and otherwise
Hymnary.
;
General
joint compiler of
Recreation :
his-
Address : 12 West View,
Highgate Hill. N.
[Died 14 June 1913.
Sir
John
Lawson, K.C.
AttorneyWALTON,
M.P. (L.) South Leeds
General from 1905
s. of late Rev.
since 1892
J.P. Bucks
John Walton, M.A., formerly Wesleyan
Missionary in Ceylon, afterwards Pres. of
Wesleyan Conferences for Great Britain and
South Africa m. 1882, Joanna, o. d. of late
Robt. Hedderwick, founder of Glasgow
Citizen, and s. of T. C. Hedderwick, formerly
torical research.
;
;
;
;
;
three s. two d.
M.P. for Wick Burghs
Educ. : Merchant Taylors' School, Great
Crosby Lond. Univ. 1st Prizeman, Common
Law. Barr. 1877
adopted Liberal Candi;
;
;
date for Battersea
resigned to contest
selected
Central Leeds unsuccessfully, 1892
as Liberal Candidate for South Leeds, to
succeed Lord Playfair, and returned M.P.
elected Bencher, Inner Temple 1897.
1892
;
;
,
;
member of Sandwich and
Recreations :
Harewood Downs Golf Clubs
shooting,
;
1
739
WHO WAS WHO,
WALTON
Address : 5 Paper Buildings
42 Great Cumberland Place
Temple, E.C.
Coombe Hill, Butlers Cross, Bucks. Clubs :
Brooks's, Reform.
[Died 19 Jan. 1908.
WALTON, Sir Joseph, Kt., cr. 1901 The Hon.
Mr. Justice Walton
Judge of the King's
e. s. of
b. 1845
Bench Div. from 1901
m.
Joseph Walton of Fazakerley, Lanes
Teresa, d. of late N. D'Arcy of Ballyforan,
Educ. : Stonyhurst.
Co. Roscommon, 1871.
Barrister Lincoln's Inn, 1868
Q.C. 1892
chairman of the General
Bencher, 1896
Recorder of
Council of the Bar, 1899
Address: 11 Montagu
Wigan, 1895-1901.
Shinglestreet, near Woodbridge.
Square, W.
[Died 12 Aug. 1910.
WALTON, Sir Robert, Kt. cr. 1912 Director,
fishing, riding.
;
;
1897-1916
and Dunbar. Publications: several magazine and newspaper articles, sermons, etc.
Address : The Rectory, Haddington, ScotClub
land.
:
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
British Chamber of Commerce, Pans ; was
Vice-President, 1908-9, and President, 1910President of the Anglo-American
1911
;
Y.M.C.A., Paris, 1912 Chairman, Coronation
Director of the Paris
Ftes, Paris, 1911
;
;
Member Queen
British Charitable Fund
Victoria Homes Committee, and British
Schools Committee, Paris ; Liveryman of
;
the Curriers' Guild
London
Freeman
;
Member
of the City
of the
Syndicat Ge"ne"ral
b. 1843
*.
des Cuirs et Peaux de France
of Thomas Walton, Blenkinsopp, near Haltof
;
;
;
m. 1866, Elizabeth d. of George Bell, Carlisle. Educ. :
took a
private school. Leather importer
prominent part in the development of
friendly relations between Great Britain and
France, and was a strong advocate of
did useful
Franco-British Penny Post
work by representations to the French
Northumberland;
whistle,
;
;
Government
during the revision of the
French tariff, 1910, concerning duties affecting British goods " also constantly endeavmost favoured nation
oured to obtain
"
in France for the produce of
treatment
Fellow Royal
British Over-Seas Dominions
Address : 14 rue Dieu,
Colonial Institute.
Clubs : Travellers', British, Paris.
Paris.
[Died 22 July 1914.
WANDSWORTH, 1st Baron (U.K., cr. 1895),
Sydney James Stern ; J.P. for Surrey and
London also Viscount of the Kingdom of
Hon. Col. of the 4th Vol. Batt.
Portugal
East Surrey Regt. [The title of Viscount
;
;
;
;
father, who established
firm of Stern Brothers, of
was inherited from his
in
London the
which firm he remained the head
death. ] b. London ; e.
Stern and Sophia, d. of
s.
until his
of Viscount de
Aaron Asher GoldEduc. : MagLiberal.
smid
unmarried.
;
dalene Coll. Camb. Contested Mid-Surrey,
1880 and 1884 Tiverton Div. of Devonshire,
1885; Borough of Ipswich, 1886; M.P.
Stowmarket Div. of Suffolk, 1891-95, till
Publications :
elevation to the peerage.
A Bill for the Better Housing of the Working
;
Classes in Rural Districts (House of
Com-
pamphlet on the Parliamentary
;
Possessed
1884.
considerable
Franchise,
freehold property in the county of London.
Recreations :
coaching, fishing, yachting,
and other sports ; member of Royal Yacht
Squadron and Four-in-hand Club. No heir
Address : 10 Great Stanhope Street,
to title.
W. Clubs : Marlborough, St.
Mayfair,
Royal Yacht
James's, Bachelors', Reform
[Died 10 Feb. 1912.
Squadron, Cowes.
Thomas
Rev.
Nicholson, Canon of
WANNOP,
St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, from 1886 ;
Rector of Holy Trinity. Haddington, 1855mons)
;
26 July 1822;
1907;
landed
b.
and
d. of
s.
Wannop,
of C.
Newby, Cumberland,
John Booth, Sherburn Grange,
school
Durham. Educ. :
Co.
private
sometime Exhibitioner of
Durham Univ.
M.A. and L.Th., 1849.
Hatfield Hall;
had sole charge of the
Ordained, 1849
e.
proprietor,
;
;
;
founded
Parish of Pittington for live years
the Episcopal Churches at North Berwick
;
WANTAGE,
Conservative, Edinburgh.
[Died 16 Feb. 1910,
Baron (U.K.; cr. 1885).
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, V.C., K.C.B.
1881
landowner in Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire,
Lord-Lieut, of Berkshire
Huntingdonshire
from 1886
Brig.-Gen. of Volunteer Force
Prov. Grand Master of Freemasons for the
Extra
County of Berkshire from 1898
Equerry to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards King Edward VII.) b. 17 April 1832
2nd s. of late Lieut.-Gen. James Lindsay,
Balcarres, Fife, and Anne, d. of Sir Coutts
m. Harriet Sarah Jones Loyd,
Trotter, Bt.
o. c. of 1st and last Baron Overstone, 1858.
Educ. :
Eton. Entered
Scots
Fusilier
1850
served throughout the
Guards,
Crimean Campaign, and received the Victoria
Cross for deeds of valour at Alma and Inkermann Adj. of the Battalion A.D.C. to
Commander-in-Chief Sir James Simpson
Lieut.-Col. Scots Guards, 1857
retired from
1st
;
cr.
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
army some years
Equerry to H.R.H.
Prince of Wales (afterwards King Edward
Col.
VII.);
1858-59;
Royal Berkshire
of Hon. Artillery ComVolunteers, 1860-95
M.P. (C.) Berkshire, 1865pany, 1866 - 81
;
;
;
Financial Secretary to War Office in
Lord Beaconsfield's Government, 1877-80
1885
;
;
Chairman
of
Committee
of
on
Enquiry
Recruiting in the Army, 1890
Member
;
of
Royal Patriotic Fund Commission
Chair;
of English Red Cross Society, in which
capacity he visited the hospitals along the
man
communication between Havre and
and he entered Paris during the siege,
and went out to the seat of war
lines of
Paris,
Oct. 1870,
during the Turco-Servian Campaign, 1876.
Farmed himself 12,000 acres in Berkshire,
and as a practical farmer gave evidence
before the Royal Commission on Agriculture,
1894, and also before Royal Commission on
Agricultural Holdings presided over by Mr.
Chamberlain.
Publications :
articles
in
Nineteenth Century and other periodicals
upon the Volunteer Forces ; Red Cross
Boers in South Africa
Society
Farming
;
;
Estate Management. Owned about
Recreations :
52,000 acres. No heir to title.
shooting and hunting, the latter chiefly with
the Pytchley and Old Berkshire Hounds.
Address : 2 Carlton Gardens, S.W.
LockOverstone
inge House, Wantage, Berks ;
Clubs :
Northampton.
Park,
Carlton,
United Service, Athenaeum, Guards', Travellers'.
[Died 10 June 1901.
WARBURTON, Colonel Sir Robert, K.C.I.E.
cr. 1898
EnC.S.I., Indian Staff Corps.
tered Army, 1861 ;
Col.
1893
served
Abyssinian Campaign (medal) Afghan War,
1879-80 (Brevet of Major, medal)
[Died 22 Apr. 1899.
and
;
;
;
;
;
WARBURTON,
Col. William Pleace, C.S.I.
M.D., M.B., C.M.
Superintendent
b. 1843
s.
Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
1899
;
;
;
;
Hon. James Warburton, P. E.
Canada m. 1876, Harriot Emily, d.
of
;
Island,
of late
P. S. Melvill, C.S.I., Bengal Civil Service;
s.
one d. Educ. : Prince of Wales
College, Charlottetown, P. E. Island ; Univ.
of Edinburgh.
Entered I.M.S. 1866 retired
Medical Officer to Maharajah of
1899
Kaipurthala, 1874; P.M.O. and Sanitary
Commissioner, Assam, 1894
InspectorGeneral of Civil Hospitals, N.W.P. and Oudh,
1895
Hon. Surgeon to Viceroy, India, 1899.
two
;
;
;
;
Address
:
Meadow Walk, Edinburgh.
[Died 19 Oct. 1911.
C., D.S.O. 1904;
Captain 2nd
Lancashire Fusiliers
s. of Colonel the Hon.
C. J. Ward, C.M.G., of Kingston, Jamaica,
West Indies
m. 1906.
b. Jamaica, 1878
WARD,
A.
;
;
;
WHO WAS WHO,
Ruby,
d.
two d.
W. Mansbridge
Beaumont College, Old Windsor,
of
R.
;
Educ. :
England. Joined 6th Militia Battalion
served S. Africa
Lancashire Fusiliers, 1899
1900 (received direct commission into present
Aro
Expedition with 3rd
Regiment)
1901-1902
Southern
Regiment,
Nigeria
medal with clasp)
Service
General
(African
engaged in various expeditions, 1902 - 1903
Address : c/o Messrs.
(despatches, D.S.O.).
Cox and Co.. 16 Charing Cross, S.W.
[Died 3 Sept. 1914.
WARD, Charles James, C.M.G. 1891 Member
of Legislative and Privy Councils, Jamaica.
Address : Kingston, Jamaica.
[Died 7 Dec. 1913.
WARD, Colonel Henry Constantine Evelyn,
C.I.E. 1888
b. 16 April, 1837
y. s. of late
Sir Henry George Ward, G.C.M.G., and
Swinof
late
Sir
John
d.
Emily Elizabeth,
m. 1868, Mary K. Worsley,
burne, 6th Bart.
one s.
d. of late Rev. J. Fisher Turner
Joined 5th
four d.
Educ. :
privately.
Bengal N.I. 1855; served as a volunteer with
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
the Artillery at siege and assault of Delhi,
1857 (medal with clasp) ; with the Queen's
Own Guides at the battle of Narnoui, Nov.
1857
in the Eusufzai Expedition, 1858
Waziri Expedition, 1859 (Indian Frontier
medal) ; joined the political Department
;
;
at Indore in 1860 ; Superintendent of Dhar
served ir Central Province
State, 1861-63
in 1882 was Special
Commission, 1864-85
Commissioner in charge of an expedition
Minister
against the Khonds in Kalahandi
of the Bhopal State, 1885-88
rejoined
retired
Central Province Commission, 1889
in 1892 as Colonel in the Staff Corps and
Commissioner of the Nerbudda Division
Decorated for trying and
Central Provinces.
arduous work in Bhopal. Recreations :
in
AdIndia
big-game
shooting.
shooting,
Club :
dress : Berkeley Avenue, Reading.
22
Dec.
1907.
Berkshire.
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Chairman of Leeds Public
Mayor, 1902-3
Dispensary for past thirteen years, and
associated with other charities in Leeds.
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shooting,
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and
fishing,
golf.
Moor Allerton House, Leeds.
:
National Liberal
Leeds and County
Liberal, Exchange, Leeds.
[Died 8 Nov. 1908.
WARD, John, F.S.A. J.P. b. Belfast, 7 Aug.
Publications : The Liber Studiorum
1832.
of Turner as a Drawing-Book for Students of
Hon. Editor of
Landscape Art, 1890
Poynter's South Kensington Drawing-Book,
and Vere Foster's Drawing-Book, 1876-90
Pyramids and Progress, Sketches from
The Sacred Beetle, 1901
Egypt, 1900
Greek Coins and their Parent Cities, 1902
Our Sudan, Its Pyramids and Progress, 1905.
Eastern travel,
Recreations :
collecting,
Address : The Mount, Farningsketching.
ham, Kent. Clubs : Burlington Fine Arts,
Savile.
[Died 20 Feb. 1912.
WARD, Capt. Hon. Reginald, D.S.O. 1902
1874
4th s. of
Horse
Guards
b.
Royal
1st Earl of Dudley.
Entered army, 1895
served
1900
South
Africa, 1899Captain,
1900 (despatches, D.S.O.).
1
March 1904.
[Died
WARD, Capt. Hon. Somerset J.P., Co. Down
s. of 4th Viscount Bangor;
b. 9 March 1833
Address
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George Augusta Hill
two s. one d. Educ. : Royal
Downshire
Served with
Military College, Sandhurst.
was
72nd Highlanders in the Crimea
at siege and capture of Sebastopol
also
al and clasp, and Turkish medal)
he Indian Mutiny Campaign (medal
and clasp). Address : Carrowdore Castle,
Donaghadee, Co. Down. Clubs : Junior
United Service
Ulster.
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Admiral Thomas Le Hunte, C.B. 1882
b. Stanton, Gloucestershire, 4 Aug. 1830
y. s. of Rev. Bernard John Ward and Isabella
WARD, H. Marshall, D.Sc. (Cambridge and
ProFrances, d. of R. Phillipps of Longworth,
Victoria)
F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.H.S.
m. 1869, Helen Mary, d. of
Herefordshire
1'essor of Botany in the Ui.iversity of CamFellow
of
Sussex
from
1895
G. Maconchy of Rathmore, Co. Longford,
bridge
Sidney
one s. two d, Educ. : Winchester. Joined
Hon. Fellow of Christ's
College, Cambridge
Lieut, in Baltic, 1854-55
b. 1854
the Navy, 1844
e. s. of Francis
College, Cambridge
commanded " Superb " at
Marshall Ward
m. e. d. of late Francis
Capt. 1867
of
forts
at Alexandria, 1882
:
Owen's
bombardment
1883.
Educ.
Kingdon, Exeter,
Manchester
Christ's
Coll.
Coll.
Camb.
vice-president Ordnance Committee, 1S84to
of
the
British
A.D.C.
Pres.
1887
Queen
Victoria, 1882, till
Royal Medal, 1893;
retired
Hon.
Society,
Mycological
1900-1902;
promoted to Rear-Admiral, 1885
Baltic and Egyptian medals and clasp
Fellow of Manchester Literary and Philo1890
for Alexandria, and Khedive's bronze star.
sophical Society, the Institute of Brewing,
"
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and the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Decorated : C.B. for service in
Superb
Address : 26 Elm Park GarAlexandria.
corresponding Member Deutschen BotaniSouth Kensington,
S.W.
Club :
schen Gesellschaft, and of Cryptogamic
dens,
United Service.
Society of Scotland
Cryptogamic Botanist
[Died 23 Sept. 1907.
to Ceylon Government, 1880-82
Berkeley WARDE, Lieut.-Col. Charles Arthur Madan,
1839
b. 8 April
Fellow of
y. and o.
J.P., D.L.
Fellow, Owens College, 1882
surv. s. of Admiral Charles Warde, K.H., of
Christ's
1883
Council Royal
College,
Professor of Botany in
Squerryes (d. 1869), and Mariana, e. d. of
Society, 1895
late Arthur William Gregory of Stivychall,
Forest School, Cooper's Hill, 1885-95
Hon.
S. brother 1877
m. 1879.
Co. Warwick
degree D.Sc. Victoria University, 1902.
Hon. Anastatia Kathleen Lucia, d. of 13th
Publications :
Timber and some of its
one s. three d. High
Lord Inchiquin
Diseases
The Oak
Sachs' Lectures on
Lieut.-Col. Royal (late
the Physiology of Plants
Laslett's Timber
Sheriff, Kent, 1887
Address : Squerand Timber Trees
Diseases of Plants
Bengal) Artillery, retired.
Grasses
and numerous
Disease in Plants
ryes Court, Westerham, Kent.
memoirs on Bacteriology, Fungi, and Plant
[Died 21 Apr. 1912.
Diseases, etc., in the Transactions and WARDELL-YERBURGH, Canon Oswald Pryor,
Vicar of Tewkesbury and Vicar of
M.A.
Proceedings of the Royal Society. Linnsean
Rural Dean of
Walton, Cardiff, from 1899
Society, and elsewhere. Recreations: gardenHon. Canon of
Address : Botanical
Tewkesbury from 1907
ing, walking, cycling.
Gloucester from 1904
New Museums, Cambridge.
Surrogate for Diocese
Laboratory,
Proctor in Conof Gloucester from 1900
Club : Saville.
[Died 6 Aug. 1905.
vocation, Diocese of Gloucester, 1908-9
WARD, Sir John, Kt., cr. 1906 J.P. Pro6th s. of late Rev. R.
b. 23 Feb. 1858
vision Merchant
Alderman of the City of
m.
Leeds
s. of Richard Ward, Northampton
Yerburgh, Rector of High Bickington
m. 1871, Kezia, d. of Robert Brambles,
1889, Edith Wardell-Potts, o. surv. c. and
heir of Arthur Potts of Hoole Hall, Chester,
Loods
four s. one d.
Educ. :
Leeds.
assumed by Royal Licence additional
J.P.
Municipal career extending over thirtyjyears
two s. one d.
name of Warclell, 1889
Lord
Mayor of Leeds, 1888-89, 1892-93
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WARDLAW
Educ. : privately
Trinity College, Dublin
Wells Theological College. Curate of St.
Rector of
Peter's, Eaton Square, 1881-91
Christ Church, St. Marylebone, 1891-99
Rural Dean of Winchcomb, 1902-7
Commissary for Bishop of North China, 1895-97
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Roumania
Star of
of Servia.
fishing.
Park,
Order of White Eagle
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Recreations
hunting, coaching,
:
Address : 10 Sussex Square, Hyde
W. Clubs: Naval and Military,
Bachelors', Cavalry, Pratt's.
[Died 2 Sept. 1905.
Rev. James, D.D.
Emeritus
Systematic Theology, New
Address : 2
College, Edinburgh, 1892-1903.
Poor for Tewkesbury. Publications : Editor
St. Mary's Place, Portobello, N.B.
Marriage Addresses. Recreations : riding,
[Died 6 July 1909.
Address
:
The
mountaineering, motoring.
WARING, Sir Henry John cr. 1891 ; J.P.
Governor of the Imperial Institute b. 1817
Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Hoole
Clubs : Athenaeum, Junior
*. of late Capt. Henry Waring, R.M.L.I., of
Hall, Chester.
Carlton, Wellington, M.C.C.
Waringstown, Co. Down m. 2nd, Louisa
14
Nov.
1913.
[Died
Rosamund, widow of late H. J. GrahamEduc. :
WARDLAW, Sir Henry, 15th Bt. of Pitreavie
Waffington, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
cr. 1631
mechanical engineer (retired) b.
by tutor privately. Mayor of Plymouth,
Alderman of Plymouth for 12
1887-90
Alloa, 22 March 1822; S. kinsman 1874;
m. Christina Paton, 1845. Educ. : Dollar
Address :
Osborne House, Plyyears.
mouth.
Academy. Recreations :
bowls,
curling.
[Died 26 Oct. 1903.
Heir : s. Henry, b. 1867.
Address : Bal- WARING, Col. Thomas, M.P. (C.) N. Down,
from 1885
Lieut.-Col. and Hon. Col., remule, Tillicoultry, N.B.
tired 1889
e. s. of late Maj. Henry Waring,
[Died 13 Apr. 1897.
late Queen's Royal and 59th Regts.
m.
WARDLE, Sir Thomas, Kt., cr. 1897 F.G.S.,
silk
J.P.
and
finisher
silk
F.C.S.,
dyer
1st, Esther, 3rd d. of Ross T. Smyth, Ardand calico printer
President of the Silk
more, Londonderry, 1858
2nd, Fanny, 4th
Association of Great Britain and Ireland
d. of Admiral J. J. Tucker, of Trematon,
Hon. Secretary Ladies' National Silk AssociaCastle Cornwall, 1874
3rd, Geraldine, 3rd
tion
d. of Alexander Stewart, Ballyedmond RosOriginator and Adviser of Sericiculture
and Silk Weaving in Kashmir
Educ. : privately
Honorary
trevor, Co. Down, 1885.
Dublin (B.A.). Irish Barr.
Coll.
Expert Referee on Silk to the Imperial
,Trin.
Institute
b.
26 Jan. 1831
s.
of late
Capt. Royal South
(Hilary Term), 1851
Joshua Wardle, Cheddleton Heath, Leek
Down Regt. Militia, 1855 Grand Master
m. 1857, Elizabeth (d. 1902), d. of Hugh
of the Loyal Orange Institution of England
Wardle
five *. four d.
Leek
Educ. :
from 1892. Recreations : yachting, gardenGrammar School
PublicaMacclesfteld.
Owned 4000 acres. Address : Waring.
tions :
Clubs : CarlGeology of the Neighbourhood of
ingstown, Co. Down, Ireland.
Leek
On Carboniferous Limestone and its
ton Ulster, Belfast.
[Died 12 Aug. 1898.
The Wild WARINGTON, Robert, F.R.S.
b.
Microscopic Crystals of Silica
London,
Silks of India
Researches on Silk Fibre
22 Aug. 1838 e. s. of R. Warington, F.R.S
m. 1st, 1884, Helen (d. 1898), d. of G. H.
Report on the English Silk Industry
Economic Utilizations of the Wild Silks of
Makins; 2nd, 1902, Rosa Jane d. of late
Endia
Educ. :
home.
F. R. Spackman, M.D.
Early Coptic Times, Churches,
Fabrics and Dyes
Hon. M.A. Oxon. 1894. Assistant to Prof,
Silk, its Entomology,
On 630 species
of Chemistry, Royal Agricultural College,
History, and Manufacture
of Silk-producing Lepidoptera
New Facts
Chemist to Chemical
Cirencester, 1862-67
In the Staffordshire Yoredale Measures
On
Works, 1867-75 Investigator in Rothamsted
Professor of Rural
On the
Sewage Treatment and Disposal
Laboratory, 1876-91
Present Development of Silk Power-Loom
Economy, Oxford University, 1894-97
Examiner in Agricultural Science to the
Weaving in Lyons
Geology of Cromer
The Breaking of
Board of Education, 1894-1906. PublicaCyprus Silks and Tans
accounts of investigations, chiefly
tions :
Copmere Adulteration of Silk by Chemical
Weighting; Textile Printing as an Art;
published in the Transactions of the Chemical
The Chemistry of the Farm, 1881
Kashmir and its new Sericulture, Geology,
Society
and Sport
On the Decline of the British
Lectures on the Rothamsted Experiments,
On the Divisibility of the
Silk Industry
1892
Lectures on the Physical Properties
Address : Harpenden,
Brin or ultimate Fibre of Silk
and many
of the Soil, 1900.
Brochures.
Recreations : Geology, archaeoHerts.
[Died 20 March 1907.
Address: Leek, Staffs; WARMINGTON, Sir Cornelius Marshall, 1st
logy fly-fishing.
Member of
Club : ConK.C. 1882
Swainsley, Wetton, Ashbourne.
Bt., cr. 1908
Called to Bar,
stitutional.
Senate, London University.
[Died 3 Jan. 1909.
Bencher
Middle Temple, 1869 (Student)
WARDROP, Maj .-Gen. Alexander, Indian
Heir : s.
4.
b.
Jan. 1831. Entered army,
Army
practises at the Chancery Bar.
retired list, 1891
1850
Marshall Denham [m. 1908, Alice Daisy, e.
Maj.-Gen. 1891
served Persian Expedition, 1857 (medal and
d. of George Inge Lewins, Crockham Hill,
Eden Bridge]. Address : 7 New Square,
clasp).
[Died 6 Jan. 1908.
Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
WARDROP, Col. Frederick Meyer, C.B. 1891
[Died 12 Dec. 1908.
late Col. 12th Lancers
retired
b. 1847
WARNER, Charles Dudley, A.M., L.B., L.H.D.,
American essayist and novelist
of late Henry Wardrop of Blackfaulds,
D.C.L.
s.
e. s. of
m. 1895, Mary Baker Brooks
b. Plainfield, Massachusetts, 1829
Lanarkshire
m.
Justus Warner and Sylvia Hitchcock
Close, d. of late Daniel Paullin of Quincey,
Educ. :
Entered Army (3rd Dragoon
Susan, d. of William Eliot Lee.
Illinois, U.S.A.
Hamilton College; law in University of
1885
1869
served
Colonel,
Guards),
editor HartPennsylvania. Practised law
Egyptian War, 1882 (A.D.C. to Sir Garnet
editor of departford Courant from 1867
Tel-elincluding El Magfar,
Wolseley),
1884Tel-el-Kebir
ment
in
Monthly
Magazine,
Harper's
(despatches,
Mahuta, Kassassin,
1898 interested in prison reform occasional
Brevet of Major, medal with clasp, 4th class
and
lecturer
on
educational
Khedive's
Nile
literary
topics
star)
Expedition
Medjidie,
Chairman of Sculpture Commission, State of
(1884-85 as D.A.A.G. and Q.M.G.), including
member of Park Commission,
Connecticut
Abu Klea (despatches, several times, Brevet
Pres. American Social
city of Hartford
Military Attache" at
Lt.-Col., two clasps)
Pres. National InstiAssociation
Science
and
Bucharest,
Belgrade,
1895-1902,
Vienna,
Publications : My
tute of Arts and Letters.
Commander of Franz
Cettinje, 1899-1902.
1870
in
a
Commander
of
Summer
Saunterings,
Order
with
Star
St.
Garden,
Joseph
Michael's Order of Bavaria Commander of
1872; Back-Log Studies, 1872; Baddeck
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Income Tax Commissioner for County of
Gloucester and for Borough of Tewkesbury
Land Tax Commissioner
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WHO WAS WHO,
Mummies
and that Sort of Thing, 1874
and Moslems (title changed to My Winter
on the Nile), 1876 In the Levant, 1877
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Being a Boy, 1877
The American Newspaper. 1 879
878
Life of
Life of Captain John Smith 1881
A Roundabout
Washington Irving, 1881
Their Pilgrimage, 1886
Journey, 1883
On Horseback, 1888 A Little Journey in
Studies in the South and
the World, 1889
West, with Comments on Canada, 1889
As
Our Italy (Southern California), 1890
We Were Saying, 1891; As We Go, 1893;
The Work of Washington Irving, 1893
The RelaHon of
The Golden House, 1894
The People for
Literature to Life, 1896
whom Shakespeare Wrote, 1897 editor of
Library of the World's Best Literature, 1897
Recreation : travel.
That Fortune, 1899.
UniverAddress : Hartford, Connecticut
Clubs : University,
sity Club, New York.
Century Players', Authors' (New York).
[Died 20 Oct. 1900.
WARNER, Sir Joseph Henry, Kt., cr. 1892;
Counsel to Chairman of Committees, House
s. of George
of Lords from 1872
b. 1836
Warner, The Priory, Hornsey, Middlesex,
and Harriet Brooks, d. of Joseph Warner,
Southend House, Eltham m. Mary Wilhelmina, d. of James Carson, Springfield, Great
Marlow. 1873. Educ. : Eton (Newcastle
Balliol Coll. Oxon.
Medallist and Scholar)
the Gaisford
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Lieut.-Col. command-
class
Lincoln's Inn, 1864
ing 3rd Middlesex
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V.D.
1875-83
Clubs : Athenaeum, New University, St. George's Chess,
Hurlingham.
[Died 5 July 1897.
WARNER, Rev. Richard Edward Canon of
Hector of Stoke, near Grantham
Lincoln
of Captain
s.
b.
Lifton, 28 Nov. 1836
Richard Warner, 5th Regiment of Foot
m. 1864, Mary Jametta Hale, d. of Major
Educ.:
six s. two d.
Constantino Yeoman
Exeter College,
Bedford Grammar School
Cuddesdon Theological College.
Oxford
M.A. Curate of Finedon, Northants Rector
Canon of
of Snitterby, Kirton-in-Lindsey
Diocesan
Dunholme in Lincoln Cathedral
Vicar
of
Gainsborough;
Inspector of Schools
Rural Dean of Corringham, and Canon of
Address
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R.V.
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Address
Magazine.
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M.P. (C.) LiverAugustus Frederick
pool, E. Toxteth Division, 1895-1900, and
WARR,
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1900-1902
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b.
Liverpool, 20 Sept. 1847
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3rd
of late Rev. Canon Warr, Vicar of Childb. of late Prof. Warr
wall, near Liverpool
of lung's College, London, 1878 ; m. Hen
rietta Georgiana, d. of late Henry Barnes
of Liverpool, and sister of Right Hon. Sir
s.
;
Educ. : Royal Institution
Gorell Barnes.
Practised as solicitor in
School, Liverpool.
member of the firm of Batesons
Liverpool
:
Address
and Co.
Clearwood, Mossley Hill.
Club : Carlton.
Liverpool.
;
[Died 24 March 1908
George Charles Winter, M.A., Prof, oi
in
Literature
Classical
King's Coll. London
and of Latin in Queen's Coll. London b
23
May 1845; s. of late
Oakville, Toronto,
Canon Warr, Vicar of Childwall. Lancashire
m. Constance Emily, d. of late Thomas
Keddey Fletcher, 1885. Educ. : Royal In
stitution School, Liverpool
Christ's, and
Foundation Scholar o"
Trin. Coll. Camb.
of
Trin. Coll
and
subsequently
Christ's,
Bell Univ. Scholar, 1866
first
Camb.
Porson and Members' Prizeman, 1868 third
ex
in 1st class of Classical Tripos, 1869
Classica
Fellow of Trinity, elected 1870
Prof, o
Lecturer at King's College, 1874
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1897-1916
1881
prominent in
movement for the Abolition of University
Tests, 1871
Secretary of the Cobden Club,
assisted in founding the Ladies'
1869-73
Department of King's Coll. at Kensington,
1877
wrote and produced the Tale of Troy,
a classical masque, 1883
and the Story of
Classical
Literature,
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Publications :
1886.
Echoes of
Orestes,
Hellas, 1888 (consisting of the plays above
mentioned, illustrated by Walter Crane, with
music by Sir Walter Parratt and others) ;
translation of Teuffel's History of Roman
Literature, revised and enlarged by L.
Schwabe, 1890 the Greek Epic, 1895 The
Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1900.
Address : 16
Earl's Terrace,
Clubs :
Kensington, W.
Athenaeum, Savile.
[Died 21 Feb. 1901.
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WARRAND,
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Maj.-Gen. William Edmund, R.E.,
J.P. and D.L., Notts and Inverness
County
b.
Councillor, Notts
F.G.S., F.B.A.A.
1831
e. s. of Major Robt. Warrand, D.L.,
J.P. Notts, Inniskilling Dragoons (d. 1859),
and d. of Rev. William Claye of Westhorpe,
Notts
m. 1st, d. of Rev. H. Houson of
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one s. one d.
Brant Broughton, Notts
3rd, Helena
2nd, Mrs. Grant of Bught
Anne, d. of Perceval Maxwell of Finnebrogue,
Downpatrick. Educ. : Southwell School
Addiscombe. Passed first in his term from
H.E.I.C. Military College at Addiscombe,
obtaining a commission in the Engineers,
at Ferozepore engaged with mutin1849
at siege and capture of Delhi,
eers, 1857
when he lost his arm and received thanks of
Government and a Brevet majority became
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Fellow of the University of
Calcutta. 1861
Calcutta, 1862, after which had various
and
was placed on the R.E.
appointments
Publications: Building
retired list, 1884.
Materials and Iron Manufacture, 1862
Natural History Notices in Science, etc.
Recreations : hunting, natural history, and
Address : Westhorpe Hall, Notts.
science.
Clubs : Arthur's ; County Nottingham.
[Died 22 Oct. 1910.
WARRE, Sir Henry James, K.C.B.; cr. 1886 ;
General
Col. Duke of
F.R.G.S., F.R.H.S.
Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment b. Cape of
Good Hope, 12 Jan. 1819 y. s. of Lieut.Gen. Sir William Warre, C.B., and Selina
Anna, y. d. of Christopher Maling, of West
m. Georgiana E.,
Herrington, Durham
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Educ. : Sandhurst. EnLukin, 1855.
tered army 1837
employed on Staff in
served Crimea, 1855, in1845-46
Canada,
comcluding siege and fall of Sebastopol
manded 57th Regt. on Taptee River, Central
served New Zealand, 1861-66
India, 1858
speciallyjmentioned in Sir Duncan Cameron's
despatches, and received pension for distinin
Major- General, 1870
guished conduct
command Belfast during disturbances, 1870was
1874
resigned from ill-health, 1874
appointed commander-m-chief in Bombay,
relieved Sir Donald Stewart with
1878
Bombay troops, and held line of communication from the Indus to Kandahar, enabling
Sir Donald Stewart to relieve Kabul, 1879.
Publications : Sketches in the Rocky Mounand British Columbia, 1845-46
tains
Address : 35
Sketches in the Crimea, 1855.
Cadogan Place, S.W. Clubs : United Service, Hurlingham.
[Died 3 Apr. 1898.
WARREN, Albert Henry, artist; b. 5 May
1830 e. s. of Henry Warren, K.L., President
m. Augusta, o. d. of Thomas Tyerman,
R.I.
various private schools
Educ. :
1851.
articled to the late Owen Jones, F.R.I. B.A.
Engaged in construction and internal
arrangements of Great Exhibition of 1851
Exhibition of 1862; Crystal Palace, parGreek, Roman, and
ticularly Egyptian,
made the drawings for
Alhambra Courts
assisted father
St. James's Hall, Piccadilly
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widow
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WARREN
Nile and Holy
John Martin, K.L.,
whose idea it was, with designs for Thames
Embankment taught Princesses Alice and
Helena four years illuminating, floral painting
compiled and illustrated the Grammar
of
in painting panoramas
assisted uncle,
Land
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Ornament, and
edited
details of the
Owen Jones
by
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designed The
and emblazoned
Promises of Jesus Christ,
the Arms of the Episcopates of Great Britain
and Ireland Royal Academy of Arts, LonRecreations : volunteering,
don, pensioner.
25 years efficient in the Artists' Corps, 20th
Club : Savage.
Middlesex.
[Died 2 March 1911.
WARREN, Major-General Sir Arthur Frederick,
C.B. 1874
b. 29 July
K.C.B., cr. 1907
1830
*. of late Pelham Warren, M.D., and
Penelope, d. of late Very Rev. Wm. D.
ra. 1875, Marie
Shipley, Dean of St. Asaph
Maj.-Gen.
Louise, 2nd d. of J. Thornton.
served Crimea,
(retired), late Rifle Brigade
1854-55 (medal, three clasps, Brevet-Major,
Indian
5th class Medjidie, Turkish medal)
Mutiny, 1857-59 (despatches, medal with
Ashantee, 1874 (despatches twice,
clasp)
Address : Worting
medal with clasp, C.B.).
Club :
Army and
House, Basingstoke.
Navy.
[Died 18 July 1913.
WARREN, Sir Augustus Riversdale, 5th Bt.
cr. 1784
Maj. 20 Regt., retired
D.L., J.P.
1864 Hon. Col. 3rd Batt. Munster Fusiliers,
1895; b. 24 Aug. 1833; S. father 1836;
ra. 1st, 1864, Georgiana (d. 1893), d. of Rev.
John Blennerhassett, Rector of Ryme Intrinone s.
2nd, 1898, Ella Rosa
seca, Dorset
Educ.:
Clarkson, d. of Gen. J. O. Chichester.
Cheltenham. Entered army, 1852
Maj.
served in Crimea and
20th Regt. 1863
Indian Mutiny, 1857-58. Owns about 7800
Heir : s. Augustus Riversdale John
acres.
Blennerhasset [b. 11 March 1865
ra. 1898,
Agnes Georgina, d. of late George M. levers
of Inchera, Co. Cork
one *.
late Lieut.
3rd Batt. Royal Munster Fusiliers].
Address : Warren's Court, Lisarda, Co. Cork.
Club : Army and Navy.
[Died 28 Aug. 1914.
WARREN, Major-General Dawson Stockley,
C.B. 1881 retired b. Dublin, 16 Nov. 1830
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46th Regt., 1863. Educ.: Military Academy;
Munich, Bavaria. Joined 14th Regt. 1851
Lieut.-Col. 1877
Capt. 1857
Major, 1871
commanded 2nd Batt. 14th
Col. 1881
also Hqunslow District
served in
Regt.
Crimean Campaign, siege and fall of Sebastopol, also assault, 18,th June (mentioned in
despatches, medal with clasp, and Turkish
command of his regt. Afghan
medal)
action of Mazina and
Campaign. 1879-80
Kama Expedition (mentioned in despatches,
A.A.G. Pindi, 1874-77
headmedal)
Suakin Campaign
quarters, Simla, 1877-78
action of Hasheen
as A.A.G.
advance
on Tamai (medal and clasp, Khedive's star).
Recreations :
Address :
shooting, fishing.
Exmouth.
[Died 21 Dec. 1908.
WARREN, Falkland George Edgeworth, C.B.
of iate Dawson
s.
1907
C.M.G. 1880
b. 1834
m. 1860, Annie,
Warren, R.A.
Entered army,
d. of Capt. Victor, R.N.
1852
Lieut.Major, 1872
Captain 1858
Col. 1881
served Indian Mutiny,
Col. 1877
1857-58 (despatches thrice, medal with two
N.W. Frontier, India, 1863 (declasps)
Bhutan Camspatches, medal with clasp)
Chief Secretary
1864-65
(clasp)
paign,
Government of Cyprus, 1879-91.
[Died 19 March 1908.
WARREN, Yen. Latham Coddington, Archdeacon of Lismore from 1896. Educ. :
Trinity College Dublin (M.A.).
Ordained,
Bal1854
Curate of Lucan, 1858-62
Christchurch, Kingstown,
briggan, 1862-64
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1878-83
Address :
Clonmel, 1883-1910.
Clonmel, Ireland.
[Died 5 Nov. 1912.
WARREN, Rt. Hon. Robert Richard, P.C.,
President Probate and Matrimonial
LL.D.
Division, High Court of Justice, Ireland
b. Ireland, 3 June 1817
o. s. of late Henry
Warren, Capt. King's Own Borderers, y. ,?.
of Sir Robert Warren, Bart, (arms recorder
in Dublin Castle), and Catherine Stewart
ra. Mary, d. of Charles Perry, 1846.
Educ. :
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Dublin
(M.A.), 1st Medallist
Solicitor-General for
Logics.
Coll.
Ethics and
Ireland
Attorney-General, 1867 ; M.P. (C.)
University of Dublin, 1867-68. Judge of
Court of Probate, 1868
member of General
Synod and Representative Body of Church
of Ireland, 1870.
Publications : The Church
of Ireland and Kingdom of Christ
Laws of
Divorce and Rethe Church of Ireland
Address : 12 Fitzwilliam Square,
marriage.
Clubs: Carlton ; Kildare Street,
Dublin.
Dublin.
[Died 24 Sept. 1897.
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WARRENDER,
Commander
George John Scott,
Commander of Her Majesty Queen
R.N.
Victoria's yacht
b. Scotland, 31 July 1860
e. surv. s. of Sir George Warrender,
Bt.,
Lochend ; m. 1894, Maud, y. d. of 8th Earl
of Shaftesbury.
Educ. : Rev. John Hawtrey's
Slough. Entered R.N. as a Naval
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Cadet,
landed
Commander, 1893;
Naval Brigade, Zulu War, 1879
present at the battle of Ginghilovo (medal,
Recreations : golf cricket, cycling,
clasp).
Address : 87 Eaton Square, S.W.
yachting.
Clubs :
Carlton, Travellers', Naval and
Military ; New, Edinburgh ; Royal Naval,
with
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Portsmouth
;
Hon. Member Royal Yacht
Squadron, Cowes.
[Died 13 June 1901.
Recorder of
George Deedes, K.C.
Portsmouth from 1879
b. 7 June 1831
s.
of George Warry of Shapwick, Somerset
ra. 1860, Catherine Emily, d. of late John
Clitsome
Warren of Taunton. Educ. :
Winchester
Trinity College, Oxford (M.A.
1836).
practised
Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1889
WARRY,
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I
Essex Court,
Address :
on Rating.
Temple, B.C.
[Died 4 May 1904.
WARRY, William Taylor, l.S.O. 1903 Bar2nd
b. 1836
rister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn
of George Warry of Shapwick, Co. Somerset,
and Isabella, 2nd d. of William Deedes of
ra. 1884, Elisa,
Sandling Park, Kent, M.P.
e. d. of Richard Gosling, Banker, of Eccles;
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Educ.
Trinity
called to Bar,
B.A., 1859
C9llege, Oxford.
was for many years
Lincoln's Inn, 1866
one of the principal officials of the Charitj
Commission
Secretary of the Commission
Address
on Welsh Education, 1880-81.
32 St. George's Road, Eccleston Square, S.
Clubs : Oxford and Cambridge, M.C.C.
[Died 12 Nov. 1<
WASHBOURN, John Wichenford, C.M.G.
M.D.,B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Lond.),F.R.C.S:
(Eng.)
physician to the London Fever
physician to and
Hospital from 1892;
lecturer at
consulting
Guy's Hospital
physician to the Bushey Heath Cottage
2nd
22
June
1863
b.
Hospital
Gloucester,
s. of late William Washbourn and Susanna
widower.
of
late
John
d.
Kendall,
Chadborn,
Educ. :
Guy's
King's Coll. Gloucester
Univ. of
Univ. of Vienna;
Hospital;
Konigsberg. University Scholar and Medallist in Medicine
gold medallist in Forensic
Medicine
gold medallist and Exhibitioner
in Chemistry at the London University.
M.R.C.S.
Student Guy's Hospital, 1880
M.D.
1885
M.B., B.S. (Lond.) 1886
F.R.C.S. 1888; M.R.C.P.
(Lond.) 1887;
Demonstrator of
1889
F.R.C.P. 1894
assistant
Anatomy, Guy's Hospital, 1888
assistant
physician, Guy's Hospital, 1890
physician to the London Fever Hospital,
Surrey.
field,
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late consulting physician to the Imp.
1889
Yeo. Hospital at Deelfontein ami Pretoria.
various papers in medical
Publications :
and scientific journals
conjoint author
A Manual of Infectious
Dr.
Goodall),
(with
Recreations : lawn tennis, skating
Diseases.
Address : 6 Cavendish Place, W.
[Died 20 June 1902.
WATERFIELD, Sir Henry, G.C.I.E., cr. 1902
C.B. 1885
b. 30 June
K.C.S.I., cr. 1893
3rd s. of Tlwmas Nelson Waterfield,
1837
senior clerk in India Board, Westminster,
and Elizabeth, d. of William Searle Benthall,
Totnes
m. 1st, Katharine Jane, d. of G. E.
W. Wood, M.D., 1868 (d. 1882) 2nd Mary
Augusta, d. of Edward Obre" Shee, barrister,
three s. two d.
Edue. : Westminster
1885
Entered India Board (afterwards
School.
Secretary
merged in India Office), 1853
of the Statistics and Commerce Department,
and of the Financial Department,
1874
Address :
1879-1902.
Ashton, Cavendish
Place, Bournemouth.
[Died 5 July 1913.
WATERFIELD, Maj.-Gen. Henry Gordon, C.B.
Entered army, 1857
1896.
Maj.-Gen.
served Indian Mutiny, 1857-58
1898
Oudh Campaign, 1858-59 (medal) Hazara
Expedition, 1888 (despatches, medal with
Chitral Relief Force, 1895 (thanks
clasp)
of Government of India, C.B.. medal with
clasp).
[Died 7 Jan. 1901.
WATERHOUSE, Alfred, R.A., LL.D. archie. s. of
b. Liverpool, 19 July 1830
tect
Alfred Waterhouse, Liverpool, and White
m. Elizabeth, d.
Knights Park, Reading
1860.
Educ. :
of John Hodgkin, Barr.,
architectural pupil of Richard Lane, Manstudied afterwards in France and
chester
Commenced practice in Manchester,
Italy.
Treas.
R.A. 1885
1853
A.R.A. 1878
R.A. 1898 (retired). Among principal works
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Owens Coll. Manchester
chester
St.
Mary's Hospital,
Hall, Manchester;
may
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Kensington
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Natural History Museum, S.
Caius
Balliol College, Oxford
and Pembroke
;
Cambridge
Colleges,
Liver-
;
Yorkshire College,
pool University College
Leeds ; National Liberal Club, London ;
Eaton Hall, Chester
Heythrop, Oxon
Central Technical Institute and St. Paul's
various
offices of the
the
Schools, London
Prudential Assurance Co. ; W. W. Brown
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and Co.'s Bank, Leeds
National Provincial Banks,
Cambridge
Manchester
and
Refuge AssurPiccadilly
ance Co., Manchester
Royal Infirmary,
Surveyors' Institution, WestLiverpool
minster
University College Hospital, Lonabout 700 acres at Yattendon.
Owned
don.
Recreation : painting, oil and water colour.
:
The
Address
Court, Yattendon, Berkshire.
[Died 22 Aug. 1905.
WATERLOO, Stanley b. St. Clair County,
1846.
Educ. :
University of
Michigan,
Michigan (A.M.). Editor of St. Louis Republic, and subsequently of the Globe,
Democrat, and Chicago Mail. Publications:
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and a
Woman
An Odd
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The Wolf's Long Howl
geddon
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a
Man
The
Seekers
of
Launching
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The Cassowary A Son of the Ages;
Jewels
Clubs : Press, Hamilton, Chicago.
[Died 11 Oct. 1913.
WATERLOW, Sir Sydney Hedley, 1st Bt, cr.
s.
b. 1 Nov. 1822
K.C.V.O. 1902
1873
of late James Waterlow, Huntington Lodge,
Crakell
of
William
and
d.
Mary,
Surrey,
m. 1st, 1845, Anna (d. 1880), y. d. of William
2nd, Margaret,
Hickson, Fairseat, Kent
1882, d. of William Hamilton, Napa, CaliEduc. : St. Saviour's School. Lord
fornia.
Mayor of London, 1872-73, during which
M.P
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1897-1916
Dumfries, 1868-69
Gravesend, 1880-85
Co.
for
1874-80
Maidstone.
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gave L.C.C,
at Highgate about 30 acres
now known as Waterlow Park. Heir : *.
Recreations : consisted in
Philip, b. 1847.
the performance of his duties as Chairman
of the Distribution Committee of the Hoshis
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Sunday Fund ; Chairman of General
Commissioners of Income Tax in the City
of London
Chairman Industrial Dwellings
Co., with 6000 tenements and 30,000 souls ;
Chairman Board of Governors of United
pital
;
Westminster Schools, educating 1100 boys
all this work nearly honorary.
Address :
29 Chesham Place, S.W.
Trosley Towers,
Wrotham, Kent Monterey, Cannes, France.
[Died 3 Aug. 1906.
WATERPARK, 4th Baron (cr. 1792), Henry
Anson Cavendish; Bt. 1755; .D.L., J.P.;
b.
[title taken from Waterpark, Co. Cork]
14 April 1839
s. of 3rd Baron and Elizabeth,
S. father 1863;
y. d. of 1st Viscount Anson
m. Emily, d. of late John Stenning, 1873
one s. three d. Protestant. Liberal Unionist.
Educ. : Harrow. Clerk in Foreign Office,
1860-63
late Capt. Queen's Own Royal
Staffordshire Yeomanry.
Heir : s. Hon.
Charles
Frederick
Cavendish.
Address :
Doveridge, Derby.
