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Whiskard, John Mason, brother of Richard Geoffrey Whiskard (qv); b. 28 Feb. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); left July 1942; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942; RNVR 1944-6 (Lieut. ); asst. man. OUP Calcutta, India 1947-50; pers. asst. to the Publisher to the Univ. 1950-2; production man. Overseas Education Dept. 1952-6; Gilmour & Dean, printers, Glasgow 1956-65, dir. 1961-5; man. dir. Three Birds Press Abingdon, Oxon., 1965-9; a financial consult. 1969-89; governor, Glasgow Sch. of Art 1960-5; m. 26 June 1952 Elizabeth Dorothy, d. of Lieut. -Col. Edward Darby Jackson DSO OBE, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire; d. 10 July 1991.

Whippey, Frederic Arthur, son of Arthur William Whippey, of Clevedon, Somerset, by Clara Susannah, daughter of Frederic Gabb, of Bristol; b. May 21, 1893; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1910; a civil servant since Feb. 1913; served in Great War I; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; D.F.C. Dec. 22, 1919; m. June 29, 1922, Fanny Hilda Daisy, daughter of George Parker, of Godalming, Surrey.

Whipp, Peter Gordon, son of Jacob Charles Whipp, architect, of Ealing, and Eda Muriel Elizabeth, d. of John Richard West of Shepherds Bush; b. 3 July 1921; adm. Jan. 1936 (A); left July 1938; RAF 1941-6; a life assurance official, retd July 1981; m. 14 June 1950 Patricia Mary, d. of Thomas Francis Burton-Hall, mechanical engineer; d. 7 Nov. 2006

WHINYATES, THOMAS, son of Charles Whinyates, Westminster, Richmond Herald, and Amy, third dau. of Thomas Parker, Abbotsleigh, Devon; bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 2 Jan 1716/7; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1727; Min. Can. 1731; KS 1732; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1736, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1736, scholar 6 May 1737, matr. 1736; BA 1739/40; ordained deacon (Ely) Sep 1740, priest (Winchester) 14 Aug 1741; Rector of Charleton, Devon, from Jul 1742; m. 22 Aug 1751 (IGI) Margaret, eldest dau. of Rev. John Salter, Rector of Stoke Fleming, Devon; buried Charleton, Devon 17 Aug 1783.

Whimster, Donald Cameron, son of William Swanson Whimster of Sidcup, Kent, and Katherine, d. of Daniel Cameron of Old Cumnock, Ayrshire; b. 15 Aug. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (H); left July 1924; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1928, MA 1931; asst master Harrow Sch. 1932-9, Nottingham HS 1939-45; PO (training) RAFVR Mar. 1941; HM King Edward VI Sch. Nuneaton 1945-51, Weston-super-Mare GS 1951-70; retd 1970; JP 1960; author of The Archaeology of Surrey 1931, ed. A Century of Lyrics 1650-1750 1938; m. 7 Aug. 1935 Joan Mary, d. of G. E. K. Mantle of Knockholt, Kent; d. 28 Sept. 1991.

Whigham, Robert Dundas, son of Major-Gen. Robert Whigham, of Kensington, by Julia Mary, daughter of Major-Gen. Ponsonby Watts; b. Jan. 31, 1873; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (H); left April 1889 and went to Bradfield College; a farmer in Canada 1890-9; 2nd Lieut. Lancs Fusiliers May 19, 1900; Lieut. July 10, 1901, King's Own Scottish Borderers May 20, 1908; Capt. May 21, 1908; Major Sept. 1, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. Aug. 8, 1916; retired Dec. 1922; served in West Africa 1901-6, 1907-12, and 1916-7, France 1917-8; twice wounded; mentioned in despatches L.G. Aug. 5, 1915; D.S.O. May 2, 1916; m. June 21, 1915, Dorothy Margaret, second daughter of Richard FitzGerald Meredith, of Cloyne, Cork; d. May 12, 1950.

Whelpton, Henry David, son of Frederick David Whelpton, schoolmaster, of Melbourne, Australia, and Doris Marion Louise, d. of Edmund William Carter of Australia; b. 2 July 1922; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1939; Lieut. (A) RNVR in WW2; Downing Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; a chartered sec.; asst. sec. Chartered Inst. of Bankers 1959, dep. sec. 1964-82; m. 1955 Kathleen Bertha, d. of Bernard Shirley, industrial designer, of Leamington, Warks; d. Oct. 1990.

WHELER, THEOPHILUS, elder son of Rev. Granville Wheler, Rector of Otterden, Kent, and his first wife Lady Catherine Maria Hastings, fourth dau. of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon; b. 7 Apr 1725; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1739/40 (Bourne;s); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jan 1741/2, matr. 1742; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Jan 1742/3; d. unm. Dec 1743.