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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.

Wells, Reginald Iredale, son of Arthur William Wells, of Harlesden, Middlesex, by Eliza Maria, daughter of Michel Weyler, of London; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (H); left July 1909; Lond. Univ.; B.Sc. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. South Staffs Regt. (S.R.) Aug. 23, 1915; served with 8th Batt. in Flanders and France 1917-8; attached to Wireless Experimental Establishment, R.A.F., from 1918 until demob. as Capt. 1920; Assoc. M.Inst.E.E. 1918; Assoc. Inst. of Physics 1920; in the Radio-Telegraphy Section of the Air Ministry, Development and Research Establishment, since 1920; M.I.E.E. 1939; served in the Royal Aircraft Establishment 1922-38, in the Directorate of Communications Development, Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1938-40, H.Q. No. 80 Wing R.A.F. 1940-5, on British Air Commission, Washington, 1945-7 and in H.Q. No. go Group R.A.F. since 1948; a Principal Scientific Officer; Air Ministry 1941; I.S.O. 1956; retired 1957; d. 24 July 1984.

WELLS, JOSEPH, son of Rev. Joseph Wells, Vicar of Hungerford, Berks., and Sarah --- (IGI); bapt. Hungerford, Berks., 13 Apr 1690 (IGI); adm.; BB in 1703; QS 1706; d. 1708.