[Died 3 Aug. 1912.
WATERS, Alfred Charles, Chief Clerk, General
Address : Somerset House,
Register Office.
W.C.
[Died 18 Apr. 1912.
WATERS, Judge G., County Court Judge of
Leitrim from 1872.
Address : Summons
Court, Co. Dublin.
[Died 21 Apr. 1905.
WATHERSTON, Lieut.- Colonel Alan Edward
R.E.
Commissioner
Garrard, C.M.G. 1903
Northern Territory, Gold Coast, 1905
b.
29 Oct. 1867
s. of late E. J. Watherston
m. Norah, d. of R. L. Harrison, London.
Educ. : Clifton
R.M.A. Woolwich. At
one time Director of Mines, Survey Dept.,
Gold Coast
Assist. Commissioner AngloPortuguese Boundary Commission, East
Chief Commissioner AngloAfrica, 1898;
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Gold Coast, 1900; also for
Western Frontier Gold Coast, 1902-3. AdNorthern Territories, Gold Coast.
dress :
Club : Army and Navy.
Territories,
[Died 12 Dec. 1909.
WATKIN,
2nd Bart.
Sir Alfred Meller,
;
cr.
1880
Chevalier Order of
J.P., D.L.
Leopold director of South-Eastern Railway;
b. Manchester, 19 Aug. 1846;
o. s. of 1st
Bart, and Mary, d. of Jonathan Mellor, J.P.
S.
father
1901
m.
Oldham, Lanes
Catherine, d. of R. Payne Smith, D.D.,
Dean of Canterbury, 1876. Educ. : private
schools.
Apprentice Locomotive Departtransment, West Midland Railway, 1863
ferred to Manchester and Sheffield Railway,
1864
locoexpress engine-driver, 1865
motive inspector, London, Chatham, and
Dover Line, 1867
transferred to SouthEastern Line, 1868
locomotive superinchairman
tendent, 1873
director, 1878
of Locomotive Committee of South-Eastern
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Directors, 1880-1900.
mechanical pursuits, especially the
life
working of locomotive engines ; motor car
driving, rowing, pedestrian, exercise, collecting old engravings and autograph letters of
Heir : none.
Addistinguished people.
dress : Dunedin Lodge Folkestone.
Clubs :
Automobile
City
Reform,
;
Liberal, Royal
Kent Automobile.
[Died 30 Nov. 1914.
WATKIN, Sir Edward William, 1st Bt. ; cr.
1880
D.L., J.P. ; Knight of Order of the
Redeemer of Greece, of Leopold of Belgium ;
m. 1st, Mary, d. of Jonathan
b. 26 Sept. 1819
Mellor, Esq., 1845 (d. 1888)
2nd, Ann, d. of
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1892 (since dead). M.P. (L.) for Great Yar-
W.
mouth, 1857-58
for Hythe, 1874-86
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Stockport, 1864-68 ;
(L.U.) for Hythe, 1886-
for
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WHO WAS WHO,
WATKIN
formerly a Manchester merchant late
Chairman of the South-Eastern, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and the
Metropolitan and East London Railways.
Address : RoseHeir : s. Alfred, b. 1846.
Chalet, Beddhill, Northenden, Cheshire
:
Reform.
Wales.
Club
N.
gelert,
[Died 14 Apr. 1901.
WATKIN, Colonel Henry Samuel Spiller, C.B.
1889 Supt. Royal Small Arms Factory from
e. s. of late
1898
b. India, 8 Oct. 1843
m. 1871, Sophia, d. of
Colonel H. Watkin
G. Hallam of Brent Pelham Hall, Herts.
Educ. : private school and Royal Military
Entered R.A. 1864
Acad.
Capt, 1876
Major, 1883; Lt.-Col. and Brev.-Co 1895;
Assistant Supt. Experiments, Shoeburyness,
in Dept. Director of Artillery, 18781877
Assistant Supt. Royal Gunpowder
1881
Dept. Artillery
Factory, Waltham, 1881-85
Chief Inspector of PoitionCollege, 1885-86
1886-99
finding,
Superintendent, Royal
Small Arms Factory, 1899. Decorated for
various inventions connected with artillery.
Recreations :
rowing, cycling, electricity,
Address : Royal
photography, mechanics.
Small Arms Factory, Enfleld Lock. Clubs :
United Service, Automobile.
[Died 31 March 1905.
WATKIN, Thomas Morgan Joseph, M.A., F.S.A.;
Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms since 1894
b.
2nd s. of late
Aberdare, 13 April 1856
Thomas Joseph, The Buttrills, Glam., J.P.,
and Louisa, d. of late David Davis Jeffreys,
1895
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and
widow
of
John
Whitelark of
Hants,
Finedon, Hove, Sussex, and of Whitefriars,
Blaengwawr,
Emma,
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d. of
Educ.
Altedena, California.
:
private tuition
and Caius
College, Cambridge. Barr, 1881
a Texas
joined South Wales Circuit, 1882
resumed by Royal
cowboy through 1887
Licence paternal surname of Watkin, 1894.
Publications : The Two Gwaethfoeds, and
several other articles on Welsh pedigrees.
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Address
:
painting.
fishing,
Abergwynant, nr. Dolgelly, N.
H.M. College of Arms, London.
shooting,
:
Wales
Clubs : Oxford and Cambridge, Badminton,
Hurlingham.
[Died 3 Oct. 1915.
WATKINS, Yen. D. Glyn, M.A., Colonial Chaplain and Rector of Fremantle, 1875-1905
Archdeacon of Perth, Western Australia,
from 1889 b. 1844 s. of Rev. D. Watkins,
Rector of Adstock, Bucks m. 1st, Caroline,
d. of Rev. George Weight, Vicar of Wolverton
2nd, Sara, d. of R. M. Habgood, Tulse Hill,
four s. four d.
Educ. : Christ's
Surrey
Curate of Basford,
College, Cambridge.
Nottingham, 1868-70; Colonial Chaplain,
Greenough, Western Australia, 1870-75
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Address
Perth, Western Australia.
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[Died 29 June 1907.
WATSON,
1866
1882
b.
;
Arthur Townley, 2nd Bt.
cr.
S. father
London, 13 Sept. 1830
Sir
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m. Rosamond (d. 1904), d. of C. P.
Rushworth, Queen Anne Street, Marylebone,
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1861. Educ. : Eton ; St. John's Coll. CamBarr. Lincoln's Inn, 1856
bridge (M.A.).
Q.C. 1885
Bencher, 1888. Heir : s. Charles
Address : Reigate
Rushworth, b, 1865.
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39 Lowndes Square, S.W.
Lodge, Surrey
Club : United University.
[Died 15 March 1907.
WATSON, Rear-Admiral Burges, C.V.O.
Mediterranean
Commander-in-Chief
from
b. 24 Sept. 1846. Entered R.N. 1860
1901
Rear- Admiral, 1899
Superintendent of
Malta Dockyard (retired).
Club : United
Service.
[Died 21 Sept. 1902.
WATSON, Rev. Frederick, D.D. Cantab. Hon
Canon of Ely Fellow and Lecturer in Theology and Hebrew, St. John's College, CamMinister of St. Edward's, Cambridge,
bridge
s. of
since 1893
b. York, 13 Oct. 1844
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Henry Watson, stockbroker, York m. 1878,
Margaret Lockhart, d. of Rev. G. R. Adam,
Vicar of St. Mary's, Kilburn
six s. four d.
Educ. : St. Peter's School, York St. John's
Coll. Camb.
1864
Exhibitioner,
Scholar,
1867; B.A. 1868 (12th Wrangler, Math.
1st class Theol. Exam. 1869
Cams
Trip.)
Greek Test. Prizeman and Hulsean (Essay)
1870
Crosse
Theol.
Scholar.
Prizeman,
1870;
Hebrew Tyrwhitt Scholar, 1871 Fellow of
St. John's College, 1871-78
re-elected 189?.
ordained Deacon,
1871
1872
Priest,
Assistant Curate of Stow-cum-Quy, 1871-75
Assistant Curate of St. Giles', Cambridge,
1875-78
Rector of Starston, Norfolk, 18781886
Vicar of Stow-cum-Quy, 1886-93
Hulsean Lecturer, 1883 numerous occasions
Examiner Theol. Tripos, and Special Preacher
before University
more than twenty years
Theol. Lecturer in St. John's. Publucatiom :
Defenders of the Faith (4 editions)
The Law
and the Prophets, 1883 The Book Genesis,
1892.
Address : 6 Salisbury Villas, Cambridge.
[Died 1 Jan. 1906.
WATSON, George Lennox, M.I.N.A., M.Inst.
Engineers and Shipbuilders naval architect
designer of racing, cruising, and steam yachts
b. Glasgow, 30 Oct, 1851
e. s. of late Thomas
Watson, doctor of medicine, and Ellen, d. of
Timothy BurstalL engineer m. 1903, Marie,
d. of Edward Lovibond, Greenwich.
Educ. :
the High School and Collegiate School,
in
1867
to
Robert
Glasgow.
Apprenticed
1870-71 with
Napier and Sons, shipbuilders
A. and J. Inglis, shipbuilders in 1872 started
business in Glasgow as naval architect
in
1873 made first success with 5-ton racing
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in 1880 built the 90-ton
yacht
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and her designer by beating the Prince of
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Wales' famous yacht
Formosa " in 1887
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Thistle
to compete for the
America
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II. and
Cup, and afterwards
Valkyrie
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III. ; in 1893 designed
Britannia
cutter
for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (King Edward
the
most
successful racing
VII.), probably
yacht ever built ; designed many of the
largest steam yachts afloat, and passenger,
cargo, and mail steamers, in all a fleet of over
450 vessels.
Recreations :
yacht-racing,
shooting, walking, cycling, fishing. Address :
9
Highburgh Terrace, Dowanhill, Glasgow.
Clubs : Constitutional
New, Royal Clyde
Yacht, Glasgow.
[Died 12 Nov. 1904.
WATSON, Sir George Willes, K.C.B. cr. 1891
J.P.
Admiral
b. Great Melton, Norfolk,
5 April 1827
s. of Rev. Fisher Watson and
m. d. of
Louisa, d. of Sir E. K. Lacons, Bart.
Gen. John Campbell, Col. Gordon Highlanders.
Educ. : Doctor Burney's
R.N. Academy,
"
Gosport.
Midshipman in H.M.S.
Dido,"
China War, 1842, and on coast of Borneo
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(suppression of piracy), H.M.S.
Royal
as 1st Lieut, and as ComAlbert," 1854-58
"
mander, 1858-61
Crocodile,"
Capt. of
1866-70
Flag-Captain at the Nore, 1872-75
Commodore
in China, 1876-79
Capt. of
"
-Admiral Chatham
Temeraire," 1879-80
Dockyard, 1881-86
Commander-in-Chief,
North America and West Indies, 1888-92
China and Crimean medals,
G.S.P. 1877-80
with clasp
Turkish Order of Medjidie and
Address : The Hut, Mannamead,
medal.
Plymouth. Club : Royal Western Yacht.
[Died 26 Apr. 1897.
WATSON, Sir Henry Edmund, Kt. cr. 1886
b. 1815.
Director C. Cammell
J.P., D.L.
and Co. and Alliance Assurance Co. Chairman of the Sheffield Conservative Association.
Park
Address : Shirecliffe Hall, Sheffield
Cottage, Worksop. Club : Carlton.
1901.
[Died 17 Feb.
WATSON, Rev. Henry Lacon Rector of Shame. s.
b. 19 Nov. 1823
ford, Leicestershire
of Rev. Fisher Watson, Vicar of Lancing,
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m. 1st 1851 (d. 1853), d. of Sir
William Burnett, K.C.B.
2nd, 1857, d. of
Rev. H. K. Richardson, Rector of Leire.
Educ. : Clapham
private pupil of Rev.
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Professor Pritchard, F.R.S. Classical Prizeman Caius Coll. Cambridge, 1843-44 ; 7th
Senior Optime and B.A. 1846
M.A. 1849
Rector of Sharnford, 1850
Rural Dean,
1876-1900
Secretary of Diocesan AssociaHon. Canon of Petertion, 1876-1900
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borough, 1880
1895-1900; J.P. for County of Leicester,
1866 Chairman of County Assessment Committee, 1879-89; and of Visitors of County
County Alderman, 1889Asylum, 1890-98
1901. Publication : Editor of Peterborough
Calendar, 1888-1901. Recreation : change of
work. Address : Sharnford Rectory, Hinckle.
[Died 13 Nov. 1903.
WATSON, Rev. Henry W., D.Sc., F.R.S. 1881
Rector of Berkswell
b. London. Feb. 1827
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Esq.,
formerly R.N. Educ. : King's Coll. London
Mathematical
Trinity Coll. Cambridge.
Scholar of King's Coll. London, on the earliest
establishment of the Scholarship, 1846
Scholar of Trinity Coll. Cambridge, 1848
Second Wrangler and Smith's Prizeman, 1850
Fellow and Assistant Tutor, Trinity Coll.
Mathematical Master,
Cambridge, 1851
Mathematical
City of London School, 1854
Assist.
Lecturer, King's Coll. London, 1856
Harrow
1857.
Publications :
Master,
School,
Treatise on Geometry, Longman's TextBooks of Science Series, 1871
Kinetic
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papers, mathematical and
physical, in Philosophical Magazine, Quarterly
Journal of Mathematics, and elsewhere ;
joint-author (with S. H. Burbury, F.R.S.) of
A Treatise on Generalised Co-ordinates applied
to the Kinetics of a Material System, 1879
and Magnetism (1) ElectroElectricity
and Electrostatics, 1885
(2) Magnetism
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of Gases,
1894
sundry
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article
Molecule
in
dynamics, 1889
9th edit. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Recreation : mountaineering
one of the original
founders of the Alpine Club, 1857. Address :
The Rectory, Berksweil, Coventry. Club :
Oxford and Cambridge. [Died 11 Jan. 1903.
WATSON, Sir John, 1st Bt. cr. 1895 D.L.,
J.P.
b. 9 July 1819
m. 1st, Agnes, d. of
Robert Haig Simpson, Glasgow, 1846 (d.
1876)
2nd, Harriet, d. of late P. Mackenzie,
and widow of David Laird Gibson, 1879.
Heir : s. John, b. 1860. Adrress : Earnock,
Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
[Died 26 Sept. 1898.
WATSON, John, Master of the Meath Hounds
1891. Gazetted to 13th Hussars, 1874
resigned 1882
played polo regularly from
1870
won Champion Cup of England three
times
took a British team to United States,
1886. Address : Bective, County Meath.
[Died 12 Nov. 1908.
WATSON, Rev. John (nom de plume Ian
Andrews
and Yale
D.D.
St.
Maclaren),
b. Manningtree, Essex, 3 Nov. 1850
o. s.
of late John Watson, H.M. Civil Service.
Educ. : Stirling Grammar School
EdinNew Coll. Edinburgh University (M.A.)
Licensed by
burgh
Tubingen, Germany.
the Free Church of Scotland in 1874, and
appointed assistant to the Rev. Dr. Wilson,
ordained
Barclay
Church,
Edinburgh
Minister of Logiealmond Free Church, 1875
Free St. Matthew's, Glasgow, 1877
Lyman
Beecher lecturer at Yale Univ. 1896
Moderator of Synod, Presbyterian Church of
England, 1900; Minister of Sefton Park
Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, 1880-1905.
Publications : by Ian Maclaren Beside the
Bonnie Brier Bush, 1894 The Days of Auld
Lang Syne, 1895 Kate Carnegie and Those
A Doctor of the Old School,
Ministers, 1896
1897
Afterwards and other Stories, 1898
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1897-1916
Rabbi Saunderson, 1898 Young Barbarians,
His Majesty Baby, 1902
1901
by John
Watson The Upper Room, 1895
The
Mind of the Master, 1896 The Cure of Souls
(Yale Lectures on Practical Theology), 1896
The Potter's Wheel, 1897
Companions of
the Sorrowful Way, 1898
Church Folks
Doctrines of Grace, 1900
The Life of the
The Homely Virtues, 1903
Master, 1901
The Inspiration of Faith, 1905. Recreation :
golf. Address : 17 Croxteth Road, Liverpool.
Clubs :
Savile,
Athenseum, Royal Golf,
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cr. 1903
Heron, Kt.
F.R.S.
F.R.C.S.E. & I.
caballero ord. Carlos III. Spain
Crimean,
Turkish, and Sardinian Medals
Royal
Household and Vol. Decorations
Hon.
Surg. to King Edward VII. in Scotland
Attache" to special Embassy of the Earl of
Roslin on the occasion of the marriage of
Alfonso XII. to Princess Mercedes, 7 Jan.
1878 Surgeon in ordinary to Queen Victoria
in Scotland (retired)
D.L.
Brigade Surgeon, Forth Brigade (retired)
Consulting
Surgeon Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Leith
b. 1832
Hospital, and Chalmers' Hospital
s. of late Rev. Charles Watson D.D.
m.
Elizabeth Gordon (d. 1900), e. d. of late
James Miller, F.R.S., F.R.C.S. Professor of
Surgery in the University of Edinburgh, and
Surgeon in ordinary to Queen Victoria in
Scotland. Recreation : foreign travel.
Address : 16 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.
[Died 21 Dec. 1907.
WATSON, Rt. Hon. Robert Spence, P.C. 1906
Solicitor
b. 8 June 1837
e. s. of Joseph
Watson of Bensham Grove, Gateshead, and
Sarah, d. of Robert Spence of North Shields ;
m. Elizabeth, d. of Edward and Jane Richardson, 1863 ; five d. Educ. ; Friends' School,
York
University College, London. LL.D.
(Hon.) St. Andrews ; D.C.L. (Hon.) Durham
Pres. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Liberal Association, 1874-97 ; president of the National
Liberal Federation, 1890-1902
president of
Society of Friends of Russian Freedom since
1890
secretary of Literary and Philovicesophical Society, Newcastle, 1862-93
pres. 1893
pres. 1900
president of Tyneside Sunday Lecture Society' from 1885
vice-chairman of
president of Peace Society
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle ; pres. of
Armstrong Coll., Newcastle, 1910. Publications :
Industrial Schools, 1867 ;
Higher
Education in Boroughs, 1868
The Villages
around Metz, 1870
Csedmon, the First
English Poet, 1874 ; The History of English
Rule and Policy in South Africa, 1879
A
Visit to Wazan, the Sacred City of Morocco,
Irish Land Law Reform, 1881
1880
Education in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1884
The
Relations of Labour to Higher Education,
1884
Boards of Conciliation and Arbitration and Sliding Scales, 1886
The Proper
Limits of Obedience to the Law, 1887 Indian
National Congresses, 1888
The Peaceable
Settlement of Labour Disputes, 1889; Labour,
Past, Present and Future, 1889 ; The Recent
The
History of Industrial Progress. 1891
History of the Literary and Philosophical
The
Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1897
Duties of Citizenship, 1895
The Reform of
The History of
the Land Laws, etc., 1906
the National Liberal Federation
Joseph
Skipsey. Address : Bensham Grove, GatesClubs : Alpine, National
head-on-Tyne.
Liberal.
[Died 2 March 1911.
Hoylake, Liverpool.
WATSON,
LL.D.,
Sir Patrick
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b. Dumfries, 20 Mar.
Galloway Standard
1844
m. 1873, Nancy, d. of R. Hamilton,
WATSON, Thomas
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Educ. : ComWas all his
mercial Academy, Dumfries.
working time on Standard, for over forty
as
reporter, sub-editor, and editor ;
years
was Secretary to local branch of Reform
Castlebank
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five
s.
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WATSON
League, and in 1867 engaged in correspondence with Mr. Edmund Beales on a protest
against the capture of a Tory ticket meeting
in St. James's Hall by London Radicals
afterwards Secretary to Dumfries Liberal
member of Town Council for a
Association
term, and for over twenty years of the School
advocated Home Rule and DisBoard
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establishment, and strongly opposed S.A. war
member of Institute of Journalists ; J.P.
Dumfriesshire. Publications: literary work
;
almost
journalistic
entirely
pieces in verse ;
wrote
;
some
published some reprints in
pamphlet form, including speech on Burns
delivered as chairman of Dumfries Club
;
edited M'Dowall's History of Dumfries, 1905.
Address : CastleRecreation : gardening.
[Died 9 Apr. 1914.
bank, Dumfries.
5th Bt., cr. 1760
Sir
Joseph,
Wager
WATSON,
Educ. : Unib. 27 June 1837
S. b. 1888.
Oxford
versity College,
(M.A.). Heir : none.
Address : 100 Victoria Street, S.W.
[Died 30 Sept. 1904.
WATSON, William, D.L., J.P., Co. Cheshire
High Sheriff, Cheshire, 1906-7; b. 1843;
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2nd s. -of late Stephen Watson, The Manor
m. 1871, Jane
House. Rockferry, Cheshire
Stock, e. d. of late William Bower, Rockferry,
Cheshire. Educ. : privately. Head of firm
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Watson
Liverpool, Watson & Hill, and
Co. of Charleston, South
and Memphis, U.S.A.,
& Co.,
Watson,
Wood &
U.S.A.,
Carolina,
1872-1902; Chairman of the
Chairman of the
Cunard S.S. Co., Ltd.
Director of the North
Insurance
Co.
Royal
and South Wales Bank. Address : Lancelyn,
Bromborough, Cheshire. Clubs : ConservaMerchants,
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[Died 4 Oct. 1909.
tive, Constitutional.
WATSON,
William Livingstone, J.P., of Ayton
and Balmanno, Perthshire
b. Kinross, 19
Oct. 1835
s. of Robert Watson and Cath.
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m. Elizabeth Lindsay, e. d. of
Livingstone
George Seton, advocate, Edinburgh (repreEduc. :
sentative of family of Cariston).
Edinburgh ; Glasgow. Formerly merchant
had obin Glasgow, Calcutta, London
servatory at Ayton containing 12 in. equatorial refractor ; Fellow of Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
Royal GeoRoyal Astronomical Society
graphical Society
Royal Statistical Society.
Owned about 1950 acres.
Recreations :
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Address : Ayton House, by Abernethy, N.B.;
Balmanno Castle, Bridge of Earn, N.B.
Clubs:
University,
Oriental;
Reform,
Edinburgh.
[Died 24 May 1903.
WATSON, Sir (William) Renny, Kt. cr. 1892
D.L. Civil Engineer
J.P.,
Chairman,
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Glasgow
and
S.
Director National
Western
Bank
Railway
of Scotland
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Co.
Mirr;
b. 1838
m.
Watson, and Yaryan Co.
Mary, d. of Edward Caird, 1886. Address :
16 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow, N.B.
Braco Castle, Perthshire.
[Died 9 Apr. 1900.
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WATSON, Baron
1880,
(cr.
life
peerage),
William Watson, P.O., D.L., LL.D. (Edin.
and Glasgow)
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
from 1880
b. 1828
s. of Rev. Thomas
and
Watson,
Covington,
Lanarkshire,
m. 1868,
Eleonora, d. of David M'Haffie
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Margaret, d. of Dugald John Bannatyne (d.
and Glasgow and
1898). Educ. : privately
Edinburgh Universities. Barr. Scotland, 1851
for
Solicitor- General
Scotland,
1874-76;
Dean of Faculty of Advocates, 1875-76
Lord Advocate, 1876-80 M.P. (C.) Glasgow
and Aberdeen Universities, 1876-80. Address :
20 Queen's Gate, S.W. Clubs : Athenaeum,
Carlton.
[Died 14 Sept. 1899.
WATT, Alexander Pollock, literary agent b.
Glasgow. Educ. : Edinburgh. Was the first
to conceive and put into practice the idea of
the literary agent acting as an intermediary
between authors and publishers and editors
was the literary executor of the late Sir
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Walter Besant, the late Wilkie Collins, and
the late George MacDonald, LL.D. Recreation :
Address : Hastings House,
golf.
Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C.
Clubs : Reform
Pen and Pencil, Edinburgh (Hon.)
Grolier, New York.
[Died 3 Nov. 1914.
WATT, Commissary-Gen. FitzJames Edward,
C.B. 1880
b. 10 Sept. 1822
s. of late Commissary-Gen. James Duff Watt. Commissary-Gen, on Staff at Headquarters (retired)
formerly Staff Officer of Commissariat Staff
served Cape of Good
Corps at War Office
Hope, Mauritius, N.S. Wales, Turkey, HongKong, and Gibraltar retired 1883. Address :
Club:
Hilltop, Headington Hill, Oxford.
Junior United Service.
9
March
1902.
[Died
WATTS, George Frederick, R.A., O.M., D.C.L.,
b. London, 1817
m. 2nd, 1886,
LL.D.
Mary, 3rd d. of late Charles Edward Fraser;
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First
Tytler, of Aldourie, Inverness-shire.
retired
exhibited at Royal Academy 1837
Presented to the nation the greater
1896.
"
The Watts
part of his life-work, now called
Collection," in the National Gallery of British
Art, and some forty or more portraits of the
distinguished men of his time, many of which
are already in the National Portrait Gallery.
This project, in his mind for many years, was
"
undertaken
partly in the hope that the
pictures might form a nucleus" of a National
(now realised
Gallery of purely British Art
through" the munificence of Sir Henry Tate),
to identify art with the best in the
partly
conscience and the action of the age." Inaugurated a record of heroic deeds done in
everyday life, and built the first memorial
wall at St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, recording
the names of some who have lost their lives
in the endeavour to save life. Received the
distinction of the Order of Merit on its
Address :
institution by King Edward VII.
Little Holland House, 6 Melbury Road,
;
Kensington,
W.
Limnerslease, Compton,
[Died I July 1904.
;
Guildford.
WATTS, Henry Edward,
journalist
s. of
Calcutta, 1832
letters
;
Watts
in Civil Service.
b.
;
Grammar
and man of
Henry Cecil
Unmarried.
Educ.
:
School
Brighton, etc.
H.E.I.C.'s military service ;
and Ausinto
India
entered early
journalism,
tralia
editor of Melbourne Argus ; leaderwriter in London Standard for twelve years
contributor to St. James's Gazette, Saturday
Review, Blackwood's and Eraser's Magazines,
Exeter
Trained
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for
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Westminster
Review,
and
Encyclopaedia
Britannica. Publications : Life of Cervantes
and a new translation of Don Quixote, 1894
Cervantes in the Great
History of Spain
Writers Series, etc.
Essay on Quevedo in an
Pablo de Segovia. Reof
illustrated edition
creations : angling, boating, gardening, dogs.
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Bedford
Gardens, Campden
Savile.
[Died 7 Nov. 1904.
Canon of
Robert Rowley ;
Salisbury, 1887. Educ. : University College,
of
Oxford (M.A.). Curate
Madington, Wilts,
Assistant Master, Charterhouse
1854-56
Curate of Charlton-Marshal
School, 1856-62
Vicar of Stour Pame, 1867Dorset, 1862-67
Rector of Steepleton Swerne, 18771902
1902 R.D. Pimperne, 1881-1903. Address :
Bemerton, Salisbury.
[Died 10 Jan. 1911.
at
b.
WATTS-DUNTON, Walter Theodore
St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, 12 Oct. 1832;
m. 1905, Clara Jane, y. d. of Gustave A. Reich,
of Canada Lodge, Putney, and East India
Practised as a solicitor for
Avenue, E.G.
some few years in London, and then devoted
added his mother's
himself to literature
"
Dunton," to his father's, in 1897
name,
critic on the Examiner from 1874
leading
critic on the Athenaeum from 1875 to 1898,
when his connection with all critical journals
for 30 years house-mate with A. C.
ceased
Swinburne. Publications : in the Athenaeum
Address
Hill,
:
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W. Club
WATTS,
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much
he published
of
poetry during twenty
contributed to the Encyclopaedia
years
Britannlca the treatise upon poetry and the
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Life of his father one of the
Appreciations
of Tennyson by his Friends," Jubilee Greeting
at Spithead to the Men of Greater Britain,
and other poems, 1897 ; The Coming of Love
:
Rhona
Boswell's Story, 1897, 9th ed., with
Rossetti's portrait of the author. 1913;
World's
Aylwin, a poetic romance, 1898
illustrated edition,
Classics, edition 1906
with portrait and two appendices, 1913
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re-
the
and Romany Rye, with
gypsies, 1893
and
further reminiscences of Borrow, 1900
Sorrow's Wild Wales in Dent's Everyman's
David
Christinas at the Mermaid
Library
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Gwynn's Story of the Golden Skeleton (with
The
by Herbert Cole), 1901
a treatise on the
Renascence of Wonder
in
Chambers's
romantic movement,
CycloThe
paedia of English Literature, 1903
Work of Cecil Rhodes A Sonnet Sequence,
Studies of Shakespeare in Caxton
1907
edition, and World's Classics edition, 1910
Introductory Essays on Thoreau's Walden,
George Eliot's Silas Marner, Defoe's Captain
illustrations
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Singleton, Charlotte Bronte's The Professor,
Charles Well's Joseph and his Brethren, with
reminiscences of D.lG. Rossetti, in The World's
Swinburne and Charles Dickens,
Classics
1913. Recreations: sea-bathing, and converse
with friends. Address : The Pines, 11 Putney
Hill
[Died 7 June 1914.
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WAUGH,
Rev. Benjamin
b.
;
20 Feb.
Settle,
1839
e. s. of late James Waugh and Mary,
John Harrison of Skipton. Educ. :
Airedale College, Bradford,
private school
at college, 1862Yorks. Business, 1853-62
18G5
Congregational minister, 1865 - 87
for
Board
of
School
member
London, 18701876; promoted the N.S.P.C.C. 1884, Director,
Director
from 1905.
1889-1905 Consulting
Publications : The Gaol Cradle, Who rocks
of
Juvenile
Abolition
for
the
a Plea
it ?
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d. of late
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Sunday Evenings with my
Imprisonment
The Child of Nazareth, etc.
Children
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Reeditor of Sunday Magazine, 1874-96.
creation : gardening. Address : Summerfield
Prince's Road, Weybridge.
[Died 11 March 1908.
WAY, Col. George Augustus, C.B., J.P. b.
March 1837 e. s. of
6
Gt. Yeldham, Essex,
;
;
Rev. C. J. Way and Georgina Augusta, d. of
m. Katherine, d. of Rev. Win.
H. Grover
Joined
Educ. : Eton.
Corbould- Warren.
38th N. I. 1865-68
58th Bengal N. I. 1855
station Staff officer Jubbulpore and Saugor,
officiating 7th N. I. 1877-78;
1868-73;
Assistant Adjut.officiating 4th N. I. 1879
Commandant 7th
Gen. Bengal, 1879-84
Mahsud Waziri Expedition,
B. I. to 1892
Akha Expedition,
1860, medal with clasp
1883-84, mentioned in despatches. PublicaRecreations :
Looshi and Akha.
tions :
[Died 19 Oct. 1899.
shooting, ornithology.
Hon.
Canon
M.A.
John
Rav.
Hugh,
WAY,
Rural Dean of Stapleof Bristol from 1897
e. s. of Rev.
b. 26 July 1834
ton (retired)
H. H. Way of Alderbourne Manor, Bucks, and
m. 1861, Caroline, 2nd d.
Vicar of Henbury
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Sir
Parry, Arctic Ex-
Educ. : Harrow
three s. one d.
plorer
Oriel College, Oxford. Deacon, 1858
Priest,
1859
Vicar of Henbury, Gloucestershire,
Address : Henbury Vicarage,
1860-1906.
Bristol.
[Died 17 Feb. 1912.
Thomas, M.P. (L.) Elland, W. R.
wool merchant for thirtyYorks, 1885-99
b. Halifax, 26 Oct. 1833
five years till 1892
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contributed literary
and George Borrow
essays to Chambers'a Encyclopaedia, Ward's
English Poets, The Nineteenth Century, The
Fortnightly Review, The Quarterly Magazine,
The Magazine of Art, Harper's Magazine, The
Academy, The Bookman, Proceedings of
Gypsy Lore Society, (of which he was at one
wrote for Lord Tennyson's
time President)
edited Lavongro, with introductory
miniscences of George Borrow and
Admiral
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the sonnet, rondeau, etc., and the monograph
on Rossetti, who dedicated his Ballads and
Sonnets to him as his most intimate friend
also wrote in same Encyclopaedia monographs
first
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WAYMAN,
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s.
m. Sarah,
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W. H. Wayman,
of late
James
card maker
;
Halifax, 1856.
private school, Halifax, Yorks.
Address :
of
Halifax, 1872-74.
Educ :
Mayor
of
d.
Ellis,
Oxon.
South Bank, Banbury,
Reform, National Liberal.
Clubs
:
[Died 8 Feb. 1901.
WEARE, Sir Henry Edwin, K.C.B., cr. 1891
Isle
of Wight, 27 Aug.
b.
Lieut.-Gen. retired
2nd s. of Col. Thomas Weare, K.H.,
1825
A.D.C. to the Queen, Hampton House,
m. Charlotte Georgiana, o. d.
Herefordshire
of Rev. Canon Oxenden, Rector of Barham,
and g. d. of Sir Henry Oxenden, 7th Bart.,
32nd Regt.
Educ. : Westminster.
1850.
D.A.A.G. and
Punjab campaign, 1848
Commandant
headquarters in
A.Q.M.G.'s
Col.
in 50th Queen's Own Regt.
Crimea
commanded
50th
and
on Staff
Regt. in New
C.B. 1865
medals,
Zealand, 1863-66
Mooltan, Crimean, Sardinian, Turk's, New
Address :
Zealand, and Knight Medjidie.
6 Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington,
S.W.
[Died 31 Dec. 1898.
WEATHERHEAD, Rev. Robert Johnston,
M.A., Vicar of Seacombe, Cheshire, from 1878
b.
Hon. Canon of Chester Cathedral, 1895
Mhow, India, 11 Nov. 1839 s. of Andrew
Anna
H.E.I.C.S.
m.
Weatherhead, M.D.,
Bagot, d. of Matthew Steele of Liverpool and
Demerara four s. three d. Educ. : privately
Deacon, 1862
Trinity College, Dublin.
curacies in Ireland and Liverpriest, 1863
fourteen years
chaplain in Peru
pool
Chairman of
Chairman of School Board
Governors of Wallasey Grammar School.
Address : Seacombe, Cheshire.
[Died 2 Sept. 1912.
WEBB, Rt. Rev. Allan Becher, D.D. Dean of
b.
1839
of A.
s.
Salisbury from 1901
Webb, M.D., F.R.C.S., Calcutta m. 1867,
two s.
Eliza, d. of Rev. R. B. Bourne
Educ. : C.C.C. Oxford. 1st class Mods. 1860
Fellow of Univ. Coll.,
2nd class Lit. Hum.
ordained by Bishop of Oxford
1863-67
to the Curacy of St. Peter's-in-the-East,
Oxford Vice-Principal of Cuddesdon, 1864
Rector of Avon Dassett, 1867-70. Bishop of
Bishop of GrahamsBloemfontein, 1870-83
assistant Bishop of Moray,
town, 1883-98
Publications : Four Papers on
1898-1900.
AdWoman's Work for Foreign Missions
Presence
dresses on Day of Intercession
The
and Office of the Holy Spirit, 1881
Minister of the True Tabernacle
Thoughts
and Suggestions for the Eve of Ordination,
The Priesthood of the Laity in the
1888
Body of Clirist, 1889 Life of Service before
the Tin-one, 2 vols., 1897
Unveiling of the
With Christ in Paradise
Eternal Word, 1898
:
The
Address
etc.
Deanery, Salisbury.
1898,
[Died 12 June 1907.
Bencher of the
1875
C.
WEBB,
Locock, Q.C.
b. Chard, Somerset,
Middle Temple, 1879
26 Nov. 1822
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(w. died 1894).
schools at Chard and Honiton.
Student at Middle Temple, 1847 Barr. 1850,
autumn Reader and
practised in Equity
Examiner for scholarship in Constitutional
Examiner
and International Law, 1887-92
contested (C.) borough of
in Equity, 1892
Hackney 1868, Bodmin 1865 and 1874.
Publications : Practice of the Supreme Courts
and Appeals to the House of Lords, 1877
and pamphlets on Railways and Ireland,
Mary Ann,
Chard
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widower
private
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WHO WAS WHO,
WEBB
cricket, boating.
1849-52.
Recreations :
Club :
Address : 4 Elm Court, Temple.
Constitutional.
[Died 13 Aug. 1898.
WEBB, Sir Sydney, K.C.M.G. cr. 1889 J.P.,
D.L.
Deputy-Master Trinity
Captain
*. of
b. 28 Jan. 1816 ;
House from 1883
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Rear-Admiral Charles Webb, R.N.
:
private tutors. More varied life up to 1857,
when elected an Elder Brother of Trinity
House
Grand Cross Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Address : RiversRecreation : hard work.
Trinity
Twickenham, Middlesex
dale,
Club : Royal
House, Tower Hill, E.C.
Societies'.
[Died 31 Oct. 1898.
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1897-1916
Bramham Gardens, Kensington, S.W. Clubs :
M.C.C., Surrey Cricket, Queen's, United
University.
[Died 6 Aug. 1902.
WEBSTER, Edmund
Foster, C.I.E. 1888; retired ; s. of late James Webster, D.L. and
J.P. of Hatherley Court, Gloucestershire.
Educ. : Cheltenham College. Secretary to
the Government of Madras in the Revenue
Department, 1881 ; Member of the Madras
Legislative Council, 1883; Chief Secretary
to the Government, and a Fellow of the
Madras University, 1884 Member of Council of the Governor of Fort St.
George,
1886
returned to England, 1886.
Address : Norton Court, Sittingbourne.
Club :
Wellington.
[Died 9 March 1913.
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WEBB, His Honour Thomas E., LL.D. Judge
of the County Court of Donegal, and chairman of Donegal Quarter Sessions b. Corn- WEBSTER, Very Rev.
Dean of
s. of Rev. Thomas Webb
Michael, M.A.
wall, 8 May 1827
;
Reginald Godfrey
the Chapel Royal,
Dublin, from 1905 ; Chaplain to the Household of the Lord-Lieutenant, and Canon oi
St. Patrick's Cathedral;
b. Cork, 5 April
1860 ; e. s. of Rev. George Webster, D.D.,
Chancellor of Cork ; m. 1890, Edith Maud,
Scholar
Oratory in the Historical Society
y. d. of Rev, George A. F. Patton, M.A.,
and Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin ProS t. Peter's, Dublin
one s. Educ. : Charterhouse ; Trinity College, Dublin. Honourfessor of Moral Philosophy in the University,
man in Classics, Mathematics, and Logics ;
1857
Regius Professor of Laws, 1867
Public Orator, 1879
sometime Examiner in
B.A. and Divinity Testimonium, 1883 ; M.A.
Law to the University of New Zealand Irish
1887
ordained 1883
for St. Mary's, Dublin
Barr. 1861
Curate of St. Peter's, Dublin, 1884Q.C. 1874
Judge, 1887
1891 ; Minor Canon of St. Patrick's Cathedral,
Bencher of King's Inns, 1899. Publications :
The Intellectualism of Locke ; The Veil of
1887
Succentor of St. Patrick's and Warden
Isis
a Poetical Translation of Faust
The
of Cathedral School, 1891
Assistant SecreMystery of William Shakespeare a series of
tary of the Association for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, 1892 ; Sub-Dean of
Essays on the Irish Land Question, and Ipse
the Chapel Royal, 1893-1905
L.L.'s InDixit, and The History of an Idea, in answer
to Mr. Gladstone on The question of Home
spector of Incorporated Society's Schools
Address : 5 Mount Street Crescent,
Rule.
Senior Chaplain and Catechist of National
Dublin.
Training Co'lege ; Almoner to the Lord[Died 11 Nov. 1903.
retired
Lieutenant.
Recreation :
Address :
WEBBER, Maj.-Gen. C. E., C.B.
golf.
26 Hatch Street, Dublin.
Royal Engineers and consulting electrical
b. 5 Sept.
engineer
M.Inst.C.E., M.I.E.E.
[Died 17 May 1913.
1838 ; *. of Rev. T. Webber of Leekfleld, Co. WEBSTER, Lieut.-General Thomas Edward,
Indian Army
b. 17 April 1830.
Entered
Sligo, and Mrs. Webber of Kellavil, Athy ;
m. 1st, Hon. A. A. Haubury Tracy; 2nd,
Lieut.-Gen. 1892 ; unemployed
army, 1847
Sarah E., relict of late R. Stainbank. Educ. :
served Sonthal Rebellion, 1855list, 1892
1856 Bhootan Expedition, 1865-66 (medal)
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Commission in the corps of Royal Engineers, 1855.
Afghan War, 1880 (medal). Address: 58
Indian Mutiny, 1857-60 ; sieges, Chandarie,
Grange Park, Baling, W.
Jhansie
battles, Kota ka Serai, Betwa,
[Died 14 Aug. 1909.
Koonch, Calpee, Gwalior, and many minor WEDDERBURN, Henry Scrymgeour, J.P.,
instructor in topography,
D.L.
engagements
Hereditary Standard-bearer of ScotR.M.A. with Prussian Army in 1866 Paris
land ; b. 18 April 1840 ; e. s. of late Frederick
Lewis Scrymgeour, and Hon. Helen Arbuthspecial commission preexhibition, 1867
paratory transport Abyssinian expedition ;
nott, 5th d. of 8th Viscount Arbuthnott
in charge of R.E. postal telegraphs, 1870-79
m. 1869, Juliana, y. d. of Thomas Bradell of
accompanied Sir Garnet Wolseley to South
Coolmelagh, Co. Wexford ; four s. six d.
Heir : s. Lt.-Col. Henry Scrymgeour WedAfrica, A.A. and A.Q.M.G., 1879
Egyptian
Battle of
derburn [b. 28 June 1872 ; m. 1901, Edith,
expedition, 1882, A.A. and Q.M.G.
Tel-el-Kebir
o. d. of J. Moffat ; two s. one d. ].
Address :
A.A.G., Nile expeditions,
1884-85
despatches six times ; mutiny
Birkhill, Cupar, Fife, N.B.
medal and clasp for Jhansie ; African
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1914.
Feb.
[Died
medal and clasp, C.B.
Egyptian expedi- WEDGWOOD, Julia ; d. of Hensleigh Wedgwood (a g. s. of Josiah Wedgwood), niece
tion, 1882, medal and clasp and bronze
founder (with
of Charles Darwin and g. d. of Sir James
star, 3rd class of the Medjidie
late Sir Francis Bolton) and past Pres. of the
Mackintosh. Publications : An Old Debt
Institution of Electrical Engineers.
Pub(Florence Dawson) ; Life of John Wesley,
lications :
on Military subjects (various),
1870; The Moral Ideal, 1888 and 1907;
The Message of Israel, 1894; Nineteenth
Telegraphy, Telephony, and on Electrical
Engineering. Address : 17 Egerton Gardens,
Century Teachers, 1909.
S.W. Club: United Service.
[Died 26 Nov. 1913.
23
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Sept.
WEEDON, Augustus Walford, R.I. (1887) ;
[Died
artist (painter).
Educ : privately. Painter
WEBBER, Rt. Rev. William Thomas Thornhill,
in water-colours mainly ; exhibitor at R.A.,
D.D., Bishop of Brisbane from 1885; b.
Pembroke Coll. Oxford
1837.
Educ. :
ReR.Inst., and many other exhibitions.
Vicar of St. John the Evangelist,
creations :
6
Address :
(M.A.).
cycling.
tennis,
Address : Bishopsbourne,
Carlton Mansions, West End Lane, N.W.
Holborn, 1864-85.
3
Australia.
:
1903.
Club
Arts.
26
1908.
Aug.
[Died
Brisbane,
Apr.
[Died
WEBSTER, Hon. Arthur Harold, Private WEGG-PROSSER, Francis Richard ; b. 19
June 1824
s. of Rev. Dr. Haggitt, Rector
Secretary to Lord Chief Justice ; b. 16
June 1874 ; o. s. of 1st Baron Alverstone ;
of Nuneham Courteney and Prebendary of
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Robert Gilbert, 1849. Educ. :
Kingswood School, and Trinity College,
B.A. 1850; M.A. 1857; LL.D.
Dublin.
Downes
1859 Vice-Chancellor's Prizeman
Gold Medallist for
Divinity Prizeman
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Educ. :
Cheam
Charterhouse
Trinity
Called to Bar,
College, Cambridge (B.A.).
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1899.
nis,
;
Recreations : racquets, bicycling, tenAddress : 28
shooting, fishing.
golf,
Durham, and Lucy,
Kingstreet,
d.
of
Herefordshire
;
Wm.
Parry of
assumed name
of
Wegg-Prosser in consequence of will of
great-uncle, Rev. Dr. Prosser of Belmont,
Herefordshire
;
m. Lady Harriet Catherine,
WHO WAS WHO,
WELLAND
1897-1916
2nd Earl Somers (d. 1893)
two s
one d. Educ. : Eton
Balliol Collegfc, Oxford.
1st class Mathematics (1845).
M.P
County of Hereford, 1847-52. Publication
Galileo and his Judges.
Address : Merry
theorie, 1876 ; Entstehung der Sexualzellen
bei den Hydromedusen, 1883 ; Essays upon
Heredity and kindred biological problems,
1 889 ;
The Germplasm, a theory of heredity,
Club : Carlton.
[Died 16 Aug. 1911.
WEIGALL, Albert Bythesea, C.M.G., 1909;
headmaster, Sydney Grammar School, from
1866
s. of Rev. Edward Weigall, Buxton
m. Ada Frances Raymond.
Educ. : Macclesfield Grammar School
Brasenose College,
Oxford (Scholar, M.A.).
Address: Grammar School, Sydney, Australia.
[Died 20 Feb. 1912.
WEIR, Harrison W., artist, author, and jour
nalist
b. Lewes, Sussex, 5 May 1824
2nd
s. of John Weir and Elizabeth Jenner
m.
of
e.
d.
J.
F.
the
cele1st, Anne,
Herring,
brated racehorse painter, 1845
2nd, Alice
(d. 1898), y. d. of T. Upjohn, M.R.C.S., of
Norfolk
3rd, 1899. Eva, d. of George
Gobell of Worthing, Sussex
one s. Educ.:
Albany Academy, Camberwell. Pupil of
George Baxter to learn process of colour
disliked it, began as an
printing, etc., 1837
artist untaught
first exhibited at British
Institution, oil picture of Wild Duck, 1843
afterwards at Society of British Artists and
The Evolution Theory,
1902, 1904 u. 1913
1904; Charles Darwin, u. sein Lebenswerk,
1909
Die Selectionstheorie, 1909.
Address : Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany
[Died Nov. 1914.
WELBY, John Earle, J.P. b. 1820 e. s. of
d.
of
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House, Hereford.
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the Royal Academy. Many years member
of the New Society of Painters in Water
Colours (afterwards the Institute). Animal
Publications : on
painter and draughtsman.
original staff (last survivor) of Illustrated
London News, Field, Pictorial Times, Pictorial World, Graphic, Black and White,
the author
Poultry, and Stock Keeper, etc.
;
and
illustrator of Poetry of Nature
in the Country ;
Our Cats
Every
and all
about them
Animal Stories, old and new
and Bird Stories, old and new Our Poultry
and all about Them, the writing and illustrating of which occupied his attention for
upwards of 20 years, and for its size was
unique as the work of one man, author and
illustrator, there being over 600,000 words
Day
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of letterpress, 37 richly printed coloured
pictures, and over 350 black and white
drawings, etc. ; designer of race cups, Goodwood, Ascot, etc., for Messrs. Garrard and
Co., over thirty years
judge at Poultry
and Pigeon Shows for over thirty years ;
;
originator of Cat Show at Crystal Palace,
Recreations : gardening,
fruit-growing, horticulture, field naturalist,
poultry -breeding, no games of any sort at
any time. Address : Poplar Hall, AppleClubs : the oldest member of
dore, Kent.
the Savage but three
Whitefriars, Constitutional, Horticultural, Wigwam, Hamburgh, etc.
[Died 3 Jan. 1906.
and judge, 1872.
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WEIR, James
Galloway, M.P. (L.) Ross and
J.P.
b. 1839
s. of
Cromarty from 1892
late James Ross Weir and Margaret, d. of
D. M'Laren; m. 1st, 1863, Mary Anne (d.
1896), d. of late G. Dash, Brighton
2nd,
Educ. : Dollar Acad1898, Marion Jolly.
