WHALEY, HENRY J., brother of William Drummond Whaley (qv); b. 3 Nov 1816; adm. 18 Jun 1827 (Singleton's); clerk, Bank of England 28 Apr 1835; cashier, Bank of England (1881 Census); m. (by 1881) Catherine ---
WHADDELL, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 15) May 1728; in school list 1729 (“Waddle”).
Established in 1792, WHSmith’s first store was opened by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna in Little Grosvenor Street, London. The company would go on to be expanded by future generations of the family, opening many stores and branching out into other avenues. It still trades internationally.
WETTON, HAROLD, son of Henry Wetton, Abbey House, Chertsey, Surrey, and Marion, dau. of William Collins Worthington, London Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk; b. 29 May 1864; adm. 27 Sep 1877 (G); left Dec 1881; with British South Africa Mounted Police Dec 1896 – Oct 1898; served in First World War with 67th battn., Canadian Infantry Sep 1915 – Oct 1919; an accountant; m. 26 Feb 1901 Jessie Sarah Mabel, dau. of A. Daniel Capon, USA.
WETHERELL, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Wetherell (qv), and his first wife; b. 30 Mar 1800; adm. 22 Jan 1810; left 1811; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1818; of Frant, Sussex; JP Sussex; m. 2 Oct 1832 Edith Lee, dau. of William Tebitt, Park Farm, Hawkhurst, Kent; d. 31 Aug 1893.
WETHERELL, RICHARD, fourth son of Very Rev. Nathan Wetherell DD, Dean of Hereford and Master of University Coll. Oxford, and Richarda, dau. of Alexander Croke, Studley Priory, Oxfordshire; b. 1773; adm. 7 Feb 1786; KS 1788; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1791; BA 1795; MA 1798; ordained; Rector of Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucs., from 1798; Rector of Wick Rissington, Gloucs., 28 Nov 1809-10; Rector of Notgrove, Gloucs., from 9 Feb 1810; m. 1st, 23 Nov 1796 Caroline, only child of Charles May, Pashley House, Sussex; m. 2nd, Sarah Maria, widow of Capt. --- Duff, and dau. of J. Gray; d. 22 Jan 1858.
WETHERALL, ---; b.; at school 1789, third quarter; left Sep 1789.
WETENHALL, THOMAS, younger son of Thomas Wetenhall, Nantwich, Cheshire, and Mary, dau. of Rev. Richard Wright, Prebendary of Chester; bapt. 26 Sep 1708; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1718; in under school list 1722; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 May 1726; BA 1729/30; ordained; Curate, Nantwich, Cheshire; Rector of Baddiley, Cheshire 1758-9; Rector of Walthamstow, Essex 2 Jan 1759; of Nantwich, Cheshire; m. 1st, 9 Sep 1734 (IGI) Diana, widow of Henry Mainwaring, Over Peover, Cheshire, and dau. of William Blackett; m. 2nd, 4 Feb 1740 (IGI) Anna Maria, dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Lancaster DD, Rector of Stanford Rivers, Essex; buried Nantwich, Cheshire 20 Oct 1776.
Wetenhall, Roger Wetenhall Daniels, son of Rev. Frank Whitworth James Daniels, Rector of Wheatley, Notts, and Mary Geraldine, d. of Cecil Algernon Salisbury Wetenhall of Stanwick, Northants; b. 17 Aug. 1903; adm. Sept. 1917 (KS); left Aug. 1922; sales man. Anglo-American Oil Co. 1927; Freeman Skinners' Company 1928; Freeman City of London; RASC 1939-5 (Maj.), served N. Africa and Italy; took surname Wetenhall by Deed Poll 22 Mar. 1960; m. 14 June 1941 Barbara Katherine Laura, d. of John Neville St George Curwen, solicitor, of Papcastle, Cockermouth, Cumberland.