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WETENHALL, EDWARD, son of Francis Wetenhall, Tixall, Staffs.; b. 7 Oct 1636; adm.; KS 1651; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 Mayy 1655, scholar 1655, matr. Easter 1658; BA 1658/9 (incorp. Oxford 18 Jun 1661); migr. to Lincoln Coll. Oxford 1660; MA 10 Jul 1691; BD 1669 (incorp. Cambridge 1670); DD Dublin 1674 (ad eundem Oxford); ordained; Chaplain, Lincoln Coll.; Perpetual Curate of Combe Long, Oxfordshire 1661; Vicar of St. Stephen’s, St. Albans, Herts., 1661-3; Prebendary of Exeter 11 Jun 1667-74; Master of Cathedral Sch., Exeter 1667-72; Master of Blue Coat Sch., Dublin May 1672-6; Curate, St. Werburgh’s, Dublin 1676-9; Prebendary of St. Patrick’s, Dublin 23 Jul 1674; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin 1675; consecrated Bishop of Cork and Ross 23 Mar 1678/9; translated to Kilmore and Ardagh 18 Apr 1699; FRS 4 Jul 1683; held an OW dinner at Cork 8 Apr 1696; author of a Greek and Latin Grammar, of An Earnest and Compassionate Suit for Forbearance, 1691, and other works; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, Philippa, sixth dau. of Sir William D’Oyly, Bart.; d. 12 Nov 1713. Buried South Transept, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

WESTWOOD, JOHN, eldest son of Rev. John Westwood, Vicar of Halesowen, Worcs., and Rebecca, sister of Adam Littleton (qv); bapt. 7 Mar 1664/5; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1684, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1684, aged 18, scholar 1 May 1685, matr. 1685; BA 1687/8; ordained deacon (Rochester) 26 May 1689, priest (Winchester) 22 Dec 1689; Vicar of Overton, Hampshire, from 30 Jan 1689/90; m. 1 Oct 1691 Susanna, dau. of Edward Nott, Minety, Gloucs. [check]; buried Overton, Hampshire 9 Oct 1709.

WESTWOOD, ---; b.; adm.; KS in 1630; the expenses of his burial are charged in the Abbey Treasurer’s accounts for the year ending Mich. 1631 (Chapter Muniments 33686).

West-Taylor, Launcelot Robert Herbert, son of Herbert Edward West-Taylor, of Kilburn, by Clare, daughter of George Belcher; b. Nov. 29, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1915.

WESTPHALING, ---; b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1718/9; in under school list 1723. [Surname probably Westfaling (Herefordshire family)]

WESTON, ROBERT, son of Robert Weston, Inner Temple, London, and Martha ---; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1719; in under school list 1723; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Apr 1727; adm. Inner Temple 10 May 1727, called to bar 24 Nov 1733, left Inner Temple 1748. [Presumably Robert Weston who was Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (I) 1772 – c. May 1774; Joint Resident Secretary to Lord Lieut., Ireland 19 Jun 1775 – Feb 1789; Solicitor in England to Irish Revenue Commissioners 1775-89; perhaps FRS 1767; m. 16 Sep 1760 Louisa Brudenell (IGI); d. 21 Mar 1793, aged 80 (sic). Buried West Cloister, Westminster Abbey]

WESTON, RICHARD, son of Richard Weston, Clerkenwell, London, and Catherine ---; bapt. St. James, Clerkenwell (IGI) 3 Nov 1719; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1729; left 1735; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Feb 1735/6; BA 1739; MA 1742.

WESTON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1735; left 1737.

Weston, John Ruahine, son of Capt. Thomas Shailer Weston, Mercantile Marine, of Kensington, by Edith Mary McPherson, daughter of Alister Mackintosh Clark, of Canterbury, New Zealand; b. March 5, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. Unattached List Sept. 12, 1917; Indian Army Dec. 9, 1917; Lieut. Sept. 12, 1918; attached 119th Mahratta L.I. 1919 and 1 10th Mahratta L.I. 1922; retired Dec. 22, 1922; a tobacconist at Bromley, Kent; re-employed 1939 as Capt. R.A.S.C.; Major June 1942; served in Great War I on North West Frontier and in Great War II with Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1941-5; m. Jan. 29, 1934; Sybil Zerphora, daughter of Sydney James Walters. of Ardfillan Road, Liver­pool; d. Oct. 17, 1947, of tuberculosis contracted on active service.

WESTON, HAMBDEN, brother of Robert Weston (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1728; left 1733; adm. Inner Temple 10 May 1735; apprenticed to William Ingram, New Inn, attorney, 25 Jun 1735; adm. Staple Inn 2 Feb 1747/8.