Address :
4 Frognal, Hampstead,
emy.
N.W. Club : National Liberal.
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D.Bot.
August
D.M., D.Ph.
D.C.L.
Professor of Zoology, Univ. of
b. Frankfurt a.
M.
Freiburg, from 1867
17 Jan. 1834
m. 1867, Marg Gruber one
s.
four d.
Studirte in Gottingen Medicin,
spater bei Leuckart in Giessen Zoologie
Privatdocent at Freiburg, 1863.
Arbeiten :
zuerst
u.
histologischen
entwicklungsgeschichtlichen Inhalts, dann viber Evolutionslehre u. allegmeine biologische Problerne, besonders sexuelle Fortpfianzung u.
die Entwickelung der Dipteren,
Vererbung
1863
Ueber die Berechtigung der Darwin'schen Theorie, 1868
Naturgeschichte der
Daphniden, 1877 ; Studien zur Descendenz-
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Earle Welby, 1st Bt.
m. 1873, Catherine
late
W.
;
Mary, 2nd d. of Rev. George Hutton, Rector
of Gate Burton and Knaith, Lincolnshire.
Educ. : Shrewsbury
Magdalen Coll. Ox;
Publications : Lays of the Belvoir
Address :
Recreation :
hunting.
near Grantham.
Club :
Allington Hall,
Carlton.
[Died 8 May 1905.
WELBY, Rt. Rev. Thomas Earle, 2nd Bishop
ford.
Hunt.
Helena from 1861
b. 1811
2nd s.
William Earle Welby, 2nd Bt.
m.
1837
of
A.
d.
1896).
Mary,
Browne,
(d.
Rector of Newton, Lincolnshire, 1847
Archdeacon of George Town, Cape of Good
Address : James Town, St.
Hope, 1856-61.
of St.
of Sir
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[Died 6 Jan. 1899.
David Nairne, K.C.V.O. cr. 1909
C.V.O. 1902; M.V.O. 1901; b. 26 Oct.
1820
m. 1850, Caroline, d. of late Commander Poole, R.N. Navigating Sub. -Lieut.
Staff Commander, 1863
Staff Cap1843
retired Captain, 1878
comtain, 1871
manded Royal Yachts, Fairy and Alberta,
1848-78.
Address : Virginia Water, Berks.
[Died 1 Feb. 1912.
WELCHMAN, Edward Theodore, D.S.O. 1902
6. 21 July
Capt. West Yorks Regiment
served South
Entered army, 1900
1881.
Africa, 1901-2 (despatches, medal with clasp,
D.S.O.
[Died 25 Oct. 1914.
Helena.
WELCH,
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Sir Anthony Crosdill
b. 16 March 1827
s. of
1723
D.L., J.P.
4th Bt. and d. of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Hockley,
S. father 1858;
m.
Bury-St.-Edmunds
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Elizabeth, d. of late Col. Arthur Kennedy,
Educ. : East India
18th Hussars, 1862.
school, Kensington.
of 16
retired after
Re12 years' service. Owned 2800 acres.
creations :
hunting, shooting (big game).
Address :
Heir :
s.
Anthony, b. 1863.
KilRahinderry, Ballylinan, Queen's Co.
morony, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
[Died 14 Jan. 1900.
Company's preparatory
Madras Army at the age
;
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WELDON,
Col.
9 Sept. 1834
4th Bt.
m.
;
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o. c.
Thomas, C.I.E. 1888, I.A. b.
5th s. of Sir Anthony Weldon,
1865, Helen Rachael Louisa,
;
of late General G.
W. Young Simpson,
two 8. one d. Commissioner of the
R.A.
Madras City Police (retired). Address : 15
Bolton Gardens, S.W.
[Died 9 Nov. 1905.
;
Walter F. R., M.A., F.R.S. Linacre
Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Oxford,
WELDON,
;
Fellow (retired) of St. John's
Jodrel Professor of ComColl. Camb. 1884
parative Anatomy and Zoology, Univ. Coll.
Address : Merton Lea,
1899.
London, to
Oxford.
[Died 14 Apr. 1906.
WELLAND, Rt. Rev. Thomas James, D.D.
of Down,
Episcopal)
Bishop (Protestant
Connor and Dromore (from 1892) b. Dublin,
of Joseph Welland,
s.
31 March 1830;
Dublin
m. Anna, d. of Rev. R. S. Brooke,
Rector of Wyton, Hunts, 1867 (d. 1875)
two s. two d. Educ. : Trin. Coll. Dublin
1st Junior Moderator Mathematics, Divinity
Testimonium 1st class. Ordained 1854
Vicar of PainsCurate of Carlow, 1854-56
Assistant Chaplain Mariners'
town, 1856-58
Clerical Sec.
Church, Kingstown, 1858-62
Assistant
Jews' Society, Ireland, 1862-66
Chaplain Christ Church, Dublin, 1866-70
Incumbent St. Thomas's, Belfast, 1870-92.
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WELLESLBY
Address : Culloden, Craigavad, Co. Down.
Clubs : Ulster, Belfast
University, Dublin.
(Died 29 July 1907.
WELLESLEY, Sir George Greville, G.C.B. cr.
1887
b. 1814
y. s. of late Hon. and Rev.
G. V. Wellesley, D.D., and Emily, d. of 1st
m. Elizabeth Doughty, d.
Earl Cadogan
Entered Navy, 1828
of late R. Lukin, 1853.
1875
Superintendent Portsmouth
Admiral,
Commander-in-Chief
Dockyard, 1865-69
North American Station, 1869, 1873-76
commanded Channel Squadron, 1870 Lord
Address : 17
of the Admiralty, 1877-79.
Club: United Service.
Chester Square, S.W.
[Died 6 Apr. 1901.
WELLESLEY, Lord Richard, Captain, Grena2nd s. of
b. 30 Sept. 1879
dier Guards
4th Duke of Wellington; m. 1908, Louise
Nesta Pamela, o. d. of Sir Maurice Fitzone d. Served South
Gerald, 2nd Bart.
Address: 3 Chester Street,
Africa, 1900.
S.W.
[Died 29 Oct. 1914.
WELLINGTON, 3rd Duke of (cr. 1814), Henry
Baron Mornington,
Wellesley, D.L., J.P.
Viscount
Earl of Mornington
1746
Viscount Wellington of
Wellesley, 1760;
Talavera and Wellington, Somersetshire
Earl of Wellington,
Baron Douro, 1809
Feb. 1812
Marquess of Wellington, Oct.
Conde do
1812
Marquess of Douro, 18J4
Vimiero, 1811
Marquez de Torres Vedras
and Duque da Vittoria, 1812, Portugal
Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo and a Grandee
of 1st Class, 1812, Spain
Prince of Waterloo,
1815.
Lieut.-Col. Grenadier Guards, retired
1882
Hon. Col. 2nd Brig. S. Division R.A.
from 1884; Hon. Col. 3rd and 4th Batts.
Duke of Wellington's W. Riding Yorkshire
Regt. from 1886 [Robert Cowley became
his s.
Privy Councillor under Henry VIII.
became Solicitor-General and SurveyorGeneral in Ireland
his g.s. became Seneschal of King's County
1st Baron Mornington succeeded to the Wesley estates, his
aunt having m. Garret Wesley, and assumed
the name of Wesley or Wellesley, 1728;
2nd Baron became 1st Earl of Mornington
2nd Earl overthrew Tippoo Sahib and the
Sultanate of Mysore, 1799 became Marquess
of Wellesley and twice Vice-Viceroy of
Ireland
his next b. became 3rd Earl
5th
Earl was succeeded in his titles by 2nd
Duke 1st Duke, the hero of Assaye, 1803,
and conqueror of Napoleon, was Arthur,
3rd s. of 1st Earl he was Prime Minister,
1828-30 (d. 1852); Waleran de Wellesley
was a Justice in Ireland, 1261
his g.s.
his descendant was Garret
Justice in 1337
or Gerald Wellesley or Wesley mentioned
above] b. Apsley House, 5 April 1846 2nd
s. of Maj.-Gen. Lord Charles Wellesley, M.P.
(2nd s. of 1st Duke), and Augusta, o. c. of Rt.
Hon. Henry Manvers-Pierrepoint (3rd s. of
1st E. Manvers)
S. u. 2nd Duke, 1884
m.
Evelyn, d. of late Col. Thomas Peers
Williams,M.P.,Temple House, Berkshire, 1882.
Educ. : Eton. M.P. (C.) Andover, 1874-80.
Owned about 19,200 acres. Heir : b. Lord
Arthur Charles Wellesley.
Address : Apsley
W.
House,
Piccadilly,
Strathfleldsaye
Berkshire.
Clubs : Carlton,
House, Mortimer,
Guards'.
[Died 8 June 1900.
cr.
WELLS, Sir Arthur Spencer, 2nd Bt.
1883
[1st Bt. was Sir Thomas Spencer
the
eminent
1866
S.
b.
Wells,
surgeon]
father 1897.
Educ. : Wellington
Trin.
Coll. Cainb.
to
Chancellor
private secretary
of Exchequer (Sir William Harcourt), 18931895 contested Gloucester (L.) 1895. Heir
none. Club : Travellers'.
[Died 31 March 1906,
WELLS, Henry Tanworth, Royal Academician
from 1870
b. London, 12 Dec. 1828
o. s.
of Henry Tanworth and Charlotte Wells
m. 1857, Joanna Mary Boyce (herself an
Art
schools
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studentship in Paris and London. Commenced exhibiting at R.A., 1846 practised
portraiture exclusively as a miniature painter
until 1861, when oil painting of the Volunteer
Colonel, Lord Ranelagh, was exhibited ;
elected A.R.A. 1866;
acted as Deputy
President during Lord Leighton's absence
from England in ill health, 1895. Publicaminiatures extending over many
tions :
amongst the oil paintings, and the
years
succession of portraits exhibited, may be
mentioned Group of Portraits at Table,
Tableau Vivant, 1865
1862
Volunteers
at a Firing Point, 1866
Earl and Countess
Spencer and their friends at Wimbledon
and Letters and News at the Lochside, 1868 ;
Lord Chancellor Hatherley in procession
Victoria
through the House of Lords, 1870
the
1880
Regina,
Queen's Accession,
Courts
Opening by the Queen of the New
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Holmbury, St. Mary,
Dorking.
Athenaeum.
[Died 16 Jan. 1903.
of Justice, 1887, etc.
to Grillion's Club, 1870.
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WELLS-COLE,
Yorkshire
Officer
Lieut.-Col. Henry, D.S.0. 1899
General Staff
Light Infantry
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9 May
Wells-Cole, of
b.
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1864; s. of late William
Educ. : Royal MiliFenton, Lincolnshire.
tary College, Sandhurst. Joined 2nd Batt.
King's Own Yorks Light Infantry, 1884
served in expedition on NorthAdjt. 1897
West Frontier of India, 1897-98, and was
in
action
in the Shin Kamar Pass
present
on 29 Jan. 1898 (despatches, D.S.O., medal
with two clasps) served South Africa, 18991902, as Adjutant 2nd King's Own (Yorkshire L.I.) to 25 Jan. 1900, as Assistant
Provost-Marshal to April 1900, and as
ComD.A.A.G. April 1900 to Sept. 1902
pany Commander, Roy. Mil. Coll., 1903-8
took part in the advance on Kimberley,
actions
at
including
Belmont,
Enslin,
Modder River, and Magersfontein
commanded battalion at the actions near Lindley,
the capture of Bethlehem, Slabbert's Nek,
and the surrender of Commandant Prinsloo
(despatches, brevet of Major, Queen's medal
with 4 clasps, King's medal with 2 clasps,
placed in list of officers considered qualified
for staff employment in consequence of
service on the Staff in the Field)
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Clubs : Naval and Military.
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[Died 30 Apr. 1914.
WELMAN,
Maj.-Gen. William Henry Bowling
Reeves, C.B. 1879 ; b. 10 Oct. 1828 ; s. of
late Major Harvey Welman of the 57th
Regiment, a Peninsular officer who saw much
service, 1809-15, present at many battles
and sieges
m. 1857, Sarah, d. of Ralph
Hincks of Suir View, Co. Waterford. Educ.:
Entered service, 1847
Australia.
Captain,
1857
Colonel,
Major, 1865 ; Lt.-Col. 1875
1882 ;
1880
retired as Major- General,
served in India, China, Australia, and the
Cape commanded 99th Regiment throughout the Zulu War. Decorated for service in
the field in the Zulu War.
Address : Ardvarne, Godalming, Surrey.
[Died 9 Dec. 1906.
WEMYSS, 10th Earl of (cr. 1633), Francis
A.D.C. to
Charteris, G.C.V.O., cr. 1909;
the King ;
D.L. ;
LL.D. Edin. Baron
Wemyss, 1628; Lord Elcho and Methel,
1633 ; Earl of March, Viscount Peebles,
Baron of Neidpath, Lyne, Munard, 1697
Baron Wemyss (U.K.),
1821.
EnsignHon.
General Royal Company of Archers
Col. of 7th Middlesex (London Scottish),
1878-1900 Commander of Legion of Honour
[Sir David of Wemyss was appointed one
of the two attendants on Margaret Maid of
Norway during her journey to Scotland,
1290 ; Sir John (d. 1428) requested \Vyntoun
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1st Earl received
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but became a
I.,
3rd Earl m. Anne Douglas,
d. of 1st Duke of Queensberry, and s. of 1st
Earl of March
he became Lord High Admiral of Scotland and a Commissioner for
concluding the Union of 1707 ; 4th Earl m.
Janet, heiress of Colonel Francis Charteris.
1720; his e. s. was a Jacobite and attainted];
b. 4 Aug. 1818
s. of 8th Earl and Louisa,
d. of 2nd Earl Lucan
S. father 1883
m.
1st, Anne, d. of 1st Earl of Lichfield, 1843
(d. 1896)
2nd, 1900, Grace, d. of late Major
Blackburn, and niece of late Lord Blackburn;
two s. two d. Educ. : Edinburgh Academy;
Eton
Christ Church, Oxford (B.A.).
M.P.
East Gloucestershire, 1841-46 ; Haddingtonshire, 1847-83 ; Lord of Treasury, 1852-55.
Publication : The New War Office, 1899.
Owned about 62,000 acres. Heir : s. Lord
Elcho.
Address : 23 St. James's Place,
S.W.
Gosford House and Amisiield House,
Haddington Elcho Castle, Perth Neidpath
Castle and Hay Lodge, Peebles
Stanway
Club: Carlton.
Hall, Moreton-in-the-Marsh.
[Died 30 June 1914.
WEMYSS, Randolph Gordon Erskine, J.P.,
D.L.
e.
of late James Hay Erskine
s.
Wemyss, M.P., and Millicent Ann Mary,
m. 1st,
y. d. of Hon. John Kennedy Erskine
1884, Lady Lilian Mary, o. d. of 14th Marquess
of Winchester
2nd, 1898, Lady Eva Cecilia
Margaret Wellesley, o. d. of 2nd Earl Cowley.
Address : Wemyss Castle, Wemyss, Fife
Torrie House. Dunfermline, N.B. ; Balfour,
Club : Royal Yacht SquadMarkinch, N.B.
ron, Cowes.
[Died 17 July 1908.
WENDOVER, Viscount ; Albert Edward Samuel
Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, Lieut.
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[Died 19 May 1915.
Puisne
WENDT, Henry Lorenz,
Judge of
Supreme Court of Ceylon, 1901-10 b. 1858
m. 1899, Amelia, d. of J. H. de Saram, Karidy;
two s. Educ. :
St.
Thomas' College,
Colombo. Advocate, 1880; M.L.C., 18951900
acted as Solicitor-General. 1897
and
called to Bar,
Attorney-General, 1900-1901
PublicaGray's Inn, 1901
retired, 1910.
Law Reports. Address : Fountain
tion :
House, Colombo. Club : Royal Societies.
[Died 21 Nov. 1911.
WERE, Rt. Rev. Edward Ash, D.D., Bishop
of
from 1909
Stafford
Canon
(Suffragan)
ArchResidentiary of Lichfield from 1909
deacon of Derby from 1901
b. Clifton, 14
Nov. 1846
y. s. of Thomas Bonville Were,
Clifton
m. Julia (d. 1909), d. of T. Miller,
Barrow
two s. two d. Educ. : Rugby
New College, Oxford. Assistant Master,
Winchester College, 1870-80;
Vicar of
North Bradley, Wilts, 1880-85
Chaplain
to Bishop of Southwell, 1885-89
Vicar of
St. Werburgh's, Derby, 1889-1900; Bishop
Address : The
Suffragan of Derby, 1889.
Club : St. Stephen's.
Close, Lichfield.
[Died 8 Apr. 1915.
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Sir Julius
1st Bt.
Charles,
cr.
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member of Wernher, Beit, and Com1905
b.
pany, 1 London Wall Buildings, E.C.
Darmstadt, 1850 m. 1888, Alice S. Mankiewicz
three s.
Recreations : riding, shootHeir :
d'art.
s.
collecting
objets
ing,
Derrick Julius, b. 7 June 1889.
Address :
Bath House, Piccadilly, W. Clubs: Carlton,
Cosmopolitan, Arts, Marlborough.
[Died 21 May 1912.
WEST, Leonard R., J.P. Hants b. 30 Sept.
1859
Roberts West,
s.
of late James
J.P., D.L., Gloucestershire, of Alscot Park,
Educ. : Eton
Christ
Stratford-on-Avon.
Church, Oxford. Rowed in the Eton Eight at
was Captain of the
Henley, 1878 and 1879
Boats at Eton, and stroke of the Eight, 1879;
rowed stroke of the Oxford Eight, 1880, 1881,
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rowed in the
1883, winning each year
Leander Eight at Henley, winning the grand
also won
challenge, in 1880, in record time
the Sculls at Eton, 1878, and the Pairs at
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Mount House, Hythe,
ing.
Hants.
Clubs :
Royal Yacht Squadron,
Cowes Royal Dorset Yacht Hythe Yacht,
Vice-Commodore.
[Died 26 Oct. 1910.
1888
cr.
WEST, Sir Raymond, K.C.I.E.
LL.D. ; Vice-President Royal Asiatic Soc.
sometime Reader
Indian Law, Camb.
Univ. ; b. 1832
s. of late Frederick West
and Frances, d. of Richard Raymond,
m. 1st, 1867,
Ballybennion, Co. Kerry
Clementina Fergusson (d. 1896) d. of W. M.
Chute, of Chute Hall, Co. Kerry
2nd, 1901,
Annie Kirkpatrick, e. d. of Surg.-Gen.
Henry Cook, M.D., of Priors, Mesne, Lydney,
Gloucester.
Educ. : Queen's Coll. Galway.
Entered Indian C.S. 1856 ; Judge of High
member of BomCourt, Bombay, 1871-73
1892.
bay Government, 1887
retired,
Publications : The Bombay Code
Hindu
Law. Address : Chesterfield, College Road,
Norwood, S.E. Club : East India United
Service.
[Died 8 Nov. 1911.
WESTALL, William, novelist b. White Ash,
1834
7
Feb.
s. of John Westall,
Lancashire,
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cotton spinner, White Ash and Stanhill
House. Educ. :
Liverpool High School.
editor
Engaged in business ; journalist
and part proprietor of Swiss Times foreign
correspondent of the Times and Daily News;
travelled in North and South America, West
Publications : Tales and TraIndies, etc.
ditions of Saxony and Lusatia, 1877 ; In
Tropic Seas, 1878 ; Larry Lohengrin, 1879
The Old Factory, 1881 ; Red Ryvington.
1882 ;
Two
Ralph Norbreck's Trust
Pinches of Snuff
Her Two Millions
The
Phantom City A Queer Race Birch Dene
Crimes
Nigel Fortesque
Strange
Roy of
For Honour and Life
Trust
Roy's Court
Sons
of
Belial
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the
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The Sacred Crescents. Recreations : skating,
Address : Rydal, Worthing. Clubs :
cycling.
Savage, Whitefriars
County, Worthing.
[Died 9 Sept. 1903.
Rev. Brooke Foss, D.D.
Hon. D.C.L. Oxford Hon. Fellow of Trin.
and King's Colls. Camb. Bishop of Durham
b. 1825.
Educ. : Trin. Coll.
(from 1890)
Camb. 23rd Wrangler and 1st class Classical
Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb. 1849
Tripos.
Assistant Master, Harrow, 1852-69
Canon
of Peterborough, 1869-83
Regius Professor
of Divinity, Camb.
Canon
of
1870-90;
Fellow of King's
Westminster, 1883-90
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1882.
Publications
College,
Cambridge,
Elements of Gospel Harmony (Norrisian
1851
of
the
New
Testament
History
Essay),
Characteristics
Canon, 1855, 6th ed. 1889
of the Gospel Miracles (Sermons preached
Introbefore the Univ. of Camb.), 1859
duction to the Study of the Gospels, 1860,
8th ed. 1894 The Bible in the Church, 1864,
The Gospel of the Resurrec9th ed. 1885
History of the
tion, 1866, 7th ed. 1891
On the
English Bible, 1869, 2nd ed. 1879
Religious Office of the Universities, 1873
The Revelation of the Risen Lord, 5th ed.
Some Thoughts from the Ordinal,
1891
1884
Epistles of St. John, with Notes and
Essays 3rd ed. 1885 The Paragraph Psalter,
The
arranged for Choirs, 2nd ed. 1892
Revelation of the Father, 2nd ed. 1887
Christus Consummator, 3rd ed. 1887 ; The
Gifts
Victory of the Cross, 2nd ed. 1889
for Ministry (Ordination Addresses), 1889
The Epistle to the Hebrews, The Greek
Text, with Notes and Essays, 2nd ed. 1892 ;
From
The Historic Faith, 4th ed. 1890
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Strength to Strength, Three Sermons on
Stages in a Consecrated Life, by the late
Bishop Lightfoot, 1890; Social Aspects of
The
1887, 2nd ed. 1888
Christianity,
Gospel of Life, 1893, 2nd ed. 1894; The
Common Life, 1893
Incarnation and
Lessons of the Revised Version of the New
Christian Aspects
Testament, 3rd ed. 1898
contributor to the
of Life, 2nd ed. 1897
Speaker's Commentary (Gospel of St. John);
The New Testament in the Original Greek,
with Introduction and Appendix (jointly
with Dr. Hort), 2 vols. 1881, smaller ed. 1885.
Address: Auckland Castle, Bishop- Auckland.
[Died 27 July 1901.
Architect and
WESTCOTT, J. B., M.V.O.
Surveyor, H.M. Office of Works, Storey's
[Died 16 Dec. 1907.
Gate, S.W.
WESTINGHOUSE, George, engineer, inventor
Central
b.
and manufacturer
Bridge,
Schoharie Co., N.Y., 6 Oct. 1846; s. of
George Westinghouse, manufacturer of agrim. 1867, Marguerite
cultural machinery ;
one s. Educ. : public
Erskine Walker
and high schools and Union College (Ph.D.
Served U.S. Volunteers (12th N.Y.
1890).
National Guard and 16th N.Y. Cavalry),
Assistant Engineer U.S. Navy,
1863-64
invented a device for replacing
1864-65
derailed steam cars, 1865
patented his
invention of the air brake, 1868
applied
pneumatic devices to switching and signalling,
greatly increasing efficiency ; also utilised
through this
electricity in this connection
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introduced and developed in
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alternating-current
machinery
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which made possible the utilisation of
alternating current for power purposes
built the first ten great dynamos at Niagara,
the dynamos for the Elevated and Subway
Roads in New York, and for the Metropolitan
devised a complete
Railway of London
system for controlling natural gas and
conveying it through pipe lines for long
and thereby established the
distances,
practicability of utilising natural gas as fuel
in homes, mills, and factories, which did
much to establish the supremacy of Pittsburg in the manufacture of iron, steel, and
also took a foremost part in developglass
ing gas engines, and in adapting steam
turbines to electric driving
founded great
works at Wilmerding, East
Pittsburg,
and Trafiord, Pa., U.S.A.
Swissvale,
facilities in
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Manchester and London;
St. Petersburg, Vienna
and Vado Italy
the works of the British
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company at Manchester are a reproduction,
nearly as large, of the great works at East
Pittsburg ; they represented the carrying
out of American methods by British managers
and workmen ; they employed about 6000
hands
President of thirty corporations,
with an aggregate capital of one hundred
and twenty millions of dollars, and giving
work to about 50,000 employees President
The American Society of Mechanical Enginreceived decorations of Legion
eers, 1910
of Honour
and
Royal Crown of Italy
Edison Gold Medal,
Leopold of Belgium
1912
Crashof Gold Medal, 1913
hon.
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Q.C. and Bencher of Lincoln's Inn,
Honorary LL.D. Edinburgh, 1877 ;
Essex, Romford Division, 1885 ;
Hon. D.C.L. Oxon. 1908
Professor of
International Law University of Cambridge,
1854
1874
M.P.
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1888-1908;
of
members
United
for
Kingdom
of International Court of Arbitration under the Hague Convention, 1900-1906
Hon. President of the Institute of .International Law
Japanese Order of Risiiig
Sun (2nd class) Commendatore of the Iron
Crown (Italy). Publications : A Treatise on
Private International Law, or the Conflict
of Laws, 1858 ;
2nd edition, entirely re3rd edition, 1890: 4th
written, 1880;
5th edition, 1912
edition, 1905
Chapters
on the Principles of International Law,
1894 ; International Law, Part I. Peace,
Part II. War, 1907.
1904, 2nd edition, 1910
Address : The River House, 3 Chelsea Em;
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WESTLAND, Sir James, K. C.S.I. cr. 1895
LL.D.
b. Dundee, 14 Nov. 1842
s. of
James Westland, banker m. Mildred, d. of
Surgeon-Major C. J. Jackson, 1874. Educ.:
Aberdeen
Aberdeen University
Wimbledon School. Entered Bengal Civil Service
at open competition, 1861
arrived in India,
1862
served first in district appointments
from 1870 onwards in Financial Department
Comptroller-General, 1880-85 temporary Member of Council, 1887-88 resigned
Civil Service, 1889
Financial Member of
Council of Governor- General of India, 18931898, resigned, and appointed to Council of
India 1899.
Address : India Office, S.W.;
The Yarrows, Camberley.
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Bt. 1662
Lupus Grosvenor, P.C., K.G.
Baron Grosvenor, 1761
Earl Grosvenor
and Viscount Belgrave, 1764
Marquess of
Westminster, 1831
High Steward of Westminster
Lord-Lieutenant of London from
Hon.
1889, and of Cheshire from 1883
Col. 13th Middlesex R.V.
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Richard, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
m. 1st, Constance, 4th d. of
2nd Duke of Sutherland, 1852 (d. 1880);
2nd, Catherine Cavendish, d. of 2nd Baron
Chesham, 1882. Formerly a Whig, now a
Liberal Unionist.
Balliol
Educ. : Eton
Coll. Oxford.
M.P. Chester, 1847-68 Master
of the Horse, 1880-86.
Owned about 30,000
acres in Cheshire and Flintshire, and 600
acres in London
Grosvenor House Gallery,
founded 1770
many racehorses. Recreations :
riding,
shooting, Eaton breeding
Heir :
stud.
Viscount
Belsrave.
g.s.
Address : Grosvenor House, London Eaton
Clubs :
Hall, Chester; Hal kin, Flintshire.
Brooks's, Travellers'.
[Died 22 Dec. 1899.
WESTROPP, Maj.-Gen. Roberts Michael,
Indian Army
b. 1824
m. d. of General
Twemlow. Maj.-Gen. 1876. Address: 12
Clarence Parade, Southsea.
[Died 10 Feb. 1910.
WHARNCLIFFE, 1st Earl of (cr. 1876), Edward
Montagu Granyille Montagu Stuart Wortley
Mackenzie
Baron
Viscount Carlton, 1876
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of Hon. James Stuart, 2nd s. of John, :5rd
Earl of Bute
his mother was d. and heiress
of Edward and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu,
and the Wortley estates were settled on the
2nd s. of the Earl of Bute]; b. 16 Dec.
1827
e. s. of 2nd Baron and 3rd d. of 1st
Sixth Wrangler
sixth in first-class Classical
m. Alice, d. of
Tripos ; Fellow, 1851-60
Thomas Hare, 1864. Barr. Lincoln's Inn,
m.
Earl of Harrowby
S. father 1855
Susan, d. of 3rd Earl of Hare wood, 1855.
Broad Church ; Conservative. Educ. : Eton.
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Advancement of Science
second recipient
of John Fritz medal.
Address : Pittsburg,
Pa., U.S.A.
[Died 12 March 1914.
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WESTLAKE,
withiel,
K.C., LL.D.
Cornwall, 4 Feb. 1828.
Trinity
College,
John,
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Cambridge
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b.
(B.A.),
Lost-
Educ.
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Wharncliffe,
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Owned
about 33,000 acres
mines ;~ pictures by Sir
Joshua Reynolds, Romney, Burne-Jones,
Recreations : in early life shootPoynter.
Heir : n. Commander
ing and travelling.
Francis John Montagu Stuart Wortley, R.N.
Address : Wortley Hall, Sheffield
Simonstone Hall
Wharncliffe
Hawes, Yorks
Clubs : CarlHouse, Curzon Street, S.W.
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[Died 13 May 1899.
WHARTON, Rt. Hon. John Lloyd, P.C. 1897
Chairman .North-Eastern
J. P., D.L., D.C.L.
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John
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o. s. of late
Jerusalem
J. T. Wharton, Dryburn, Durham
m. Susan
Frances (d. 1872), d. of Rev. A. D. Shafto,
one d. Educ. : Eton
1870
Trinity Coll.
Cambridge. Barr. Inner Temple, 1882 M.P.
Durham, 1871-74; M.P. (C.) Yorkshire W.
Address :
Riding, E. (Ripon), 1886-1906.
Bramham, Yorkshire
Dryburn, Durham
1C King Street, St. James's, W.
Clubs :
Oxford and Cambridge, Carlton.
[Died 11 July 1912.
b.
WHEELER, General Joseph
Augusta,
m. Domella Jones.
Georgia, 10 Sept. 18:36
Educ. : Military Academy at West Point.
2nd Lieut. U S. Cavalry, 1st Lieut. Con;
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12 and 13 Nov.
commanded in expedition
to San Miguel de Camiling, 22 to 26 Nov.,
the enemy retreating as approached by our
also commanded expedition to
troops
Sulipa, 29 Nov., and expedition to San
and
Ignacia
by direcMoriones, 3 to 6 Dec.
tion of the President, made an inspection of
the Island of Guam, 8 to 12 Feb. 1900;
Brig. -General U.S. regular army, 16 June
1900
in command of the Department of
the Lakes, at Chicago, 111., 1900
lawyer
and planter
member of the 47th, 49th,
50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th
Congress (senior member of Congress on the
Democratic side of the House)
Degree of
LL.D. conferred by Georgetown College,
1899
member of Society of Colonial Wars,
Society of Foreign Wars, Society of Sons of
the Revolution, Society of Sons of the War
of 1812, Society of Santiago, and Naval and
Military Order of the Spanish-American War
Regent Smithsonian Institute, 1886-1900
member Board of Visitors to Military
Academy, 1887, 1893, and 1895 ; VicePubPresident, 1887, and President, 1895.
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of
Kentucky Campaign, 1862, Century
series ;
Military History of Alabama and
Accounts of battles in which Alabama
Soldiers Engaged ; History of the Santiago
Campaign, 1898 ; History of Cuba, 1496 to
1899 ;
published volumes of Wheeler's
and Corps Commander
Lieutenant-Gen.
wounded three times, 16 horses shot under
him; 8 of his staff officers killed and 32
wounded received the thanks of the Confederate Government for skill and gallantry
in battle, and specially thanked by State of
South Carolina for his brave and successful
defence of the City of Aiken
was distinguished and commended by his commanding generals for gallantry and skill in
Speeches, 47th Congress, 1883, 49th Congress,
1886, 50th Congress, 1888, 51st Congress,
1890, 52nd Congress, 1892, 53rd Congress,
1894, 54th Congress, 1896, 55th Congress,
1898
History of and Effect upon Civilisation of Wars of the Nineteenth Century
Monograph of the Lives of Admiral Dewey,
William McKinley, Stonewall Jackson, and
Theodore Roosevelt the typical American
the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Ring Gold,
Dalton,
Resacca,
Adairsville,
Cassville,
Pickets Mill, Kennasaw, Peach Tree Creek,
Decatur, the several battles around Atlanta
and the battles of Averysboro and Bentonalso commanded in some fifty very
ville
considerable cavalry battles and hundreds
of minor combats, and commanded the Confederate Cavalry, which daily fought Gen.
Sherman in his campaign from Atlanta to
other periodicals.
U.S.A.
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Address : Wheeler, Ala.,
[Died 25 Jan. 1906.
articles
Rev. Thomas Littleton, M.A.
of Worcester Cathedral, 1906
30 April 1834: s. of Thomas Littleton
and Rosa Elizabeth Wheeler
three s. one
Worcester College,
Educ. : privately
d.
Oxford. 1st Class Mathematics in Moderations and the Final School;
B.A. 1856;
M.A. 1859
Deacon, 1857
Priest, 1858
Licensed Curate of St. Michael's, Tenbury,
Savvannah and from Savvannah through
1857-60; Assistant Curate of St. Martin's,
South and North Carolina
Incumbent of Holy
Major-General
Worcester, 1860-66
U.S. Volunteers, 1898
landed at Daiquiri,
Diocesan InTrinity, Worcester, 1866-71
Cuba, 22 June 1898
planned and comspector of Schools for the Archdeaconry of
manded in battle of Las Guasimas, 24 June
Diocesan Inspector for
Salop, 1871-74
Assistant
Diocese of Hereford, 1875-83
engaged in battle of San Juan, 1-2 July in
command of Cavalry Division,' 5th Corps, in
Diocesan Inspector for Diocese of Worcester,
1893-99
Hon. Treasurer of Church EducaCuba, 22 June to surrender of Santiago, 17
tion Society for Archdeaconry of Worcester,
July 1898 (commended in General Orders of
4 July 1898, 5th Army Corps, for gallantry
Address :
Recreations :
billiards.
1900.
and skilful conduct in said battle) engaged
Bromwich House, Worcester. Clubs: Junior
in all the conflicts in front of Santiago
Conservative Worcester.
senior member of the commission which
[Died 28 July 1910.
cr. 1660
negotiated the surrender of the Spanish WHELER, Sir Trevor, llth Bt.
b.
army and the city of Santiago to the AmeriCol. Bengal Staff Corps, retired 1873
can army in command of troops at Montauk
12
March
1828
S. father
Muttra, E. India,
Point, Long Island, 1898; of 4th Army
1878; m. Cordelia (d. 1883), d. of Maj.
en route to
John Scott, 1852. Served in Sutlej camCorps, Huntsville, Ala., 1898
of 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,
Burmese War, 1852-53 Capt.
Manila, 1899
paign, 1846
8th Corps, in Luzon, Philippine Islands,
Indian
1st
European Fusiliers, 1856
1900
Central India, 1863
engaged in and commanded troops in
Mutiny, 1858-59
skirmishes with the enemy, under the inStaff
1865-66
Maj.
Corps. 1866.
Bhootan,
Address : 27
Heir : s. Edward, b. 1857.
surgent general, Tomas Mascardo, at Santa
9
and
16
commanded
the
force
Vernon
Rita,
Sept.
Terrace, Brighton.
which carried the enemy's entrenchments at
[Died 10 Jan. 1900.
cr. 1660
Porac, 28 Sept., and was in immediate com- WHELER, Sir Edward, 12th Bt.
mand on the field in the engagements at
Major (2nd in command) 2nd Batt. Royal
11
and
16
Oct.
was
also
of llth
5
1857
s.
b.
Dec.
Sussex
Angeles,
engaged
Regt.
in and commanded in several minor affairs,
Bt. and Cordelia, d. of Maj. John Scott
10 to 20 Oct. inclusive
commanded brigade
m. 1884, Mary Leontine, d.
.S. father 1 900
in the advance upon Mabalacat, 8 Nov., and
Entered
of Sir Richard Wood, G.C.M.G.
in the attack upon and capture of Bamban,
Army, 1879 Capt. 1884. Heir : s. Trevor
11 Nov., and in the advance upon Tarlac,
Wood, b. 1889.
[Died 11 Aug. 1903.
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WHBTTNALL
WHETTNALL,
Baron Edward Charles Stephen,
commander of the Order of Leopold, Grand
Cross of St. Gregory, Jubilee Medal, 1898,
etc. ;
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary for Belgium at the Court of
James from 1894 b. July 1840 at Liege,
e. s. of Baron Charles Whettnall
Belgium
and Laura, Baroness Travers and of Gever.
St.
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Educ. : Liege University. Doctor of Law
in Belgium, and doctor of Political Sciences,
candidate in Natural Sciences
attache" of
Legation in London, 1863 ; councillor in
1880
minister in Morocco, 1884 ; minister
in Rome,
1888.
Recreations :
shooting,
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Address : London, 18 Harphotography.
Chateau de Nieuvenrington Gardens, S.W.
Clubs : Athehoven, St. Trond, Belgium.
naeum, Maryborough, Travellers', Bachelors',
Junior United Service, Caledonian, St.
;
James's.
[Died 28 March 1903.
Rt. Rev. Henry Benjamin, D.D.,
b. Adams,
Bishop of Minnesota
New York, 1823 s. of Hon. John H. and
Elizabeth W. Whipple
m. Cornelia, d. of
Hon. Benjamin Wright, New Yprk, and
WHIPPLE,
LL.D.
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Evangeline, only d. of Dr. Francis Marrs,
Massachusetts.
Educ. : private schools of
New York, and studied under Rev. W. D.
Wilson, D.D., of Cornell University ; degrees
D.D. from Hobart and Racine Colleges,
and Durham University, England, and LL.D.
from University of Cambridge England
degree of D.D. Oxford, England. Ordained
of
;
1849
consecrated
priest, 1850
Bishop of Minnesota, Richmond, Virginia,
in 1859, over a diocese of 81,259 square
deacon,
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laid the corner-stone of his cathedral,
Protestant cathedral in United States,
established the Free Church
Faribault, 1862
system in Chicago ; was founder and builder
of Shattuck Military School, St. Mary's Hall,
and Seabury Divinity School, Faribault;
founded hospitals and other institutions ;
in 1871 was offered by the Archbishop of
Canterbury the bishopric of the Hawaiian
Islands
was a recognised authority on all
to the Indian problem ;
questions relating
known as " The Apostle to the Indians "
was a member of important Indian Commissions sent by Government to make
treaties ; struggled successfully against the
iniquitous system carried out by the Indian
agents of the Government ; he was a trustee
of the Peabody Board for educational work
in the South ; he was Chaplain-General of
the societies of the Sons of the Revolution
and the Colonial Wars of the United States
he preached the opening sermon of the
Lambeth Conference in 1888 ; preached and
miles
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and acted as presiding Bishop of the American Church at Lambeth Conference of 1897
he did much for the elevation of coloured
race in the South
preached the sermon at
the Centenary Anniversary of the organisation of the Prot. Epis. Church of America
in New York City, Oct. 1889 ; preached the
Memorial Sermon following the unveiling of
Tennyson Monument at the Isle of Wight,
1891 by invitation of the Church Missionary
Society of England, and Board of Missions
in America, attended Centenary of the C M.S.
in London in 1899 as representative of the
Epis. Church in America, and delivered
addresses
in 1900, by request, made an
official visit to Porto Rico to examine the
island, its social and religious conditions,
with a view to establishing the Church
held first Protestant public service
there
held in Cuba in 1870. Publications : Sermons, Addresses, Charges, and Letters on
the Indian question
Lights and Shadows
of a long Episcopate, 1900.
Recreation :
Address : See House, Faribault,
angling.
Minnesota, U.S.A.
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WHISTLER,
Rev. Charles Watts, M.R.C.S.
L.S.A.
Rector of Cheselboume,
b. Hollington Rectory,
Dorset, from 1909
14
Nov.
1856
e. s. of Rev. II. F.
Hastings,
Whistler, M.A., J.P., late Rector of Elton
m. Georgiana Rosalie Shapter, 2nd d. of
W. J. S. Strange, Leamington, 1886 four
d.
Educ. : Merchant Taylors' School
St.
Thomas's Hospital
Emmanuel College,
Cambridge member and Local Secretary of
Somerset Archaeological Society, Society of
Authors, Dorset Field Club, Viking Clnb,
etc.
Historical Referee, Empire Pageant,
1911 ; Surgeon at Bures, Suffolk, 1881-84 ;
Surgeon, 6th W. Suffolk Volunteers; took
Holy Orders, Liverpool, 1884-85 ; Chaplain
1885-87
Hastings Fishermen's Church,
Vicar of Theddlethorpe, Lines.
Rector of
Vicar of Stockland, BridgElton, 1887-95
Publications : A Thane
water, 1895-1909.
of Wessex, 1895
Wulfric the Weapon
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King Olaf's Kinsman, 1897 ;
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Alfred's Viking, etc. 1898 ; The Story
King
of Havelock, 1899
Ethandune, etc., 1901
For King or Empress
Gerald the Sheriff,
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A
1904
A
A Sea Queen's
Comrade, 1905
A
1906
Prince
Sailing,
Errant, 1908 ;
1903
King's
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Prince
of
Cornwall,
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Brunanburh,
Recreations
1909.
etc.,
:
fish-
photography, rifle-shooting.
Cheselbourne Rectory, Dorchester,
[Died 10 June 1913.
ing, archaeology,
Address
Dorset.
:
WHISTLER, James
Officer
M'Neill,
the
of
Member of the Socie'te'
Legion of Honour
Nationale des Artistes Francais
Hon. Member of the Royal Academy of St. Luke,
Rome
Commander of the Order of the
Crown of Italy
Hon. Member of Royal
Chevalier of the
Academy of Bavaria
Order of St. Michael
Hon. Member of the
b. at Lowell,
Royal Academy of Dresden
Mass.
s. of Major G. H. Whistler.
Educ. :
West Point Military Academy, U.S.A.
Studied in Paris under Gleyre. Publications :
Ten o'Clock, 1888
The Gentle
Art of Making Enemies, 1890
The Baronet
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Paintings : portraits of Carlyle Sarasate
Portrait of the
painter's mother in the Luxembourg Palace,
Adthe Peacock Room, etc.
Paris, etc.
dress : 110 Rue du Bac, Paris.
[Died 17 July 1903.
WHITAKER, Edgar ; proprietor and editor
of the Levant Herald and Eastern Express.
Publication : The Outlook in Asiatic Turkey.
Address : Levant Herald, Constantinople.
[Died 24 Aug. 1903.
WHITBREAD, Colonel Sir Howard, Kt., cr.
b.
landed proprietor
1906 ; C.B. 1896
e. sure. s. of
Devonshire, 25 Nov. 1836
J. W. C. Whitbread and Ellen Belfield, d. of
Col. Farwell ; m. Louise, e. d. of Samuel
Fyson, 1864 ; one d. Educ. : Germany
and Switzerland. Joined the 2nd Light
Dragoons, British German Legion, 1854, and
served until it was disbanded in 1856;
served in Suffolk Artillery Militia, 1858-97 ;
commanded the regiment for sixteen years
J.P., D.L. for County of Suffolk (East
ReDecorated for long service.
Suffolk).
creations : shooting, hunting, yachting, yachtWickAddress : Lotidham Park,
racing.
ham Market. Club : Junior Constitutional.
[Died 3 Dec. 1908.
WHITBURGH, 1st Baron ; see Borthwick, Sir
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WHITCHURCH,
Major Harry Frederick, V.C.
Indian Medical Service, 1st Batt. 1st Goqr
khas
e. s. of F. Whitb. 22 Sept. 1866
unchurch, Blackgang, Isle of Wight
married.
Educ. : private schools, England ;
France and Germany. Entered St. Barts,
Hospital, 1883;
got commission Indian
Army, 1888 campaigns Lushai, 1889-93
relief of Aijal and Changsil (medal and clasp)
defence of Chitral, 1895 (despatches, medal
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WHITE
1897-1916
and V.C.)
defence of Malakand WHITE, Gleeson, edit9r of Ex Llbrls Series,
The Connoisseur Series, The Pageant, etc.
relief of Chakdara
operations N.W.
b. Christ Church, 8 March 1851.
Educ. :
Frontier, 1897-98 (despatches, 2 clasps)
Christ Church School.
Member of the Art
China, 1901, present at relief of Pelcin, and
Workers Guild. Associate-editor, Art Amaactions of Yangtsan and Peitsang (desteur (N.Y.), 1891-92
first editor of The
Decorated for
patches, medal with clasp).
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tions : big and small game shooting, polo
and hunting. Address : Blackgang, Isle of
Club : Junior Naval and Military.
Wight.
WHITE,
1847
Edward, Kt.,
Sir
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cr. 1912
J.P.
m. 1870, Sophie,
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Drewell,
Marylebone. Vice-Chairman L.C.C., 1909contested (U.)
1910
Chairman, 1911-12
AdRadcliffe Division of Lanes
1910.
dress : 20 Upper Berkeley Street, W.
[Died 14 June 1914.
WHITE, His Honour Frederick Meadows
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Judge
County Courts, Clerkenwell, from
of
1829
2nd s. of J. Meadows White,
Lee Park, Kent
m. d. of late R. Smith,
1867 (d. 1884). Barr. Inner Temple, 1853
Address
42 Sussex Gardens,
1877.
:
Q.C.
W. Clubs : Athenaeum, Garrick.
[Died 21 May 1898.
WHITE, Sir George, Kt., cr. 1907 M.P. (L.)
for North- West Norfolk from 1900
Alderman and J.P. for City of Norwich exPresident of the Baptist Union
Chairman
1893
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Chairman
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Chairman NorRotary Machine Company
wich Education Committee
Hon. Freeman
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1840
m. Anne, d. of
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b.
Henry Ransome,
Norwich. Educ. : Bourne. Late Sheriff of
Address : The Grange, Unthank
Norwich.
Road, Norwich. Clubs : Reform, National
[Died 11 May 1912.
Field-Marshal Sir George Stuart, V.C.
1879; G.C.M.G., cr. 1900; G.C.V.O., cr.
1900
G.C.I.E., cr. 1893 ; G.C.B., cr. 1897
G.C.S.I., cr. 1898: O.M., 1905; J.P., D.L.
Co. Antrim ; D.C.L., Oxford
LL.D. Camb.
and Dublin Univs.
Col. the Gordon Highlanders, and Hon. Col. 5th Batt. Somersetshire Light Infantry
Governor of Chelsea
b. 6 July 1835
s. of
Hospital from 1904
J. R. White, White Hall, Co. Antrim, and
d. of G. Stuart
m. Amy, d. of Ven. Joseph
one s.
Baly, Archdeacon of Calcutta, 1874
four d.
Educ. : Sandhurst. Entered army,
served in Indian Mutiny with 27th
1853
Inniskillings (medal and clasp) ;
Captain,
1863
Major, 1873
Afghan War with
Gordon Highlanders, 1878-80; present at
battle of Charasiab, occupation of Kabul,
expedition to Maidan, Sharpur, capture of
Takti Shah ; march from Kabul to Candahar
(despatches frequently, brevet of Lieut. -Col.,
bronze
C.B., V.C., medal with 3 clasps
Military Secretary to Viceroy
decoration)
of India
Lieut. -Col. Gordon Highlanders,
1881
Nile Expedition, 1884-85 (medal with
Lieut.clasp, Khedive's star) ; Col. 1885
Gen. 1895 ; A.A.Q.G. in Egypt commanded
Brigade in Burmah, 1885-86 ; promoted
Maj.-Gen. for distinguished service in field ;
thanked by Government of India
conducted expedition into Zhob ; Commanderin-Chief of the Forces in India, 1893-98 ;
Quartermaster-General to the Forces, 18981899
General on Staff to command troops
at Natal (Ladysmith), 1899-1900 ; defended
Ladysmith against the Boer army from 2
Nov. 1899 to 1 March 1900, 119 days (desGovernor of Gibraltar, 1900-4.
patches)
Decorated with Victoria Cross for conspicuous
bravery during the action at Charasiab
Liberal.
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Chelsea Hospital, S.W.
White
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and Navy, United Service.
