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WAGENER, PETER, son of Henry Wagener, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS 1694; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1698, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1698, aged 17, scholar 28 Apr 1699, matr. 1698; BA 1701/2; MA 1710; ordained deacon 25 Oct 1702, priest 28 Oct 1702 (both London); went to America as minister to Maryland Jan 1702/3; beneficed in Virginia 1705; Rector of Stisted, Essex, from 6 Jan 1707/8; m. 16 Dec 1708 Mary Elizabeth Paurings (or Baurings ?), St. Clement Danes, London; buried Stisted, Essex 25 Sep 1742.

Waechter, John D'Arcy, son of Sir Harry Waechter Bt CMG, and Evelyn Mary Josephine, d. of John D'Arcy of Corbetstown, Co. Westmeath; b. 16 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left. July 1932; RAFVR 1940-5 (Flt Lieut.); Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA PhD 1949; FSA 1950; Fellow Brit. Inst. of Archaeology Ankara 1949; res. Fellow Harvard Univ. 1955-6; lecturer Inst. of Archaeology Univ. of London 1956, sen. lecturer 1972; Rivers medal Roy. Anthropological Inst. 1972, Stopes medal Geologists' Assn 1976; author of Man Before History 1976; m. 2 Dec. 1952 Carol, d. of Ven. Edgar Francis Hall, Archdeacon of Totnes, Devon; d. 5 Mar. 1978.

WADSWORTH, JOHN GEORGE, son of Charles Wadsworth, and Jane --- (IGI); b. 6 Sep 1816; adm. 12 Jan 1829 (Stikeman's); left Mar 1831.

WADE, WILLIAM, son of Maj. William Wade, officer of Dragoons in Cromwellian Army, and ---, dau. of Rev. Henry Stonestreet, Rector of South Heighton, Sussex; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1686; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1690, aged 18, scholar 24 May 1691, matr. 1690; 6th in “ordo” 1693/4; BA 1693/4; MA 1697; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1696, Major Fellow 23 Apr 1697 – c. 1714, Tutor 1700-1; signed petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley 1710; ordained; Canon of Windsor from 10 Feb 1719/20; m. Frances ---; d. 6 Feb 1732/3.

WADE, WALTER, son of Walter Wade, Headingley, Yorks., and Beatrix, dau. of Benjamin Killingbeck, Allerton Grange, Yorks.; bapt. 1 Nov 1722; adm. (aged 15) Nov 1738 (Bourne's); left 1740; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Feb 1740/1; m. Anne, dau. of Robert Allanson, Halifax, Yorks.; buried Headingley, Yorks., 16 Dec 1771.

Wade, Richard Thomas Christopher, son of Richard Ramsden Wade DM, of Hampstead; b. 24 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left July 1939; PO RAF Regt Dec. 1941, FO Nov. 1942, temp. Flt Lieut. Sept. 1942; d. 27 Aug. 1944 after a road accident on active service.

Richard Thomas Christopher Wade was born in North London on the 24th of October 1921 the younger son of Richard Ramsden Wade, a commercial clerk, and Constance Irene (nee Lord) Wade of Lavender Cottage, Grayshott near Hindhead in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1935 to July 1939. He enlisted as Aircraftman 2nd Class 1154480 in the Royal Air Force Regiment in December 1941 and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 20th of March 1942, with seniority from the 24th of December 1941. He was promoted to Flying officer on the 1st of October 1942.
He was killed in a road accident in Italy.
His brother, Officer Cadet Patrick Armigel Wade, Royal Armoured Corps, died on the 29th of July 1940.
He is buried at Biguglia War Cemetery Plot 2, Row C, Grave 1.

Wade, Philip Vernon, brother of John Roland Wade (q.v.); b. March 26, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1919; farmed at Leask, Saskatchewan, Canada; joined the staff of the askat ccn i:ar:er as a reporter, later asst. editor; served in Great War II as Capt., Canadian Forces; m. Jan. 12, 1926, Edith McKay, of Silver Grove, Saskatchewan.

WADE, JOHN, brother of George Wade (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1734; adm. Middle Temple 10 Dec 1739; Cornet, 3rd Dragoon Guards 10 Jan 1740/1; Capt., Bland’s Dragoons 1745; wounded at battle of Fontenoy; d. 1796 (will proved PCC 29 Dec 1796, of St. Marylebone, Middlesex).

Wade, John Roland, son of George Alfred Wade, of Twickenham, by Emily, daughter of John Benn, of Morley, Yorks; b. Oct. 11, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1909; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; Abbott Scholar, brac­keted, 1910; 2nd class Classical Tripos, pt. 1, 1912; 1st class Historical Tripos, pt. 2, 1913; B.A. 1912; a clerk in the War Office Oct. 5, 1914, a principal clerk Aug. 1921; asst. secre­tary 1936; asst. Under Secretary of State and Director of Establishments 1939; retired 1953; financial director of Remploy Ltd. 1954-60; C.B. June 11, 1942; m. July 3, 1928, Penelope Dorot hy, youngest daughter of James Haig Ferguson, M.D., F.R.C.P., of Edinburgh; d. 15 Jan. 1984.

WADE, GEORGE, natural son of Field-Marshal Right Hon. George Wade PC MP; nephew of William Wade (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1734; Cornet, 3rd Dragoon Guards 10 May 1740; Capt., 11 Jul 1741; Maj., 26 Mar 1748; Lieut. -Col., 31 May 1751; ret. 7 Feb 1759.