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WATERFIELD, CHARLES, brother of Thomas Nelson Waterfield (qv); b. 23 May 1806; adm. 10 Jan 1815; Min. Can. 1821; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Jun 1828, called to bar 27 Jan 1834; Deputy Registrar, Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, and afterwards at Birmingham; m. 31 Aug 1830 Katharine Olivia, sister of George Edward Wilmot Wood (qv); d. 7 Jan 1871.

WATERFIELD, ARTHUR SWAINSON, son of Edward Waterfield (qv); b. 16 Jul 1866; adm. 16 Jul 1880 (D), exhbitioner; QS 25 Sep 1881; left May 1885; Non-Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886; migr. to Merton Coll.; BA 1889; MA 1894; Assistant Master, Guildford GS 1890-2, Beverley GS 1892; ordained 1899; Curate, Bromyard, Herefs., 1899-1903; Rector of Brimfield, Herefs., 1903-26; Rector of Stockton-on-Teme, Worcs., from 1926; m. 6 Sep 1890 Laura, dau. of Thomas Botterell, Head Master Bromyard GS; d. 20 Jul 1934.

WATERFIELD, ALFRED, fourth son of Thomas Nelson Waterfield (qv); b. 4 Apr 1840; adm. 6 Jun 1849; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1857; Cornet, Cavalry 4 Oct 1857; Kieut., 4th European Light Cavalry 18 May 1858; Capt., 16 Jul 1864; ret. 11 Dec 1867; served in Indian Mutiny; d. unm. at Valetta, Malta 9 Feb 1871.

Waterfield, Sir Alexander Percival, son of William Waterfield (q.v.) by his second wife; b. May 16, 1888; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; Mure Scholar 1904; Capt. of the School 1906; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon., 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; Public School Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1907; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1909; Hertford Scholar 1909; prox. acc. Craven Scholar 1909; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1911; B.A. and M.A. 1943; hon. LL. D. Wesleyan Univ., Ohio, U.S.A.; a second-class clerk in the Treasury 1911, a principal clerk 1919; Treasury Remembrancer and acting principal asst. secretary in Ireland 1920-2; member of the Overseas Settlement Board 1936; of the Palestine Partition Commission 1938; First Civil Service Commissioner 1939; one-man commission on Wages and Salaries in Malta 1957; retired 1951; C.B. Jan. 1, 1923; knighted 1951; K.B.E. June 3, 1952; m. Oct. 16, 1920, Doris Mary, daughter of Otto Siepmann, of Godalming, Surrey; d. 1965.

Waterfield, Alan Bernard, son of Charles Alan Waterfield, clerk in Bank of England, of Blackheath and Blanche, d. of George James Newbury of Broxbourne, Herts; grandson of Edward Waterfield (qv); b. 4 Sept. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (H); left Dec. 1923; Univ. of Lond., BA; a chartered accountant, ACA 1930, FCA 1960; Univ. accountant, Univ. of London; m. 1st 14 Jan. 1936 Grace Marjorie, d. of George Richardson of Mauritius; 2nd 21 May 1949 Brenda Blanche, d. of Matthew Henry Judges of Edgware, Middx; d. 18 Nov. 1983.

WASSELL, THOMAS HENRY; b.; at school 1800 (“junior”)

WASSELL, JOSEPH; b.; left Midsummer 1800 (“senior”). [doubtless kin to Joseph Wassell, Westminster, pawnbroker, will proved PCC 1 Feb 1803]

WASON, RIGBY, eldest son of Peter Rigby Wason MP, Corwar, Ayrshire, barrister, and Euphemia, dau. of P. McTier, farmer; b. 17 Jul 1844; adm. 17 Oct 1859 (James'); Ensign, 16th Foot 28 Apr 1863; Lieut., 24 Aug 1866; 1st Dragoon Guards 30 Oct 1867; d. 25 Nov 1870.

WASON, LEIGHTON SANDYS, eldest son of Rigby Melvill Wason, London, solicitor, and Hannah Urquhart; b. 31 Dec 1867; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (J); left Dec 1883; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1889; BA 1893; Ely Theol. Coll. 1893; ordained deacon (Ely) 1894, priest (St. Albans) 1898; Curate, Elmswell, Suffolk 1894-7, St. Andrew’s, Plaistow, Essex 1897-8, St. Michael’s, Shoreditch, London 1898-1904; Vicar of Cury cum Gunwalloe, Cornwall 1905 – 27 May 1919, when he was deprived on his refusal to abandon certain practices of ritual.