Clubs
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Army
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Ballades
Publications:
1893-94.
Studio,
and Rondeaus,
Canterbury Poets, 1887
Practical Designing, 1893
Salisbury Cathe1896
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English Illustration, 1897
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Recreation : music.
Address : 10 Theresa
W.
Club :
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Authors'.
[Died 19 Oct. 1898.
WHITE, Hon. Henry Frederic; Mayor of
b. 1859
s. of 2nd Baron
Bulawayo, 1899
Annaly. Formerly Major Grenadier Guards
served Suakin Expedition
took part in
Jameson Raid. Address : Bulawayo.
[Died 17 Aug. 1903.
WHITE, Maj.-Gen. Henry George, J.P., D.L.
b. 1835
o. s. of late Rev. Henry White
(formerly Coldstream Guards) of Almington
Hall, Shropshire, and Sarah Ford, d. of late
George Stevens of Old Windsor Lodge,
Berks
m. 1874, Frances Cromwell, d. of
Capt. George Ferguson, late Inniskilling
Dragoons, of Houghton Hall, Cumberland.
Educ. : Leamington
Sandhurst. Served
Crimea and in the trenches before Sebastopol,
including the Assault on the Redan, 1854-56
Indian
(medal and clasp, Turkish medal)
and under Sir Hugh Rose in
Mutiny, 1857
Deccan and Central India in pursuit of
Feroze Shah and Tantia Topi, 1858-59
served on Lord Wolseley's Staff at the
and as Comoccupation of Cyprus, 1878
missioner and Commandant of Larnaca, and
afterwards as Commissioner and Commandant of Nicosia
Commanded 1st Batt. The
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Address : Lough Eske
Castle R.S.O., Co. Donegal.
Club : Army
and Navy.
[Died 1906.
WHITE, John, C.B. 1902 Principal Assistant
Board
of
Education
b.
Secretary,
(retired)
1839
s. of 'ate J. R. White, of White Hall,
Co. Antrim.
Educ. : Balliol Coll. Oxford
subsequently Fellow of Queen's.
(Scholar)
Called to Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1866
appointed to Education Department. 1870.
Address : 3 Paper Buildings, Temple, E.C.
Club : United University.
[Died 11 Jan. 1912.
WHITE, Maj.-Gen. John Hubbard, R.E. b.
12 AUK. 1834. Entered army, 1853
Maj.Gen. 1887 retired, 1890 Master of Bombay
Mint, 1884-90.
[Died 7 Oct. 1910.
WHITE, Admiral Richard Dunning, C.B. (cr.
Syrian medal, Turkish and
1831), R.N.
Baltic medals retired 1870 J.P. for Devon
s. of Rear-Admiral Thomas
b. 16 Aug. 1813
White m. Rose Emily Ady, 1848.
Educ.:
Entered
served
Devonport.
Navy, 1826
West Coast of Africa, 1844-47
Syria, 1840
Decorated
for
bom1850-53
1855.
Baltic,
bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 3 Nov. 1840
war service in the Baltic, 1855. Adetc.
dress : 11 Baring Crescent, Heavitree, Exeter.
[Died 29 July 1899.
WHITE, Sir Robert, K.C.B. cr. 1893 J.P.,
1891
retired
b.
1827
D.L.
General,
widower. Educ. : Trin. Coll. Dublin. En1890
served
tered Army, 1847
Genera',
Crimean War, 1854-55; Indian Mutiny,
Address :
1857-59.
Coolnagour, Queen's
Clubs : Army and Navy, United
County.
Service.
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WHITE,
Stanford
M'Kim, Mead,
New York City,
Grant White
;
;
;
;
junior
T
member
& W hite,
9 Nov. 1853
of firm of
architects
b.
s. of Richard
;
;
Richard Mansfield
White; m. Bessie Smith, 1884. Educ.:
University of New York (A.M.) and under
;
g.
s.
of
Architectural training was
private tutors.
in office of Charles D. Gambrill and H. H.
757
WHO WAS WHO,
Richardson, and was chief assistant of Mr.
Ridiardson in the construction of Trinity
Church, Boston from 1878 to 1880 travelled
and studied in Europe, returning in 1881,
and forming a partnership with Charles F.
M'Kim and William R. Mead, under firm
name of M'Kim, Mead, & White. Ad
dress :
Gramercy Park, and 160 Fifth
Saint James, L.I.
Avenue, New York City
Clubs : Institute of Architects, Metropolitan.
Union, University, Century, Players', Meadowbrook, New York Yacht, Knickerbocker,
;
;
Groliers', Authors',
The Lambs,
etc.
[Died 25 June 1906.
WHITE,
1802
;
Sir
Thomas Woollaston, 3rd
J.P.
Col.
;
;
7 Feb. 1828
b.
Bt.
;
e. s.
;
cr.
of
2nd Bt. and Mary, d. of William Ramsay,
S. father 1882
unmarried.
Edinburgh
Educ. : Eton. Cornet Sherwood Rangers
;
;
Cavalry, 1845-49 ; served in 1 6th
Lancers, 1847-72, and commanded the Regt.
Owned about 3800 acres. Heir : n. Archibald Woollaston White, b. 1877. Address :
United
Wallingwells,
Worksop. Clubs :
Yeomanry
Service,
Army and Navy.
[Died 20
WHITE,
May
1907.
William, M.A., Headmaster of Boston
School, Lincolnshire ; y. s. of the late H.
of Hitchin, Herts
m. Emily Cracroft
Rice, e. d. of C. Rice, Boston, Lincolnshire
one s. Educ. : City of London School.
White
;
;
Ex-Scholar of Sidney Sussex
Coll. .Cambridge
and at one time Assistant Master
;
of Marl-
Member of Headmasters'
borough College
Conference
nominated by the Senate of
the University of Cambridge a member of
the Lincolnshire (parts of Holland) Education Committee
Life Governor of the
London Hospital. Address : Boston School,
Lines.
[Died 10 July 1912.
WHITE, William Hale (pseudonym Mark
;
;
;
Rutherford), Assistant Director of Contracts,
Publications :
The
Admiralty (retired).
Autobiography
Mark Rutherford
of
;
Mark
Rutherford's Deliverance, ] 885
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane, 1887 ; Miriam's
Schooling, 1890
Spinoza's Ethic ; Spinoza's
Emendation of the Intellect
Catherine
Clara Hopgood, 1896
A
Furze, 1894
Decription of the Wordsworth and Coleridge
MSS. in the possession of Mr. T. Norton
An Examination of the
Longman, 1897
Charge of Apostasy against Wordsworth,
1898
Pages from a Journal, 1900 ; John
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
Bunyan, 1905 ; Johnson's Rambler, Selections with Preface, 1907
More Pages from
a Journal, 1910
Papers in the Nation.
;
;
Address
Groombridge, Kent.
[Died 14 March 1913.
WHITE, William Harry, C.S.I. 1907 Chief
and
Engineer
Secretary to Govt. of Bombay,
P.W. Department, 1903-7. Joined service,
1873
Executive Engineer, 1882
SuperAdditional Memintending Engineer, 1900
ber, Legislative Council, 1904 and 1906.
Address : Spring Cottage, Bucklebury Common, Reading. Club : East India United
Service.
[Died 20 July 1914.
WHITE, Sir William Henry, K.C.B., cr. 1895
F.R.S. (Lond. and Edin.), LL.D. (Glasgow),
D.Sc. (Cambridge, Durham, and Columbia
Univ. N.Y.)
D. Eng. (Sheffield)
b. Devony. c. of Richard White,
port, 2 Feb. 1845
Devonport, and Jane, d. of W. Matthews,
m. 1st, Alice (d.
Lostwithiel, Cornwall
:
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
1886), d. of late F. Martin, chief constructor
2nd, Annie, d. of late F. C. Marshall,
;
three s. one d.
J.P., Tynemouth, 1890;
Educ. : Royal Schooi of Naval Architecture
held the Diploma of Fellow (1st class). In
the Constructive Department of the Admiralty, 1867-83, rising to the rank of Chief
Professor of Naval ArchitecConstructor
ture at the Royal School of Naval Architecture and the Royal Naval College, 1870-
R.N.
;
;
1881
;
organised and dkected the war-ship
758
1897-1916
building department of Armstrong & Co.
Newcastle, 1883-85. Director of Naval Construction and Assistant Controller of the
Royal Navy, Oct. 1885 to Feb. 1 902 during
that period responsible designer of all H.M.
ships
resigned office in consequence of illhealth, and awarded a special grant of money
by vote of Parliament in recognition of
exceptional services to the Navy
Consulting
Naval Architect for Cunard s.s. Mauretania,
1904-7 ; Past President Institution of Civil
Engineers, Institution of Mechanical EnInstitution of Marine Engineers,
fineers,
ns*itution of Junior Engineers, and the
Institute of Metals ; Chairman of Council of
the Royal Society of Arts, 1909-10 ; Hon.
Vice-Pres. of Institution of Naval Archi;
;
;
tects
Past Master Shipwrights Company
of London ; Foreign Member of the Royal
Academy of Sciences, Sweden Hon. Member
;
;
Association Technique Maritime, American
and Canadian Societies of Civil Engineers,
and American Societies of Mechanical EnHon. Member
gineers and Naval Architects
;
of Soc. of Engineers, Institution of Engineers
and Shipbuilders in Scotland, North-East
Coast Institution of Shipbuilders and En-
Member Governing Body Imperial
gineers
awarded
College of Science and Technology
John Fritz medal for 1911. Publications:
A Manual of Naval Architecture A Treatise
on Shipbuilding
numerous professional
;
:
;
;
papers published in the Transactions of the
Institutions of Naval Architects, Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Iron and
Steel Institute.
Address : Cedarcroft, Put-
8 Victoria Street, S.W.
ney Heath, S.W.
Clubs : Athenaeum, British Empire.
;
[Died 27 Feb. 1913.
William Rogerson, B.A., M.B., M.Ch.,
T.C.D., F.R.I. P.H., C.B. 1894 ; Deputy Inretired
y. s. of
spector-Gen. Royal Navy
late Rev. James White, Rector, Inchigeelagrh,
m. 1st, 1884, Mary (d.
Co. Cork
b. 1850
1892) ,d. of Insp.-Gen. J. Breakey R.N. ;
2nd, 1894, Maud, d. of Rev. Jas. Cameron,
LL.D., Vice-Chancellor Cape of Good Hope
one s. Educ. : Trinity Coll. Dublin.
Univ.
WHITE,
;
;
;
;
;
Employed by the
late
Lord
Sackville,
when
Minister at Buenos Ayres, in his
expedition exploring upper waters of River
received thanks of Admiralty for
Plate
several small services, especially for monograph on malarial fevers. Decorated for
British
;
Gambia Expedition
patches).
Clubs
:
(slightly
Recreations
:
wounded,
shooting,
Royal Naval, Portsmouth
des-
fishing.
United
;
[Died 25 May 1913.
Frederick, LL.D., F.G.S.,
F.R,.S.Can.
Palaeontologist, Zoologist, and
Assistant Director, Geological Survey, Dept.
Mines, Canada; b. Oxford, 26 Dec. 1835.
Studied the land and fresh-water mollusca
and the fossils of the oolitic rocks of the
visited
neighbourhood of Oxford, 1855-60
Service, Malta.
WHITEAVES, Joseph
:
;
Canada and the United States, 1861-62;
Scient. Curator and Corr. Secretary, Nat.
Hist. Soc., Montreal, 1863-75 ; prosecuted
deep-sea dredgings in Gulf of St. Lawrence
in 1867, 1869, 1871, 1872, and 1873 ; joined
palaeontological branch of Geological Survey,
Canada, 1875 Palaeontologist to the Survey,
one of assistant directors, 1877
1876
elected presiding officer in
Zoologist, 1883
Section of Geology and Geography of
;
;
;
;
American Association Advancement of
Science. 1899;
LL.D., M'Gill University,
awarded Lyell Medal by
Montreal, 1900
Hon.
Geological Society, London, 1907
Member Ashmolean Society, Oxford Yorkshire Philosophical Society ; Natural History
;
;
;
and Historical and
Montreal
Publications :
Manitoba.
Scientific
Soc.,
three descriptive and illustrated volumes on
Canadian palaeozoic and mesozoic fossils a
Catalogue of the Marine Invertebrata of
Society,
;
;
WHO WAS WHO,
and more than a hundred
papers, mostly on Canadian fossils
Eastern Canada
scientific
;
Recreations
or zoological specimens.
:
bot-
any, microscopy, art, English literature.
Address : 22 Gloucester Street, Ottawa,
Canada.
[Died 9 Aug. 1909.
WHITEFOORD, Rev. Canon B., D.D. Vicar of
PrePotterne, Wilts, and Rural Dean
bendary of Salisbury Cathedral from 1887
of the Rev. Caleb
s.
26 Dec. 1848
b.
Whitefoord, M.A., late Rector of Whitton,
TO. 1890, Hon. Marion Sybil Powell,
Salop
widow of late Alexander Powell of Hurdcott House, Wilts, and ?/. d. of 3rd Baron
Educ. : New Coll. Oxford (M.A.,
Headley.
Third-class Classical Moderations
D.D.).
4th class
3rd class Final Classical School
Assist.-Master, LucJurisprudence School.
Curate of St. Maurice
ton School, 1875-76
Principal of Salisbury
Winchester, 1877-84
;
;
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;
;
Publications
1883.
Theological
College,
joint author of a Book of Latin Phrases
:
;
frequent contributor to the Expositor and
contributor to
the Expository Times ;
ReHastings' Dictionary of the Gospels.
creations : chess, President of the Oxford
played against
University Chess Club, 1873
Adgolf.
Cambridge University, 1873
Club :
dress :
Potterne Vicarage, Wilts.
Athenaeum.
[Died 30 Nov. 1911.
;
;
WHITEHEAD,
Sir Charles, Kt., cr. 1907
F.S.A., F.R.G.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., J.P., D.L.,
b.
V.P.
Agricultural Society
Royal
(LA.,
7 May 1834
s. of late' John Whitehead, J.P.,
Barn jet, near Maidstone m. 1865, Catherine
Lsetitia (d. 1896), d. of late R. E. P. Balston,
four s. two d.
of Thornhills, Maidstone
retired Capt.
Educ. : Tonbridge School
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;
West Kent Yeo. Cavalry. Engaged in agriculture, farming 250 acres of hop, fruit, and
corn land, and 200 acres of grazing land in
Marsh, relinquished farming 1879
of Council of the Royal
Romney
;
an active member
acting as
many Shows ChairJudge and
man of the Botanical and Zoological Committee of the R.A.S.E. for many years
wrote many reports and papers for the
served on the Royal
Society's Journal
adCommission on Agriculture, 1893-97
vised the Agricultural Department of the
Privy Council Office on agricultural questions, 1884-87, and then appointed Agricul*
the first in this country
tural Adviser
transferred to Board of Agriculture as
Technical Adviser ; obliged to relinquish
this in 1900 on account of a cab accident
preventing the use of the microscope ; took
active part in all county business from 1865 ;
was Member of the Royal Commission on
Publications : Night
Agriculture, 1893-97.
Farmers and Protection, for
Schools, 1863
the Influence of Entail
the Cobden Club
Agricultural
Society,
Steward at
1870-98,
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
Market Gardening for
and Settlement
Farmers
Hop Cultivation Fifty Years of
Hop Farming Fifty Years of Fruit Farmthe Agriculture of Kent
Retrospecing
tions
many papers for the Royal Agricultural Society and the Bath and W. of E.
numerous reports for the AgriculSociety
tural Department and the Board of Agriculture and many leaflets on Insects and
Fungi a report on the Hessian Fly report
on Means of Checking Potato Disease, and
on the Attack of the Diamond Back Moth,
and numerous contributions to the Agricultural Gazette and Brewers' Guardian.
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;
Recreations
:
hunting,
formerly
;
reading,
and county and local business. Address
Highland Gardens, St. Leonards-on-Sea.
:
[Died 29 Nov. 1912.
WHITEHEAD, Maj.-General Robert Children,
Col. Northants Regt. from 1897
C.B. 1879
Entered army, 1851
b. 1833.
Maj.-Gen.
1887
served Crimea, 1854 (despatches,
medal with clasp, 5th class Medjidie, Turkish
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;
WHITNEY
1897-1916
Zulu War, 1879 (despatches, C.B.,
medal)
Address :
medal with clasp).
Sandford,
Club : Junior United
Penrith.
nr.
Warcop,
Service.
[Died 14 Nov. 1905.
WHITEHORNE, His Hon. James Charles, K.C.;
Address :
C.C.
Judge for Birmingham.
Meriden Lodge, Leamington.
[Died 28 Nov. 1905.
WHITEWAY, Rt. Hon. Sir William Vallance,
b. 1
D.C.L.
P.C. 1897
K.C.M.G. 1880
April 1828
y. s. of late Thomas Whiteway
of Buckyet, Devon;
m. 1st, 1862, Mary
2nd,
(d. 1868), d of Rev. J. Lightbourne
1872, Catherine Anne, d. of W. H. Davies.
Newfoundland Barr. 1852;
Q.C. 1862;
Speaker of Newfoundland House of Assembly
1865-69 Solicitor-General, 1873-78 Premier
and Attorney- General, 1878-85, and from
Address: Riverview, St.
1889 to 1897.
John's, Newfoundland.
[Died 24 June 1908.
WHITLEY, Rt. Rev. Jabez Cornelius, Bishop
m.
of Chota, Nagpore, from 1890
b. 1837
Educ. : Queen's
d. of Thomas Whittard.
Senior Optime
Coll. Camb. B.A.
Deacon,
1861
S.P.G. Missionary,
1860
Priest,
Delhi, 1862
Ranchi, 1869. Publications :
Primer of the Mundari Language, 1896
Trans, of the
Hindi Catechisms, 1897
Didache and the Epistles of St. Ignatius, 1899.
Address : Ranchi, Chota Nagpore, Bengal,
India.
[Died 13 Oct. 1904.
WHITMAN, Alfred, Clerk to the Print Departb. 12 Oct. 1860
ment, British Museum
Educ. : St. Mark's, Chelsea. Engaged with
1876-85
the Typographic Etching Co.
appointed to a post in the British Museum,
1885
Private Secretary to Lady Charlotte
Schreiber from 1888 until her death in 1895.
Publications : Masters of Mezzotint, 1898
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;
The Print Collector's Handbook, 1901, 2nd
edition, 1902, 3rd edition 1903, 4th edition
Samuel
Valentine Green, 1902
1907
Samuel Cousins,
William Reynolds, 1903
and numerous
1904
Charles Turner, 1907
;
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;
;
Adcontributions to periodical literature.
British Museum, W.C.
:
[Died 2 Feb. 1910.
WHITMORE, Charles Algernon ; b. 185J s.
dress
;
Whitmore, Q.C., Recorder of
and Katharine, sis. of Sir R.
Educ. :
Eton
Balliol,
Brownrigg, Bt.
of late C. S.
Gloucester,
;
Barr.
Oxford. Fellow of All Souls, Oxford
1876
Alderman L.C.C. ; M.P. (C.) Chelsea,
1886-1906.
Publication: Municipal London
Address :
Manor House, Lower
1900.
75 CaSlaughter, Bourton-on-the- Water
dogan Place, S.W. Clubs : Carlton, Oxford
and Cambridge, Wellington.
[Died 10 Sept. 1908.
WHITMORE, Hon. Col. Sir George Stoddart,
Mem. Legis. Council,
K.C.M.G., cr. 1882
New Zealand from 1863; commanded
b.
1830
m.
Colonial Forces, 1868-88
Educ. :
Isabella, d. of late W. Smith, 1865.
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;
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;
Entered
Staff Coll.
Edinburgh Academy
served Kaffir
Cape Mounted Rifles, 1847
Wars, 1847, 185153; Boer War, 1848;
;
;
Address :
Turkey, 1855-56
C.M.G., 1869.
Abel Smith Street, Wellington, New Zealand.
[Died 17 March 1903.
WHITNEY, Hon. Sir James Pliny, Kfc., cr. 1908
K.C.M.G. cr. 1913; LL.D., D.C.L., K.C.,
Prime Minister of Ontario and
M.P.P.
b. WilliamPres. of the Council from 1905
s. of Richard
burgh, Ontario, 2 Oct. 1843
Jane
Fairman
Leet Whitney and Clarissa
m. 1876, Alice. 3rd d. of William Park,
two
d.
Educ. :
one
s.
Cornwall, Ont.
and Cornwall Grammar
public schools
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;
;
;
Practised as a Barrister at MorrisSchool.
was the representative of the
burgh, Ont.
Dundas in the Legislature from
of
County
was an LL.D. of Toronto University,
1888
a D.C.L. of Trinity University, and an LL.D.
was a Lieut.-Col.
of Queen's University ;
Leader of the
in the Reserve Militia
759
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;
WHO WAS WHO,
WHITNEY
after the defeat of
Opposition, 1897-1905
the Ross Government, 1905, was called
upon to form a new Government a LiberalAddress : Toronto, Ont. ;
Conservative.
Morrisburgh, Ont. Clubs : York, Albany
Royal Canadian Yacht, Toronto.
[Died 24 Sept. 1914.
WHITNEY, William Collins; Barrister: b.
m. 1st, d. of
Conway, Mass., 15 July 1841
Senator Payne;
2nd, Mrs. Edith Sybil
;
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;
Educ.
Randolph.
Yale
:
Harvard Law
;
LL.B., Harvard,
A.B., Yale, 1863
Practised as a barrister
in New York ; assisted in organising Young
Men's Democratic Club Inspector of Schools
1872; Corporation Counsel, 1875-82; Sec.
of
Navy, U.S.A., 1885-89. Recreation :
won the Derby with Volovodyowsky, 1901.
Address : 871 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Clubs : Metropolitan, Union, Knickerbocker,
N.Y. Yacht, University, Century, Meadow
Brook, Coaching, Lawyers', Democratic.
[ Died 2 Feb. 1904.
WHITTALL, Sir (James) WiWilliam, Kt., cr. 1898
ex-President of the British
merchant ;
School.
1866
;
;
LL.D., 1888.
;
;
Chamber
of
Commerce of Turkey
b. 1st
*. of James Whittall, Smyrna
:
Dec. 1838
m. 1862, Edith Anna, d. of Samuel Barker
eleven c.
Educ. : privately. Began mercantile career in Smyrna, 1854
went to
Manchester, 1861, where joined the firm of
established in ConJ. C. Barter and Co.
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;
Publications :
1873.
stantinople,
copious
writer anonymously in the leading London
papers on Oriental questions. Recreations :
sportsman ; the first discoverer of the great
,stag and great fallow-deer of Asia Minor
;
Address : The Tower, CadiClub
Club :
de
Constantinople.
Constantinople.
[Died 10 Apr. 1910.
WHITTINGTON, Rev. Richard, M.A., Rector
of St. Peter's-upon-Cornhill, 1867 ;
Pre-
yachtsman.
keni,
Rural Dean of
bendary of St. Paul's, 1881
East City Principal, City of London College;
22 Jan. 1825; s. of B. Whittington,
b.
Educ. : St. Paul's School
solicitor, London.
;
;
;
Trin.
Coll.
Camb. Norrisian University
Prize Essay 1848. Master in Islington
curate of St.
Proprietary School, 1847-53
Peter's, Saffron Hill, 1848
Evening Lecturer
at St. Peter's-upon-Cornhill, 1849
curate
;
;
;
assist,
Matthew, Friday Street, 1851
master Merchant Taylors' School, 1853-75
chief
Lower School, 1875-82
master,
of St.
;
;
;
Morning Reader at
1859
St.
Mark's, Pentonville,
Townsend Lecturer
;
of St.
Magnus,
chaplain of Royal
London Bridge, 1862
London Ophthalmic Hospital, 1873-1900
London Rifle Brigade. Publications :
The Inspiration of the Historical
Books of the Old Testament Short History
of
St.
Peter's - upon - Cornhill
Sermon
;
;
chaplain to
;
;
preached as Chaplain before the Lord Mayor,
Sir Robert Fowler, and Corporation of
London
and again as Chaplain before Sir
J. Voce Moore, Lord Mayor, 1899.
Recrea;
tions
:
in early
Address
of
73
:
Square.
WHITTLE,
cricket, tennis, chess.
Guildford Street, Russell
life
[Died 21 Nov. 1900.
Alfred Thomas, C.I.E. 1909
o. s.
;
Henry and Martha Whittle
Preston
Walton-le-Dale,
d.
of
m.
;
2nd,
Emma
Brownedge,
1st,
Annie,
and Mary Holmes
one s.
Jane, d. of John and Margaret
of William
;
Greaves of Stockport.
Address
Stonyhurst.
Educ.
:
:
;
Ampleforth
;
Greenwood Leghe,
Wadhwan Camp, KathiaIngleton, Yorks
war, India. Clubs: Bombay Yacht, Bombay
[Died 26 Dec. 1913.
;
Rev. W. A. ; Prebendary of
Vicar of All Saints',
Cathedral
b. 1840
e. s.
Margaret Street from 1886
of Rev. W. Whitworth, who kept a school
of considerable repute at Runcorn
m. 1885,
Sarah Louisa, d. of T. Hervey Elwes, g.d.
of Gen. Elwes of Stoke College, Suffolk.
WHITWORTH,
St. Paul's
;
;
,
;
;
760
1897-1916
Educ.
:
St. John's College,
private school
Camb. Wrangler, 1862 ;
Head Mathematical Master at Rossall, 1862-64
ordained
1865 ; curate of St. Luke's, Liverpool
incumbent of Christ Church, Liverpool,
1870; Vicar of St. John's, Hammersmith,
1875
Fellow of St. John's, 1867-85
select
preacher before the university, 1872, 1878,
Hulsean Lecturer, 1903,
1884, 1893, 1900
1904.
Publications :
Modern Analytical
Geometry, 1866 ; Choice and Chance, 1867,
5th edit. 1902
700 Exercises in Choice and
The Real Presence, 1893 ;
Chance, 1897
Worship in the Christian Church, 1901.
Address : The Vicarage, All Saints', Margaret Street, W.
[Died 12 March 1905.
WHYMPER, Edward, F.R.S.E. Fellow and
Patrons' Medallist of the Royal Geographical
hon. member of Geographical
Society
of French, Swiss, and
Society of Paris
Italian Alpine Clubs ; of the Sierra, Appalachian, Canadian, Rocky Mountain and
New York Clubs Knight of the Order of
St. Maurice and St. Lazare, etc.
artist,
author, traveller b. 27 Apr. 1840 m. 1906,
Edith Mary Lewin ; one c. Educ. : Clarendon House School ; privately. Awarded
Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical
Ascended Mont Pelvoux, 1861,
Society.
and the Pointe des Ecrins (the latter is the
Matterhighest in the French Alps). 1864
horn (14,780 ft.), 1865
visited Greenland,
1867, 1872
Ecuador, and there explored
and ascended the Great Andes, 1879-80;
travelled in Canada, 1901-5, exploring and
ascending the mountains in the neighbourhood of the " Great Divide." Publications :
Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years
1860-69, 1871 ; How to use the Aneroid
Travels amongst the
Barometer, 1891 ;
Great Andes of the Equator, 1892 Chamonix
and Mont Blanc, 1896 (fifteenth edition,
1910) ; Zermatt and the Matterhorn, 1897
Address : Holm(fourteenth edition, 1910).
wood, Waldegrave Road, Teddington, Middlesex.
[Died 16 Sept. 1911.
WHYMPER, Josiah Wood, R.I. 1857 painter
in water colour
b. Ipswich, 24 April, 1813
2nd s. of Nathaniel Whymper. Educ. :
Ipswich, chiefly private tuition. Ipswich
London was
furnished no career for art
the dream and confidence of the self-taught
boy of seventeen ; thither he repaired, with
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no dependence but upon
1830
;
his
own
exertions,
wood-engraving to be a
foreseeing
rising art, he resolved to master it ; in a few
years, without tuition, he attained reputation and extensive practice on the best
illustrated works for fifty years ; as assistance did not exist, it had to be created ,by
educating pupils ; among those who articled
themselves for two or more years as pupils
for drawing on wood alone, there were not
a few who afterwards became eminent;
pre-eminently so Charles Keene, 1843
Frederick Walker, 1858, and later J. W.
North, both Associates of the R.A. and
;
members
of
R.W.C.S.
Recreations
:
litera-
and Art
Address:
collecting only.
Haslemere, Surrey.
[Died 7 Apr. 1903.
WHYTE, Major John Nicholas, D.S.O. 1902
e. s.
LancashireT Fusiliers
b. 24 Dec. 1864
of John W hyte, J.P., D.L., Loughbrickland,
Educ. :
Co. Down.
Stonyhurst College.
served
Joined Lancashire Fusiliers, 1886
Soudan, 1898; occupation of Crete, 1898;
South African War, 1899-1902 (despatches
five times
slightly wounded, Ventner's
Spruit; Queen's medal, 5 clasps, King's
Recreations :
D.S.O.).
medal, 2 clasps
Address : Loughhunting, polo, shooting.
Club :
brickland, Banbridge, Co. Down.
Imperial Service.
[Died 29 Apr. 1906.
WHYTE, Sir William, Kt., cr. 1911: Vice
President, Canadian Pacific Railway Co.,
ture, Art,
Town House,
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1910-11; on Board of Directors; b. 15
of William Whyte snd
s.
Sept. 1843
one s. four
Christian Methven
m. 1871
d.
Educ. : Charlestown, Fifeshire, Scotland.
Superintendent Grand Trunk Railway, 18811883
General Superintendent Canadian
Pacific Railway, 1883-97
Manager Western
Assistant to President,
Lines, 1897-1901
1901-4
Second Vice-President, 1904-10.
Address :
Recreations : golf and shooting.
603 River Ave., Winnipeg.
Clubs : ManiSt.
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James, Montreal
Union, Victoria
Military, York, Toronto.
[Died 14 Apr. 1914.
WICKHAM, Very Rev. Edward Charles, D.D. ;
Dean of Lincoln from 1894 Hon. Fellow of
New Coll. Oxford; b. 7 Dec. 1834; *. of
Rev. Edward Wickham, Vicar of Preston,
m. 1873, Agnes, e. d. of
Candover, Hants
the late Rt. lion. W. E. Gladstone
two s.
three d.
Educ. : Winchester College New
1st class in Mods. 1854
College, Oxford.
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Hum. (Final Schools), 1850;
Prize for Latin Verse, 1856
Essay, 1857. Fellow of New Coll.
class in Lit.
Chancellor's
;
Latin
Headmaster
Oxford, and tutor, 1859-73
of Wellington Coll. 1873-93.
Publications:
edition of Horace, 2 vols., 1874-96
Wellington College Sermons, 1887
Horace for
Address : Deanery,
English Readers, 1903.
Lincoln.
Clubs : United University, National Liberal.
[Died 18 Aug. 1910.
WICKHAM, Captain Thomas Strange, D.S.O.
1900
Manchester Regiment
2 June
b.
1878; m. 1905, Bertha, d. of John Grieveson;
served Boer War, S. African Light Horse,
1899-1902 (despatches four times, Queen's
medal, 6 clasps, King's medal, 2 clasps,
D.S.O. ).
[Died 1 Sept. 1914.
WICKHAM, William, M.A., F.L.S., F.R.G.S.;
M.B. (C.) Petersfield Div. Hants
10
b.
e. s. of Henry Louis Wickham,
July 1831
Binsted-Wyck, Hampshire, and Lucy, y. d.
of William Markham, Becca Hall, Yorkshire.
Educ. : Westminster
High Sheriff, Hants,
1888 Vice-Chairman Hants County Council.
Publications : editor of Correspondence of
Rt. Hon. William Wickham.
Address :
Clubs : AtheBinsted-Wyck, Alton, Hants.
naeum, Carlton, Burlington Fine Arts.
[Died 16 May 1897.
b. 23 Feb. 1840
s. of
WICKS, Fr3deriek
Sainuei Wicks, brewer of Stockwell ; m. d.
of S. P. Pewtress, papermaker
two 8. one d.
Educ. : privately
King's College. Joined
as a journalist, 1861, in starting the first
T
ales
the Cambria Daily
daily paper in
Leader
joined the editorial staff of the
Globe, 1863, and the gallery staff of The
Times, 1866; left for Scotland, 1873, to
establish the Glasgow News, of which he
became sole proprietor, 1878
returned to
London, 1888, to complete his invention of
the Rotary type-casting machine, which
produced type with such rapidity that three
of them sufficed to supply The Times newspaper with a new fount each day for its
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Hand, The Infant, The Unfortunate Duke,
and My Undiscovered Crimes. Address :
Halfway Lodge, Esher. Clubs : Garrick,
Savage, Press.
[Died 30 March 1910.
WICKSTEED, Thomas
Frederic, C.M.G. 1900
;
Secretary and Registrar of Stocks, Depart-
ment
of Agent-General for
London, from 1896
;
b.
South Australia,
Adelaide, 31
March
1848 ; e. s. of Frederic Wicksteed, Registrar
of Diocese of Adelaide ; m. 1870, Julia, d. of
Thomas Matthews of Hart's Hill House,
Coromandel Valley, and Eden Valley, South
Australia. Educ. : private schools. Entered
service of
South Australian Government
1875, in General Post Office, thence to Audit
WILBERFORCE
1897-1916
Chief Clerk Harbours and Jetties and
Credit Lands Departments ;
Chief Clerk
Agent- General's Office, 1887. Decorated for
services to colony. Address : 2 Farquharson
Road West Croydon.
Clubs : Colonial,
Australasian.
[Died 27 July 1901.
cr. 1898 ;
WIGAN, Sir Frederick ; 1st Bt.
senior partner
J.P. D.L.
Kt., cr. 1894
Office
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Mary Harriet o. d. of J. Blunt,
m.
1827
Heir :
b.
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m.
Frederick William [b. 18 Mar. 1859
1885. Elizabeth Adair (d. 1902), e. d. of Lt.d 6 Apr. 1907 (succeeded,
Col. F. D. Grey
as 3rd Bt., by his son Frederich Roderick).
Address : Windlesham Court, Surrey.] Address :
Clare Lawn, Upper Sheen, S.W.
Clubs : Junior Carlton, St. Stephen's.
[Died 2 March 1907.
WIGGIN, Sir Henry, 1st Bt. cr. 1892 ; D.L.,
J.P. ; b. Cheadle, Staffs, 1824
s. of late
William Wiggin and Elizabeth Milner ; m.
1851
Mary, d. of David Malins. Edgbaston,
Birmingham. Educ. : privately. Mayor of
M.P. E. StaffordBirmingham, 1864-65
1880-85
Handsworth Division of
shire,
director of Midland
Staffordshire, 1885-93
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m. 1878, Annie Sarah, d. of C. R.
Kinnerton Court, Radnors
High
Sheriff, Co. Stafford, 1896. Address : Walton
Hall, Eccleshall. Club : Reform]. Address :
Metchley Grange, Harborne, near Birmingham
Garth Gwynion-Machynlleth, North
Rail., etc.
1852
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Cope
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Whales.
Reform
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mingham.
[Died 12 Nov. 1905.
WIGGINS, Capt. Joseph, F.R.G.S., Arctic
discoverer
and
explorer
opener of the North
East Passage to the mouth of the Yenesei
first voyage through Kara Sea, 1874
Life
Member Russian Imperial Geographical
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Society.
Recreations
Address
Harrogate.
etc.
yachting, exploration,
:
Burnbrae, St. James's Park,
[Died 13 Sept. 1905.
:
WIGRAM,
Alfred Money, J.P.
Reid's Brewery Co,
b. 1856 ;
Chairman
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of
s.
;
Wigram, Esher House, Surrey
Money
m. Venetia,
d of Rev. J. W. Maitland, 1882.
Educ. :
Winchester
M.P. (C.) Romford Div. Essex,
1894-97.
Address : The Bower, Havering,
101 Eaton Square, S.W. Club :
Romford
Carlton.
[Died 13 Oct. 1899.
WIGRAM, Sir Charles Hampden, Kt. cr. 1902
1826
m. 1857, Beatrice,
b.
J.P., D.L.
d. of the late Rev. Philip Hall Palmer.
Address : Harston, Grantham.
30
Oct.
1903.
[Died
WIGRAM, Maj. -Gen. Godfrey James, C.B. 1882;
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b. 3 June
1836. Entered army, 1854
Maj. -Gen. 1889
served Crimea, 1854 (despatches, medal with
clasp, 5th class Medjidie Turkish medal)
Egypt, 1882 (despatches, C.B., medal with
clasp, 3rd class Medjidie Khedive's star).
Address: D2 The Albany, Piccadilly, W.
Club : United Service
[Died 16 Sept. 1908.
WIGRAM, Rev. Woolmore, M.A., Hon. Canon
b. Oct. 1831
m. 1863 Harriet
of St. Albans
Mary, d. of Rev. Thomas Ainger. Educ. :
Curate of
Trinity College, Cambridge.
Vicar of Brent, PelHampstead, 1855-64
Rector of St. Andrew,
ham, 1864-76
R.D. of Hertford, 1877Hertford, 1876-97
Publication : Change-Ringing Dis1897.
entangled and Management of Towers 1890.
Address : Watling House, St. Albans.
[Died 19 Jan. 1907.
WILBERFORCE, Edward, a Master of the
1899
b. 9 Nov. 1834
from
Supreme Court
s. of Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Archdeacon of
of
Yorkshire
m. 1860,
the East Riding
Fannie, d. of Alexander Flash of New Orleans;
two s. one d. Educ. : Eton Trinity College,
called to
Oxford. Formerly in the Navy
Publications : Social Life in
Bar, 1866.
Munich The Duke's Honour Statute Law
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Dante's Divine Comedy. Address : Warley
House, Brentwood, Essex. Club : Athenaeum.
[Died 7 Jan. 1914.
WILBERFORCE, Rt. Rev. Ernest Roland,
b.
D.D., Bishop of Chichester, from 1895
1840
s. of Rt. liev. Samuel Wilberforce,
Bishop of Winchester, and Emily, d. of Rev.
John Sargent, Lavington House, Petworth
Sussex m. 1st, 1863, Frances Mary (d. 1870),
d. of Sir Charles H. J. Anderson, 9th Bt.
2nd, 1874, Emily, d. of Very Rev. George
H. Connor, D,D.. Dean of Windsor three s.
three d. (by 2nd marriage). Edue. : Exeter
Coll. Oxford. Curate of Cuddesden, 1864-66
Vicar of Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire,
1860-69
Sub-Almoner to Queen, 1871-82
Vicar of Seaforth, Liverpool, 1873-78
Canon
Residentiary of Winchester, 1878-82 Bishop
of Newcastle, 1882-95. Address : The Palace,
Chichester. Club : Athenseum.
[Died 9 Sept. 1907.
WILBRAHAM, Sir George Barrington Baker-,
5th Bt. cr. 1776 [assumed name of Wilbraham by Royal Licence, 1900] b. 26 Jan.
1845
s. of Sir George Baker, 3rd Bt., and
Mary Isabella, d. of R. N. Sutton S. brother
1911
m. 1872, Katherine Frances, o. c. of
Lt.-Gen. Sir Richard Wilbraham, K.C.B.
one s. three d. Heir : s. Philip Wilbraham,
b.
17 Sept. 1875.
Address : Rode Hall,
Scholar Green, Cheshire. Club
Athenseuin.
[Died 28 Aug. 1912.
WILBRAHAM, Sir Richard, K.C.B. cr. 1873
General retired
b. 1811
m. Elizabeth, d.
of William Egerton 1846.
Entered Army,
1828
1877
served
General,
Syria, 1849
Address: Rode Hall,
Crimea, 1854-55.
30
Stoke-on-Trent.
Apr. 1900.
[Died
WILD, Ma j. -Gen. Edward John, Indian Army,
16
1878.
Maj.-Gen.
May 1914.
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Doubles Championship (with X. E. Casdagli)
at Manchester, 1913. Publications : On the
Court and Off (5th edition).
Recreation* :
lawn tennis and motoring.
Clubs : All
England Lawn Tennis, Queen's.
10
[Died
May 1915.
WILEY, Very Rev.
C. Ormsby, M.A. ; Rector
of Crossmolina, 1872-1910 ; Dean of Killala,
Co. Mayo, 1904-10
b. 30 July 1839
2nd s.
of late William Wiley, LL.D., Principal
m.
Registrar Court of Probate, Dublin
Sarah, d. of late John Samuels, Registrar
Diocese of Dublin
three s. two d. Educ. :
At home ; Trinity College, Dublin. Curate
of Trim, Co. Meath, 1863-64; Rector of
Tullow, Diocese of Dublin, and Secretary
Irish Society, 1865-72
Secretary Diocesan
Council Killala and Achonry, 1889-1909;
Hon. Secretary Killala and Achonry Diocesan
Synod, 1882-1910 ; Member of the General
Synod,1900-19lO. Address: Belgrave Road,
Monkstown, Co. Dublin.
[Died 11 March 1915.
WILKIE, Daniel R., Knight of Grace of Order
of St. John of Jerusalem
Hon. Colonel
Canadian Militia, 1913 President from 1906,
and General Manager from 1875, Imperial
Bank of Canada
President Canadian
Bankers' Association
b. 17 December 1846
s. of late Daniel Wilkie, M.A. Rector of the
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m. Sarah Caroline, d. of late Senator Benson
two *. one d.
of St. Catharine's (d. 1887)
Educ. : Quebec High School Morrin College
Entered Quebec Bank, 1862 when Manager
Toronto branch. 1875, accepted position
General Manager Imperial Bank of Canada
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President Toronto
then being organised
President Canadian
Board of Trade, 1893
a Governor
Bankers' Association, 1897-98
WILDING, Anthony Frederick Director, Victor
(and Chairman Toronto Branch) Royal
a
Trustee
and
of
Nurses
Victorian
Order
Ltd.
b.
New
Tyre Company,
Christ-Church,
of Frederick
Governor of Toronto General Hospital
s.
Zealand, 31 Oct. 1883
ExecuArt
Club
Canadian
:
New
Zealand
President
Educ.
Hon.
Wilding.
Trinity
Publicative Canadian Red Cross Society.
College, Cambridge, B.A. Called to English
various essays and addresses on
tions :
Bar, Inner Temple, 1906
qualified Barrister
and Solicitor of Supreme Court of New
Canadian Banking and Bank Legislation.
Address : Seven Oaks,
won Handicap Singles at
Recreation : golf.
Zealand, 1909
Union
New Zealand Championship Meeting when
Sherborne Street, Toronto. Clubs
Mount
sixteen
won Freshmen's Tournament at
Toronto
Royal, Montreal.
York,
Cambridge, and represented the Universitv v.
[Died Nov. 1914.
Oxford at Queen's, 1904-5 (president 1905)
WILKINS, Augustus Samuel, LL.D. (St.
won Scottish Championship, 1904,; won all
Andrews), Litt.D. Camb. and Dublin (Hon.),
three Covered Court Championships at
M.A. (Lond) Examiner to the University of
won Doubles Championship
London Classics, 1884-86 Latin, 1887-89,
Queen's, 1907
and 1894-99 Professor of Classical Litera(with N. E. Brookes), Wimbledon, 1907, and
Covered Court
(with M. J. G. Ritchie), 1908
ture, University, Manchester, from 1903
Doubles and Mixed Doubles, South of France
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University
Doubles Championship of
TO. Charlotte E., 2nd d. of W. Field of Bishop
Championship
Europe at Homburg, 1908 and represented
Stortford, 1870. Educ. : University College,
Australasia (with N. E. Brookes) in challenge
London St. John's College, Cambridge (1st
Pres. of the
round of Davis Cup v. America, 1908, and
class (5th) Classics in 1868).
won it, 1914
represented Australasia in
Cambridge Union, 1868 Professor of Latin,
Davis Cup matches, 1905-9 won ChampionOwens Coll. Manchester, 1869-1903; Publications : The Light of the World, 1869
ship of New Zealand, 1906, 1908, 1909
The Orations of
Phoenicia and Israel, 1871
won
Championship of Victoria, 1909
National
Cicero against Catilina, 187 1
Championship of South Africa at JohannesFourth
Century
won Singles Championship and
Education in Greece in the
burg, 1910
Roman Antiquities,
Doubles Championship (with
J. G. Ritchie
before Christ, 1873
Roman
London Covered Courts Championship and
1877
Epistles of Horace, 1885
International Singles, Brussels Exhibition
Literature, 1890 Cicero de Oratore, 1879-92
Manchester,
The Study of Greek Literature,
Tournament, and was undefeated in England,
con1910
retained Singles Championship at
Ciceronis Rhetorica, 1903
1888
tributor to^Encyclopsedia Britannica, Smith's
Wimbledon, was undefeated on Riviera, and
of Antiquities, Classical Review,
won Kent and London Championships,
1911
Dictionary
T
retained Singles Championship at W imbledon,
Address : Wood Lea, Victoria Park,
etc.
and won singles at Monte Carlo and DeauManchester.
[Died 26 July 1905.
s ot
ville, also Championships of Kent and London WILKINS, William Henry, M.A., F.S.A.
1912
late Charles Wilkins, Gurney Court, Somerset;
represented Australasia at Olympic
ViceCarnb.
Coll.
unmarried. Educ. : Clare
contest, Stockholm, and won bronze medal,
PresiPresident of Cambridge Union, 1886
1912; retained Singles Championship at
Wimbledon and won Hard Court Championdent Cambridge University Carlton Club,
Private Secretary to Earl of Dun1886-87
ship at Paris and Covered Court Championraven when Under-Secretary of State for
ship at Stockholm three world's titles in
editor of MSS. of late Sir Richard
Colonies
same year also won London Covered Court
Publications: The Alien InF. Burton.
Championship at Queen's, and Northern
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vasion, 1891
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Burton, 1897
Queen, 1900
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The Romance of Isabel Lady
The Love of an Uncrowned
South Africa a Century Ago
Caroline
(Lady Anne Barnard's Letters)
A Queen of Tears, 1904
the Illustrious, 1901
in
Nineteenth
articles
the
besides sundry
Century, Edinburgh, and other reviews.
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Club : St. James's.
[Died 22 Dec. 1905.
Charles
Yen.
Thomas, D.D.,
WILKINSON,
PreArchdeacon of Totnes, Devon
V.D.
Hon. Chaplain
bendary, Exeter Cathedral
b. Cloyne, Co. Cork, 19
to the King, 1901
Mar. 1823
y. s. of John Royal Wilkinson,
m. 1st, Susan, o. c.
Barnabrow, Co. Cork
of Joseph Smith, Aston Hall, Leicestershire,
1849
2nd, Louisa, 4th d. of Edmond Rich,
one s. two d. Educ. :
Willesley, Wilts, 1888
Trin. Coll. Dublin (M.A.).
private school
Curate in charge, Trinity Church, Hinckley,
1840-49
Curate, Richmond, Yorks, and
P. Curate, Attercliffe,
Edmonton, 1849-52
Yorks, 1852-64
Rector, St. Thomas's,
Rural Dean, Three
1864-70
Birmingham,
Towns Deanery, 1876-87 Hon. Chaplain to
1896
Vicar
of Plymouth,
Queen Victoria,
1870-1901
Chaplain-in- Ordinary to Queen
:
4 Esplanade,
Address
1899-1901.
Victoria,
Plymouth, Devon.
[Died 14 July 1910.
Rt.
Rev.
George Howard; D.D.,
WILKINSON,
Bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and DunPrimus of the Scottish
blane, from 1893
b. 1833
*.
Episcopal Church from 1904
of George Wilkinson, Oswald House, Durham
and Mary, d. of John Howard m. Caroline
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1857 (d. 1877)
three s. five d.
Vo3iix,
Durham School
Oriel College,
Educ. :
;
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Oxford. B.A. 1855
M.A. 1859
;
D.D. 1883
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;
Classical Mods. ;
2nd class Lit.
Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford.
Hum.
Curate of Kensington, 1857-59 ; Vicar of
Seaham Harbour, 1859-62 ; of St. Andrews,
of St
Peter's, Great
Auckland, 1862-67
Windmill Street, London, 1867-70;
St.
1870-83
Select
Eaton
Peter's,
Square,
Preacher at Oxford, 1879-81 ; Bishop of
2nd
class
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Publications: Holy Week
Truro, 1883-91.
