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Wenniger, Mace Louis Maillette de Buy, son of William Frederick Maillette de Buy Wenniger, of Djasinga, Java, and Wilda Maurine Carpenter; b. 22 Jan. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left July 1940; Reading Sch. of Art; Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA, MS 1951 (Urban Planning); dir. of zoning, Boston Redevelopment Authority, USA; proprietor (with his wife) Wenniger Graphics, Rockport, MA, USA, 1971-; painter, draughtsman and sculptor; m. 1st, Margaret Hindman; 2nd, 1963 Mary Ann Sigmund Miller; d. 17 Nov. 2015.

WENMAN, PHILIP, 7th VISCOUNT WENMAN (I), eldest son of Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (I), and Sophia, eldest dau. of James Herbert MP, Tythrop, Oxfordshire; b. 18 Apr 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Hawkins'); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1760; MA 1762; DCL 7 Jul 1773; succ. father as 7th Viscount Wenman (I) 16 Aug 1760; MP Oxfordshire 1768-96; m. 7 Jul 1766 Lady Eleanor Bertie, sister of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (qv); d. 26 Mar 1800.

WENMAN, HON. THOMAS FRANCIS, brother of Philip Wenman, 7th Viscount Wenman (I) (qv); b. 18 Nov 1745; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1771); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1762; Fellow, All Souls Coll. , 1765; BCL 1771; DCL 1780; Keeper of Archives, Oxford Univ. , from 1781; Regius Professor of Civil Law, Oxford Univ. , from 1789 (concurrently Prebendary of Salisbury, although not in holy orders, from 3 Oct 1789); adm. Inner Temple 12 May 1764, called to bar 9 Feb 1770, chambers Inner Temple 10 Feb 1769 – May 1781, when they were destroyed by fire ; MP Westbury 1774-80; FRS 21 Jan 1779; drowned in river Cherwell, near Water Eaton, Oxfordshire, while collecting botanical specimens, 8 Apr 1796. DNB.

WENKAM, ---; b.; in school list 1754.

WELTON, RICHARD, son of Rev. Richard Welton DD, Rector of St. Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, afterwards a Non-juring bishop and Minister of Christ Church, Philadelphia, North America, and Temperance Goodwyn; bapt. St. Dunstan, Stepney 17 Jun 1708 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Mar 1717/8; in under school list 1722; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1724; BA 1728; MA (from St. Alban’s Hall) 1739; ordained deacon 13 Jun 1731, priest 31 May 1734 (both Oxford).

WELSTED, LEONARD; b.; adm.; KS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1667, matr. 1667; BA 1670/1; MA 1674 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1676); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1673 – c. 1687, Tutor 1677-83; ordained deacon 21 May 1676, priest 24 May 1676 (both London); Chaplain to John Dolben (qv), Archbishop of York; Prebendary of York from 30 Dec 1684; Vicar of Abington, Northants 15 Jun 1685-92; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, from Jan 1692/3; m. 12 Dec 1686 Anne, second dau. of Thomas Staveley, Leicester, barrister and antiquary; d. 13 Nov 1694.

WELSTED, LEONARD, eldest son of Leonard Welsted (qv); bapt. 3 Jun 1688; adm.; QS 1703; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1707, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1707, aged 18, but did not matr.; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office; afterwards Clerk Extraordinary (by 1725) and Clerk in Ordinary (from 1730) to Clerk of Deliveries, Ordnance Office; Commissioner for managing State Lottery May 1731; quarrelled with the poet Alexander Pope, who immortalised him in the Dunciad; translated Longinus on the Sublime, 1712; author, Apple-Pye, 1704, and numerous other poems; m. 1st, Frances, dau. of Henry Purcell, Organist of Westminster Abbey; m. 2nd, 4 Dec 1712 (IGI) Anna Maria, dau., of Col. William Walker, Tankerstown, Queen’s Co., Ireland; d. Aug 1747. DNB.

WELLS-DYMOKE, EDMUND LIONEL, brother of Dymoke Wells (qv); b. 21 Mar 1814; adm. 6 Feb 1824 (Stelfox's); Queens’ Coll. Cambridge; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1835, called to bar 2 Nov 1838; assumed additional surname of Dymoke 27 Aug 1866; m. 1st, 22 Apr 1840 Mary Ann, eldest dau. of Thomas Galliers, Stapleton Castle, Herefs.; m. 2nd, 14 Jul 1864 Laura De Blair, dau. of Thomas Robert Jefferson, Gloucester Square, London; d. 15 Jun 1892.

Wells, William Thomas, son of William Thomas Wells, professional boxer known as "Bombar­dier" Billy Wells and Ellen Kilroy; b. 9 Feb. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (R); left Oct. 1930.