WATHEN, GEORGE, only son of Samuel Wathen, Devonshire Square, Bishopsgate, London, and Dorking, Surrey, surgeon, and his second wife Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Sydenham Malthus, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, director South Sea Company; b.; adm. 2 Jun 1774; KS 1776; Ensign, 39th Foot 19 Nov 1778; Lieut., 13 Oct 1780; Capt., 14th Foot 6 Apr 1785; half-pay 1791; Brevet Maj., 17 Feb 1795; ret. 23 Feb 1791 [check]; present at siege of Gibraltar 1782; a well-known amateur actor, acting in comedy with Richard, 7th Earl of Barrymore, in private theatricals at Wargrave, Berks., and in London 1789-92; joint manager with Lord Barrymore of the Richmond Theatre 1792; a professional actor at Drury Lane 1795-1803, when he is said to have rejoined the army; a Military Knight of Windsor from 1840; m. Marianne ---; d. 21 Apr 1849, aged 87.
Watford, Ernest Francis Brooke, son of William Daniel Watford, of Chelsea; b. Oct. 21, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); K.S. (non-resident) 1913; left April 1916.
Waterson, Sidney Frank, son of John Waterson, of Johannesburg, South Africa, F.R.I.B.A., by Louisa Charlotte, daughter of Henry Richard Hughes, of Sydenham, Kent; b. June 4, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; left Dec. 1914; Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Sussex Regt., attached M.G.C., July 1, 1917; served in France and Salonika in Great War I; a wine merchant at Cape Town, South Africa, firm, J. Sedgwick and Co. Ltd.; M. P. (Union of South Africa) for South Peninsula Division 1929-38 and for Claremont Division since 1943; South African Minister in Paris 1939; High Commissioner in London 1939-42; Minister of Commerce South Africa Jan 1943, of Economic Development 1943-8 and of Transport 1948; m. Feb. 16, 1924, Hilda Maude, daughter of Major John Alfred Eugene Markus of Cape Town; d. 1976.
WATERS, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1721/2; left 1722.
WATERS, THOMAS, son of Randle Jackson Waters (adm. 1812, qv); b. 11 Dec 1839; adm. 22 Jun 1848; QS 1854; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1858, matr. 27 May 1858, Westminster Student 1858-73; one of the last three Westminster Students of Christ Church elected under the old system; BA 1862; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Oxford); Curate, Shippon, Berks., 1863, Abingdon, Berks., 1863-4; Vicar of Maiden Bradley, Wilts., 1864-72; Vicar of Thornbury, Gloucs., 1872-85; Vicar of Staverton, Northants., 9 Dec 1885-1904; m. 29 Aug 1872 Barbara Bass, younger dau. of Samuel Vessey, Halton Manor, Lincs.; d. 18 Feb 1909.
WATERS, RANDLE JACKSON, son of Randle Jackson Waters (adm. 1812, qv); b. 19 Mar 1835; adm. 3 Jun 1847; QS 1850; left 1854; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1854; BA 1858; ordained 1860; Curate, South Milton, Devon 1865, subsequently Northolt, Middlesex and St. Stephen’s, Walthamstow, Essex. [not in 1881 Census or Crockford 1890]
WATERS, RANDLE JACKSON, son of Rev. Thomas Waters DD, Master of Emmanuel Hospital, Westminster, and Sarah, widow of --- Jacomb, and dau. of J. Dalrymple, Norwich, Norfolk; bapt. St. Dunstan in the East, London 7 May 1803; adm. 21 Jan 1812; left 16 Jul 1818; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1820, aged 19; BA 1824; MA 1827; BD and DD 1844; ordained 1826; Master of Emmanuel Hospital and School from 1831; Minor Canon of Westminster (by 1829); m. 13 Oct 1828 Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. James Thorold, Rector of Kencot, Oxfordshire; d. 19 Jan 1859.
Waters, John Francis, only son of John Waters, of Hiogo, Japan, by Emma Maria, daughter of William Lines, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; b. July 21, 1876; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 26, 1889; Captain of the School 1894; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1895, matric. Michaelmas 1895; B.A. 1900; a clerk in the Secretary's Dept. Inland Revenue Office; d. Aug. 16, 1920.
WATERMAN, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1733.
WATERLAND, HENRY, only son of Rev. Henry Waterland LLD, Rector of Wrington [check county], and Prebendary of Bristol, and his first wife Meriel Day, Cambridge; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1742/3 (Ludford's); left 1749; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Mar 1748/9, matr. 1750; d. while an undergraduate.