How to Keep
and Easter (15th thousand)
Lent (llth thousand)
Instructions in the
Devotional Life (61st thousand)
Instructions in the Way of Salvation (32nd thousand)
Some Laws
Lent Lectures (18th thousand)
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in God's Spiritual
Kingdom,
Feu House, Perth.
Clubs
Address
:
Athenaeum
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etc.
:
Scottish Conservative, Edinburgh.
[Died 11 Dec. 1907.
WILKINSON, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Clement,
1897
K.C.B.
or.
Colonel 4th Dragoon
b. 17 April 1837
s. of Rev.
Guards, retired
Percival S. Wilkinson. Entered army, 1856 ;
Lieut.-Gen. 1894; served Indian Mutiny,
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1857-58 (medal with clasp)
commanded
16th Lancers, 1870-77
Inspector-Gen, of
Auxiliary Cavalry, 1877-79
Military Sec. to
comCommander-in-Chief in India, 1880
manded Cavalry Brigade, Atghanistan, 18801881 (despatches) Bozdar Field Force, 1881
thanked by Commander-in-Chief and Gov.General in Council
Indian Cavalry Brigade,
Egyptian Campaign, 1882 (despatches, medal
with clasp, bronze star, C.B., 2nd cl. Medjidie)
commanded the Sialkot Brigade, Quetta,
Saugor, and Presidency Districts, and Meerut,
Rawal Pindi, and Allahabad Divisions, 18801887
N.E. District, England, 1891-94 in
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receipt of reward for distinguished service
C.B. 1882.
Address : St. James's Court,
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Buckingham Gate, S.W,
Service, Army and Navy.
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Karee Sath and Mergowlea (despatches,
thirteen years in the 10th
several times)
;
Bengal Light Cavalry, and Adjutant for five
Commandant of 2nd
years of that corps
Bengal Cavalry for ten years, and four years
selected specially
in the Stud Department
to the independent command of the Frontier
post of Kohat in Afghan War, 1878-79
accompanied Lord Roberts, V.C., G.C.B.,
during operations in Kurum Valley after
Hon. Col. 2nd
of Peiwar Kotal
fall
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Publications : Memoirs of the
Generals, written by the Twin
Brothers expressly for benefit of the Gordon
Lancers.
Gemini
Boys' Home, the Royal School for Officers'
Daughters, and the Soldiers' Daughters'
Home The Heroes in Rhyme. Address :
40 St. George's Road, Eccleston Square, S.W.
United Service.
Club
[Died 21 Jan. 1906.
WILKINSON, Right Reverend Thomas Edward
D.D. b. Walsham Hall, Bury St Edmunds
y. s. of Hooper J. Wilkinson and Ann, o. d.
m.
of J. Howlett, The Rookery, Yoxford
Annie Margaret, o. d. of Thomas Abbot Green,
Felmersham Grange, Bedfordahire, 1864
three s. three d. Educ. : Bury St. Edmunds
Jesus Coll. Camb (M.A.). Curate of
School
Cavendish and Rickinghall, Suffolk, 1861-70
of
Zululand, 1870 appointed BishopBishop
Coadjutor of London for North and Central
Rector of St. Catherine Coleman,
and
Europe,
Bishop for Europe
City of London, 1886
Publicaand
Central), 1886-1911.
(North
tions : Hymns Ancient and Modern in the
Zulu Language; 1874; A Suffolk Boy in
East Africa, 1875 A Lady's Life in Zululand
and the Transvaal; The late Mrs. Wilkinson's
Does England wish her Boys
Journals, 1876
and Girls to grow up Atheists and Anarchists ?
1894
Emigration, the true Solution of the
Social Question, 1894
Saat, the Slave Boy
of Khartoum, 1898
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Work and
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Recreation
:
Bradford Court, near
[Died 23 Oct. 1914.
WILKINSON, Rt. Rev. Thomas W., B.C.
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle; Presi6.
dent of St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw
Harperley Park Co. Durham, 5 April 1825
Court
2nd a. of Geo. Wilkinson, D.L., County
Judge, Northumberland. Educ. : Harrow
763
work.
Address
:
Taunton
'[Died 23 Nov. 1908.
Joseph Loftus, Kt., cr. 1902 ;
the Army Railway Council
Lieut.-Col. of the Engineer and Railway
Associate InstituVolunteer Staff Corps
tion of Civil Engineers
General Manager,
WILKINSON,
Member of
WILKINSON
1897-1916
Great Western Railway
Educ. :
b. 1845.
Reading. Address : 31 Gloucester Terrace,
Hyde Park, W. Club : Junior Carlton.
[Died 16 June 1903.
WILKINSON, Maj.-Gen. Osborn, C.B. 1877
m. 1852, d. of Col. J. Free.
b. 8 Oct. 1822
Christ's College, Cambridge.
Educ. : Eton
Volunteer with Jullundur Field Force, under
Gen. Sir H. Wheeler, against Sikh Insurgent
leader Ram Sing, 1848-49
present at reduction of forts of Rungur Nungul and
Moraria
volunteer with army of Punjab,
at
under Lord Gough, 1848-49 (medal)
cavalry action of Ramnugger with 14th
Dragoons (struck in side by a spent bullet)
with Field Force, under Sir Sidney Cotton,
against Momund tribes on N.W. Frontier,
with Sir Hope
1854 (medal and clasp)
Grant's Flying Column in Oude, 1858
and served
at
of
capture
Meeangunge,
present
with 2nd Brigade of cavalry at final siege
of Lucknow under Lord Clyde
engaged in
some cavalry affairs near Alum Bagh and
present at attack by 7th Hussars on body of
fanatics near Moosah Bagh (medal and clasp,
Brevet Major, C.B.)
D.A.Q.M.G. to Gen.
Sir Edward Lugard with Azimghur Field
Force at affair near Tigrce (two guns captured), relief of Azimghur, capture of JugD.A.Q.M.G. to
deespore and Jhitoorah
Division under Sir John Douglas in Shahabad
Jungles
action),
Jugdeespore
(second
Behar,
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WILL
Durham
Joined the
consecrated bishop,
Catholic Church, 1846
1888.
Address : St. Cuthbert's College.
Ushaw, Durham.
[Died 18 Apr. 1909.
County Court
WILL, John Shiress, K.C.
s.
6. 1840
Judge, Birkenhead, from 1906
of late John Will, Dundee
m. Mary, d. of
W. Shiress, 1873. Educ. : Edinburgh University
King's Coll. London. Barr. Middle
Bencher, 1888
Q.C. 1883
Temple, 1864
M.P. (G.L.) Montrose Burghs, 1885-96.
Address: 2 Brick Court, Temple, B.C.
Club : Reform.
[Died 24 May 1910.
WILLAN, Colonel Henry Percy Douglas, C.151902
Assistant Inspector of Remounts,
Dublin, from 1902 b. 26 Sept. 1848. Entered
4th Hussars, 1867
Captain 1st Dragoon
Guards, 1879; Major, 1882; Lieut.-Col.
1892 retired, 1894 served Zulu War, 1879
Address : Remount
(medal with clasp).
Dept., Dublin.
[Died 4 Nov. 1912.
WILLANS, William Henry, J.P., D.L. Middlesex
J.P. London, Westminster and Devonone of H.M. Lieutenants for the City
shire
of London
senior partner Willans and
Overbury, wool-brokers, London; b. Hudders2nd s .of late William
field, 31 July 1833
m. Mary Ann
Willans, J.P., W.R. Yorks
Jane, 3rd d. of late Richard Wright, HighEduc. : Huddersfleld Coll.
bury, London.
Treasurer Homes for Little Boys from their
foundation in 1864
Treas. Lond. Chamber
of Commerce, 1890-93
Chairman 1893-98
Member MiddleVice-President from 1898
sex County Council 1889-1901
Alderman,
1892-1901
Member of the Royal British
Commission of the Paris International ExhibiDirector National Provident
tion, 1900
Director Pawsons and
Institution from 1874
Director Netting
Leafs, Limited, since 1873
Hill Electric Lighting Co.
Address : 23
Holland Park, W.
High Clyffe, Seaton,
Devon. Clubs : Devonshire, City Liberal.
[Died 25 Sept. 1904.
WILLARD, Frances Elizabeth, Founder of the
World's Woman's Christian Temperance
Union
author
speaker, organiser, and
administrator
president Women's Christian
one of the
Temperance Union from 1879
principal workers for the enfranchisement of
women b. Churchville, N.Y., 28 Sept. 1839
d. of Hon. J. F. Willard.
A.M. of Syracuse
was Professor of Aesthetics in
University
the North- Western University, 1871-74;
spent two or three years in Continental and
Eastern travel secretary Women's Christian
was editor of
Temperance Union, 1874-79
the Chicago Daily Post. Publications : Nineteen Beautiful Years, 1868
Hints and Helps
Univ.
Coll.
(B.A.).
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1897-1916
Entered Navy, 1837 Admiral, 1885 served
Crimean War, 1854-55 China War, 1859-60
Naval A.D.C. to the Queen, 1870-74
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Christian Temperance Work
and Temperance, 1883
How to
Women's
Woman
Win, 1886
;
Woman
;
in the Pulpit,
1888
My Happy Half-Century, 1894 A Great
1894
A
Wheel
within
a
Mother,
Wheel,
1895
Do Everything, 1895. Address : The
Priory, Reigate.
[Died 17 Feb. 1898.
WILLERT, Paul Ferdinand, M.A., J.P.
Honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford
29 May 1844; s. of P. F. Willert,
b.
Broughton, Manchester, and Susan Preston,
d. of T. Beale; m. Henrietta, d. of John
one s. one d. Educ. :
Crofts, Adel, Leeds
Eton
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
(Scholar). Taylorian Scholar in German and
1st Class Lit. Hum. 1866
French, 1863
Fellow of Exeter College, 1867
Barr., 1870
Assistant Master at Eton, 1870-74
Tutor
of Exeter College, 1877-95.
Publications :
Various small books and articles in periodicals
and newspapers. Address : Headington Hill,
Oxford.
[Died 5 March 1912.
WILLES, Sir George Ommanney, G.C.B. cr.
1892 J.P. Admiral retired, 1888 b. 1823
m. Matilda, d. of late W. J. Lockwood, 1855.
Educ. :
Royal Naval Coll. Portsmouth.
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Commander-in-Chief on China Station, 1881-
1884
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Portsmouth, 1885-88.
Clubs :
United
Square, S.W.
Cadqgan
Service, Travellers', Arthur's. Marlborough.
[Died 18 Feb. 1901.
WILLETT,
Alfred, F.R.C.S.
;
President of
the,
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of
London
Consulting Surgeon, retired Surgeon Lecturer on Surgery, and on
Clinical Surgery, and Warden of the College,
St. Bartholomew's Hospital ;
Surgeon (retired) to St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics,
to Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and ta
Foundling Hospital
Surgeon (retired) ta
the Evelina Hospital
Member, Court ol
Directors Royal Sea Bathing Hospital,
(retired)
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Margate
Board
;
of
Managemant Metro-
Member
politan Convalescent Institution
of Council and of Committee of Distribution
;
of Hospital Sunday Fund (retired, ; Visitor
for King Edward's Hospital Fund (retired) ;
b. 3 Jan, 1837 ; 2nd s. of
Willett, Weal
House, Portland Place, Brighton, andi
of
William
4th
d.
Elizabeth,
Verrall, of Southover. Lewes ; m. 1867, Rose E., o. d. of Sir!
1st
George Burrows,
Bart., M.D., F.R.S.
Physician in Ordinary to the Queen ; five *
two d. Was Examiner in Surgery at University of Cambridge and to Royal College*
of Physicians ; delivered Bradshaw Lecture
on the Correction of Certain Deformities by
Wm.
Member
Operative Measures upon Bones
Council Royal College of Surgeons oi
1903
retired
England, 1886, re-elected, 1895,
Address.
Vice-President, 1894 and 1897.
6 Oxford Square, Hyde Park, W.
Wyndham
Croft, Turner's Hill, Sussex.
[Died 30 June 1913.
WILLIAMS, Rt. Rev. Arthur Acheson, D.D.,
Bishop of Tinnevelly and Madura, from 1905.
Educ. : Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained
1870 Curate of Bromley, 1870-75 St. John
the Evangelist, Penge, 1876-80; Chaplain
St. George's
of St. George, Madura, 1880
Chaplain
Madras,
1881-83;
Cathedral,
Military Female Orphan Asylum, 1883
Trichi
1889-90
1884-88
Vellore,
Bellary,
St. Mark, Bangalore, 1891
y, 1890-91
1894
1892-94
2
Vellore,
Ootacamund,
St.
1895
George'
Bolarum, 1895-96
Archdeacoi
1896-1905
Cathedral, Madras,
editor Madras Diocesw
of Madras, 1900-5
Record, 1896-1900; Fellow Madras Uni
versity. Address : Palamcottah, Madras.
[Died 29 June 1914
WILLIAMS, Capt. Ashley Paget Wilmot, D.S.O
21s
North Somerset Yeomanry
1900
2nd t
1867
b. 7 Jan.
Lancers (retired)
of Edward Wilmot Williams, of Herringston
Served S. Africa, 1899-1901 (deDorset.
spatches twice, Queen's medal 3 clasps,
D.S.O. ). Club: Cavalry.
[Died 30 Oct. 1913.
WILLIAMS, B. Francis, K.C., Recorder of
s. of late Enoch Williams
b. 1845
Cardiff
m. 1st, 1869, Williameta (d. 1886), d. of late
J. Hughes
2nd, 1888, Nora, widow of Major
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Donald Waterfleld, R.A.
Q.C.
Middle Temple, 1867
Bencher, 1891
Address : 38 Craven Hill Gardens.
1885.
Club : Oxford and Cambridge.
[Died 28 July 1914.
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;
and war
WILLIAMS,
corre-
Charles, journalist "
contributor of the
Diary of the
to the Morning Leader ; b. Coleraine,
from
descended
1838
paternally
;
Ireland,
Yeomen of Worcestershire (Tenbury and
spondent
"
;
War
Mamble), and maternally from Scotch
in Ulster 1610.
Greenwich School
;
settlers
:
Belfast Academy ;
private tutors. On leav-
Educ.
WHO WAS WHO,
WILLIAMS
1897-1916
;
Graduates' Coll. and Polyclinic
Physician
to the English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Office, 1873. Publications : Climate of
the South of France, 2nd ed. 1869
Influence
of Climate in the Treatment of Consumption,
minated in the smashing of the power of the
Khalifa at Omdurman in Sept. 1898 general
journalist with (formerly) special engagement
for warfare and descriptive work abroad and
late senior Military Correspondent
at home
of the Daily Chronicle
retired from active
work of campaigning contested West Leeds
1877
Pulmonary Consumption, 2nd ed.
1887
Aerotherapeutics, or the Treatment of
Disease by Climate, 1894
contributed more
than 100 papers to medical literature. Recreation : travelling.
Address : 2 Upper
Brook Street, W.
Banacle Edge, Witley,
Surrey. Club : Athenaeum.
[Died 15 Dec. 1912.
WILLIAMS, David Parry, C.B. 1901 J.P.
Collector of Customs, Liverpool, 1892-1907
b. 28 Nov. 1842
s. of Thomas Williams of
ing school ill-health compelled residence in
warm climate, consequently visited Southern
States U.S. ; there joined filibustering exon return, joined
pedition to Nicaragua
volunteers and Standard same week in 1859
editor, Evening Standard, in its first three
editor and manager Evening News,
years
war correspondent in
in its first three years
ten campaigns, including that which cul-
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Publications
1886.
The Armenian
:
Notes on Transport in
Campaign, 1877
How we lost Gordon
Afghanistan, 1879
The
(Fortnightly Review, May 1885)
Thessalian Campaign, 1897, (do. June 1897)
Life of Sir Evelyn Wood
England's De;
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Academic des Sciences, etc.
discoverer of
lepidine and numerous other alkaloids, also of
cyanine, and the remarkable hydrocarbon
1'
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Recreations
isoprene.
and pike
fisher, fair
:
enthusiastic angler
game shot, for
average
years his principal amusement was the
study of the ancient Egyptian language and
the translation of inscriptions in that lanAddress : Bay Cottage, Smallfield,
guage.
near Horley, Surrey.
[Died 15 June 1910.
WILLIAMS, Charles Theodore, M.V.O. 1906;
F.R.C.P.
Lond.
Consulting Physician
M.D.,
to Hospital for Consumption, Brompton,
from 1894; and to King Edward VII. 's
many
;
for Consumption
Hon. Fellow
Pembroke College, Oxford
Treasurer,
Royal Meteorological Society
Sanatorium
of
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President,
(retired) ; b. 29 Aug.
late C. J. B. Williams,
cian Extraordinary to
1838 ; e. surv. s. of
M.D., F.R.S., Physi-
H.M. Queen Victoria
;
Educ. : Christ's College School, Brecon,
Entered Civil Service (Customs), 1862
Collector of Dundee, 1889
Surveyor, 1883
Surveyor-General of H.M. Customs, 1890
the
2nd
Middlesex Art Vols..,
in
formerly
from which he retired with the rank of Major
and the V.D. in 1890.
Address : Dorlcote,
Birkenhead.
[Died 2 Sept. 1909.
WILLIAMS, Lt.-Gen. David Walter, Madras
b. 15 July 1839
m. 1st, 1876,
Infantry
Laura, d. of Rev. C. Dilnott Hill, Yalding,
Kent
2nd, Lucy, widow of Arthur Hill,
Entered army, 1 858
Toronto, Canada.
Lieut.-Gen. 1894
retired list, 1894
Colonel
86th Carnatic Regt., 1904.
Address : 9
Herbert Road, Bournemouth.
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The Watton, Brecon m. 1864, Maria Isabel,
d. of Thomas Doe Thacker
one s. six d.
;
Songs for Soldiers
Army Reform
Hushed up, a criticism on the South African
articles
in
United
Service
campaign
Magazine, etc. Recreations : fishing, photonaval
Club :
graphy, ritual, reading,
trips
Constitutional.
[Died 9 Feb. 1904.
WILLIAMS, Charles, M.R.C.S., J.P., D.L.
b.
High Sheriff for Merioneth, 1896, 1897
y. s. of Lewis
Dolgelley, 14 July 1834
m. Sarah Emma,
Williams, Vronwnion
y. d. of John Carson, Egryn Abbey. Educ. :
Bartholomew's Hospital.
St.
Oswestry
Practised as a medical man from 1857. ReAddress :
creation :
fishing.
Hengwm,
Club : Junior ConDyffryn, Merioneth.
servative.
[Died 31 July 1900.
WILLIAMS, C. Greville, F.R.S., Photometric
Supervisor to the Gas Light and Coke Co.
b. Cheltenham, 22 Sept. 1829
s.
(retired)
of S. Hanson Williams, solicitor, and Sophia
m. Henrietta, d. of H. Bosher one
Billings
Educ. : privately at Prestbury,
s. three d.
First Assistant to Dr.
near Cheltenham.
Anderson, Professor of Chemistry in the Univ.
for several years assisted in his
of Glasgow
researches in organic chemistry
afterwards
Assistant to Dr., afterwards Lord Play fair
conducted a tutorial class in the University of
Edinburgh, where Lord Playfair was ProPublications : about
fessor of Chemistry.
60 papers which appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Societies of London and
Edinburgh, Quarterly Journal of the Chemical
Society, Philosophical Magazine, Chemical
Gazette, Chemical News, Comptes Rendus de
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WILLIAMS, Rev. Edward Adams, M.A.
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WILLIAMS,
Sir
Edward
Charles
Sparshott,
cr. 1893
b. 27 March 1831
m.
1855 Maria (d. 1857), d. of Col. Elliott
Voyle
2nd, 1860 Charlotte Clementina
(d. 1872), e. d. of Thomas Bruce of Arnot,
Kinross-shire.
Entered Bengal Engineers,
1848
served Burmese War,
General, 1895
1852
Government Director for Indian
Address: 73 Lexham
Railways, 1892-97.
Club : United Service.
Gardens, W.
[Died 2 Oct. 1907.
WILLIAMS, Major Edward Ernest, D.S.O.
1905
the Northumberland Fusiliers
b. 4
Dec. 1875; s. of Sir Hartley Williams.
served
Entered army, 1896
Capt. 1900
W. Africa (N. Nigeria), 1900 (despatches,
in 1903 (despatches,
medal with clasp)
medal with clasp)
N. Nigeria, 1904 (deClub : Army and
spatches, clasp, D.S.O.).
[Died Aug. 1915.
Navy.
Sir
Edward
Leader, Kt. cr. 1894
WILLIAMS,
consulting engineer Manchester Ship Canal
e. s. of late E.
b. Worcester, 28 Apr. 1828
765
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m. Mary, 2nd d. of late J. Gwyn Jeffreys,
LL.D., F.R.S., 1868. Educ. : Harrow Pembroke Coll. Oxford (M.A., graduated Natural
Science Honours)
St. George's Hospital,
London Paris. Demonstrator of Anatomy
and Physiology St. George's Hospital, 1866
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Assistant Physician Brompton Hospital,
1867; Physician, 1871; President Med.
Hon.
;
b. 26 March 1826
Chaplain to the King
2nd s. of Henry Williams of Glasthule, Co.
Dublin, whose ancestor settled at Rath Kool
when William III. carried on a successful
campaign in Ireland his mother, nee Esther
McClure, was a descendant of two Huguenot
families, de la Cherois and Crommeline, who
were invited by William III. to settle in Co.
Antrim and improve the damask manufactures
m. 1874, Jane Anna, d. of Rev.
E. Symons. Educ. : Trinity College, Dublin.
Ordained by Bishop of Worcester served in
H.M.S. St. George in the Baltic in 1854, and
in H.M.S. Hawke in 1855, and was present in
the attack on the Forts in the Gulf of Riga
served with Pearl's
Chaplain R.N. 1854
Naval Brigade in Indian Mutiny, 1857-59
retired
1886
(despatches)
Chaplain to
Queen Victoria Hon. Chaplain and badge of
Hon. Chaplain to King Edward VII. Coronation medals of King Edward VII. and George
war medals for the Baltic, 1854, and the
V.
Indian Mutiny, 1857. Publications : formerly
Hon. Editor of the Anchor Watch; The
Cruise of the Pearl.
Address : 5 Queen's
Gate, Southsea.
[Died 13 Apr. 1913.
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WHO WAS WHO,
WILLIAMS
Leader Williams, engineer to Severn Navigam. 1st, 1852, Ellen
tion Commissioners
Maria (d. 1860), d. of Thomas Popplewell of
2nd, 1862, Catherine Louisa,
Gainsborough
d. of Richard Clinch of Northwich, Cheshire.
Educ. : private schools.
Engaged as en;
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gineer from 1846 on the works of the Great
Northern Railway, Shoreham and Dover
Harbours, River Weaver and Bridgwater
chief engineer of the
Canal Navigations
Manchester Ship Canal durirg its construc;
became afterwards the Consulting
Engineer. Publications : papers printed in
Proceedings of Institute of Civil Engineers ;
article on Canals and Navigations in last
Recreation : photoedition of Ency. Brit.
Address : The Oaks, Altrincham,
graphy.
Club : Brasenose, Manchester.
Cheshire.
tion,
[Died 1 Jan. 1910.
J.P. and D.L.
WILLIAMS, Edward Wilmot,
for Co. Dorset
b.
;
1826
Wilmot
;
James
Herringstone, and
e. s.
of late
Williams of
Elizabeth Anne, 2rd d. of late Richard
of
Warrington, Co. Down S. 1853 ;
Magenis
m. 1862, Hon. Sophia, d. of 2nd Viscount
Educ. : Trinity College, DubGuillamore.
At one time of Bengal
lin (B.A. 1846).
:
Address
Herringstone House,
Cavalry.
Club : Carlton.
Dorchester.
[Died 30 July 1913.
Canon of
WILLIAMS, Rev. Eleazar, B.A.
of Llangefni,
1888
Rector
from
Bangor
W. Tregayon, from 1877. Educ. : Trin.
Coll. Dublin, Deacon, 1850;
priest, 1851.
Rector of Edern Carwgiwch, 1865-77.
Address: Rectory, Llangefni, Anglesea; Bangor.
[Died 28 Nov. 1905.
WILLIAMS, Sir Frederick William, 5th Bt.,
2nd s. of 3rd Bt.
cr. 1866
b. 15 Jan. 1888
and Matilda Frances, d. of E. B. Beauchamp
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of
Redruth
Trevince,
;
S.
brother,
1905.
Owned about 4500 acres. Heir : b. Burton
Address : Pilland,
Robert, b. 7 July 1889.
Barnstaple, N. Devon.
[Died 2 Oct. 1913.
Sir
Kt.
cr. 1894
memGeorge,
WILLIAMS,
ber Hitchcock, Williams, and Co., warehousemen
1821
b.
m. Helen, d. of George
five s.
Educ. : Gloyne'a
Hitchcock, 1853
President Young Men's
School, Tiverton.
Christian Association
president Band of
travel.
AdHope Union. Recreation :
dress : 13 Russell Square, W.C.
6
Nov.
1905.
[Died
WILLIAMS, His Honour Gwilym ; C.C., D.L.,
J.P. Judge for Glamorganshire
Chairman
of Quarter Sessions
e. s. of late D. Williams
of Miskin Manor
b. 1839 :
m. Emma, d.
of late William Williams
three s. one d.
Called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1863; C.C.
1884-85.
Address:
Judge Mid Wales,
Miskin Manor,
Llantrisaint
Pontyclun,
R.S.O., Glamorganshire.
[Died 25 March 1906.
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WILLIAMS,
Lieut.-Gen.
Sir
Henry Francis,
1906
Colonel-Commandant
1903; b. 3 April 1825.
1843
Maj.-Gen. 1881 ;
served Punjab Campaign,
retired, 1885
1848-49 (medal with two clasps)
N.W.
Frontier of India, 1849-50 (medal with clasp);
Indian Mutiny, 1857-59 (severely wounded,
Fenian Raid,
despatches, medal with clasp)
1870 (medal with clasp).
Address:
1
Elliot Terrace, The Hoe, Plymouth.
Club :
[Died 1 May 1907.
Army and Navy.
WILLIAMS, Rev. Hugh, M.A., D.D. (Glasgow) ;
Professor of Church History at the Theolob. Sept. 17,
gical College, Bala, N. Wales
1843 *. of Hugh Williams, of Menai Bridge,
of
Urias
e.
d.
m.
Anglesey
Mary,
Bromley,
Old Hall, Chester. Educ. : Bala College
London. Graduated
University
College,
B.A. in Classic Honours, M.A. in Philosophy
ordained Minister in the Presbyterian Church
Moderator of N. Wales
of Wales
1873
766
K.C.B.,
cr.
;
K.R.R.C. since
Entered army,
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1897-1916
Assembly of that Church, 1903; appointee I
Professor of Greek at Bala, 1874
when th<|
College became a Theological College, 1901 1
was appointed Professor of Church History I
Member of Theological Board and of Court!
also of Council o: I
of University of Wales
;
;
North Wales College, Bangor. Publications. I
wrote a commentary on Epistle to Galatianf I
for Sunday School Union (Wales)
edited I
the Latin Works of the British 6th century I
writer Gildas (Cymmr. Society)
Magazine I
Articles
Papers separately re-issued, Thel
British Church in the 5th and 6th Centuries I
Review of Zimmer's Keltische Kirche and!
;
;
;
:
Pelagius in Irland in Zeitschrift fur Celtische
Address: Theological College,
Philologie.
May
[Died 11
Bala.
I
I
1911.1
D.C.L.
b.
WILLIAMS,
Liverpool,!
1851
e. s. of James Williams and Maria, d.
\
of Robert Whitley
unmarried.
Educ. \
Lincoln Coll., Oxford. I
Liverpool Coll.
Fellow of Lincoln Coll. and All Souls Reader I
in Roman Law in the University.
Barr. I
Lincoln's Inn, 1875
J.P. Flintshire
High I
Hon. LL.D., Yale. Pub-'\
Sheriff, 1906-7
licatwns : legal over 100 articles in succes- 1
James,
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;
Ency. Brit.
many in Law
The Schoolmaster
Magazine and Review
and the Law, 1890; Wills and Succession,
sive editions of
;
;
Law
of Education, 1892 ; Institutes
;
of Justinian, 1893 ; Dante as a Jurist, 1906 ;
Law of the Universities, 1910, etc. ; verse
Simple Stories
Lawyer's Leisure, 1884
of London, 1890 ; Ethandune, 1892 ; Briefless Ballads, 1895 ; Ventures in Verse, 1898
1890
A
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Thomas of
The Oxford Year, 1901
Kempen, 1909, etc. Address : Lincoln
;
Oakenholt Hall, Flint.
College, Oxford
Clubs: Savile, American Universities.
[Died 3 Nov. 1911.
;
WILLIAMS, John
Carvel], Vice-President of
the Liberation Society ; b. Stepney, 20 Sept.
1821
e. s. of John Allen Williams, Stepney;
;
m. Anne
Hornsey.
(d. 1902), d. of
Richard Goodman,
Educ. : privately.
in legal profession at Doctors'
Some years
Commons;
30 years Secretary to the Society for the
Liberation of Religion from State Patronage
M.P. (L.) South Nottingham,
and Control
M.P. Mansfield Div.
defeated 1886
1885
retired 1900.
1892
again, 1895
Notts,
Chairman of the Congregational Union of
1899
Vice-President
and
England
Wales,
Pubof the Hornsey Liberal Association.
;
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;
:
several relating to Disestablishprincipal
ment, the Burial Laws, etc.
editor of the Liberator, and contributor to
other public journals. Recreations: pictures,
Address : 2 Serjeant's
books, travelling.
Inn, Fleet Street; 26 Crouch Hall Road,
National
Liberal.
:
Club
N.
[Died 8 Oct. 1907.
William
Sir
John
Collman, K.C.B.,
WILLIAMS,
b. 29 Aug. 182i
J.P. for Hants
cr. 1892
m. Georgiana, d. of G. Ingouville, 1856
Educ. :
three s.
Royal Naval School.
General,
Entered Marine Artillery, 1842
lications
;
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;
1888 Adjutant-Gen. Royal Marine Artillery,
A.D.C. to the Queen, 1869-77
1867-72
;
;
;
Deputy Adj. -Gen. Royal Marines,
1883-88.
Address : Morelands, Cosham, Hants.
[Died 21 July 1911.
WILLIAMS, Rt. Hon. Joseph Powell, P.C.,
S.
M.P.
Birmingham from 1885
(L.U.)
J.P.,
m. Anne, d. of
b. Worcester, 18 Nov. 1840
Educ. : Edglate S. A. Bindley, F.R.C.S.
baston Proprietary School. Seven years a
four
Councillor
years Alderman of
City
;
;
;
was Honorary Secretary of
Birmingham
Birmingham Liberal Assoc. and National
Liberal Federation, and subsequently Chairman of Executive of National Liberal Union
Vice-Pres. Birmingham Liberal Unionist
five years Chairman of Finance
Association
Financial
Committee of City Council;
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Secretary
War
the
to
1895-1900,
Chairman of Management Committee, Central
Liberal Unionist Association.
Publications :
pamphlets on Country Government, and
The Ballot Act
article on Taxation of
Ground Rents, in Nineteenth Century. Address : 6 Great George Street, Westminster,
S.W.
Beckenham, Kent. Club : Devonshire.
[Died 7 Feb. 1904.
Office,
;
;
WILLIAMS, Morgan
1846;
e.
sure.
and Matilda,
Stuart, J.P., D.L., b.
of late William Williams
heir of Colonel Smith,
s.
and
o. d.
of Castella;
S. brother 1863;
m. 1873,
Josephine, d. of William Herbert, of Clytha,
Monmouthshire. Educ. :
Eton
Peterhouse, Cambridge. High Sheriff, GlamorganHeir : s
shire, 1875
patron of 2 livings.
m. 1901, Hon. Miriam
Godfrey [b. 1875
AdIsabel, d. of 5th Lord Rendlesham].
dress : Aberpergwm, Neath
St. Donat's
;
;
;
;
Castle, Llantwit Major.
Club : Arthur's.
[Died 13 Dec. 1909.
WILLIAMS, Owen J. Captain, Denbighshire
b. Nov. 1850
4th s. of Sir
Yeomanry
Hugh Williams, 3rd Bt. unmarried. Educ. :
Eton Magdalene College, Cambridge. Recreations : Master of Flint and Denbigh Foxhounds from 1884 steeplechasing Steward
of Grand National Hunt
J.P. Denbigh
Address : St. Asaph.
[Died 4 Oct. 1908.
WILLIAMS, Lieut. -General Owen Lewis Cope,
J.P. for Anglesey and Buckinghamshire
b.
London, 13 July 1836; e. s. of late Col.
Thomas Peers Williams, M.P. (d. 1875), and
Emily, y. d. of late General Anthony Bacon ;
m. 1st, Fanny Florence, y. d. of late St.
George Caulfeild of Donamon (d. 1876)
2nd, Nina Mary Adelaide, y. d. of Sif
Tollemache Sinclair, Bart. Educ. : Eton.
Entered Royal Horse Guards, 1854
Lt Colonel. 1866
Colonel, 1871
Maj. -General,
M.P. for
1882;
Lieut.-General,
1887;
Marlow, 1880-85; equerry to H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales (afterwards King Edward
ReVII.), during his Indian tour, 1875^76.
creations :
hunting,
shooting,
yachting
Address :
etc.
24 Hill Street,
racing,
Berkeley Square, W. Craig-y-don, Anglesey;
Temple House, Great Marlow, Bucks. Clubs:
Jockey, Yacht Squadron, Carlton, Marlborough, Turf, etc.
[Died 2 Oct. 1904.
WILLIAMS, Owen Thomas, M.D.
Lecturer
in Pharmacology, Liverpool University
b.
Educ. : Universities of
Liverpool, 1877.
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[Died 15 Jan. 1913.
pool.
Archdeacon
WILLIAMS, Ven. Samuel
Hawke's Bay and Commissary to Bishop
;
of
of
of
Waiapu from 1888 b. 17 Jan. 1822 s.
Henry Williams, late Archdeacon of Waimate,
m. Mary, d. of ArchN.Z., and Marianne
;
;
;
deacon William Williams, afterwards Bishop
of Waiapu
one s. two d. Educ. : Waimate
St.
John's Coll. Auckland, N.Z.
Ordained Deacon, 1846
MisPriest, 1853
;
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1847-53; at Te Aute,
Rural Dean of Hawke's
Address : Te Aute, Napier,
N.Z.
[Died 15 March 1907.
WILLIAMS, Sir Thomas Marchant, Kt., cr.
1904
Stipendiary
Magistrate
Merthyr
Tydfil and Aberdare from 1900
b. Aberdare,
31 July 1845; m. 1883, Elizabeth Ann
Wilding of Rhydfelin,
Builth.
Educ. :
London University
Bar, Inner Temple,
1885.
B.A. (Hon.), London University.
sionary
at
Otaki,
Hawke's Bay, 1853
;
Bay, 1865-88.
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Member
of
South
Wales
Circuit
;
ex-
Inspector of Schools for the London School
Board, and Assistant Charity Commissioner ;
one of the Representatives of the Treasury
on the Court of the Welsh University ;
Member of the Councils of the National
Museum of Wales, the National Library of
Whales, and the South Wales University
1897-1916
WILLIAMS
President of the Welsh Language
Hon. Sec. National Eisteddfod
Society;
Association of Wales
Editor of The Nationalist.
Publications :
The Land of my
Fathers ; The Welsh Members of Parliament;
The Missing Member An English Grammar;
a volume of Welsh Lyrics (Songs of Love
and Life), etc. Recreation : cycling. Address : Rhydfelin, Builth, South Wales.
[Died 27 Oct. 1914.
WILLIAMS, Rev. Thomas Rhondda ; Congregational Minister, Union Church, Brighton,
from 1909
b.
Cowbridge, Glam., 1860
s. of Rev. T. Williams, Calvinistic Methodist
Minister ; m. 1882
three s. four d.
Educ.:
Grammar School Cardiff ; Presbyterian
College, Carmarthen.
Began public preachentered Carmarthen
ing at 13 J years of age
College with a Dr. Williams Scholarship,
1877
ordained at Dowlais at age of 20,
1880
ministered
at
1884-88
Neath,
Publications : Belief
Bradford, 1888-1909.
and Life; God's Open Doors; Shall We
Understand the Bible ?
Does Science
The Social Gospel ;
Destroy Religion ?
The Evangel of the New Theology ; Sermons
to Children and Young People
The New
Theology; The Working-faith of a Liberal
contributor to Christian ComTheologian
monwealth ; Christian World ; Christian
World Pulpit; The Hibbert Journal. Recreation :
Address :
walking.
Highdene,
Dyke Road Brighton. [Died 12 May 1915.
College.
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Kent,
1885
;
-
Engineer
Commander
Waller
M.V.O. 1910
Assistant Engineer,
served
Engineer-Commander, 1901
;
;
1893
(medal,
H.M.S. Racer, Osborne,
Vitu,
Address
clasp).
Isle of Wight.
:
[Died 26 Nov. 1914.
WILLIAMS, Sir William Robert, 3rd Bt. cr.
1866
b. 21 Feb.
1860
S.
D.L., J.P.
father 1878
m. Matilda, d. of Edmund
Beauchamp Beauchamp, Trevince, Cornwall,
1881.
Educ. :
Eton
Sandhurst. Capt.
3rd Brigade W. Division R.A., 1882-83
Owned about 8100 acres. Heir : s. William,
b. 1886.
Address : Upcott, and Heanton
Punchardor, Barnstaple. Club : Carlton
[Died 16 May 1903.
WILLIAMS, Sir William Frederick, 4th Bt.;
cr. 1866
b. 17 May 1886
s. of 3rd Bt. and
Matilda Frances, d. of E. B. Beauchamp of
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Trevince, Redruth
about
4500
;
Owned
S. father, 1903.
Heir :
b.
Frederick
Address : Pilland, BarnN.
Devon.
20
staple,
[Died
Sept. 1905.
WILLIAMS, Sir William Grenville, 4th Bt.
cr. 1798
b. London, 30 May
J.P., D.L.
1844
e. s. of 3rd Bt. and Henrietta, o. d.
of late Sir Watkin Williams- Wynn, Bt.
S.
father 1876
m. Ellinor, d. of Willoughby
Hurt Sitwell, Ferney Hall, Salop, 1884 (d.
Educ. :
Eton. Served in Royal
1894).
William,
acres.
1888.
b.
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;
Dragoons and
Guards
retired as
served in the Montgomeryas Lieut.-Col.
Owned about
9400 acres. Recreation : shooting.
Heir :
s. William, b. 1888.
Address : Bodelwyddan
Rhuddlan, Flintshire Pengwern, Rhuddlan ;
Clubs : Carlton,
Bodidris, Llandegla Mold.
Naval and Military.
[Died 30 Aug. 1904.
Captain, 1873
1st Life
;
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Yeomanry
shire
;
WILLIAMS,
Sir William John, K.C.B.
cr.
1891
Lieut.-Gen. retired, 1895
b. 1828 ;
m. Florence, d. of late Col. John de Lancey,
1865.
Entered Royal Artillery, 1847 Lieut.
served Crimea, Afghan War,
Gen., 1890
1881
Commander Royal Artillery, Aldershot, 1886-91.
Club : United Service.
[Died 22 Apr. 1903.
WILLIAMS, William Owen, F.R.C.V.S.,
;
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;
Professor of Principles and PracVeterinary Medicine and Surgery,
1904
Liverpool, from
University,
Veterinary Surgeon to the Establishment of
His Majesty's Stables from 1903
b. Brad767
F.R.S.E.
tice
;
of
The
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WHO WAS WHO,
WILLIAMSON
ford, Yorks,
1860
;
s.
Wm.
of late Professor
Williams, F.R.C.V.S., F.R.S.E., Principal of
the New Veterinary College, Edinburgh, and
Caroline Owen
m. 1885, Annie Christine,
d. of John Flint, Glasgow, and Catherine
of
1897-1916
George B. Willis, R.A., Sopley Park,
m. 1st, Eliza, d. of George Morgan
Hants
;
M.P., of Brickendonbury 1856
2nd, Ada
d. of Sir John Neeld, 1st Bt. 1874.
Educ. :
privately. Joined77th Foot, 1841
served at
Malta, Corfu, Jamaica, Nova Scotia Canada,
Daglish, Northumberland ; two s. one d.
and during the Russian War, 1854-56 ;
Educ. : Royal High School, University, and
landed in the Crimea with Light Division,
New Veterinary College, Edinburgh Alfort
1854 ; took part in the affair on the BulVeterinary College, Paris. Hospital Surgeon
and Demonstrator in New Veterinary College,
ganac ; the battle of the Alma the skirmish
at Mackenzie's Farm ; the capture of Balathen Professor of Veterinary Medicine and
klava ; the battle of Inkerman the storming
Surgery as especially applied to the ox
of the Quarries
the assaults on the Redan
Principal of New
sheep, pig, and dog
18th June and 8th Sept.
Member
of
Council
1900
the battle of the
Veterinary College,
of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Tchernaya, and for upwards of a hundred
tours of duty in the trenches, including
President of the Council of the R.C.V.S.
1902-3-4
President of the National Veterimany sorties and night attacks
slightly
wounded on several occasions
late Veterinary
nary Association, 1905-6
appointed
Lieutenant Lothians and Berwickshire YeoD.A.Q.M.G. at headquarters, Crimea, towards the end of the siege ; afterwards
manry Cavalry, etc. Publications : Editor
of the Principles and Practice of Veterinary
A.Q.M.G. of 4th Div. until evacuation of
Crimea
in Africa with French, 1856-57 ;
Medicine and Surgery
late Editor of the
formed 2nd Batt. 6th Foot, 1857
was
Veterinary Journal ; Reviser of Fleming's
Recreations
:
vol.
ii.
A.G. Malta,
Q.M.G.
Operative Surgery,
Gibraltar, 1858-59;
Address :
1859-64; Q.M.G. Southern District, 1866fishing, travelling, sport generally.
The University, Liverpool.
1871; A.Q.M.G. Headquarters, 1872-75; in
command Northern District, 1878-81 com[Died 1 Sept. 1911.
manded
the 1st Div. in Egyptian expedition,
WILLIAMSON, Alexander William, F.R.S. ;
1882 ; commanded the troops at actions of
emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Univ. Coll.
El-Magfa, Tel-el-Mahuta, and at battle of
London ; b. Wandsworth, 1 May 1824 ; *.
Kassassin, 9th Sept., also 1st Div. at Tel-elof William and Antonia MacAndrew
m.
commanded Southern
Kebir, wounded ;
1855, Emma Catherine, 3rd d. of Professor
contested Portsmouth
District,
1884-89;
T. Hewitt Key, F.R.S., etc.
Educ. : Ken1892
Grand
Officer
(C.),
Legion of Honour
Paris
sington Grammar School ;
Dijon
2nd class Osmanie, 4th Medjidie ; Knight of
College
private lessons ; Heidelberg UniJustice
Order
of
St.
John
of Jerusalem, etc.
versity under Gmelin, Giessen under Liebig.
Recreations : were hunting, shooting, fishing
Studied the Higher Mathematics under
in
and
Europe, Asia, Africa,
America, yachtAuguste Comte ; appointed Professor of
athletics generally.
ing, rowing,
cricket,
Practical Chemistry Univ. Coll. 1849, and
Address : Stretham Manor, Ely ; Seabank,
Professor of Chemistry in addition, 1855 ;
Bournemouth. Club : United Service.
Publications : Chemistry for
retired, 1887.
[Died 29 Nov. 1900.
Students
various papers.
Address : High
His Honour Judge William, K.C.,
:
Club
Haslemere.
Athenaeum.
WILLIS,
Pitfold,
B.A., LL.D. ; Judge of County Courts of
[Died 6 May 1904.
Southwark, Greenwich, and Woolwich from
WILLIAMSON, David Robertson, J.P., D.L. ;
1906 ; Recorder of Maldon and Saffron
b. 13 Feb. 1830;
o. s. of late Charles A.
Walden
from 1886 ; b. Dunstable, 29 April
of
Co.
and
Williamson,
Balgray,
Dumfries,
1835 ; s. of William Willis, straw-hat manuLawers, Perthshire, and Catherine Harriet,
d. of Thomas Bayard Clarke;
m. 1st,
m. 1853,
facturer, Dunstable and Luton ;
Hon. Selina Maria Morgan, d. of 1st Lord
Annie, d. of John Outhwaite, Blackheath ;
one
d.
of
Thomas
s.
Mary
2nd,
Tredegar ;
Elizabeth,
Royal Military College,
Moody,
of
Lewisham.
Educ. :
Sandhurst ; Hon. Col. 4th (Perthshire) V.
Free Grammar
Batt. The Black Watch; formerly Lieut.
School, Dunstable ; boarding school, HockColdstream Guards. Recreations : hunting,
Huddersfield
liffe, Beds, and Hatfield, Herts
Took a situation in a house of
College.
shooting, golf, cricket, football, curling,
business in Luton, 1850 ; afterwards in Old
estate duties.
Address :
Lawers House,
was in business for (f
Change, London
Comrie, Perthshire.
[Died 16 Dec. 1913.
years ; matriculated at London University,
WILLIAMSON, Sir Hedworth, 8th Bt. ; cr.
1857
B.A.
1859
with gold medal,
LL.D.
;
1642 ; D.L. ; Hon. Col. 1st Durham Volun1865; Student Inner Temple, 1858; obteer Artillery from 1888 ; b. 25 March 1827 ;
tained
studentship given by Inns of Court,
S. father 1861 ; m. Elizabeth, d. of 1st Earl
1860 ; Barr. 1861 ; Q.C. 1877
M.P. for
of
Eton ;
Ravensworth, 1863. Educ. :
Colchester, 1880; contested Peckham Div.
Christ Church, Oxford (M.A.). Attache" at
of the Borough of Lambeth, 1885, 1886
St. Petersburg, 1848 ; Paris, 1850 ; resigned
Examiner in Common Law, University of
1854 ; M.P. North Durham, 1864-74. Heir :
London, for 5 years ; Judge of County Courts
s. Hedworth b. 1867.
Address : Whitburn
of
Norfolk and Cambridge, 1897-1906. PubHall, Sunderland. Clubs : Brooks's, Boodle's.
lication : Lectures on the Law of Negotiable
[Died 26 Aug. 1900.
Securities
and the Law of Contract of Sale.
WILLIAMSON, Stephen, J.P., merchant, LiverRecreations : collecting books, both old and
pool ; head of firm of Messrs. Balfour,
new, walking by the side of brook and river,
Williamson, and Co. ; b. Kilrenny, Fifeshire,
speaking to everybody he met, and seeing
1827
e. s. of Archibald Williamson, shiphow much there was in others to be admired
owner, Anstruther ; m. Anrie, 3rd d. of late
and loved. Address : 18 Belmont Park,
Rev. Thomas Guthrie, D.D., Edinburgh,
Lee, S.E.
[Died 22 Aug. 1911.
1859.
Educ. : Arstruther ; St. Andrews,
M.P. for St. Andrews Burghs, 1880-85 ; Kil- WILLIS, Sir William, Kt., cr. 1885 ; J.P. ; b.
25 Nov. 1821 ; m. Eliza, d. of John Sands,
marnock Burghs, 1886-95 ; was a follower
Address : Copley, Nes1868.
of Mr. Gladstone.
Educ. : Christ's Hospital. Entered
Admiralty, 1838 ; Deputy Accountant-Gen.
ton, Cheshire; Glenogil, Kirriemuir, N.B.
1878 ; Accountant-Gen, of the Navy, 1882Clubs : Reform ; Reform, Liverpool.
1885. Address : 5 Lansdowne Road, Lee, S.E.
[Died 16 June 1903.
[Died 28 Sept. 1906.
WILLIS, Sir George H. S., G.C.B. ; cr. 1895 ;
General in H.M. Army ; Hon. Col. Middlesex WILLOUGHBY, Percival Robert Augustus,
M.I.C.E. ; Director of Public works, Jamaica,
Regt., and of 2nd Hants Artillery Volunmember of Legislative
a s.
teers ; b. Hampshire, 11 Nov. 1823
B.W.I. ;
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WHO WAS WHO,
ex officio
Council of the Colony of Jamaica
Member of the Kingston General Commiss. of Ed.
b. Bristol, 14 May 1868
sioners
Francis Willoughby, M.D., and Augusta Ann
m. 1st, Elizabeth
Willoughby of London
Sibbering of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganone s.
shire
2nd, Edith May Griffiths of
MerEduc. :
Llandilo, Carmarthenshire.
London University
chant Taylors' School
Articled
pupil,
College, Engineering Branch.
H. O. Fisher, M.I.C.E., Engineer, Taff Vale
executive engineer, Dooars ComRailway
assistant engineer,
pany, Bengal, India
W. Harpur, M.I.C.E., City Engineer,
Cardiff
deputy engineer, Merthyr Corporation ; civil engineer to Dowlais Iron Coy.,
afterwards Guest, Keen, and Nettlefield
nicipal
engineer and architect, Pontypridd
Recreations : tennis, golf, and ridCouncil.
Clubs :
LiguJamaica, Kingston ;
ing.
anea, St. Andrews, Jamaica.
[Died I May 1913.
WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, 10th Baron cr.
M.F.H.
1492 ; Henry Verney, D.L., J.P.
Warwickshire from 1876 [Sir Thomas Willoughby was 3rd s. of 4tk Lord Willoughby
de Eresby ; his g. g. s. aided Henry VII. to
he became 1st
gain Bosworth Field, 1485
Baron, was made Capt.- General and afterwards Marshal of the English armies sent
2nd Baron (d.
by Henry VII. to France
1522) and title fell into abeyance ; his g. d.
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their s. m. Anne, d.
their d. became
of Earl of Westmorland
heiress of b. Baron Broke's estate, 1628 ;
she m. Sir Richard Verney, Warwickshire
their 2nd s. became 3rd Baron, 1694]; b.
s. of 9th Baron and
Kineton, 14 May 1844
Georgiana, d. of Ma j. -Gen. Thomas William
S. father
Taylor, C.B., Ogwell, Devon
1862
m. Geraldine, d. of James H. SmithBarry, Marbury Hall, Cheshire, and Fota,
Owned about
Co. Cork, 1867 (d. 1894).
Heir : s. Hon. Richard G.
18,200 acres.
m.
Sir
Fulke Greville
;
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;
Address : Kineton House, WarClub : Carlton.
[Died 19 Dec. 1902.
WILLOX, Sir John Archibald, Kt. cr. 1897
Verney.
wick.
;
;
(C.) for Everton Division, Liverpool,
b. Edinburgh,
1892-1900, and from 1900
1842
s. of John Willox, author and journalist ;
m. 1888, Sara Davies, widow of
Thomas Cope, J.P. Educ. : Edinburgh and
Liverpool Colleges. Entered office of Liverwas successively
pool Courier as a youth
M.P.
;
;
;
reporter, sub-editor,
principal proprietor
and
editor,
and became
took an active part
in all matters connected with journalism
was concerned in affairs of Press Associa;
;
Institute of Journalists, Newspaper
also largely interested in
Society, etc. ;
tobacco trade as manufacturer in Liverpool
and London. Publications : numerous lecRecreations : special
tures, addresses, etc.
interest in athletics and all lands of oiit-door
Address : Huyton, Lancashire
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Abercromby Square, Liverpool. Clubs :
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[Died 9 June 1905.
tion.
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WILLS, Right Hon.
1884
retired and P.C. 1905
b. 11 Dec. 1828
2nd s. of late William Wills, J.P., Edgbaston,
Birmingham, and Sarah, d. of Jeremiah
Ridout
m. 1st, 1854, Lucy (d. I860), d. of
George Martineau, Tulse Hill; 2nd, 1861,
Bertha (d. 1906), d. of Thomas Lombe
three s. two d.
Taylor, Starston, Norfolk
Educ. :
Proprietary School, Edgbaston
University College, London. University of
London exhibition in Mathematics, 1846,
exhibition in Classics, 1846
B.A. 1849
LL.B. 1851
Scholarship in Classics, 1849
in
1851
Univ.
Coll. LonScholarship
Law,
don, Flaherty Scholarship (Classics), 1850
Fellow of Univ. Coll.
Barr. Middle Temple,
1851 ;*Q.C. 1872
1st Recorder of Sheffield,
Sir Alfred, Kt., cr.
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WILLS
1897-1916
1881-84
Judge of the Queen's and King's
Bench Division of the High Court of Justice,
1884-1905
President of Railway and Canal
treasurer of the
Commission, 1888-93
Middle Temple, 1892-93 one of the founders
of the Alpine Club, 1858
3rd President of
Alpine Club, 1863-65. Publications : Wanthe
derings among
High Alps The Eagle's
Translation of Rendu's The"orie des
Nest
Glaciers de la Savioe ; Editor of Wills on
Circumstantial Evidence.
Address : SaxClub : Athenaeum.
holm, Basset, Hants.
[Died 9 Aug. 1912.
WILLS, Lieut.-Col. Caleb Shera, C.B. 1879;
R.A.M.C. (retired)
1834
2nd s. of
b.
Robert Wills and Mary d. of Caleb Shera ;
m. 1st, Louisa Lucy, a. of Rev. J. Holmes,
1872 (d. 1885) 2nd, Octavia Christina, d. of
Rev. George Chute, 1888
three s. one d.
Educ. : private school. L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.I.
Joined Army Medical Department, 1857
sanitary officer to Expedition to Canada in
the Mason and Slidell affair with America,
1861; served with 83rd Regt., 1862-65;
private secretary and A.D.C. to Governor
and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas,
1866-69
to Governor and Commander-inChief of the Windward Islands, 1872-75
served throughout Zulu War, South Africa,
1879 (despatches, medal, C.B.).
Address :
Lunecliffe, Lancaster.
[Died Oct. 1906.
WILLS, Charles James, M.D. (Aberd.) author,
b. Chichester, 13
novelist, and journalist
Oct. 1842
s. of James Wills,
Brighton.
Educ. : Sevenoaks Grammar School
St.
Bartholomew's Hopsital
Universities of
Aberdeen and London. Medical Officeru
H.B.M. Telegraph Department in Persia.
From 1882 writer. Publications : The Land
of the Lion and Sun, 1883
Persia as it is,
1886
The Pit Town Coronet, 1888
Was
he justified ? 1891
John Squire's Secret,
1891
The Great Dore"mi, 1890
In and
about Bohemia, 1894; His Sister's Hand,
Behind an Eastern Veil, 1895
1893
Her
An Easy-going Fellow, 1896 ;
Portrait, 1893
In the Sunny South
Jardyne's Wife, 1891
of France, 1891
in collaboration with F. C.
The Fatal Phryne, 1899; The
Phillips
Scudamores, 1890
Sybil Ross's Marriage,
A Maiden fair to see, 1891 in
1890
collaboration with John Davidson Laura
Ruthven's Widowhood, 1893
edited illustrated edition Hajji Baba (with original
His Dead Past, 1897; in
notes), 1896;
collaboration with L. G. Burchett The
The Dean's Apron,
Yoke of Steel, 1896
Recreations :
1899.
reading.
gardening,
Address : 41 St. Aubyns, Hove, Sussex.
Clubs : Savage Hove.
[Died 24 March 1912.
WILLS, Sir Edward Payson, 1st Bt., cr. 1904 ;
b.
J.P. Co. Gloucester
K.C.B., cr. 1899
1834
2nd surv. s. of late Henry Overton
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1891), e. d. of late J. Chaning Pearce,
three s.
F.G.S., Montague House, Bath
four d.
Director Imperial Tobacco ComGovernor Bristol Gen. Hosp.
pany, Ltd.
of Executive Committee Training
M ember
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Formidable
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Pres. of Jubilee Con-
Home, of which the building and
Heir : s. Edward
grounds were his gift.
Address : Hazlewood,
Chaning, b. 1861.
Stoke Bishop, near Bristol
Clapton Manor,
Somerset.
[Died 13 March 1910.
1897
cr.
WILLS, Sir Frederick, 1st Bt.
7th s. of late
Governor of Guy's Hospital
Henry Overton Wills, Cotham Park, Bristol
m. Anne, e. d. of late Rev. James Hamilton,
D.D., F.L.S., 1867 three s. three d. Director
of the Imperial Tobacco Co. of Great Britain
contested Launceston
and Ireland, Ltd.
M.P. Bristol
Div. Cornwall, 1895 and 1898
1900-1906, Owned about 1500
(North),
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WILLS
Recreations : yachting, fishing, shootHeir: s. Gilbert Alan Hamilton, b.
1880.
[Educ. : Clifton Coll. ; Magdalene
9 Kensington
Oxford. ] Address :
Coll.,
acres.
ing.
W. Manor Heath, BourneNorthmoor, Dulverton. Clubs :
Reform, Gresham, Royal Thames Yacht.
Palace Gardens,
mouth
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;
[Died 18 Feb. 1909.
WILLS, Rev. Freeman, M.A., V.D. Vicar of
Colonel
St. Agatha, Finsbury, from 1871
1st Cadet Battalion King's Royal Rifles;
y. s. of Rev. James Wills, D.D., Rector of
b. of late W. G.
Attanagh, near Kilkenny
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Wills, dramatist, and cousin of Lord Rathmore, and the late Archbishop of Dublin.
Lord Plunket.
Educ.
University
Waterford Grammar
:
of
ViceDublin.
Prizes in English Prose and
Gold Medallist in Oratory ; and
Verse
Auditor (president) College Historical Soc.
Sermons at St. Agatha's
Publications :
School;
Chancellor's
;
;
Put Asunder, a
a Drama
The Golden Band, a Drama (with
Henry Herman) A New Crusade, by Peter
the Hermit
Lay Sermons for Practical
Memoir of W. G. Wills, Dramatist
People
The Only Way a Drama
and Painter
Sedgemoor,
Drama
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founded
Two
on
Cities
;
Charles
A
Dickens's
Rouget de
Tale of
a one-act
L'Isle,
contribuplay (with Frederick Langbridge)
Recreation : voluntions to magazines, etc.
Address : 42 Sun Street, Finsbury
teering.
[Died 26 Apr. 1913.
Square, E.C.
WILLSON, Major-Gen. Sir Mildmay Willson,
K.C.B. cr. 1902 J.P.
Chairman, Quarter
Sessions, Parts of Kesteven, Co. Lincoln
Special Service Officer, S. Africa, 1901-2
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late Col.
b.
commanding
13 July 1847
;
e.
1st Batt. Scots Guards ;
s. of Anthony Willson
Rauceby, Co. Lincoln, and Mary Eliza
Educ. :
Caroline, 2nd d. of Rev. G. Fane.
served
Eton. Entered Scots Guards, 1866
with Guards Camel Corps on Nile, 1884-85
South
(C.B.) ; High Sheriff, Lincolns, 1875
of
;
;
Africa, 1900-1 (despatches thrice, K.C.B.)
retired
Address:
1907.
Rauceby Hall,
Grantham. Clubs : Carlton, Guards', Arthur's ; Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes.
[Died 29 Feb. 1219.
WILMOT, Sir Henry, 5th Bt. ; cr. 1759;
Maj. Rifle Brigade
K.C.B., V.C., J.P. ;
(retired); Hon. Col. 1st Derbyshire Rifles
from 1881
Capt. of English Shooting
S. father 1872
m.
Eight ; b. 3 Feb. 1831
Charlotte, d. of Rev. Frederick H. Pare,
1862.
Educ. :
Rugby (M.A.). Entered
Army, 1849; Capt. Rifle Brigade, 1855;
served in Indian Mutiny, being present at
Lucknow ; Deputy-Judge-Advocate to Oude
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Field Force, 1857 ; Judge-Advocate-General
to forces during Chinese War, 1860-61 ; M.P.
1869-85 ; Col. in command
of N. Midland Volunteer Brigade. 1888-95.
Heir: n. Ralph, b. 1875.
Address: 20
Montagu Street, W. ; Chaddesden Hall,
Derby. Clubs : Carlton, Arthur's.
[Died 6 Apr. 1901.
(C.) S. Derbyshire,
WILSDEN,
Rev. Joseph Samuel, M.A. ; b.
m.
Wilsden, near Bradford, Yorks, 1835
1866, Ursula Catterall, e. d. of late David
Kinnear Brown, Lieut. R.N. ; three s. five
d.
Educ. : The Grammar School, Bingley
St.
John's College, Cambridge (Scholar).
Curate of St. Saviour's,
Ordained 1859
Liverpool, 1859-66; Missionary Curate of
St. Saviour's, Everton, 1866-69
Incumbent
of new District of St. Saviour's, Everton,
1869-80
Vicar of Wooler, Northumberland,
Rural Dean of Glendale, 18981880-1910
1910
and Proctor in Convocation for the
Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, 1899-1910
Hon. Canon Newcastle, 1887-1910 Chaplain
to the Bishop of Newcastle, 1907-1910
became a retired clergyman, 1910. RecreaAddress : Abergele,
tions : golf, walking.
N. Wales.
[Died 15 Apr. 1914.
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1897-1916
WILSON,
Sir Alexander, 1st Bart.
cr. 1897 ;
J.P. ; Managing Director and Chairman of
Messrs. Cammell
Co., Cyclops Works,
Master Cutler of Sheffield; b.
Sheffield;
;
&
s. of George
Haughmill, Fife, 28 June 1837
Wilson of Prinlaws and Isabella Ralph
m.
Edith Hester, d. of Henry Vickers, solicitor,
Holmwood, Sheffield, 15 Nov. 1866. Educ.:
;
;
Madras
St.
Coll.,
Andrews;
Edinburgh
Recreations : shooting, fishing,
:
Address : Archer
none.
Clubs : Junior Carlton,
House, Sheffield.
Whitehall ; Scottish Conservative, Edinburgh.
[Died 27 Apr. 1907.
WILSON, Sir Alexander, Kt., cr. 1887 ; chairman Mercantile Bank of India ; b. Scotland,
2 May 1843
4th s. of late Very Rev. Dean
Wilson, Aberdeen; m. 1st, 1874, Isabella
Adelaide (d. 1891), d. of R. D. Dunn ; one *.
four d. ; 2nd, Louisa, d. of Major Robert
Educ. : Trin.
Poore, 8th Hussars, 1896.
Coll. Glenalmond.
In India, 1865-91 ; was
member of Jardine, Skinner,
Co., Calcutta
president Bengal Chamber of Commerce ; president Bank of Bengal ; Legislative Council of India ; Sheriff of Calcutta,
1887
was Capt.-Commandant Calcutta
Light Horse. Recreations : all kinds of
in whining crew Wyfold Cup at
sport
Grand Challenge Cup,
Henley, 1863, 1864
Address : Rickling, Newport, Essex.
1864.
Clubs : Oriental, City of London.
[Died 6 Sept. 1907.
WILSON, Andrew, Ph.D., M.B., F.R.S.E.,
F.L.S. ; Lecturer on Physiology and Health
to George Combe Trust, and Gilchrist Trust
Lecturer
b.
journalist ;
Edinburgh, 30
Dollar Institution
Educ. :
Sept. 1852.
University.
Heir
golfing.
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Edinburgh
University and Medical School. Lecturer
on Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
Edinburgh Medical School, 1876
formerly
editor of Health, and Examiner, Faculty of
;
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Medicine University of Glasgow.
tions : Studies in Life and Sense
PublicaLeisure
A Manual
Science Stories
of Health- Science
Chapters on Evolution ;
Leaves from a Naturalist's Note-Book
Common Accidents and How to Treat Them
Wild Animals, Their Haunts and Homes ;
Elements of Zoology
The Student's Guide
to Zoology ; Brain and Nerve ; The Modern
etc.
extensive
contributor to
Physician,
;
and to Illustrated London
magazine literature
News weekly " Science Jottings " ; to
Lloyd's Newspaper ; and to other journals
and magazines, etc. Recreations : walking
Address :
110 Gilmore
whist, yachting.
Clubs : Authors', CalePlace, Edinburgh.
Royal Forth
donian, Royal Thames Yacht
Time Studies
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Northern, Edinburgh.
[Died 25 Aug. 1912.
WILSON, Arthur, D.L., J.P. steamship owner,
Hull
y. s. of late Thomas Wilson, Park
House, Cottingham. Educ.: private. Was
in business, Thomas Wilson, Sons, & Co.,
Master of Holderness
Hull, from a boy
Foxhounds for 23 years
High Sheriff of
Yorkshire and Sheriff of Hull. Recreation :
Address : Tranby Croft, Hull
hunting.
17 Grosvenor Place, S.W.
Clubs : Carlton,
Bachelors'.
[Died 21 Oct. 1909.
Vicar of
Bernard
Robert
Rev.
WILSON,
Rural Dean
Portsea, Hants, from 1901
of Portsmouth
Hon. Canon of Winchester
b. 3 Oct. 1857
s. of Rev. Robert Francis
Wilson, late Vicar of Rownhams, s. of
Thomas Wilson, formerly M.P. for the City
of London, and Maria, d. of the late Rev.
unmarried.
Frederick and Lady H. Trench
Educ. :
Radley College, Keble College,
Oxford (Scholar)
Leeds Clergy School.
Curate of All Souls (Hook Memorial) Church,
Chaplain to Bishop of
Leeds, 1882-85;
Vicar of St. John's
Brisbane, 1885-91
Curate of
Cathedral, Brisbane, 1887-91;
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1891-92; Rector of
Kettering, 1892-98 ; Head of Oxford House
in Bethnal Green, and Rector of Bethna^
All Hallows, Barking,
Recreations :
1898-1901.
Green,
travel,
Address : The Vicaragej
mountaineering.
Portsea.
Club : Grosvenor.
[Died 15 Oct. 1909.
WILSON, Maj .-Gen. Francis Edward Edwards,
C.B. 1882; b. Newcastle, Staffs, 22 Oct.
1839 ; y. s. of late E. Wilson, M.D., J.P.,
and Mary Anne, d. of F. H. Norther, M.D.,
Lea House, Co. Stafford; m. 1868, Minnie,
2nd d. of late Rev. C. Fyfe, Flamstead,
Jamaica.
Educ. :
Cheltenham College.
Ensign K. O. Stafford Rifles, 1855; 22nd
Lieut.-Colonel commanding
Foot, 1857
84th Foot, 1879 Colonel in the Army, 1883
retired
as
Maj .-Gen. (honorary), 1883
commanded 2nd Battalion York and Lanes
Regt. (late 84th Foot), in Egyptian Campaign, 1882 (despatches twice. C.B., 3rd
class Medjidie medal and clasp, bronze star).
Address : 9 Helena Road, Southsea.
[Died 21 Sept. 1905.
WILSON, Lt.-Col. Gordon Chesney, M.V.O.,
1901
R. Horse Guards
b. 3 Aug. 1865
e. s. of late Sir Samuel Wilson, M.P.
m.
one s.
Educ. :
Lady Sarah Churchill
Eton ; Christ Church, Oxford. Entered
army, 1887; Capt.. 1894; Major, 1903;
Brevet Lieut.-Col. 1907
served Staff South
Africa, 1899-1900 (despatches twice, Queen's
was on Baden-Powell's
medal, 3 clasps)
Staff during defence of Mafeking
an Officer
of the Legion d'Honneur.
Address : 21
Hertford Street, Mayfair, W.
Clubs : Turf,
White's.
[Died 6 Nov. 1914.
WILSON, Henry Joseph, M.P. (L.) Holmfirth
J.P. ShefDivision, Yorkshire, 1885-1912
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director of
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Smelting Company; b. 14 Apr.
1833
s. of late William Wilson of Radford,
Torquay, and Mansfield m. 1859, Charlotte,
d. of late Charles Cowan, M.P., Edinburgh
three *. two d.
Educ. : Univ. Coll. London.
Member Sheffield School Board 15 years
Member of the Departmental Committee
(India Office) on Regulation of Prostitution
in India, 1893
Member of the Royal Commission on Opium in India, 1893-95, and
presented a Minority Report
actively
connected with Liberal organisation in
Sheffield
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County Courts of Aberdeen and Kincardine,
1861-90
Storr's Lecturer on Municipa
Law in Yale University, 1895-96 member
Scottish Departmental Committees on Habit;
;
ual Offenders, 1894, and under Inebriates
Professor of Law (Scottish and
Act, 1898
Roman), University of Aberdeen. 1891-1901.
Works in Scottish Law ;
Publications :
articles in Contemporary, Law Quarterly,
Juridicial Review, Yale Law Journal, etc. ;
Hon. President, Unionist Association of
etc.
Aberdeen University constituency,
Address : 17 Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen.
Club : Savile.
[Died 24 Jan. 1908.
WILSON, Col. John Gerald, C.B. 1897, J.P.,
;
D.L. ; commanded West Yorks Volunteer
Infantry Brigade ; 3rd York and Lancaster
b. Cliffe
Regt.
County Alderman, 1888
29 Dec. 1841
e. s. of late Richard Bassett
Educ. :
Cliffe.
of
J.P.,
D.L.,
Wilson,
Cheltenham ; Royal Military Coll. Sandhurst,
Joined 84th Regt. as Ensign without purretired as Captain, 1867 ;
chase, 1858 ;
appointed Colonel commanding 1st North
Colonel
Yorks Rifle Volunteers, 1873;
commanding 3rd York and Lancaster Regt.
1883 ; Brig.-Gen. commanding West Yorks
Volunteer Brigade, 1889 ; Jubilee medal,
Recreations : hunting, cricket, shoot1897.
Clubs :
Address : Cliffe, Darlington.
ing.
Carlton ; Yorkshire, York.
[Died 8 March 1902.
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Sir
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Sheffield
abolition of State
a Radical, strongly
regulation of vice
Adopposed to Militarism and Protection.
dress : Osgathorpe Hills, Sheffield.
29
June
1914.
[Died
WILSON, Sir Jacob ; Kt. ; cr. 1889 ; Director
of the Land Division
and Agricultural
Adviser of the Board of Agriculture (retired) ;
and Hon. director Royal Agricultural Society ;
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temperance
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b.
1836
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m. Margaret,
d. of
Thomas Hedley,
1874.
Educ. :
privately
cultural College, Cirencester.
;
Royal
Agri-
Address : 51
Chillingham Barns,
Club :
Junior
Belford, Northumberland.
Carlton.
[Died 11 July 1905
WILSON, John, M.P. (L.) for Mid Durham
from 1890
Financial Secretary, 1890-96
then appointed Corresponding Secretary
Miners' Union
b. 1837
m. Margaret, d.
of George Firth, 1863 ;
one s. four d.
Worked as a collier in England and America ;
Treasurer Miners'
1882-90.
Association,
Address : 18 Claylands Road, Clapham
S.W. Club: National Liberal.
[Died 24 March 1915.
WILSON, John Dove, Emeritus Professor and
Hon. LL.D. Aberdeen University; D.L.
Aberdeenshire
b. Scotland. 21 July 1833 ;
s. of Charles Wilson, M.D., F.R.C.P. Edin.
Jermyn
Street,
W.
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(d. 1901), e. d. of John Carnegie,
two
Redhall, D.L., Kincardineshire, 1863
s.
one d. Educ. : Old Grammar School,
Kelso ; Univs. of Edinburgh and Berlin.
Scottish Bar, 1857 ; Judge in Sheriff for
;
Mathew Wharton, 2nd
Bt.
;
cr.
Lieut, llth Hussars (retired)
1874
J.P.
20 March 1827; S. father 1891; m.
Gratiana, d. of Admiral Richard Thomas,
1850.
Educ. :
Devonshire,
Stonehouse,
Owned
Harrow
Christ Church, Oxford.
Heir :
about 8700 acres.
Major Mathew
m. 1874, Georgina Mary,
[b. 2 Jan. 1853
e. d. of R. T. Lee, of Grove Hall, Yorks.].
Address : Eshton Hall, Gargrave, Yorkshire.
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WILSON
1897-1916
WILSON,
1874
;
Sir
Brooks's.
[Died 1 March 1909.
Mathew Amcotts, 3rd Bt.
cr.
;
J.P., D.L.
2 Jan. 1853
b.
;
;
s.
of
2nd Bt. and Gratiana, d. of Admiral Richard
Thomas, Stonehouse, Devonshire S. father
;
R
m. 1874, Georgina Mary, e. d. of
1909
T. Lee, of Grove Hall, Yorks ; three s. three
;
Harrow
Educ. :
Downing College,
about 8700
acres.
Cambridge. Owned
Address :
Heir : s. Major M. H. Wilson.
Eshton Hall, Gargrave, Yorkshire.
[Died 18 Jan. 1914.
WILSON, Rev. Robert James, D.D. Warden
of Keble College, Oxford, from 1894; Member
Hon. Fellow of
of Hebdomadal Council
Merton, 1894. Educ. : Merton Coll. Oxford.
ordained 1868
Postmaster, M.A., B.D.
Fellow of Merton College, 1867-89; Tutor
1870-75; Vicar of Wolvercot, Oxfordshire,
Warden of St. Peter's College,
1875-79
Vicar of Radley, 1880-93.
Radley. 1879-88
Liddon's Life of
Publication :
(jointly)
[Died 15 May 1897.
Pusey, 1893.
Sir
Maryon
Maryon, 10th
Spencer
WILSON,
Lieut. R.N. (retired) ;
J.P.
Bt. ; cr. 1660
m. Rose,
b. 4 Dec. 1829 ; S. father 1876
Lieut.
d. of Rev. H. S. Pocklington, 1856.
Owned about 4400 acres. Heir : s.
1855.
6 Prince's
Address :
Spencer, b. 1859.
Charlton House, Old CharlGardens, S.W.
Fitzjohn's, Great Canfield, Dunton, Kent
Clubs : Junior
mow
Searsel, Uckfield.
United Service, Naval and Military.
[ Died 31 Dec. 1897.
V.D.
WILSON, Col. Thomas, C.B. 1897
Hon Col. 1st W.L.R.F.A. Brigade; b.
2nd s. of William
Liverpool, 9 July 1831
Wilson, Clayton Lodge, Aigburth, near
m. 1864, Jane, e. d. of Thomas
Liverpool
Kirkpatrick, J.P., The Walmsleys, Tyldesley,
two s. two d. Educ. :
near Manchester
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for nearly forty years' continuous service as
WHO WAS WHO,
WILSON
:
Authors' (N.Y.), Cosmos
[Died 17 Oct. 1900.
Captain Sir William Henry,
1st Bt., cr. 1903
b. 1828
s.
J.P., D.L.
of late Col. J. Wilson, Roseville, Co. Wexford, and Frances, d. of HOD. J. Robinson,
Treasurer of New Brunswick
m. Jane (d.
a commissioned
Address
Force.
officer in H.M.'s Volunteer
:
27 Alexandra
Drive,
Sefton Park, Liverpool
Gadlys, Cemaes
Bay, Anglesey.
[Died 5 June 1915.
WILSON, Hon. Walter Horatio, M.L.C. Queenscr. C.M.G. in recognition of
land, 1885
b.
public services in Queensland. 1900 ;
Ruabon, North Wales, 15 July 1839. Educ. :
Ellesmere, Shropshire, and Manchester, Eng-
Clubs
Virginia.
(Wash. D.C.).
WILSON-TODD,
;
;
;
;
Cr. Fell. Trin. Coll. London, 1897;
Sec. Royal Col. Inst.
Arrived
admitted soliciMelbourne, Victoria, 1852
tor.
Victoria, 1863;
Queensland, 1865;
Brisbane Hospital Com., 1883-86
Board of
Health, 1884-86; Shire Council, Toowong,
1884-87
Redcliffe Divisional Board, 18921897 Postmaster-General (Griffith Ministry),
1887-88
member Executive Council and
Rep. Griffith-M'Ilwraith Ministry Legislative
Council, 1890-93; P.M.G. and Sec. Public
Instruction M'llwraith Ministry. March to
Oct. 1893
P.M.G. and Sec. Public Instruction in Nelson Ministry, Oct. 1893 to Aug.
1894; P.M.G., Aug. 1894 to Oct. 1894;
Minister without portfolio, Oct. 1894 to
March 1898;
Acting Attorney-General,
March 1897 to Jan. 1898; P.M.G. Nelson
P.M G
Ministry, March 1898 to April 1898
Byrnes Ministry, April 1898 to Oct. 1898
;
Hon. Cor.
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naby
Tranby Park,
Hall, Croft, Darlington
Clubs : Carlton, Army
Hessle, Yorkshire.
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;
Brisbane
Liedertafel, President, 1884-1900
golden
lyre presented by members, 1900; introduced Tonic Sol- Fa and drawing into State
;
schools ; Hon. Organist, Toowong Church
eight years judge Brisbane Gympie and
;
Newcastle (N.S.W.) Eisteddfodan competiAddress : Sherwood Grove, Toowong
Queensland.
[Died 28 Feb. 1902.
WILSON, William Edward, D.Sc. (hon. causa,
b. 19 July 1851
Dublin), F.R.S., J.P., etc.
o. s. of late John Wilson,
M.A., Daramona
House, Streete, Co. Westmeath, and Frances
Patience, d. of Rev. E. Nangle (d. 1879)
m. 1886, Carolina Ada, 3rd d. of Capt R C
Granville
one s. two d. Educ. : private
tuition.
Established at Daramona in 1871
a private observatory; in 1881 a new
astronomical observatory was built and provided with a reflecting telescope of 2 feet
also a physical laboratory and a
aperture
mechanical workshop;
High Sheriff for
tions.
;
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;
Westmeath, 1894. Publications: various
papers in Philosophical Transactions and
the Proceedings of the Royal Society, also
the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Recreations: astronomy,
physical science, country pursuits
Ad:
Clubs
:
Daramona,
Athenaeum
Streete, Co. Westmeath.
Kildare Street, Dublin.
;
[ Died 8 March 1908.
Lyne, President Washington
and Lee University from 1897
b. Virginia
3 May 1843
s. of Benjamin Wilson and
Mary Whiting Lyne; m. Nannie Huntington.
Educ. : Columbian University (A B
A.M., LL.B., and LL.D.)
University o'f
LL.D. Hampden Sidney College,
Virginia.
WILSON, William
;
;
;
W. Va.
University Mississippi,
Tulane University,
University,
etc.
Confederate soldier,
1862-65
tutor and college professor, 18651871
lawyer, 1871-82
President W. Va
University, 1882-83
Representative in U.s!
Congress, 1883-95
Postmaster- General U S
1895-97; Regent Smithsonian Institution
1884-88 and 1896. Publications : Congressional speeches
reports; magazine articles ;
college
addresses.
Address:
Lexington,
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dress
4th Earl of (cr. 1801), Seymour John
Viscount Grey de
Egerton, D.L.
Wilton, 1801; Capt. 1st Life Guards, retired
7th
Bt., cr. 1617, was
[Sir Thomas,
created Baron Wilton, 1784 his d. Eleanor,
who alone survived, m. Robert Earl of
Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster, and
Sir Thomas was afterwards created 1st
Earl ; he was succeeded by Eleanor's 2nd. *.
Thomas, who assumed the name of Egerton,
1821]; b. 20 Jan. 1839 ; s. of 2nd Earl and
1st wife, Mary, d. of 12th Earl of Derby ;
S. brother 1855; m. Laura, d. of William
Russell, Account.-Gen. of Court of Chancery,
descended from 5th Duke of Argyll 4th
Earl of Jersey, and 4th Duke of Bedford.
Grey
;
;
[Died 10 Apr. 1910.
WILTON,
Minister of Justice and P.M.G. Dickson
Ministry, Oct. 1898 to March 1899 ; P.M.G.
and Sec. Public Instruction, March 1899 to
resignation of Dickson Ministry, 1 Dec.
1899.
Publications :
two anthems and
minor compositions, Musical Echoes, Pacific
Route, and reviews of musical publications.
Recreations : music
founder several musical
1872
;
and Navy.
:
Musical Union,
;
;
1909), o. c. and heiress of late J. Todd,
Halnaby, whose name he took in addition to
his own, 1855
one s. four d. Educ. : Sandcontested
hurst.
Capt. 39th Foot (retired)
returned for HowdenDarlington, 1885
unopposed, 1895
shire, E.R. Yorks, 1892
and 1900; C.C. Croft, N.R. Yorks, three
times unopposed
M.P. (C.) Yorkshire E.
Heir : s. Capt.
Riding, Howden, 1892-1906.
William Pierrepoint. b. 1857. Address : Hal-
land.
societies
1897-1916
,
Owned about 9900 acres. Heir : s. Viscount Grey de Wilton, b. 1863.
[Died 3 Jan. 1898.
WILTON, 5th Earl of (cr. 1801), Arthur George
de Wilton, 1801
Viscount
Grey
Egerton
[Sir Thomas, 7th Bt., cr. 1617, was created
Baron Wilton, 1784
his d. Eleanor, who
alone survived, m. Robert Earl of Grosvenor,
1st Marquis of Westminster, and Sir Thomas
he was
was afterwards created 1st Earl
succeeded by Eleanor's 2nd s. Thomas, who
b.
assumed the name of Egerton, 1821 ]
17 May 1863
s. of 4th Earl and Laura, d.
of William Russell, Account.-General of
Court of Chancery, descended from 5th
Duke of Argyll, 4th Earl of Jersey, and 4th
Duke of Bedford; m. 1895, Hon. Mariota
Thellusson, d. of 5th Baron Rendlesham ;
two s. one d. S. father, 1898. Conservative
contested Gorton Division of LancaOwned about 9900 acres.
1886.
shire,
Heir : s. Viscount Grey de Wilton. Clubs :
Carlton.
White's,
[Died 26 Apr. 1915.
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WIMBORNE,
1st
Baron
Guest, D.L., J.P.
29 Aug. 1835
;
s.
(cr.
1880), Ivor Bertie
Bt. 1838
;
;
b.
Dowlais,
of Sir Josiah John Guest,
wife, Charlotte, d. of 9th
1st Bt., and 2nd
Earl of Lindsey ; m. Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill, d. of 7th
Duke of Marlborough K.G., 1868; five s.
four d.
Educ. : Harrow ; Trin. Coll. Camb.
Owned 83,600 acres. Heir : s.
(M.A.).
Lord Ashby St. Ledgers. Address : Wimborne House, 22 Arlingtop Street, S.W.
Canford Manor, Wimborne, Dorsetshire.
Clubs :
Athenaeum, New Travellers', St.
Stephen's.
[Died 22 Feb. 1914.
;
WIMSHURST,
of
James, F.R.S. 1898
for Trade
H.M. Privy Council
;
member
(retired)
;
Poplar, 13 Apr. 1832 ; 2nd s. of Henry
Wimshurst, builder and owner of the first
screw-propelled cargo vessel. Educ.: private
London.
school ;
Steabonheath House,
Joined professional staff of Lloyd's, 1853
accepted chief position in Liverpool Register
a, principal in the confor Shipping, 1865
sultative branch of Board of Trade, 1874 ;
a representative of the Board of Trade to sit
b.
;
;
WHO WAS WHO,
Sir
an improved vacuum
pump, an improved means
for connecting
the shore station,
;
[Died 11 Sept. 1897.
Viscount, Hon. Other Robert
of 1st Earl of PlyWindsor-Clive
e. s.
mouth b. 23 Oct. 1884. 2nd Lieut. Wor-
WINDSOR,
;
;
;
;
1st Marquis, E.G.,
was appointed by Henry VIII. executor,
and held the office of Lord Treasurer under
Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth; 5th
Marquis held out strenuously in his mansion
of 14th
;
;
6th
2nd
;
of Ireland, 1717
of the Tower];
3rd
;
b.
.
6
Marquis and Mary
Feb. 1858;
S. father 1887.
d. of 6th Lord Rokeby
Educ. : Eton. Served in Nile expedition,
Owned about 4800 acres. Heir : b.
1885.
Lord Henry William M. Paulet, b. 1862.
Address : 42 Albemarle Street, W. ArnClub : Carlton.
port St. Mary's, Andover.
[Died 11 Dec. 1899.
WINCHILSEA, 12th Earl of (or. 1628), and
NOTTINGHAM, 7th Earl of (cr. 1861),
Murray Edward Gordon Finch-Hatton, D.L.,
Viscount Maidstone,
Bart. 1611
J.P.
Baron Finch,
Bart. English, 1660
1623
Lord
of Royal Manor of
1674; Hereditary
Rye [1st Bart's, father helped to suppress
s.
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
Sir
Thomas Wyatt's
Mary, 1553, and
Speaker of the
rebellion against Queen
his 3rd s. was Sir Heneage,
Commons, whose s. Sir
Heneage became Lord Keeper of the Great
Lord
High Chancellor, 1675, and
Seal, 1673,
1st Bart.'s wife beEarl of Nottingham
came Countess of Winchilsea, 1628; 3rd
Bart, became Earl of Winchilsea on death
2nd Earl adhered to
of his mother, 1633
Charles I., and his e. s. fell in the great battle
of Southwold Bay against the Dutch, 1672
1st Earl of Nottingham's above s., as 6th
Earl of Winchilsea, became 2nd Secretary
of State and Lord President of Council,
serving under William III., Anne, and
George I.]; b. 28 March 1851; s. of 9th
Earl and 3rd wife Fanny, d. of Edward
Royd Rice, Dane Court, Kent S. half-b.
1887
m. Edith, only d. of Edward William
Harcourt, M.P., Stanton Harcourt and Nurieham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, and Susan, d.
Educ. : Eton
of 2nd Earl of Sheffield.
1st class Modern HisBalliol Coll. Oxford.
Fellow of Hertford Coll. 1875
tory, M.A.
for
M.P. (C.) for S. Lincolnshire, 1884-85
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;
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;
;
;
Lincolnshire
1885-87.
(Spalding),
Owned
Heir : b. Henry, b.
Address : 6 Bedford Square, W.C.
1852.
Haverholme
5 Robertson Terrace, Hastings
about 12,900
acres.
;
;
Priory, Sleaford.
Clubs
:
Carlton, White's.
[Died 7 Sept. 1898.
25 a
;
;
;
Duke became Viceroy
Duke was Constable
;
;
;
of Basing in defence
Marquis became 1st Duke of Bolton
;
land
o. s. of late Major
b. 29 Nov. 1860
m. 1905
Vincent Wing of 95th Regt.
Mary, d. of Lady Maria and late Capt.
Hon. G. FitzClarence, R.N. one d. Educ. :
R.M.A. Woolwich. Lieut. R.A. 1880 Capt.
Brevet Lieut.-Col.
1888; Major, 1898;
1900
A.D.C. to G.O.C. Aldershot, 18921893 served S9uth African War, 1899-1902
(despatches six times, Queen's medal 5 clasps,
King's medal, 2 clasps, C.B.), including
actions of Talana Hill, Farquhar's Farm,
defence of Ladysmith, Botha's Pass, Alleman's Nek, and operations in Transvaal and
in command of mobile
Orange Free State
column during the last six months of war
A.D.C. to Commander-in-Chief,
1903-4;
Staff Officer, R.A.. 1907-10; A.A.G. War
Recreations : hunting and
Office, 1910-13.
Address : Bulford Camp. Club :
shooting.
Naval and Military
[Died 26 Sept. 1915.
WINGFIELD, Sir Edward, K.C.B., cr. 1899;
m. 1872, Mary Georgina,
b. 6 March 1834
Educ. :
d. of late Ven. J. W. Sheringham.
Winchester; New College, Oxford. Called
went Home
to Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1859
Assistant Under-Secretary of State
Circuit
Permanent Under-Secfor Colonies, 1878
retary of State for the Colonies, 1897
Secretary for Orders of St.
resigned, 1900
AdMichael and St. George, 1897-1900.
dress : Mulbarton Hall, Norwich.
[Died 5 March 1910.
;
;
Charles I.;
commanding 3rd Division
from 1913
J.P. Cumber-
;
;
of
;
;
15th Marquess of (cr. 1551),
Augustus John Henry Beaumont Paulet, D.L.,
Baron St. John, 1539 Earl of WiltJ.P.
Premier Marquess of England
shire, 1550
Hereditary Bearer of Corps of Maintenance
Captain 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
from 1890
[Sir John Paulet served under
Duke of Gloucester against France about
Sir John 4th in descent served under
1380
Lord Audley in suppressing the Cornish
s.
Brig.-Gen. Frederick
cent, C.B. 1902
Royal Artillery
WINCHESTER,
his
(Died 23 Dec. 1908.
Drummond Vin-
WING,
[Died 3 Jan. 1903.
;
Imp. Yeomanry.
cester
Clapham Common, S.W.
1497
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rebellion,
or.
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;
of the
;
lightships electrically with
and an instrument for ascertaining the
member of the Council
stability of vessels
of the Physical Society, 1880, and of the
Council of the Rontgen Society, 1898
elected to the Committee of Management of
the Royal Institution, and also an assessor
Pubto the City of London Court, 1902.
lication : the particulars of several forms of
Electrical Machines since 1880, and also a
Book of Rules for the Construction of Steam
Recreation : research work in his
Vessels.
Address : 7 Crescent Grove,
laboratories.
;
William Charles
Supreme Court
from 1879
b. 1834
m. Mary, d. of late Rev. R. T. Bolton, 1857.
Educ. : Cape's School, Sydney
King's
Parametta
Sydney University
School,
(B.A. 1855. Hon. LL.D. Cambridge, 1887).
SolicitorBarr. New South Wales, 1857
and Attorney-Gen. 1877-78.
Gen. 1870-72
Address : Rosslyn Gardens, Sydney.
;
;
of electrical machines,
WINSLOW
1897-1916
WINDEYER, Hon.
1891
Puisne Judge
of New South Wales
at the International Conference at Washingin 1890 and since introton, U.S. 1890
duced several new and successful forms
;
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;
WINGFIELD, Major Walter
Clopton, of RhysM.V.O. 1902;
King's Dragoon
nant;
one of H.M.'s Bodyguard
Guards (retired)
J.P. for Montof
Gentlemen-at-Arms
[the Wingfields are one of
gomeryshire
the oldest families in England, as they were
;
;
;
located at Wingfield Castle in Suffolk when
William the Conqueror came over]; b. 16
Oct. 1833 ; *. of Major Clopton Lewis Wingfield of the 66th Regt. ; m. 1858, Alice, d.
Inventor of the game
of General Cleveland.
several
Publications :
of Lawn Tennis.
on
small books
Sport ; the latest are A
Sportsman's Guide, Bicycle Gymkhana and
Address : 33 St. George's
Musical Rides.
Rhysnant Hall, MontgomerySquare, S.W.
:
Clubs
shire.
Army and Navy, Cavalry,
Ranelagh.
[Died 18 Apr. 1912.
;
Rector of
Rev. Forbes Edward
b. 24 July
St. Leonards-on-Sea
Forbes
of
B.
Winslow, M.D.,
1842;
m. d. of Thomas
D.C.L. (Hon. Oxon.)
Trin.
one d. Educ. : Rugby
Winslow
Vicar of Epping, 1873Coll. Oxford (M.A.).
1878 one of the leaders of the Gospel TemGrand Past Chaplain
perance Movement
WINSLOW,
St.
;
Paul's
e.
;
s.
;
;
;
;
;
mission preacher, lecturer,
I.O.G.T. ;
author, and journalist ; Surrogate for the
Diocese of Chichester. Publications : Within
The
Sight of Home ; The Higher Rock
Way of Pleasantness; The Power of the
Cross; Country Talk for Country Folk;
of
;
Common-sense Truths for Cottage Homes
The Fulness of Redeeming Love Hurricane
The Haven
Tales for a Cosy Nook
Dick
;
;
;
;
773
WHO WAS WHO,
WINSLOW
where we would be
;
The Sacrament
of
1900;
The Children's Fairy Geography,
editions; The Children's Fairy History of England ; frequent contributions to
Inventor of The Spectacusociety journals.
Recreations : voylars, the Stop-Orator.
"
Love
;
;
;
Littleton Holt of Cyston Hall,
m. 1st,
Louth, and Frant Priory, Sussex
Florence Jessie (d. 1906), d. of Dr. J. M.
Winn 2nd, Margaret Anna Gordon, d. of
Thomas Gilchrist. Educ. : Rugby DownM.B.
ing Coll. Cambridge, D.C.L. Oxon.
Cantab. LL.D. Cantab. M.R.C.P. London.
Lineal descendant of Edward Winslow, 1st
Governor of New Plymouth, one of the
leaders of the Pilgrim Fathers who left
"
in 1620
Mayflower
England in the
Vice-President of Medico-Legal Congress,
New York, and Chairman of the Psychological Department ; engaged in the principal lunacy investigations during the last
quarter of a century in England ;' was also
engaged in a similar way in the United
States, being retained as expert in several
cases
among the chief cases in England
may be mentioned, the Penge mystery,
Balham mystery, homicidal cases of Lefroy,
Leeds
the Old Kent
Currell,
murder,
murder, Taylor's case, case of Rev. Mr.
Dodwell, who shot at the Master of the
Rolls, the Whitechapel rcimes, Mrs. Dyer's
case, the Reading baby farmer, Curragh's
case, Mrs. Maybrick's case, having the charge
of the medical petition, and presented it in
Devereux's case, Miss Doughty's
person
;
;
;
;
;
'
;
;
;
case, Lord Townshend Lunacy Enquiry ;
also in many civil actions, especially in
probate cases; in America in the .cases of
Hannigan Homes, Durrant, and Mrs. Flemcharged with murder Hon. Physician
;
to the Cabdrivers' Benevolent Association ;
also to the United Kingdom Railway Officers'
and Servants' Association ; late Lecturer on
Insanity, Charing Cross Hospital ; Physician
to West End Hosp. and North London Hosp.
for Consumption.
Publications : Manual of
Lunacy ; Mad Humanity
Eccentricity of
Youth leading to Crime ; Fasting and Feeding; Uncontrollable Drunkenness ; Spiritual;
.
Handbook for Attendants
Lunacy Law in England,
codified (published in French)
editor for
;
The
years Psychological Journal ;
Suggestive Power of Hypnotism ; Recollections of Forty Years ; The Insanity of
Passion and Crime ; innumerable articles in
monthly and quarterly journals in England
and America. Recreations : cricket, lawn
Address : 57 Devonshire
tennis, fishing.
Clubs : New
Street, Portland Place, W.
University, M.C.C., Surrey Cricket.
[Died 8 June 1913.
eight
WINTER,
Edwin, l.S.O. 1902; s. of late
Thomas Winter, of Great Marlow b. 1840
m. 1865, Bessie, d. of late Geo. Oakley.
Entered Solicitors' Department of General
Post Office, 1855
admitted a solicitor,
1870; Principal Professional Clerk, 1876;
Assistant Solicitor of General Post Office,
1899 retired, 1905.
Address : 10 Valkyrie
Road, Westcliff-on-Sea Essex.
;
;
;
;
[Died 5 Jan. 1915.
James Spearman, K.C.M.G., cr.
Lamaline, Newfoundland, 1 Jan.
m. 1881, Emily, d. of Capt. Coen
four s. four d. Educ. : St. John's. Barr. 1867
Q.C. 1880; Member House of Assembly,
1874-89, 1893, 1897-1900
Speaker, 1877-78
Member of Executive Council, 1879-89, 1897
774
WINTER,
1888
1845
;
Sir
b.
;
;
;
Attorney-
Supreme Court,
;
;
;
of
;
Thomas
stic Madness;
on the Insane
1882-85;
Judge
;
1893-96
Premier and Attorney-Gen. 18971900
represented Newfoundland at the
Fisheries Conference at Washington, 1887
delegate from the Colony to London on the
French Treaties question in 1890, also in
1898
represented Newfoundland at the
Postal Conference, 1898
member of AngloAmerican International Conference at Quebec
1898 appeared as Counsel for Great Britain
at the Hague Arbitration, 1910, upon questions between Great Britain and the United
States, in relation to the fisheries, etc. ; at
present practising as Barrister and Solicitor.
Address : St. John's, Newfoundland.
[Died 7 Oct. 1911.
WINTER, Thomas, M.A., Professor of Agriculture, University College of North Wales,
b. 22 April 1866
s. of
Bangor, from 1894
Thomas Winter, Lotherton Park, Aberford,
Leeds m. 1895, Margaret, d. of John Barren,
Educ. :
Borrowash, Derby.
Darlington
Grammar School
Edinburgh University.
Lecturer in Agriculture, Yorkshire College,
Leeds, 1893. Address : University College of
North Wales, Bangor.
[Died I Sept. 1912.
WINTERSTOKE of Elagdon, 1st Baron (cr.
1905), Sir William-Henry Wills, Bt., cr. 1892
D.L.
Pro-Chancellor of University of
Bristol
Director Great Western Railway
Chairman Imperial Tobacco Co., Ltd. ;
President Bristol Fine Arts Academy some;
autour de ma chambre ").
aging (mainly
Address : St. Paul's Rectory St. Leonardson-Sea.
[Died 6 Feb. 1913.
WINSLOW, L. Forbes, physician ; founder of
British Hospital for Mental Disorders, Lon2nd *. of
don
b. London, 31 Jan. 1844 ;
Dr. Forbes Winslow and Susannah, d. of
ing, all
Solicitor-Gen.,
General, 1885-89
;
many
;
1897-1916
;
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;
;
time Chairman Bristol Chamber of Commerce, J.P. Somerset (High Sheriff, 1905)
and Kent b. 1830 s. of William Day Wills
Bristol, and Mary, d. of Robert Steven,
Glasgow m. 1853, Elizabeth (d. 1896), d. of
John Stancomb, Trowbridge no c. Educ. :
Mill Hill School ; London University. M.P.
M.P. (L.) East
(G.) Coventry, 1880-86;
;
;
;
;
Bristol, 1895-1900. Recreations : agriculture,
breeding, shorthorns and shire horses, yachting (owner S.Y. Sabrina). Address : Blagdon
R.S.O., Somerset ; East Court, St. Laurenceon-Sea, Thanet ; 25 Hyde Park Gardens, W.
Clubs: Reform, Eighty;
Royal Yacht
Squadron.
[Died 29 Jan. 1911.
5th Earl (cr. 1766), Edward
Tumour, D.L., J.P. Baron Winterton, 1761;
Viscount Turnour, 1766
Edward
[Sir
Turnour became Speaker of the Commons and
Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1661
his g. d. had m. Joseph Garth, and their *.
becoming heir assumed the name Turnour
WINTERTON,
;
;
;
1744, and became 1st Baron and 1st Earl;
Park, 16 Aug. 1837 ; s. of 4th
Earl and Maria, d. of Sir Peter Pole, 2nd Bt.
m. Lady Georgina Susan
S. father 1879
Hamilton, d. of 1st Duke of Abercorn, K.G.,
1882. Educ.: Eton. Owned about 5800 acres.
Heir : s. Viscount Turnour.
Address :
Clubs :
Shillinglee Park, Petworth, Sussex.
5
1907.
Authors'.
Apr.
Carlton,
[Died
WINTLE, Colonel Frank Graham, D.S.O. 1891
b. Shillinglee
;
;
;
late
Army Ordnance Department
;
b.
Jul-
lundur, India, 12 Dec. 1852 ; 3rd s. of late
Major-Gen. Alfred Wintle, Royal (Bengal)
Horse Artllery ; unmarried. Educ. : private
school ; Merchant Taylors' School. Joined
Control Dept. 1872 ; posted on its breaking
up to Ordnance Store (now Army Ordnance)
Dept. ; served in Soudan Expedition, 18841885
Nile (despatches, medal with clasp,
bronzestar); promoted A.C. Gen. of Ordnance,
Soudan, 1885-86; Frontier Field Force,
action of Giniss (despatches) ; Colonel in
Decorated in
army, 1896 ; retired, 1902.
recognition of services in the Soudan. Address : 7 Carteret Street, Queen Anne's Gate,
;
Junior United Service.
[Died 24 Feb. 1907.
1904 D.L.
Senior Past Pres.
J.P. Essex, F.R.G.S.
b. 13 June 1845 ;
Char. Inst. Patent Agents
m. 1876,
e. s. of late Francis Wise, M.I.M.E.
S.W.
WISE,
Club
:
Sir (William) Lloyd, Kt., cr.
;
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;
WHO WAS WHO,
Catherine A., d. of late W. Fullard ; two d.
Educ. : Ghent and London
Professionally
trained in father's office and Siebe's Works ;
M. Institute M.E. ; M. Iron and Steel Institute ; Assoc. Inst. C.E. ; Assoc. I.N.A. ;
member Patent Law Association of WashForeign Member of Australasian
ington
Institute Patent Attorneys, and of le Syndicat
des Inge"nieurs Conseils en matiere de Proover 36 years
prie'te' Industrielle (France) ;
an active Patent Law Reformer ; a founder
and original member of Council of the Institute of Patent Agents ; first President of
the Chartered Institute (President over seven
years) ; was Examiner (1893) under Register
of Patent Agents' Rules ; first County Councillor (1889) for Southend Division of Essex
(nine years C.C., and long Chairman of four
County Committees) ; member of Standing
Joint, Police Administration, and Licensing
Owens College, 1900; Chairman of
Teachers. Registration Council, 1902.
Publications : edited Merchant of Venice for
Warwick edition of Shakespeare
contributed to the volume Teaching and Organisa-
fessor,
the
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Club : Union, Manchester.
[Died 12 Dec. 1902.
Bencher of
WITT, John George, M.A., K.C.
Lincoln's Inn
b. Denny Abbey, Cambridgetion.
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2nd s. of James M. Witt, Swaffham
and 40 Eccleston Square m. Emily
Anne. d. of James Taylor. Educ. : Eton
King's Coll. Camb. 1st class Classical Tripos
Hulsean University Prizeman
Capt. of
Eton Scholar and afterwards Senior Fellow
of King's College, Cambridge
barr.-at-law
a member of the South-Eastern Circuit. Publications :
The Mutual Influence of the
Christian Doctrine and the School of Alexandria
Then and Now, 1897. Recreations
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Committees for county of Essex
of South-East Essex Conservative Central
of
Southend
Gas Co.
Director
Committee
author of the novelty examination scheme
of
Patent
Act
in
the
embodied
1902, and of
the compulsory licensing provisions, Canadian
over
32
1903
Patent Act,
years a leader;
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WITTS
1897-1916
school; Clifton College; Principal of the
Isleworth Training College, 1893-99 ; Pro-
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Address :
King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C.
Bridge
End, Finchampstead, Berks.
[Died 7 Feb. 1906.
writer in Engineering ;
compiler of the WITT, Tansley, M.V.O. 1911
J.P.
F.C.A. ;
Illustrated Patent Record (commenced 1880)
Head of Tansley Witt & Co., Chartered
in that journal, and of the Abstracts of
Accountants
Auditor to H.M. Privy Purse
Electric Lighting Patents in Dredge's Electric
Address : 38 South Audley Street,
Office.
contributed
also
Illumination
W. Lansdowne House, Teddington.
special
articles to the Times (Engineering Supple[Died 3 Sept. 1915.
author of Glean- WITTE, Count Sergius, member of Council of
ment) and the Standard
b. Tiflis, 17(29) June 1849
of
ings from Patent Laws of all Countries, and
Empire
of numerous papers on Patent Law Reform
Director of Department of Agriculture in the
and other subjects (Society of Engineers'
Caucasus
descended by his father from a
premium, 1870) Society of Arts' Delegate to
family of Dutch emigrants to Russia. Educ. :
International Congress on Industrial Property,
Univ. of Odessa (degree of
Kischaneff;
member of British Committee,
Candidate of the Physico-Mathematical
Paris, 1878
ViceParis International Exhibition, 1889
Faculty). After graduating in 1870 at the
President d'honneur, International Congress
Novorossisk Univ. (mathematical sciences),
on Patents, etc., Paris, 1900. Recreation:
entered the railway service
collaborated in
several newspapers
went into service of
travelling. Address : 142 Inverness Terrace,
W. 57 Alexandra Road, Southend-on-Sea.
Odessa Branch of S.-W. Railway, 1870;
Clubs : Savage Alexandra Yacht, Southend
later Chief Supt. During the Russo-Turkish
war was Director of Traction of the S.-W.
[Died 6 Jan. 1910.
WISEMAN-CLARKE, Lieut.-General Somerset
Railways. In 1879 appointed Director of the
11
June
b.
retired
C.B.
pay ;
Molyneux,
Department of Exploitation at the Southof late Wm. Nelson Clarke,
e. s.
1830
western Railways Administration, and took
and
of
Ardington, Berks,
Catherine,
formerly
part in the transactions of the Railway Comm.
d. of Gen. Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bt.
mission of Count Baranov
wrote one of the
volumes of the Transactions of the CommisHarriette, 2nd d. of late James Stanton
Lambert of Greg Clare, Co. Galway, and g. d.
sion, and prepared the whole of the statute of
Educ. :
of last Lord Kirkcudbright, 1856.
Russian railways. From 1881-89 Director of
Joined 93rd
the South- Western Railways
Germany.
Director of
private school
1849
served
Sutherland
the Railway Department at the Ministry of
Highlanders,
Finance and President of the Tariff Comthroughout Crimean Campaign, 1854-56
Indian Mutiny, under Sir Colin Campbell
Minister of Ways of Commission, 1889.
served in the Medi(Lord Clyde), 1857-59
munication, 1892, and in August of the same
and
Indies
was
East
Minister
of
Finance. Secretary of State
;
terranean, Ceylon,
year
Colonel on the Staff in Jamaica, W. I., 1882to His Majesty, 1896 actual Privy Councillor,
1886 Brig.-Gen. commanding Belfast District,
1899
in 1903 Minister of Finance ; reDecorated : Crimean medal with
1887-92.
sponsible for the Portsmouth Treaty which
3 clasps Turkish war medal Indian Mutiny
ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905
medal with 2 clasps. Address : 22 Thurloe
formed 1st Russian Constitutional Ministry
Club
:
United
Service.
S.W.
and was President retired 1906 possessed
Square,
the highest Russian and foreign orders
was
[Died 30 July 1905.
German
exHerman
von,
WISSMAN, Major
honorary member of the Imperial Academy
b. Frankfort-on-Oder, 1853. Entered
of Science and of most scientific and
plorer
benevolent societies in Russia
army, 1873; 1st African journey, 1880;
Honorary
citizen of 15 Russian towns.
Publication :
explored the Congo for the Belgian Government for some years Governor of German
Principles of Railway Tariffs, 1884. Address :
East Africa.
St. Petersburg.
[Died 15 July 1905.
[Died 13 March 1915.
WITHERS, Harry Livingston, Professor of WITTS, Rev. Francis Edward Broome, Rector
of Upper Slaughter
b. 1840
e. s. of Rev.
Education at the Owens College, Manchester,
3rd s. of
b. Liverpool, 1864 ;
Edward Francis Witts, J.P., D.L. m. 1875,
from 1899
H. H. Withers of Spring Croft, Liverpool
Margaret Hole, e. d. and heiress of Rev. Canon
five s. three d.
G. D. Bourne, J.P., D.L.
unmarried. Educ. : King's College School,
Educ. : Rugby
London Balliol College, Oxford. Won Open
Trinity College, Oxford.
1st
B.A. 1861 M.A. 1865; Curate of Dumbleton,
Classical Scholarship at Balliol, 1882
Vicar of Temple Guiting, 1865-80 ;
1864-65
Class in Classical Moderations, 1884; 1st
succeeded father in the
Class in Literae Humaniores, 1887 ; served
Norton, 1880-86
as Assistant Master in the Wesleyan Elefamily living and estate of Upper Slaughter,
Oxford
the
of
1886
Rural Dean of
City
School,
Gloucestershire,
mentary Day
London School ; the Manchester Grammar
Stow-on-the-Wold, 1891 ; Hon. Canon in
football, cricket, hunting, driving.
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WODEHOT7SE
1906
Gloucester Cathedral,
Surrogate
for Diocese and Lord of Manor of Upper
Slaughter, of which parish he was the
principal land owner and patron of the
Publications : editor of Gloucester
living.
and Bristol Diocesan Kalendar, 1882-91.
Recreations :
hunting, shooting, fishing.
Heir : Edward Francis Broome Witts, Capt.
2nd V.B. Glos'ter Regt.
(Educ.: Eton;
Merton College, Oxford). Address : Upper
Clubs :
Slaughter Manor, Gloucestershire.
Gloucester County.
Junior Conservative
[Died 18 Aug. 1913.
WODEHOUSE, Hon. Armine, C.B. M.P. (L.
b. 24
for Saffron Div. of Essex from 1900
y. s. of 1st Earl of Kimberley,
Sept. 1860
Florence
and
Fitzgibbon,
C.I.,
Lady
K.G.,
m. Elenor, d. of late
d. of last E. of Clare
Matthew Arnold, 1889. Assist, private sec.
to Secretary of State for Colonies (E. Kimberley), 1880-82 ; to Secretary of State for
India, 1882-85 ; 1st private sec. to Secretary
of State for India, 1886, and 1892-94; to
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1894contested (L.) Isle of Wight, 1895.
1895
Decorated for services in India and Foreign
Offices.
Address : 21 Sloane Gardens, S.W.
Club : Brooks's.
[Died 1 May 1901.
WODEHOUSE, Rt. Hon. Edmond Robert, P.C. ;
b. 3 June 1835
s. of late Sir P. Wodehouse,
G.C.S.I., K.C.B. ; m. 1876, Adela, d. of Rev.
Educ. : Eton ; Ball. Coll.
C. W. Bagot.
Oxford (B.A. 1865 ; M.A. 1868). Barr. 1861 ;
Private Secretary to Earl of Kimberley,
1868-74
M.P. (U.L.) Bath, 1880-1906. Address : 56 Chester Square, S.W. ; Minley
Hants.
Clubs :
Grange, Farnborough,
Brooks's, Travellers', Oxford and Cambridge.
[Died 14 Dec. 1914.
WODEHOUSE, Major Ernest Charles Forbes,
D.S.O. 1900 ; 1st Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment ; b. 5'Aug. 1871
y. s. of late
Col. Charles Wodehouse, C.I.E. ; m. 1906,
3rd
of
late
Swinton
Isaac
d.
J.
Amy Violet,
of
Educ. :
Boughton Park, Worcester.
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Wellington College.
Adjutant 2nd Battalion, 1899-1903 Captain
1907
served
1900
S. Africa, 1899Major,
1902 (despatches, Queen's and King's medals,
5 clasps, D.S.O.).
Address : Cairo, Egypt.
Club : United Service. [Died 12 March 1915.
WOLFF, Gustav William b. Hamburg, 1834
s. of Moritz Wolff, merchant, and Fanny
Schwabe
unmarried.
Educ. :
private
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schools,
Liverpool.
served apprentice-
College,
;
Engineer and shipbuilder
ship with
;
Whitwarth and
Co.,
Manchester
;
;
Right Honourable Sir Henry DrumG.C.B., cr. 1889 G.C.M.G.,
1878 b. 1830 o. s. of Rev. Dr. Wolff and
Lady Georgiana Walpole, d. of 2nd Earl of
Orford
m. 1852, Adeline, d. of late Sholto
Douglas. Educ. : Rugby. Clerk in Foreign
Office, 1846;
employed in Florence, the
Ionian Islands, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt,
M.P. ChristPersia, Roumania, and Spain
church. 1874-80
Portsmouth, 1880-85
was one of the Fourth Party Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Madrid,
WOLFF,
cr.
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at Elba ; Memnon Letters on the Suez Canal
Address : 28
Some Notes of the Past.
;
Boscombe, BourneCadogan Place, S.W.
mouth.
Clubs : Carlton, Athenaeum, St.
;
Janes's.
776
1st Viscount, cr. 1885. Garnot
Joseph Wolseley, K.P., P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
D.C.L., LL.D., O.M. 1902; Field-Marshal;
Col. Royal Horse Guards;
Gold Stick-inCol.-in-Chief of the Royal Irish
Waiting
Hon. Col. of Royal Canadian Regt.
Regt.
of Infantry since 1899
b. 4 June 1833
e. s.
of Major Garnet Joseph Wolseley and Frances
d. of W. Smith, Golden Bridge House, Co.
Dublin
m. Louisa, d. of A. Erskine, 1867
one d.
Entered army 1852
Capt. 1855 ;
90th
Lieut.-Col. 1859 ;
Major
Foot, 1858
Col. 1865
served with 80th Foot in Burmese
War, 1852-53 (medal) in Crimea with 90th
Light Infantry (severely wounded, despatches,
brevet of Major, medal with clasp, Knight of
the Legion of Honour, 5th class Medjidie,
Turkish medal), Lucknow and defence of
Alumbagh (despatches, Brevet Lieut.-Col..
medal with clasp); served in China 1860
(medal and two clasps)
appointed D.Q.G.
Canada, 1867 (K.C.M.G., C.B.) commanded
Red River Expedition, 1870 A.A.G. Headcommand of troops on
quarters, 1871-74
the Gold Coast, 1873, during the war with
the Ashantees (Maj.-Gen. G.C.M.G., K.C.B.,
medal with clasp) received thanks of Parliament and a grant of 25,000 for " courage,
"
in the conduct of
energy, and perseverance
the Ashantee War, presented with freedom
of the city of London, and a sword of the
value of 100 guineas, 1874
Governor of
Natal, 1879 (G.C.B., medal with clasp);
Quartermaster-General of the Forces, 1880 ;
Commander-inAdjutant-General, 1882-85
Chief of Expeditionary Force to Egypt, 1882
(received thanks of Parliament, raised to
Peerage, grant of 30,000, general medal with
clasp, 1st class Osmanieh, Khedive's star)
of the Gordon Relief Expedition, 1884-85
(received thanks of Parliament, raised to
Viscounty, two clasps)
Adj. -Gen. to the
Commander of the Forces
Forces, 1885-90
in Ireland, 1890-95;
Gen. 1882; FieldCommr.-in-Chief of the
Marshal, 1894;
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Soldier's
Pocket-Book for Field Service, 5th
ed. 1886 ;
Marlborough, 1894;
Decline and Fall of Napoleon, 1895
The
Story of a Soldier's Life, 1903. Heir (under
special remainder), d. Hon. Frances Garnet
Wolseley, b. 1872. Address : Hampton Court
Palace. Clubs : Athenaeum, United Service.
[Died 26 March 1913.
WOLVERHAMPTON, 1st Viscount (cr. 1908),
Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Hartley Fowler G.C.S.I.
Lord President of the
cr. 1895
P.O., D.L.
b. 16 May 1830
m. 1857
Council, 1908-10
Ellen C. I., d. of late G. B. Thorneycroft, of
Chapel House, Wolverhampton, and Hadley
one s. two d. Under-Secretary
Park, Salop
Home Department, 1884-86 Secretary to
Treasury, 1886; President Local Government Board, 1892-94 Secretary of State for
Chancellor of the Duchy of
India, 1894-95
Lancaster, 1905-8; M.P. (L.) E. Wolverhampton, 1880-1908. Heir : s. Hon. Henry
Ernest Fowler.
Address : 105 Pall Mall,
Duke
of the
Life
of
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afterwards with Goodfellow and Co., Hyde
joined the late Sir Edward Harland, Belfast,
starting the shipbuilding and engineering
business of Harland and Wolff, 1860 ; retired
from Harland and Wolff, 1908
M.P. (C.)
East Belfast, 1892-1910. Recreations : shootAddress : 42 Park Street, W. ;
ing, fishing.
The Den, Strandtown, Belfast.
Clubs :
Carlton, Junior Carlton, Garrick.
17
Apr. 1913.
[Died
mond, P.C. 1885
1897-1916
WOLSELEY,
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Athenaeum, Reform.
[Died 25 Feb. 1911.
Lt.-Gen. Arthur; b. 17 May
of
Sir
1821
s.
George Wombwell, 3rd Bt.
m. Rosa
of Newburgh Priory, Yorkshire
of
d.
R. Shafto of Whitworth
Duncombe,
Park, Durham one s. Entered army, 1839
served
retired, 1881
Major-Gen. 1881
Crimea, 1854-55 (despatches, medal with
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brevet of Major, 5th class Medjidie,
Address : Egmont, WinTurkish medal).
chester.
Clubs : United Service, Army and
Navy ; Hampshire, Winchester.
[Died 30 Dec. 1914.
WOMBWELL, Sir George Orby, 4th Bt., cr.
1778
Lieut. 17th Lancers,
D.L., J.P.
S. father
retired 1855
b. 25 Nov. 1832 ;
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m.
1861, Lady Julia Sarah Alice
1855;
three d.
Villiers, d. of 6th Earl of Jersey
Educ. : Eton. Cornet in 17th Lancers promoted for gallantry, having taken part in
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Balaclava charge
master of York and Ainsty
;
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several years.
Owned about
Heir : b. Capt. Henry Herbert
24 Sept. 1840; m. 1902, Hon. Myrtle
Hounds
for
12,300 acres.
[b.
Mabel Muriel Mostyn, y. d. of 7th Baron
Vaux of Harrowden]. Address : 20 Wilton
Crescent, S.W.
Newburgh Priory, Easing;
Club
wold, Yorkshire.
:
Carlton.
WOOD,
Alfred C.B. 3897; b. 1836; m. 1892,
Louisa Bettinson, d. of late J. S. Cudlip of
Entered R.N. 1855
1896
Chief Inspector of Machinery,
Address : Carisbrooke, Mannamead,
Plymouth.
[Died 21 Nov. 1906.
WOOD, Cecil Godfrey (His Majesty's ConsulGeneral), in charge of His Majesty's Consulate Bilbao
b. Damascus, 10 May 1851
e. s. of Sir Richard Wood, C.B., G.C.M.G.,
and Christina, d. of late Sir William Godfrey,
m. Helen
Bt., Kilcoleman Abbey, Kerry
Mary, o. d. of W. Jemison-Smith, Malta,
1885
one s. one d.
Educ. : private and
public schools in France, Italy, and England.
Entered Diplomatic Service as confidential
clerk to H.M. Legation, Tangier, 1875
accompanied Sir J. H. D. Hay on mission to
Moorish Court, 1880
transferred as H.M.
Consul to Bengazi Tripolitania, 1882
removed with promotion to Jeddah, Eastern
Coast of lied Sea, 1888; promoted to be
H.M. Consul-General at Tabriz, 1892
accompanied Muzaffar Eddin Shah to
Teheran on H.I.M.'s accession to the Persian
throne
proceeded to Astara on Caspian Sea
to welcome the Shah on return to Persia from
was thanked by United
Europe, 1902
States Government 1897 and 1903 for his
Lamorna, Devonport.
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received the Jubilee Medal,
Azerbayaan
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Recreations : riding, shooting, work1897.
ing in ivory, horn, and precious metals, fond
of reading, boating. Address : Bilbao, Spain.
Club : Junior Constitutional.
[Died 18 July 1906.
WOOD, Charles Malcolm, C.B. 1898 Chevalier
of R. Hellenic Ordf>r of the Saviour F.R.G.S.,
F.S.A. ; retired civil servant ; b. 1846 ; s. of
late Capt. J. Wood, 11. N., discoverer of
source of Oxus, gold medallist of Royal Geographical Society; m. 1877, Edith Mary,
d. of William Weston, Field House, Abbey
Wood, Kent three d. Educ. : Melbourne
College, Australia
City of London School.
In Indian Civil Service, 1866-72 ; Chief Constable of Manchester from 1879 ; was member
of Sind Commission, 1872 - 79 ;
J.P. for
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was in 2nd West Indian Regt.
Decorated for specia' services, particularly
reference
to Fenian organisations.
Recreations : cricket, billiards.
Address :
Westcroft, Carshalton, Surrey. Club : M.C.C.
[Died 19 Feb. 1915.
WOOD, Li cut. -Col. Cyril, C.B. 1900; commanding 1st Batt. Essex Regt. (44th) ; b.
14 March 1852
s. of late Canon Wood of
unmarried.
Educ. :
Newent, Gloucester
Dr. Bridgman's, Woolwich ; R.M.C., SandJoined 73rd Regt. 1872; Captain
hurst.
Essex Regt. 1882
Lieut.-col.
Major, 1886
1900
served in S. African War, 1899-1901
(despatches, C.B., medal and 4 clasps).
Decorated for meritorious service in the field
Recreations : hunting, polo, golf, etc.
Address : 20 Duke Street, St. James's, S.W.
Club : Army and Navy.
[Died 2 .Sept. 1904.
WOOD, Maj.-Gen. Edward Alexander, C.B.
Bombay
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Shornclift'e
troops,
Camp
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b.
e. s. of late Sir AlexLondon, 8 May 1841
ander Wood and Sophia, d. of late J. S.
3rd
m.
d. of late Caledon
Brownrigg
Janet,
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retired,
WOOD
1897-1916
Educ. : Radley and Eton
Alexander.
Cornet 10th Royal Hussars, 1858
Captain.
1867
Lieut.-Colonel, Brevet.
Major, 1876
1879
Colonel, 1883
A,D,C, to Maj.-Gen.
A.D.C. to G.O.C. the Forces
Malta, 1862-63
H.Q., Ireland, 1863-64; A.D.C. to G.O.C.,
Dublin Div. 1866-67
Adjutant Cav. Dep6t,
commanded 10th
1875-76
Canterbury,
Inspector of Yeomanry
Hussars, 1881-86
and second in command of Cavalry, Aldercommanded Reg. District,
shot, 1886-90
Hounslow, 1890-93 half-pay, 1893 MajorGeneral, 1894
appointed Major-General
commanding Shorncliffe, 1895 commanded
10th Hussars, Afghan Campaign, 1878-79;
Brevet Lieut.-Colonel and medal (mentioned
in despatches)
commanded 10th Hussars
Soudan Expedition, 1894 (mentioned in
despatches, C.B. and medals). Recreations :
hunting, shooting, fishing, cricket, golf.
Address :
Redoubt House, Shorncliffe.
Clubs : United Service, M.C.C.
[Died 22 May 1898.
WOOD, Sir Henry Hastings Affleck, K.CJ5., cr.
1894
s. of late Gen. John Wood,
b. 1826
m. Catharine,
Lieut, of Tower of London
d. of Com. Sankey, lateR.N. Entered Bombay
served Punjab,
Gen. 1889
Army, 1843
1848-49 (medal with clasp)
Persia, 1856-57
Central India during
(medal with clasp)
Indian Mutiny, 1857-58 (medal with clasp)
AfghanAbyssinian War, 1867-68 (medal)
commanded North
istan, 1879-80 (medal)
was
Division Bombay Army, 1881-85
fifteen times mentioned in despatches, twice
and
received
for
service
in
the
field,
promoted
Address :
distinguished service reward.
Chateau Gothique, Porte Gayole, Boulognesur-Mer,
[Died 5 Aug. 1904.
WOOD, I. Hickory, author b. Manchester, of
Scotch parents
m. Ethel, d. of Edmund
Dobson, Frizinghall, Yorkshire no c. Educ.:
Manchester. Apprentice in home-trade wareInsurance Secretary ;
house in Manchester
Literary and Dramatic Work. Publications
Sililocomic and otherwise
Recitations
The
Chronicles of Mr. Pottersby
quies
Life of Dan Leno
Pantomimes, Songs, and
Recreations : lawn-tennis,
Musical Pieces.
billiards and golf.
Address : Chellow Dene,
Arts,
Parley, Surrey. Clubs : Green Room
Manchester.
[Died 26 Aug. 1913.
WOOD, Captain John Lockhart, D.S.O. 1900
b. 16 Dec. 1871
18th Hussars
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m. 1904,
N.B.
MacCorquodale
Edward Herbert Wood
Rugby, and
Isle of
of
Raasay,
Mary Douglas, d. of G. F.
ones. Educ.: Eton College.
served South Africa,
Entered army, 1892
1899-1902 (despatches, Queen's medal, 5
clasps, King's medal 2 clasps) ; J.P. Herts.
Address : The Hoo, Hemel Hempstead.
Clubs : Army and Navy, Cavalry.
[Died 11 June 1915.
WOOD, Sir Matthew, 4th Bt. ; cr. 1837 b.
m. Maud
21 Sept. 1857
S. father 1868
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Mary,
d.
of
Thomas Rayner-Brown, and
widow of Frank P. Leon, 1894. Heir : bro.
Address : 43
Major John Page, b. 1860.
Clubs :
Prince's Gate, S.W.
Brooks's,
Hurlingham.
[Died 13 July 1908.
5th
Bt.
cr. 1837 ;
Sir
John
Page,
WOOD, Major
m. 1896,
S. bro. 1908
b. 14 April 1860
Violet Mary Stuart, d. of late H. Stuart Johnson
one s. Heir : s. John Stuart Page, b.
1897. Club : Naval and Military.
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Philip, W.S., LL.D. Prof, of
Conveyancing, Edinburgh University, 1891Address : 16 Buckingham Terrace,
1901.
[Died 14 Jan. 1906.
Edinburgh.
Oswald Gillespie, M.D., C.B.
Lieut.-Col.
WOOD,
Lieut.-Col. (local Colonel)
R.A.M.C.
1900
in charge of No. 3 General Hospital, Kroonb. Kingston, Canada
stad, O.R. Colony
West, October 30, 1851 ; *. of late John
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Wood, Dep. Insp. General of
Hospitals (Army), and Harriet Aline Johnstone
m. 1891, Sarah (d. 1901), d. of late
Robert Ireland of Belfast. Educ.: Edinburgh
Academy and University M.B. 1873 M.D.
1886
L.R.C.S.Ed. 1872. Joined Army as
Egyptian Campaign, 1882
Surgeon, 1873
Tel-el-Kebir (medal and clasp, Khedive's
star)
promoted Surg.-Major, 1886 operations on Nile, 1889 (Wad-el-Medjumi's invasion of Egypt)
promoted Surg. Lieut.Col. 1894
Brigade Surg. Lieut.-Col. 1897
Local Colonel, 1899.
1899-1901
Boer War,
Address : care of Sir C. R. M'Grigor, Bart.,
and Co., 25 Charles Street, S.W.
[Died 3 Jan. 1902.
WOOD, Sir Richard, C.B. G.C.M.G. cr. 1879
s. of
retired on pension, 1879
b, 1806
m. Christina, e. d. of Sir
George Wood
Educ. :
William D. Godfrey, Bt., 1850.
Exeter. Employed in Syria during invasion
on special
by Viceroy of Egypt, 1832-33
service with Turkish Army, 1835-36; eminvested
ployed in Syria (medal), 1840-41
with full powers from Turkish Government
in the Lebanon with combined forces
assisted at surrender of Beyrout, and capture
of Sidon and Acre; dragoman to the Embassy
at Constantinople, 1834 Consul at Damascus,
obtained permission from Queen
1841
Victoria to accept and wear the Nishan
Iftihar. conferred upon him by the Sultan
agent and Consul- General, Tunis, 1855.
Publications : Report on the Sea of Triton
and the Chotts of Algeria
Essay on the
Mohammedan Religion and Islamitic Juris4 Boulevard
in
Address
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Arabic.
prudence
Travellers' ;
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His Honour Judge William Wightman,
of County Court Circuit No. 20
b. Littleton,
(Leicestershire, etc.) from 1894
Middlesex, 21 May 1846; e. s. of Rev.
P. A. L. Wood, Canon of Middleham, Yorks,
and Rector of Newent, Glos, and Caroline,
WOOD,
Judge
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d. of Hon. Sir Wm. Wightman, Judge of
Court of Queen's Bench
m. Maria, y. d. of
Major Wellington Browne, 45th Regt., 1887.
Eton
Educ. :
University Coll. Oxford
(B.A. 1868). Called to Bar at Inner-Temple,
1871
practised on the Home and Southeastern circuits, at the Essex and Herts
Sessions, and before Parliamentary come.
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the Eton College Chronicle, 1863
editor of
the Oxford Undergraduates' Journal, 1867
Sketches of Eton, 1874. Recreations : boatOxford eight,
ing (Eton eight, 1863-64;
1866-67), hunting. Address : 3 King's Bench
Walk, Temple, E.C. Clubs : Union, Leander
County. Leicester.
[ Died 9 Feb. 1914.
WOOD, Zachary Taylor, C.M.G. 1913;
b. 27 Nov. 1860;
R.N.W.M.P.
m. 1888,
Frances Augusta, y. d. of Joseph Daly. Educ.
R.M.C., Kingston. Served N.W. Rebellion,
1885 (medal) ; Inspector, R.N.W. Mounted
Assistant Commissioner, 1892
Police 1885
Member of Council,
went to Yukon, 1897
Yukon Territory, 1900. Address : Dawson
City, Yukon, Canada.
[Died 15 Jan. 1915.
WOODALL, William, J.P. ; senior partner in
James Macintyre and Co., potters, Burslem
Chevalier
Chan-man of Sneyd Colliery Co.
of the Legion d'Honneur ; b. 1832
e. s. of
William Woodall, Shrewsbury; m. 1862,
Evelyn, d. of late James Macintyre (d. 1870).
Educ. : Liverpool.
Surveyor-General of
Ordnance, 1886; Financial Secretary of
War, 1892 ; Chairman of the Dissenting
took an active interest in the
Deputies
Technical Education movement, and in the
welfare of the deaf mutes and blind, serving
on each of the Royal Commissions appointed
M.P. (L.)
to inquire and report thereupon
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Address :
occupations of general utility.
magazines
Two
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Bleak House, Burslem
Queen Anne's
Clubs : Reform, National
Mansions, S.W.
Liberal, Savage.
[Died 8 Apr. 1901
WOODBURN, Hon. Sir John, K.C.S.I., cr. 1897
Lieut.-Governorof Bengal from|1898. Entered
Chief Secretary to Govt.
Bengal C.S. 1863
Chief CommisN.-W. Provinces, 1888-93
Member
sioner, Central Provinces, 1893-96
of Council of Governor-General of India,
1896-98.
[Died 21 Nov. 1902.
WOODPORD, Stewart Lyndon ; b. New York
o. s. of late Josiah Curtis
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Evelyn (d. 1899), 2nd d. of Henry Titcomb
Isabel
Capen
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2nd, 1900,
James S. Hanson one d. Educ. : Yale Coll.
and Columbia Univ. B.A. Colunbia LL.D.
D.C.L.
M.A. Yale and Columbia
Trinity
Syracuse. Admitted to Bar, 1857
messenger
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Electoral Coll., conveying to
for Abraham Lincoln as
United States
assist.
at
New
Attorney
York, 1861: private in
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Washington vote
president,
1860;
Volunteer Army, 1862
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Lt.-Col. 1863
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Col.
1864 ; Brevet Brig.-Gen. and assigned by
president to duty of Brevet rank, 1865 ; first
Military Governor of Charleston, S.C., and
Chief of Staff, Department of South, 1865 ;
resigned and resumed practice of law, 1865 ;
Lieut.-Governor of New York, 1867 ; Attorney for the United States at New York,
1876; president of New York Electoral
College that voted for Ulysses S. Grant as
president, 1872 ; member of Congress, 1873 ;
member of Commission that framed the
charter of the Greater New York, 1896;
Minister of the United States to Spain, 18971898 ; President Hudson-Fulton Celebration
Commission!, 1906 ; senior member law firm
of Woodford, Bover, and Butcher. Address :
1 Madison Avenue, New York. Clubs : University, Union League of Brooklyn, Lotus,
Century, New York.
[Died 15 Feb. 1913.
WOODGATE, Ma j. -General Edward Robert
Prevost, C.B. ; Colonel on Staff, commanding
troops, Sierra Leone, W. Africa ; b. 1 Nov.
1845 ; 2nd s. of the Rev. Henry Arthur
Woodgate, B.D., rector of Belbroughton,
Worcestershire ; Proctor for the Diocese of
Educ. : Radley and Sandhurst.
Worcester.
Joined 4th King's Own Regt. 1865 ; served
with it in the Abyssinian Expedition of 1868
(medal) ; served in Ashanti War of 1873-74
(medal with clasp, mentioned in despatches) ;
passed the Staff College, Dec. 1877 ; pro-
moted Captain 1 March 1878 ; proceeded
in 1878 to S. Africa on special service ; served
in the Zulu War of 1879 as Staff Officer to
Colonel (afterwards Sir Evelyn)
Wood, V.C.
(medal with clasp, mentioned in despatches,
served as Staff officer in
Brevet of Major)
the W. Indies, 1880-85 ; proceeded to India
as regimental officer La autumn 1885
returned in Dec. 1889
promoted Lieut.Colonel 26 June 1893, and commanded 1st
Battalion of his regt. till June 1897, then
appointed Companion
promoted Colonel
of the Bath, 24 May 1896; appointed to
command the Regimental District of the
King's Own at Lancaster in Sept. 1897;
sent on special service to organise a new
regiment and to take command of troops in
Sierra Leone, where tribes were in state of
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services (medals)
usual amusements, rowing, riding, shooting,
Clubs : United Service, British
tennis, etc.
Chess, Leander Boat. [Died 24 March 1900.
Rev. Frederick Charles, M.A.,
R.D. ; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Folkestone,
from 1885; Rural Dean of Elham from
WOODHOUSE,
WHO WAS WHO,
Hon. Canon of Canterbury, 1900
b. Hampstead, 26 Nov. 1827;
4th s. of
George Edward Woodhouse and Joanna
Woodhouse m. 1st, 1853, Susanna Agnes,
d. of Edward Chorley, M.D.
2nd, 1890,
Mary, 2nd d. of James Worrall. Educ. :
Mount Radford School, Exeter
tutor
and St. John's Coll. Camb. Ordained deacon
by Bishop of Chichester, 1850
priest by
curate of Old and New Shoresame, 1851
ham, Sussex, 1850-56 minister of Clayton,
1895
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Manchester, 1856-58
Hulme, Manchester, 1858-85. Publications :
St. John's College, Chapel, 1848
Exemplar
of
1872
Penitence,
Military Religious
Life of the Soul, 1890
Orders, 1879
Manual for Lent, 1887 Manual for Advent,
Manual for Holy Days, 1889 Manual
1887
for Sundays, 1890
Spiritual Lessons, 1893
Thoughts for the Times, 1894 Monasticism,
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Address :
Trinity Vicarage, Folkestone.
Clubs : Primrose, Radnor.
[Died 27 Sept. 1905.
WOODMAN, Sir George Joseph, Kt., cr. 1905
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Alderman, Walbrook Ward, City of
b. 1847
m. 1883, Bessie, d. of
William Bailey. Sheriff of London City,
J.P.
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London
Officer
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Commander of
Legion of Honour
Conception de Villa Vicosa of
Portugal, also of Order of Isabel the Catholic
of Spain.
Address : The Grange, Mottingham, Eltham, Kent.
[Died 26 March 1915.
WOODROFFE, Hon. James T. b. Glanmire,
e. s. of Very Rev.
Co. Cork, 16 March 1838
m. 1863, Florence
John Canon Woodroffe
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James Hume,
Barrister-
at-law and Senior Presidency Magistrate of
four s. three d.
Calcutta
Educ. : Trinity
College, Dublin.
University Scholar (Mathematics), 1858 B.A. 1859 Senior Moderator
gold medallist, Ethics and Logic. Barr.
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Supreme Court, Calcutta, 1860
officiating
Advocate- General, Bengal, 1892-93
Advocate-General of Bengal, Calcutta, 1899-1904
additional member of H.E. the GovernorInner
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K.C.S.G. by His Holiness Leo XIII. for
service rendered to the Catholic Church in
India
J.P. Devon and Dorset, and C.C.
Address : Ware, Uplyme, Devon.
Dorset.
Clubs : Reform
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Very Rev. Henry Reade, M.A.
b. 27 April 1834
s. of Rev. T. Woodrooffe,
Canon of Winchester m. Elizabeth Marian,
d. of W. C. Oak
two s. three d. Educ. :
Christ Church, Oxford.
Brighton College
Curate of
Missionary to Kafirs, 1857-64
Co.
Rector of
Ryton,
Durham, 1865-67
Somerset East, Cape Colony, 1868-85
Inspector of Schools, Cape Colony, 1883-97
Canon, Grahamstown Cathedral, 1876-1911,
and Archdeacon of Cradock, 1909-11. Publication :
Co-Translator of the Book of
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WOODS,
William, K.C.B.,
K.C.M.G., cr. 1890
G.C.V.O., cr. 1903
Garter Principal King-of-Arms from 1869
of late Sir William Woods,
b.
1816
s.
Garter Kiug-of-Arms
m. Caroline, d. of
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Entered College of Arms as Pursuivant, 1838
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Lancaster Herald, 1841.
Address : Heralds
69 St. George's Road, S.W.
College, E.G.
[Died 7 Jan. 1904.
WOODS, Rev. Henry George, D.D. Master
of the Temple from 1904
Hon. Fellow of
Trin. Coll. Oxford
b.
Northamptonshire,
16 June 1842
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1897-1916
Sussex
m. Margaret Louisa, 2nd d. of late
George Granville Bradley, D.D., Dean of
Westminster
three s.
Educ. : Lancing
College
Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford. 1st
1st Class Lit. Hum. 1865
Class Mods. 1863
Fellow of Trinity, 1865
tutor of Trinity,
1866-80
President, 1887bursar, 1867-87
1897
Rector of Little Gaddesden, Herts
Chaplain and Librarian of Ashridge, 1900-4
Treasury Commissioner for the Inspection of
Chairman of
University Colleges, 1901
Advisory Committee for the Allocation of
Grants to Univ. Colleges, 1906-10. Publications :
Herodotus, Bks. i. and ii. edited
with English notes, 1873
At the Temple
Address :
The Master's
1911.
Church,
House, Temple, E.C.
[Died 19 July 1915.
WOODTHORPE, Col. Robert Cosset, C.B.
b. 23 Sept.
Superintendent Survey of India
2nd s. of Capt. John Bolton Wood1844
Educ.
:
R.M.A.
R.N.
privately
thorpe,
Woolwich. Joined R.E. at Chatham, 1865
to
1869
the
joined
India,
Survey
proceeded
employed in the Lushai
Department, 1871
Garo Hills
Expedition (medal), 1871-72
with the Naga Hills
Expedition, 1872-73
Field Force (punitive), 1875. Attached to
the Kuram Field Force under General (afterand with
wards Lord) Roberts, 1878-79
wounded
the Kabul Field Force in 1879-80
in
twice
mentioned
slightly
despatches
(medal and brevets of major and lieut.-col.)
with the Aka Field Force, 1884-85 (mentioned
with the mission to Chitral
in despatches)
and the Pamirs under General (afterwards
Sir W.) Lockhart (thanks of Government of
India and Secretary of State)
Burma, 18861887
clasps and C.B., D.G.M.G. for Intelli1889-92
in
charge
Boundary
gence, Simla,
Surveys between Burma and Siam, 1892-95.
Publications : The Lushai Expedition, 1872
various papers read before the Royal Geographical Society, Anthropological Society
and the Society of Arts, also the B.A. in 1888.
Recreations : painting, polo.
Clubs : Junior
United Service, Hyde Park.
[Died 26 May 1898.
WOODWARD, Horace Bolingbroke, F.R.S.
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P.
of the British
Museum
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1902) ; one d.
private schools. Assistant in Library and
Museum of Geological Society, 1863 joined
Pres. Geologists'
Geological Survey in 1867
Publications : Geology
Association, 1893-94.
of England and Wales, 1876, 2nd ed. 1887
Geological Survey Memoirs on Geology of
East Somerset and the Bristol Coal-fields,
Jurassic Rocks,
1876
Norwich, 1881
2nd
1893-95 ; Soils and Subsoils, 1897
ed. 1906
Geological Atlas of Great Britain,
3rd ed. with Ireland, 1913
The
1904
History of the Geological Society of London,
1907
Geology of \Vater Supply, 1910 ;
Geology of Soils
History of Geology, 1911
and Substrata, 1912 ; Wollaston Medallist,
85
Address :
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C.B. 1886,
b. 7 Nov. 1838
s. of a
landlord
R.N.
of William
d.
m.
Mary Kate,
clergyman
HereEduc. : India
L. Boxer, Jamaica.
Comm. 1870
Entered Navy, 1850
ford.
ViceRear-Admiral, 1894
Captain, 1879
served 2nd
retired, 1893
Admiral, 1900
China War (medal, Taku and Canton clasps);
Eastern Soudan, 1884-85 (medal)
Burma,
1885-86 (despatches, C.B., medal and clasp).
Decorated for services in China and Burma.
Address : Hoptou
Recreations : out-door.
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M.A., V.D., J.P.,
D.L., of Hallhead and Esslemont, Aberdeenb.
shire
Barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1855
m. 1856. Anne,
1831
s. of Col. J. Wolrige
o. c. of Major R. Gordon of Hallhead and
Esslemont. Educ. :
Marlborough Exeter
Assumed name of Gordon
College, Oxford.
Lt.-Col. (Hon. Col. 1886) 2nd Vol. Batt.
Hon. Col.
Gordon Highlanders, 1873-91
1895
contested East Aberdeenshire, 1885.
Address : Esslemont, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
Clubs : Carlton
53 Queen's Gate, S.W.
New Edinburgh.
[Died 14 July 1906.
Sir
John Andrews,
WOOLFRYES, Surg.-General
C.B. 1879
C.M.G. 1880
K.C.B. cr. 1902
1823
of late John
M.D.
b.
s.
K.H.P.,
Woolfryes of Salisbury m. 1886, Ada Sophia
Educ. : private
d.
of A. P. MacEwen.
Served in 1st Ashanti War during
school.
2nd phase as Principal Medical Officer also
as Principal Medical Officer at the Cape
during the Galeka and Gaika Rebellions,
1877-78
again at Natal as Principal Medical
Officer throughout the Zulu War and the
Decorated C.B.
Seccocoeni Campaign, 1879.
for Cape War
C.M.G. for Zulu War
Hon.
to King
Physician to Queen Victoria, 1899
to
1901
V.
1910.
King George
Edward,
Address : Woodbury House, Wells, Somerset
Club : Army and Navy.
[Died 12 Jan. 1912.
WOOLLAM, Rev. Canon J., R.D. Rector of
Rural Dean
Burton-le-Coggles from 1883
of Betisloe from 1896
b. Nov. 1827
s. of
J. Woollam, St. Albans
m. 1866
one d.
Educ.: Stanmore School, Middlesex; Bishop's
St. John's College, Oxford,
College, Bristol
2nd
M.A. 1853. 1st Class Lit. Hum. 1850
Master of Hereford Cathedral School, 18521858
Curate of Pipe and Lyde, Herefs.
1854-58
Head Master of Hereford Cathedral
Vicar of Yarkhill, Herefs.
School, 1858-69
1868-83
Rural Dean of S. Frome, 1882-83
of
Sanctas Crucis in Lincoln
Prebendary
1897.
Recreations :
Semitic
Cathedral,
Literature and farming.
Address : BurtonClub :
Grantham.
le-Coggles
Rectory,
Constitutional.
[Died 4 Jan. 1909.
WOOSNAM, R. B., Chief Game Ranger,
British East Africa from 1910.
Was leader
of the British Museum Expedition to Mt.
Ruwenzori
went to Ngamilaud and other
parts of S. Africa collecting for the Museum
and Zoological Society. Address :
c/o
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road,
S.W.
[Died 4 June 1915.
WORDSWORTH, Rt. Rev. John, D.D., LL.D.,
b. Harrow,
Bishop of Salisbury from 1885
21 Sept. 1843
e. s. of Christopher Wordsafterwards
of
Lincoln
worth,
Bishop
(d. 1885),
and Susanna Hatley, d. of George Frere,
m. 2nd, Mary, d.
Twyford House, Herts
of
Col.
R. Williams, M.P., Bridehead,
three s. two d.
Educ. :
Dorchester, 1896
Winchester
New College, Oxford
Ipswich
class
1st
Mods.
2nd
class
1863;
(M.A.).
Latin Essay, 1866
Lit.
Hum. 1865
Craven Scholar, 1867. Ordained, 1867
Assistant Master Wellington
M.A. 1868
Fellow of Brasenose Coll. Oxford,
Coll. 1866
1867
Select
Prebendary of Lincoln, 1870
Grinfleld Lecturer on
Preacher, 1876, 1888
LXX., 1876-78 Whitehall Preacher, 1879
Oriel Professor
Bampton Lecturer, 1881
of Interpretation of Holy Scripture, Fellow
of Oriel College, and Canon of Rochester,
Fellow of the British Academy,
1883-85
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Sermons on Gospel Subjects, 1878 The One
and Peace,
Truth,
Holiness,
Religion,
desired by the Nations and revealed by
Jesus Christ (the Bampton Lectures), 1881,
2nd ed. 1887 ; Old Latin Biblical Texts,
1904.
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No. I (g]), 1883
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The
Holy Communion (four Visitation
Novum TestamenAddresses), 3rd ed. 1910
Latine, secundum editionem S. HieroRev.
H. J. White), The Four
uymi (with
Gospels, 1898 The Acts, 1904 Prayers lor
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ed. 1890
The Episcopate
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Charles Wordsworth,
1898
Bishop
1910 ;
Sarapion's Prayer-book, 2nd ed.
Teaching of the Church of England for
Information of Eastern Christians (with
Greek translation by Dr. John Gennadius,
also Russian and Arabic), 1900 ; the Ministry
of Grace, 2nd ed. 1902
Family Prayers,
2nd ed. 1905
The Law of the Church and
Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister, 2nd
ed. 1910
The Invocation of Saints and the
22nd Article, 2nd ed. 1910
Preface to the
Doctrine of the Assyrian Church, by Rev.
W. Wigram, 1908
Ordination Problems,
1909 ; Unity and Fellowship, 1910.
Address :
The Palace, Salisbury
Lollards'
West
S.E.
Tower, Lambeth,
Lulworth,
Wareham.
[Died 16 Aug. 1911.
WORGAN, Lt.-Gen. John ; b. 1821 m. 1st,
1848, d. of Captain Strettell
2nd, 1899,
Maria L. Wyatt, e. d. of Louis Keller of
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Warwickshire. Entered
Hall,
army, 1840; Maj.-Gen. 1877; retired, 1878;
served Persian Campaign, 1857 (medal).
Address : 19 Cromwell Crescent, S.W.
[Died 7 Nov. 1909.
Fellow
WORMELL, Richard, D.Sc., M.A.
and President College of Preceptors
Vice1876-1904
17
b.
President,
Leicester,
Sept.
1838 e. s. of late Robert and Mary Wormell
of Leicester
m. 1870, Dora Gildon, o. d. of
late Guy of Twickenham
five s. three d.
Educ. : Borough Road College
University
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Honours
London.
Coll.
London
Mathematics
in
gold medallist, Nat. Phil. 1866.
Mathematical master, Middle Class school,
1866
instructor in mathematics, Royal
Naval College, Greenwich, 1873-74
headmaster Central Foundation School of London,
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;
Royal Commission Secondary
1874-1900
Education,
;
1892
Headmasters'
President
;
Publications: scienAssociation, 1895-96.
Recreation :
tific and educational subjects.
Address : Roydon,
experimental physics.
near Ware.
Club
:
Savile.
[Died 6 Jan. 1914.
WORMS,
2nd Baron de
(cr. 1871), George de
J.P., D.L., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., F.G.S. ;
Vice-President, Royal Society of Literature,
Worms,
.
President Egham Branch Surrey
Grand ComConstitutional Association ;
mander of Imperial Order of Francis Joseph
1829
e. s.
16
Feb.
of Austria
b. London,
of 1st B. de Worms and Henrietta, d. of late
1882
m. 1860, Louisa,
S.
S. M. Samuel
two s. one d.
o. d. of late Baron de Samuel
Educ. : Univ. of London ; College of Brussels
Head of firm of G. & A. Worms, 1856-79
J.P. for Surrey, Middlesex, Sussex, London,
1896-1900
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Borough
of
Hove
;
member Urban
District
Austro-Hungarian
Council, Hove, 1884-98
Consul at Edinburgh and Leith, 1868-78.
Publication : The Currency of India, 1876.
Recreations : golf (President Brighton and
Hove Golf Club), cricket ; collector of
;
classical
and historical works, and of
school
of
English
engravings
stipple
eighteenth and early part of nineteenth
Worms.
de
:
A.
D.
M.
G.
Heir
s.
centuries.
Address : 17 Park Crescent, Portland Place,
27 Adelaide
W.
Milton Park, Egham
Clubs : Carlton,
Crescent, Hove, Sussex.
Junior Carlton, Constitutional.
[Died 26 Nov. 1912.
WORNUM, Ralph Selden, F.R.I.B.A., archiof Ralph Nicholson
s.
1847
tect
b.
Wornum, Keeper of Nat. Gallery. Educ. :
S.
London Univ. School and College
articled to
Kensington School of Art
Thomas Roger Smith, 1865. Obtained
Donaldson Medals at L.U.C. 1864, 1865;
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;
WHO WAS WHO,
'
Travelling Studentship of Royal Academy
ol Arts, 1872.
In partnership with Edward
Salomons (1877) erected Agnews Galleries,
London
Ely Grange, Frant
Francon,
Biarritz
Lord Wimborne's villa, Biarritz
Maiden Erlcgh, Reading
Rusthall House,
Tunbridge Wells
having dissolved partnership in 1887, erected Lord Glenesk's house,
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138 Piccadilly for W. Beckett
Islet, Maidenhead Court
Mongewell on the
Thames summer palace for Queen Regent
of Spain at San Sebastian
houses at St.
Jean de Luz
35 Hill Street, Mayfair
Broad Court Flats, Bow Street
Tylney
Hall, Hants
Santander, Spain ; Isenhurst*
Sussex
house near Gibraltar ; offices, Gt.
Piccadilly
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Recreations
etc.
Street,
Maryborough
:
Address : 26 Bedford Square,
Club : Arts.
[Died 14 Nov. 1910.
WORSLEY, Lord Charles Sackville Pelham
Guards
b. 14 Aug. 1887
Lieut. Royal Horse
e. s. of 4th Earl of Yarborough
m. 1911,
Hon. Alexandra Freesia Vivian, sis. of 4th
Baron Vivian. Educ. :
Eton
R.M.C.
Sandhurst. Entered army, 1907. Address :
Barracks, Regent's Park, N.W.
[Died 30 Oct. 1914.
WORSLEY, Colonel Henry Robert Brown, C.B.
1882
list
Indian Army
b. 14
unemployed
Feb. 1833 s. of Major Worsley, 74th Regt.
m. 1859, Alice Mant. Educ. : Private School,
Hall Place, Bexley. Entered Indian Army,
1852
served against rebels in Burmah,
Indian Mutiny, 1857 (medal);
1853-54;
received thanks of
1858
China,
(medal)
Bengal Government for service against
1869
1882
Lushies,
Egypt,
(received thanks
of Parliament, C.B. and 3rd class Medjidie,
medal and Khedive's star). Address : GatClub : Junior Consticombe, Maidenhead.
tutional.
[Died 25 May 1902.
WORSLEY, Sir William Cayley, 2nd Bt. cr.
1838
J.P.
b.
D.L.,
York, 6 Dec. 1828
S. father 1879
m. 2nd, Susan, d. of Henry
Windham Phillips, Greenroyd, Ripon, Hon.
Col. 2nd Volunteer Batt. Yorkshire Regt.
Trin.
Educ. : Shrewsbury
(1887), 1896.
Barr. Middle Temple, 1855.
Coll. Camb.
Owned about 2600 acres. Ueir : n. William,
b. 1861.
Address : Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire.
Clubs : Athenaeum, Carlton.
[Died 10 Sept. 1897.
WRAGG, Hon. Sir Walter Thomas, Kt., cr.
1891 D.C.L. Puisne, Judge Supreme Court,
Senior Puisne Judge, 1888
Natal, 1883
acting Chief Justice, 1897-98
retired, 1899
Scholar of Worcester Coll. Oxford
b. 1842.
M.A. 1888
B.C.L., D.C.L.
(B.A. 1867
Barr. Inner Temple, 1879
Police
1894).
District Judge,
Magistrate, Ceylon, 1868-72
1872-83
of
Isle
Man
member
of the
J.P.,
music, golf.
W.C.
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British and American Archaeological Society
of Rome
Fellow of Royal Colonial Institute
Member, Imperial Society of Knights.
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Address
:
Stamford House, Bedford.
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2nd s. of late Richard Wren,
private tutor
Buntingford, Herts m. 1st, 1860, Eliza, d. of
late William Cox, Halesowen ; 2nd, 1867,
;
;
Emily, d. of G. W. Horn Richmond. Educ.
Elizabeth College, Guernsey!; Christ's College,
Cambridge. Founder and Principal of the
Collegiate Establishment for preparation of
candidates for all competitive examinations,
which achieved greater success than any
other Institution
M.P. (L.) for Wallingford,
1880
elected to the first London County
Council by a constituency which had never
"
seen him for
services."
distinguished
Publications :
pamphlets on educational
;
;
writer of many letters on many
subjects
subjects to many papers, and of articles for
;
Address :
7
Powis Square,
magazines.
Clubs : Reform, Authors',
Bayswater, W.
National Liberal (of which he was one of the
six founders), Savage
New, Brighton.
[Died 5 Aug. 1898.
WRENCH, Edward Mason, F.R.C.S. M.V.O.
1907
V.D.
Surgeon to Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth
Consulting Surgeon,
I
b.
Lady Whitworth Hospital, Darley
July 1833 s. of Rev. T. W. Wrench, Rector
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of St. Michael's, Cornhill ; m. Anne Eliza,
d. of
Kirke, Markham Hall, Notts ;
Wm.
Educ. : Merchant Taylors'
three s. one d.
School
Served as
St. Thomas's Hospital.
Ass. Surgeon 34th Regt. in Crimea, 18541856 ; present in trenches at assaults on
Quarries and Redan, Sebastopol (despatches,
medal and clasp, Turkish decoration) served
with 12th Royal Lancers in India, 1856-60
present at affair at Jhejhun, and Battle of
;
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;
retired
Banda, 1858 (medal and clasp)
from army, 1862 Trustee Sir Joseph Whitworth
Publications :
Institute,
Darley.
several medical pamphlets and addresses.
Address : Park Lodge, Baslow, Derbyshire.
;
;
[Died 12 March 1912
Sir Henry Thomas, Kt.,
1883.
Educ. : France
Trin. College,
Dublin. Barr. Middle Temple, 1863 ; Junior
WRENFORDSLEY,
cr.
;
Puisne
Counsel for Privy Council Office
Procurator and
Judge of Mauritius, 1877
Chief
Justice
Advocate-General,
1878;
Western Australia, 1880 Fiji, 1882 Acting
Chief Justice LeeJudge of Victoria, 1888
ward Isles, 1891-1907. Club : Carlton.
[Died 2 June 1908.
WREY, Sir Henry Bourchier Tokc, 10th Bt.
J.P.
b.
27 June 1829 S.
cr. 1628
D.L.,
father 1882
m. Marianne, o. c. of 9th Lord
Educ.
:
Trin.
Coll. Oxford
1854.
Sherard,
Hon. Maj. 4th Batt. Devonshire
(B.A.).
about
8000 acres.
1870-81.
Owned
Regt.
Address : TawHeir : s. Robert, b. 1855.
stock Court, Barnstaple.
[Died 10 March 1900.
WRIGHT, Professor Albert Allen, A.M.,
Prof, of Geology and Zoology in
F.G.S.A.
b. Oberlin, Ohio, 27 April
Oberliu College
1846; e. s. of Wm. Wheeler Wright of
Tallmadge, Ohio, and Susan Allen of Mansm. 1st, 1874, Mary Lyon
Mass.
field,
Bedortha of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
2nd,
1891, Mary P. B. Hill of Flemington, N.J.
Educ. : Oberlin Coll., and Columbia Coll.
School of Mines, New York City. Professor
assisin Berea College, Kentucky, 1870-72
tant on State Geological Survey of Ohio,
1873 and 1882 Professor in Oberlm College,
1874; served in Union Army, 150th Regt.
President of
Ohio National Guard, 1864
the Board of Trustees of Public Affairs, etc.,
Fellow of the Amer. Association
Oberlin
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[Died 28 Oct. 1913.
WRATISLAW, Adm. Henry Rushworth, C.B.
1907
b. 1832
served against Indians in
Vancouver Island, 1853
Baltic, 1854-55
Indian Mutiny, 1857-58 retired 1881.
Address : Ringley, Reigate.
[Died 26 July 1913.
WREFORD-BROWN;, Captain Claude Wreford,
D.S.O. 1901
the Northumberland Fusiliers
b.
17 Feb. 1876.
Entered army, 1897
served Soudan, 1898 (British medal and
Khedive's medal with clasp)
Crete, 1898
South Africa (Queen's medal 4 clasps, King's
medal 2 clasps, despatches twice, D.S.O.)
N.W. Frontier of India, 1908 (severely
wounded, medal 1 clasp). Address : 5
Litfield Place, Clifton.
[Died 25 May 1915.
WREN, Walter, M.A., F.R.H.S., F.S.S.
;
WEIGHT
1897-1916
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;
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;
for
Advancement
of Science.
Publications^
:
Geology of Holmes County, Ohio, in Ohio
Limits of the GlaciGeol. Survey, vol. v.
ated Area in New Jersey, 1893
papers on
the Fossil Fishes of Ohio in the American
RecreaGeologist and Ohio Geol. Survey.
Address : Oberlin, Ohio,
tions : bicycling.
[Died 2 Apr. 1905.
WRIGHT, Rev. Charles Henry Hamilton, D.D.,
2nd s. of
b. Dublin, 9 March 1836
Ph.D.
;
;
USA.
;
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;
Wright, LL.D., Floraville, Donnybrook
781
;
WHO WAS WHO,
WRIGHT
Knight of Royal Order of North Star
Sweden m. Ebba, 2nd d. of N. W. Almroth,
Knight of North Star, Governor of Royal
five 8.
Educ. : Trin.
Mint, Stockholm
First-class prizeman in HebColl. Dublin.
;
;
Arabic prizeman, 1859 ; First
rew, 1854-56
B.A. Trinity
Class Divinity Test, 1858;
M.A. 1859 ; B.D.
1857
Dublin,
College,
1873
D.D. 1879, both stip. cond. ; M.A.
Exeter College, Oxford, 1862 ; Ph.D. UniBampton Lecturer,
versity of Leipzig, 1875
Donnellan Lecturer, Dublin,
Oxon, 1878
1880 ; Grinfield Lecturer on Septuagint,
Public
1893-97, in the Univ. of Oxford
Examiner in Semitic Languages, Oxford,
Examiner in Hebrew, etc., in the
1894-95
University of London, 1887-98 ; External
Examiner in Hebrew, Victoria University,
Manchester, 1897*99, and University of
Vicar of St. John's,
Wales, 1897-1901;
Clerical Superintendent
Liverpool, 1891-98
of Prot. Reform Soc. 1898-1907
Curate,
Middleton Tyas, Yorks, 1859-63; British
chaplain of
chaplain at Dresden, 1863-68
Trin. Church, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1868-74
Vicar of St. Mary's, Belfast, 1874-85 ; representative for Diocese of Connor in General
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:
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;
Synod, 1882-85
incumbent
of
Bethesda,
Publications: Grammar
2nd
ed.
1860 ; Book
1855,
Irish,
;
1885-91.
Dublin,
of Modern
of Genesis in
Hebrew, 1859 Book of Ruth,
Heb. and Chald., with coll. of MSS., notes,
1864; Bunyan's Works, with notes,
1866
Fatherhood of God, 1867 ; Zechariah
;
etc.,
;
and
his
Prophecies (Bampton Lectures,
of Koheleth in relation to
Criticism and Modern Pessimism
Biblical Essays,
(Donnellan Lecture, 1883)
1885 ; Writings of St. Patrick, 3rd ed. 1896
Bible Readers' Manual, 2nd ed. 1895
1879)
Book
;
Modern
;
;
;
Roman
Catholicism examined in Light of
Scripture, 3rd ed. 1903; Introduction to
Old Testament, 4th ed. 1898
Service of
the Mass in Greek and Roman Churches,
1898 ; The Intermediate State and Prayers
for the Dead, 1900; Genuine Writings of
St. Patrick, with Life, 1902;
Daniel and
his Prophecies, 1906 ; Daniel and its Critics,
being a critical and grammatical commentThe Book of Isaiah and other
ary, 1906
Historical Studies, 1906 ; Light from Egyptian Papyri on pre-Christian Jewish History,
1908 ; joint editor of the Statutory PrayerBook, 1902 A Protestant Dictionary, 1904.
Address : 90 Bolingbroke Grove, Wandsworth Common, S.W. [Died 22 March 1909.
WRIGHT, Charles Ichabod, J.P. b. 1828 e. s.
of late Ichabod Charles Wright and Hon.
Theodosia, e. d. of 1st Lord Denman ; ra.
1852, Blanche Louisa, d. of late Henry C.
;
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;
Bingham
;
Wartnaby Hall. Lieut.-Col.
(retired) commanding Robin Hood R.V.
M.P. Nottingham, 1868-70.
Address : Watcombe Park, Torquay. Club : Carlton.
of
;
[Died 9 May 1905.
Edward Fortescue, C.M.G. 1902;
WRIGHT,
Police
and Prisoners,
Inspector-General,
island of Jamaica
b. 1858 ;
s. of H. J.
Wright m. 1st, 1885, Constance (deed.), d.
of Rev. J. Hext ; 2nd, 1893, Annie Douglas,
;
;
Address : Kingston,
A. H. Alexander.
Coburg, Chudleigh, S. Devon.
[Died 23 Nov. 1904.
WRIGHT, Edward Perceval, M.A., M.D. (Dub.
et Oxon), F.R.C.S.I., J.P., F.L.S.
b. Dublin,
27 Dec. 1834
e. s. of late Edward Wright,
d. of
Jamaica
;
;
;
LL.D. m. 1872, Emily (d. 1886), d. of Col.
Ponsonby Shaw. Educ. : Trinity College,
Dublin. Keeper of the Herbarium, Trinity
President Royal
College, Dublin, from 1869
;
;
Society of Antiquaries, Ireland, 1900-3
Director of Dublin University Museum and
Professor of
Lecturer on Zoology, 1857-68
Botany, Dublin University, 1869-1904 Investigated the Flora and Fauna of the
Sec. R.I.
Seychelles, Indian Ocean, 1867
;
;
;
;
782
1897-1916
Acad., 1883-99 ; one of the Trustees of the
National Library of Ireland
one of the
Trustees of the Royal Society of Antiquaries
of Ireland.
Publications : various memoirs
on biological and antiquarian subjects ;
of Report on
joint-author with Dr. Studer
"
"
the Alcyonaria of the
ExChallenger
joint-author with Prof.
pedition, vol. xxxi
T. H. Huxley of Memoir on Fossil Vertebrates (Reptilia) from the Irish Coal Measures.
Recreations :
travelling and plantAddress : Trinity College, Dubcollecting.
lin.
Club : Reform.
[Died 2 March 1910.
WRIGHT, The Honourable Mr. Justice George,
K.C. ; Judge of High Court, Ireland, from
1901.
Solicitor-General, Ireland, 1900-1901.
Address : 1 Fitzwilliam Square, East, Dublin ; Ryecroft, Bray, County Wicklow.
[Died 15 May 1913.
WRIGHT, Harold, B.A., LL.B. ; Stipendiary
Magistrate, North Staffordshire, from 1893 ;
b. Handsworth, Staffordshire, 13 April 185S ;
y. s. of late John Skirron Wright, M.P. for
Nottingham, and Sarah, d. of Edward
;
;
m. Rosa Martha, e. d. of George
Tyrer
Staffordshire.
of
Handsworth,
Heaton,
Pembroke
Educ. : privately and abroad
contested Chorley
Coll. Camb.
Barr. 1880
Greenock, 1886.
Division, Lancashire, 1885
Publications : treatises on the Bankruptcy
Acts and Debtors Acts, and The Office of
;
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;
Recreations
Magistrate.
Address
shooting, fishing.
:
Aston Hall, near Stone, Stafford: Reform.
:
Club
shire.
[Died 23 Dec. 1908.
Hedley, D.S.O. 1898 Squadron Commander, llth (P.W.O.) Bengal
Lancers
s.
of Henry Wright, Chetywnd
House, Hampton Court. Educ. : privately.
Entered the Inverness Militia, 1876, and
passed into the regular Army, 1878, when he
joined 93rd Highlanders as 2nd Lieut.
served
joined llth Bengal Lancers, 1880
with the escort Afghan Boundary CommisHazara Expedision, 1884-86 (despatches)
Chitral Relief
tion, 1891 (medal with clasp)
Force under Sir R. Low, 1895 (despatches,
N.W. Frontier, 1897
medal with clasp)
(commanded Chakdarra Fort during siege
WRIGHT, Major
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two clasps and D.S.O.). Recreations : polo,
Address:
racing, shooting, fishing, yachting.
Club :
llth Bengal Lancers, Punjab, India.
Army and Navy.
Junior
[Died 10 March 1903.
b. Quorndon,
Smith, B.A.
27
June
1839; 3rd s. of late
Derbyshire,
Ichabod Charles Wright, Mapperley Hall,
Notts, and Theodosia, e. d. of 1st Baron
Denman m. 1st, Mary, o. d. of late William
Cartledge
2nd, Josephine Henrietta, d. of
four s. two d,
late Rev. J. A. Wright
Educ. : Brighton Coll.
Trinity College.
WRIGHT, Henry
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Cambridge (Scholar, 1861).
cal
Tripos,
1862
;
2nd
class Classi-
won Grand
Challenge
at Henley in 1860 and 1861 in
Barrister Inner Temple,
First Trinity crew.
1865 ; joined the banking firm of I. and
Cup,
I.
C.
etc.,
Wright and
retired,
1878
;
Col. Nottingham, 1867 ;
contested S. Nottingham (C.)
elected 1886, and again 1892
retired,
;
Publications : First Four Books of
1895.
Homer's Iliad in English Hexameters, 1885 ;
First Six Books of Virgil's JSneid in blank
verse, 1903, and the last Six Books, 1908.
Recreations : riding, motoring, and literaAddress : Oaklands Park, Chichester.
ture.
Club : Carlton.
[Died 19 March 1910.
WRIGHT, Sir James, Kt., cr. 1887 ; C.B. b.
Chief Engineer to Admiralty, 18701823.
1886. Address: Keith Lodge, Woodside, S.E.
[Died 17 Apr. 1899.
WRIGHT, Sir Robert Samuel, Kt., cr. 1891 ;
The Hon. Mr. Justice Wright; Judge of
the Queen's Bench Division of the High
Court of Justice from 1891; Ex-Officio
1885
;
;
Commr.
for
England
of
the Railway and
WHO WAS WHO,
Canal Commission
b. 1839
m. Merriel, d.
of late Rev. R. S. Chermside, 1891.
Educ, :
Balliol
Coll.
Oxford (B.A. 1861). Barr.
Inner Temple, 1861.
Address :
14 St.
James's Place, S.W.
Headley Park, LipClub : Athenaeum.
hook, Hants.
[Died 13 Aug. 1904.
WRIGHT, Gen. Sir Thomas, K.C.B., cr. 1893
b. 27 Sept. 1825
s. of Charles Wright, one
;
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;
H.M. Gentlemen-at-Arms m. 1st, 1850,
Clara (d. 1873), d. of late T. E. Dempster ;
2nd, 1894, Theodora, d. of G. W. Penrice,
of
;
Eastbourne. Entered Bengal Army, 1894
served Punjab campaign,
General, 1889
1848-49, including Chillian wallah and GooA.A.G.
jerat (medal with two clasps)
Eusofzie expedition, 1858 (despatches, medal
with clasp)
commanded Sikh cavalry,
Indian Mutiny, 1858 (despatches, medal)
Umbeyla campaign, 1863 (despatches, Brevet
Bhootan campaign,
Lieut.-Col.,
clasp)
1865-66 (clasp)
in command of a division
in Bengal, 1884-85.
Address : 8 Lancaster
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Road, South Norwood, S.E.
[Died 18 Jan. 1910.
WRIGHT,
J.P.
Thomas, Kt., cr. 1893
head of Sir Thomas Wright and
Son
b. Northampton, 15 Feb. 1838
s. of
Joseph Wright and Jane Mobbs Prestidge
m. Georgiana, d. of Peter Roberts of North1862.
Educ. :
ampton,
Northampton.
Mayor of Leicester, 1887-88, and 1891-92;
founded the Children's Hospital, Leicester,
1888
was mainly instrumental in obtaining
a large extension of the borough of Leicester,
1890, for which he received the honorary
freedom of the borough.
Recreations :
solicitor
Sir
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cricket, deer-stalking. Address :
Clubs :
Stpneygate, Leicester.
shire Constitutional, Leicester.
The
Hollies,
Leicester-
1897-1916
General Sir William Purvis, K.C.B.,
cr. 1904 ; b. Binfield, Berks, 16 July 1846 :
*. of Captain C. M. M. Wright, Royal Navy,
and Helen Callender of Penicuik, N.B. ; m.
1879, Louisa, widow of Lieut. C. C. Hassall,
R.N., and d. of Rev. J. B. Owen, vicar, St.
one *. one d. Educ. :
Jude's, Chelsea ;
Royal Naval School, New Cross. 2nd Prize
R.N. College, Greenwich, session 1885-86.
Entered Royal Marines, 1862
Major-Gen.
served in H.M.S. Victoria, Flagship,
1900
Mediterranean
H.M.S. Satellite, Pacific
H.M.S. Volage, Detached Squadron ; H.M.S.
Duke of Wellington, Portsmouth; H.M.S.
Narcissus, Flagship, Detached Squadron
H.M.S. Bellerophon Flagship.'North America
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WRIGHT,
Sir William Shaw, Kt., cr. 1914;
J.P. North Riding of YorkM.A. Cantab.
Chairman Hull and Barnsley Railway
shire
Chairman Humber Conservancy Board
Co.
2nd s. of Sir William Wright,
b. 9 March 1843
J.P., D.L. for East Riding, County Yorks.,
of Sigglesthorne Hall, East Yorks.
m.
Anna, d. of Benjamin Vipan of Sutton,
Cambs. two s. one d. Educ. : Westminster
2nd class in
Trinity College, Cambridge
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;
Classical Tripos, 1865.
Address :
tennis, etc.
commencement
its
Publica-
in 1868.
Bacon's Essays, 1862 ; The Cambridge Shakespeare (with W. G. Clark),
1863-66 The Globe Edition of Shakespeare's
G. Clark), 1864
Complete Works (with
The Bible Word-Book (with J. Eastwood).
1866 Plays of Shakespeare in the Clarendon
Press Series, 1868-97
Bacon's Advancement
of Learning. 1869
Guillaume de Deguileville
The Pilgrimage of the Lyf of the Manhode
(Roxburghe Club), 1869
Generydes, 1873The Bible Word-Book, 2nd ed.
1878;
and enlarged) 1884
Metrical
(revised
Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester, 1887
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Letters and Literary Remains of Edward
FitzGerald, 1889; The Cambridge Shakespeare, 1891-93, 2nd ed. ; Letters of Edward
FitzGerald (Eversley Series), 1894
Letters
of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble,
1895
Facsimile of the Milton MS. in the
Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1899
FitzGerald's Miscellanies, 1900 ; More Letters
of Edward FitzGerald, 1901
The Works
of Edward FitzGerald, 7 vols. 1903 ; Milton's
Poems with Critical Notes, 1903
English
Works of Roger Ascham, 1904 ; Westcott's
3rd ed., 1905 ;
History of the English Bible
A Commentary on the Book of Job from a
Hebrew MS. in the Univ. Library, Cambridge,
1905; Femina (Roxburghe Club), 1909;
The Hexaplar Psalter, 1911. Address :
Club : AtheTrinity College, Cambridge.
uceum.
[Died 19 May 1914.
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Sir
Henry John, K.C.M.G.,
cr.
1892 ;
President Legislative Council of
Victoria from 1901 ; b. Ireland, 18 Oct. 1839 ;
m. 1872, Charlotte, d. of late Hon. Henry
one s. two d. Educ.
and Dublin University (B.A.
Miller
:
;
Melbourne
Irish
1860).
AttorSolicitor-General, 1870
Bar, 1861
ney-General, 1886-90; member of Council,
;
1868
;
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member
Victoria,
;
from
Recreations: golf,
The Holt, Scalby,
Club : New University.
[Died 10 Nov. 1914.
Scarborough.
WRIXON, Hon.
;
tions
;
Assistant-Instructor
Chatham
Musketry,
Division ; Inst. Gunnery, Chatham Division ;
Auditor at Depot, Deal ; Assistant AdjutantGeneral, Royal Marines, Admiralty ; G.S.P.
as Colonel Commandant ;
D.A.G. Royal
Mar. Admiralty;
Jubilee Medal, 1897;
Coronation
1902.
Publication :
Medal,
Cruise of the Narcissus with the Detached
Squadron. Recreations: fishing, golf, cycling.
Address : 37 Ladbroke Square, W.
Club :
United Service.
[Died 30 Apr. 1910.
nr.
[Died 5 Aug. 1905.
Uriah John, l.S.O. 1906
b. 1840.
of
Prisons
Address :
Surveyor
(retired).
64 Crawford Street, Denmark Hill, S.E.
South Haven, Tennyson Road, Bognor.
[Died 4 Sept. 1914.
WRIGHT, William Aldis, M.A., LL.D., D.C.L.,
Litt.D.
Vice-Master of Trin. Coll. Camb.
1888-1912. Contributor to Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, 1860-63
Secretary to the
Old Testament Revision Company, 1870-85
Joint-Editor of the Journal of Philology
WRIGHT,
WROTTESLEY
WRIGHT,
of
of
Legislative
Assembly,
Vice-Chancellor of the
Publications:
1870;
University
Melbourne.
Jacob Shumate, 1903
Socialism, 1896
The Pattern Nation, 1906 The Religion of
Address : Raheen.
the Common Man, 1908.
MelClubs :
Studley Park, Melbourne.
Melbourne.
bourne, University,
[Died 9 Apr. 1913.
WROTTESLEY, 3rd Baron (cr. 1838), Arthur
Wrottesley; Bt. 1842; D.L., J.P., C.C.
[Wm. de Verdon assumed name of De
Wrottesley, d. about 1240; his s. joined
his g. g. s. served at
Simon de Montfort
and was one
Crecy with the Black Prince
of the original Knights of the Garter, 1349
his g. g. s. adhered to the Yorkist Earl of
6th in descent
Warwick, the King-maker
was 1st Bt., who adhered to Charles I. 8th
2nd
Bt. served in American War (d. 1787)
Baron was a founder of Royal Astronomical
Society, 1831 and P.R.S. for several years]
s. of 2nd Baron
b. London, 17 June 1824
and Sophia, d. of Thomas Giffard, Chillington,
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;
S.
father
m. Hon.
1867^;
1887), d. of
Augusta Elizabeth Denison (d.
1st Lord Londesborough, 1861
;
d.
(B.A.).
Lord-Lieutenant
four
s.
two
Staffordshire,
1869-74 and
Owned about 5800 acres. ReHeir : s. Hon.
creation : formerly M.F.H.
Address : 8
Victor Alexander Wrottesley.
Herbert Grescent, Sloane Street, S.W. ;
Clubs :
Wolverhampton.
Wrottesley,
Brooks's, Travellers', Bath, M.C.C., Gros28
1910.
Dec.
venor.
[Died
1871-87 ;
1880-85.
Lord-in- Waiting,
783
WHO WAS WHO,
WROUGHTON
m.
Philip ; b. 6 April 1846
1875, Evelyn M., d. of Sir J. Neeld, 1st
Educ. : Harrow
one *. six d.
Baronet
Christ Church, Oxford; B.A. 1868; M.A.
Northern
1877
M.P. (C.) Berks, 1876-85
Alderman Berks
Division of Berks, 1885-95
J.P. and D.L. for Berks.
County Council
Owned 8693 acres in Berks. Address :
Woolley Park, Wantage. Club : Carlton.
[Died 7 June 1910.
WYATT, Sir William Henry, Kt. cr. 1876
s. of Thomas Wyatt,
b. 1823
J.P., D.L.
widower. Educ. :
Wlllenhall, Warwickshire
privately.' Thirty years chairman of the
County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.
Address : 88 Regent's Park Road, N.W.
Clubs : St. Stephen's, Westminster.
[Died 6 Jan. 1898.
WYKE, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Lennox, K.C.B.,
Lieut. Royal
b. 1815.
cr. 1879
G.C.M.G.
Fusiliers, and Capt. on Staff of late King of
Hanover Vice-Consul Port-au-Prince, 1845
1852
Central
Consul- General
America,
1860
Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico,
Hanover, 1866 Copenhagen, 1867 Lisbon,
Address : 23 Cheyne Walk, S.W.
1881-84.
Clubs : Marlborough, Army and Navy.
[Died 5 Oct. 1897.
WYLDE, Everard William, C.M.G-. 1891. EnAssistant Clerk,
tered Foreign Office, 1868
1889
British Delegate to Slave Trade
Conference, Brussels, and received commission as acting Secretary of Legation, 1889
Senior Clerk, 1894
retired, 1899.
[Died 2 Apr. 1911.
C.M.G. 1880
William
V.D.,
Henry,
WYLDE,
b. Woolretired Civil Service
F.R.G.S.
of
late
Gen.
Wm.
e.
1819
s.
11
wich,
April
Wylde m. 1846, Elizabeth Mary, d. of late
Educ. :
four s. three d.
Richard Massy
private school. Proceeded to Spain, 1835,
and acted as private secretary to Col. Wylde,
who was British Commissioner at headquarters of Spanish Armies during Civil
WROUGHTON,
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War ; was present at most of operations of
British Legion on N. Coast, and of Spanish
entered Foreign
armies in interior of Spain
accompanied Col. Wylde to
Office, 1838
Portugal, 1846, as Assistant Commissioner ;
employed in furnishing Her Majesty's
Government with correct information respecting military events in that country during
;
;
Republican Revolution; was a member of
Commission which sat in London, 1865, to
revise Slave Trade Instructions ; a member
of Commission of Inquiry into Consular
Establishments, 1872 ; a Commissioner at
Paris, 1880, respecting Coolie Emigration to
Reunion ; Superintendent of Commercial,
Consular, and Slave Trade Departments of
Lieut.-Colonel
Office,
1869-80;
Colonel) 1st Volunteer
Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1870-91.
Decorated for Civil Services.
Recreations :
shooting and fishing. Small farm situated
in parishes of Burghfield, Sulhampstead, and
Address : 23 CollingGrazeley in Berkshire.
ham Place, S.W. Club : Athenaeum
[Died 2 March 1909.
WYLIE, Major Charles Hotham Montagu
C.M.G. 1909
H.M.'s
Doughty-, C.B. 1914
Consul, Adis Ababa Royal Welsh Fusiliers
s. of H. M. Doughty of
b. 23 July, 1868 ;
m. 1904, Lilian
Theberton Hall, Leiston
Oimara, d. of John Wylie, Glasgow. Entered army, 1889
Captain, 1896 ; Major,
1907 ; employed with Egyptian Army, 18901900 ;
served Hazara Expedition, 1891
medal with clasp) ;
(severely wounded,
Foreign
Commandant (Hon.
.
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;
Chitral, 1895 (medal with clasp) ; occupation
Nile Expedition, 1898
of Crete, 1896 ;
(Egyptian medal with clasp, medal) ; Nile
Expedition, 1899 (despatches) ; South Africa,
1899-1900 (severely wounded, Queen's medal
with three clasps) ; China Field Force, 1901 ;
East Africa, 1903 (medal with clasp) ;
784
1897-1916
Red
Director British
Cross, Turkey, 1912-13.
Military.
[Died 29 Apr. 1915.
WYLIE, James Hamilton, M.A., D.Litt.
b.
8 June 1844
of James Wylie, C.C.
s.
merchant, of 1 Great Tower Street, E., and
40 Burton Crescent, W.C. ; m. 1874, Agnes,
d. of Charles Alexander Maclaren, merchant,
Howard Street, Glasgow
four s. two d.
Educ. : Christ's Hospital
Pembroke Coll.
Oxford (Scholar). 1st class Classical Modera2nd class Lit. Hum. 1867;
tions, 1865;
Assistant Master, Trinity College, Glenalmond, 1868-70; Inspector of Returns,
Board of Education,
1872-73
H.M.
Ford
Inspector of Schools, 1874-1909 ;
Club
:
Naval and
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;
Lecturer, English History, Oxford' Univer1900 ;
sity,
Inspector Historical MSS.
Commission, 1909. Publications : History
of England under Henry IV., 1884-1898;
The Council of Constance to the Death of
John Hus, 1900. Recreations : reading and
Lawn Road, Haver[Died 25 Feb. 1914.
William Hutt Curzon,
K.C.I.E., cr. 1902; C.I.E. 1881; C.V.O.
1907
Political A.D.C. to Secretary of State
for India from 1901
Indian Army retired
b. Cheltenham, 5 Oct. 1848
s. of late
if.
Gen. Sir William Wyllie, G.C.B., and Amelia,
d. of late Richards Hutt, Appley, Isle of
Wight ; m. 1881, Katharine Georgiana, d.
of D. F. Carmichael, late Madras Civil
Service.
Educ. : Marlborough
Sandhurst.
Joined 106th Regt. L.I. as ensign, 1866:
entered Indian Staff Corps, 1869
joined
transthe Oudh Commission, 2 Sept. 1870
Address
travel.
stock Hill,
WYLLIE,
4
:
N.W.
Lt.-Col.
Sir
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ferred to the Political Department 9 Jan.
served in Beluchistan under Sir
1879 ;
Robert Sandeman during Afghan War in
1879-80
accompanied Gen. Sir Robert
;
Phayre's force to the relief of Candahar.
Decorated in recognition of above services.
Was Military Sec. to the late Rt. Hon. W.
and
P. Adam, Governor of Madras, 1881
Private Secretary to Mr. Hudleston, afterheld successively
wards acting Governor
the appointments of Resident in Nipal,
Governor-General's Agent in Central India,
and Governor-General's Agent in Rajputana.
Address :
Recreations :
shooting.
riding,
Club : Army and
10 Onslow Square, S.W.
Navy.
[Died 1 July 1909.
WYNDHAM, Rt. Hon. George, LL.D. Glas.
D.L. Edin.
M.P. (C.) Dover from
1907
Director London, Chatham, and
1889
Dover Railway Major Cheshire Yeomanry
e. s. of Hon. Percy
b. London, 19 Aug. 1863
Wyndham and Madeline, d. of Sir Guy
Edward Fitzof
Lord
d.
Campbell, Bt., g.
m. 1889, Countess
Gerald, the Irish rebel
Earl
of
d.
of
9th
4th
Scarborough
Grosvenor,
and widow of Earl Grosvenor one s. Educ. :
Hon.
R.M.C.
Sandhurst, 1882;
Eton;
D.C.L. Oxford, 1904. Coldstream Guards,
Suakim Campaign and Cyprus, 1885
1883
Private Sec.
(medal and Khedive's star)
Parliato Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, 1887-92
mentary Under Sec. of State for War, 1898Lord Rector,
Cabinet Minister, 1902
1900
Edinburgh,
Glasgow University, 1902
PubChief Sec. for Ireland, 1900-5.
1908
lications : North's Plutarch (Tudor Classics)
and
Ronsard
Shakespeare's Poems, 1898;
La Pl&ade, 1906. Recreations : fox-hunting,
:
35
Park
Address
Lane,
shooting, cycling.
W.
44 Belgrave Square, S.W.
Saighton
Clouds, East Knoyle.
Grange, Chester
Clubs : Carlton, Marlborough, TraWilts.
vellers'
Kildare Street, Dublin.
[Died 8 June 1913.
WYNDHAM, Hon. Percy Scawen, J.P. Sussex,
ViceC.C. Wilts;
Cumberland, Wilts;
Chairman County Council, Wilts Chairman
3rd
D.L. Wilts
Wilts Quarter Sessions
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and
e.
sure.
s.
of 1st
;
Baron Leconfield
;
b.
WHO WAS WHO,
m. Madeline Caroline Frances
30 Jan. 1835
Eden, 6th d. of Gen. Sir Guy Campbell, 1st
and
Pamela
two s. three 'd.
Fitzgerald
Bt.,
Educ. : Eton. Formerly in the Coldstream
Guards
M.P. (C.) West Cumberland, 1860Cumberland Quarter
1885
Chairman,
1870-86.
Recreations :
hunting,
Sessions,
East
Address :
golf.
Clouds,
shooting,
44 Belgrave Square,
Knoyle, Salisbury
S.W. Clubs : White's, Travellers', Marlborough, Cosmopolitan, Burlington.
[Died 13 March 1911.
WYNDHAM, Hon. William Reginald b. and
b. 16
helr-pres. to 3rd Baron Leconfleld
March 1876. Educ. : Sandhurst. Retired
member of Jockey
Captain 17th Lancers
Club.
[Died 6 Nov. 1914.
WYNFORD, 3rd Baron (cr. 1829), William
Draper Mortimer Best, D.L., J.P. Captain
Rifle Brigade, 1854-56
[1st Baron became
b.
Chief Justice of Common Pleas, 1824]
s. of 2nd Baron and Jane, d.
2 Aug. 1826
of Wi'liam Thoyts, Sulhampstead, Reading
m. Caroline, d. of Ewen
S. father 1869
Baillie, Dochfour, and Georgina, d. of 5th
Duke of Manchester, 1857. Captain of
Heir: b. Henry, &. 1829.
regiment, 1854.
Club :
Address : 12 Grosvenor Square, W.
Carlton.
[Died 27 Aug. 1899.
4th
Baron
WYNFORD,
1829), Henry
(cr.
Molyneux Best [1st Baron became Chief
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Justice of
1829
;
Thoyts
Heir
:
dress
:
Common
Nov.
William
b.
Pleas, 1824.] ;
of 2nd Baron and Jane, d. of
of Sulhampstead ; S. brother 1899.
s.
c.
7
George Best,
b.
Ad-
Dec. 1834.
Connaught Square, W.
WYNFORD,
[1st Baron became Chief Justice of Common
Pleas, 1824] ; b. 14 Dec. 1834 ; s. of Rev.
Hon. S. Best, cousin of 4th Baron Wynford ;
m. 1870, Edith Anne, d. of Matthew Henry
March of Ramridge, Andover. Hants ; reHeir : s. Hon. Philip
tired Lt.-Col. R.H.A.
Address : Charlton
George Best, b. 1871.
House, Ludwell, Salisbury.
[Died 27 Oct. 1904.
22
b.
WYNN, Hon. Charles Henry, J.P.
3rd and e. surv. s. of 3rd Lord
April 1847
of
late
Frances
d.
and
Newborough
Maria,
-S to property of
Rev. Walter de Winton
RQg under will of Sir Robert Williamsm. 1876,
Vaughan, 2nd Bart, (ext.), 1859
Frances Georgiana, 2nd d. of Lt.-Col. Romer,
five s. three
of Bryncemlyn, Co. Merioneth
d.
High Sheriff, Merioneth, 1873. Address :
Rug, near Corwen. Club : Carlton.
[Died 14 March 1911.
WYNNE, George ; b. Liverpool, 2 Jan. 1839
m. Margaret, d. of late Joseph Hull, Wigan.
Educ. : privately. Commenced journalistic
career in 1860 by joining the reporting staff
of Wakefield Journal
afterwards was subeditor of the Liverpool Mercury, and editor,
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Publications : chiefly contribu1890-1905.
Recreations : music,
tions to magazines.
Adcricket, cycling, field sports generally.
dress : Calderwood, New Brighton, Cheshire.
Clubs : Reform ; Lyceum, Liverpool.
[Died 11 Nov. 1912.
WYNNE, Yen. G. R. D.D. ; Archdeacon of
Aghadoe ; Canon of St. Patrick's Dublin,
and St. Mary's, Limerick
Rector of St.
:
b. 1838
s.
Michael's, Limerick (retired)
of George and Clara Wynne of East Hill,
Co. Wicklow ; m. Ellen Lees, d. of Rev.
G. Sidney Smith, D.D., Professor of Biblical
Educ. :
Greek, T.C.D. ; one s. three d.
home ; Royal Agricultural College, CirenOrdained
cester; Trinity College, Dublin.
1861
Curate of Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow,
and of St. Ann's, Dublin ; Incumbent of
Whitechurch, Dublin, SS. Philip and James
;
;
Holywood (Down),
(Ardfert),
and
in
frequently engaged
conducting Parochial
Missions and Quiet Days in Ireland took
an active part in organising emigration to
Canada of the Poor of Kerry, 1882-84. Publications : Spiritual Life in its Earlier Stages
The Old Man's Psalm, Conditions of Salvation
Come ye Apart
The Church in
Greater Britain ; several other devotional
works and tales for the young. Recreations :
meteorology and botany, and of late years
the propagation of Esperanto, Fellow of
British Esperanto Society.
Address : Glendalough, Co. Wicklow.
[Died 2 May 1912.
WYNNE, William Robert Maurice, J.P. ; Lord
Lieutenant of Merionethshire from 1891 ;
Chairman of Quarter Sessions Constable of
Harlech Castle
b. 1840 ;
e. s. of William
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Watkin Edward Wynne and Mary,
d. and
co-heir of late Robert Aglionby Slaney, M.P.;
m. 1891, Winifred Frances, d. of W. Kendall
and widow of R. I. Williamson. Educ. :
Eton. Formerly in Scots Guards
M.P. Co.
;
Address :
Merioneth, 1865-68.
Peniarth,
Towyn; 26 Buckingham Gate, S.W. Clubs:
Carlton, Guards', Army and Navy.
[Died 25 Feb. 1909.
WYNNE-JONES, Very Rev. Llewelyn, M.A. ;
Dean of St. Asaph from 1910 ; m. 1st, 1889,
Amy (d. 1894), sis. of C. E. J. Owen of
one *.
Hengwrtucha, Dolgelley, J.P., D.L.
one d.
2nd, 1889, Janet Alexander, o. d.
of late George Steuart, of 3 Forbes Road,
Edinburgh. Educ. : Christ Church, Oxford.
Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1884.
Ordained 1886 Curate of West Ham. 18861888 Upper Tooting, 1889-92 Chaplain at
Algiers. 1892-94
Wrexham, 1894-96 ; Vicar
of St. Mark, Wrexham, 1896-99 ; Llangollen,
1899-1903
Oswestry, 1903-8 ; Archdeacon
Address : Oerley
of Wrexham, 1897-1910.
Deanery, St. Asaph. Club :
Hall, Oswestry
New University.
[Died 9 Feb. 1911.
WYNN-WYNNE, Maj. Reginald, D.S.O. 1900 ;
of late Capt. Evan
s.
b. 2 April 1857 ;
Wynne Roberts, J.P., D.L. m. 1st, Alice
Emily Harriet, d. of late Sir William Verner,
Bart., M.P., of Churchill, Armagh, and 86
Eaton Square ; 2nd, 1902, Hilda, d. of late
J. Clifford Brown of Rothwell Park, Yorks.
Educ. : Eton. Saw considerable service on
the frontier in Canada and during the Riel
rebellion ; was Lieut, in the Pembroke Yeomanry ; Recruiting- Officer to the Imperial
Yeomanry helped to raise Paget's Horse,
Rough Riders, with whom he went out to
raised the Westminster Dragoons ;
Africa
was Asst. Transport- Officer to Gen. Sir Ian
Hamilton and General Sir J. D. French
(despatches, Queen's medal, 4 clasps, D.S.O.).
Clubs : Cavalry, Boodle's.
[Died 23 Sept. 1913.
WYON, Allan, F.S.A. ; Chief Engraver of
H.M.'s Seals, 1884-1901 ; b. 4 July 1843 ; s.
of Benjamin Wyon ; m. Harriet, d. of G. W.
Educ. : King's College School,
Gairdner.
London. [Ancestor came over from Ger;
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[Died 28 Oct. 1903.
5th Baron (cr. 1829), George Best
;
WYON
1897-1916
St. Mary's, Killarney
St. Michael's Limerick) ; was
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as Court Goldsmith to King George I.]
Guildhall New Council Chamber
:
Royal Jubilee Medal, 1887 ;
Darwin Medal for the Royal Society, 1890 ;
Episcopal Seals for Archbishops of Canterbury, 1883, 1896, 1903, and York, 1891, and
Bishops of London, 1885, 1897, 1901, Durham, 1879, 1890, 1901, and Winchester, 1891,
1895, 1903; Great Seal of Ireland, 1890,
and Seal for Secretary for Scotland, 1889.
Publications : joint author (with Alfred B.
Wyon, deceased) of The Great Seals of
contributor of many papers to
England
Journal of the British Archaeological Association of which Society he was Hon. Treasurer,
Re1891-95, and Vice-President, 1893-97.
creation : golf. Address : 2 Langham Cham
:
Club
N.W.
Parkhill
33
:
W.
Road,
bers
[Died 25 Jan. 1907.
Royal Societies.
many
Works
Medal, 1884
;
;