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WICKETT (or WEKETT), TONG, third son of Rev. William Wekett, Rector of Brancepeth, co. Durham; bapt. Brancepeth, Durham 18 Jul 1735; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1744/5; Ensign, 4th Foot 20 May 1752; Lieut., 23 Mar 1756; Capt. -Lieut., 23 Jul 1762; d. 1763 (will proved PCC 4 May 1765, will made on HMS Danae when Lieut. in Gen. Duroure’s Foot, Guadeloupe).

WIAT, GEORGE; b. ; adm. ; KS 1635.

WHYTE, WILLIAM RICHARD, second son of James Whyte, Denbies, Surrey, and Gertrude Gee (IGI); b. 23 Mar 1776; adm. 19 Jan 1787 (as White); in school list Dec 1788 (as Whyte); KS (aged 15) 1792 (as Whyte); d. at school c. 1794.

WHYTE, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1725; in under school list 1727 (probably left 1727).

Whitworth, William Hervey Allen, son of the Rev. William Allen Whitworth, Vicar of All Saints, Margaret Street, London, by Sarah Louisa, daughter of Edward Elwes; b. Feb. 24, 1887; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies) July 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; bracketed 1st Senior Optime; asst. master Gresham's School, Holt, 1909-11; Head Mast Pr Govt. High School, Mercara, S. India, 1911-3; asst. master Lancing Coll. 1913; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Dorset Regt. Dec. 11, 1914; transferred to R.F.C. Jan. 1916; Flight-Commander Jan. 7, 1917; served in France until he was wounded near Albert March 3, 1917; Instructor R.A.F. Feb.- Aug. 1918; 250th Squadron Patrol Aug.- Nov. 1918; M.C. Jan. 10, 1917; Head Master of Framlingham College 1929-40; Skipper in Small Vessels Pool, Admiralty, 1939-45; author of Rocks and Tides (1936); m. Aug. 3, 1929, Vanessa Mary, daughter of Alexander van Homrigh, of West Worthing, Sussex; d. June 9, 1960.

WHITWORTH, ROBERT, youngest son of Sir Charles Whitworth (qv); bapt. 16 Oct 1761; adm. 2 Nov 1773; KS 1775; drowned while sailing on river Thames between Lambeth and Vauxhall with Phoenix Felton (qv) and Richard Warren (qv), 5 May 1778, aged 16. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

WHITWORTH, GERARD, brother of Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth (I) (qv); bapt. St. Anne, Soho 16 May 1693 (IGI); at school under Knipe (Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb. , iii, 34); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jan 1710/1, aged 17, scholar 1 May 1713, matr. 1710/1; BA 1714/5; MA 1718; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1717, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1718, Junior Bursar 1721-2; ordained deacon (Ely) 15 Nov 1719; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I; d. 29 Mar 1727.

Whitworth, George Elwes Allen, brother of William Hervey Allen Whitworth (q.v.); b. Feb. 18, 1888; adm. as (non-resident) K.S. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left (with Triplett) July 1906; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; M.A. 1919; Ely Theological Coll. 1910; ordained 1911; Curate of St. John's, Hammersmith, 191 1-3, of St. Andrew's. Bethnal Green, London, 1913-20; Vicar 1920-5; Rector of Radwinter, Essex 1925; Vicar of Gainsborough, Lincs 1936; Prebendary of Lincoln 1936-47; Vicar of Great St. Mary, Cam­bridge, 1947-54; Hon. Canon of Ely 1952; enlisted in R.G.A. May 3, 1918; 2nd Lieut. April 9, 1919; Mayor of Bethnal Green 1922-3; m. Nov. 28, 1925, Phoebe Frances Eiric, second daughter of Sir Francis Henry May, G.C.M.G., sometime Governor of Hong Kong, of Clare Priory, Suffolk; d. 1969.

WHITWORTH, FRANCIS, brother of Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth (I) (qv); b. 9 May 1684; adm.; KS 1701; Secretary, Island of Barbados, from 1719; MP Minehead from May 1723; Surveyor-Gen. of HM Woods and Forests, South of the Trent, from 6 Apr 1732; of Leybourne, Kent; m. 2 May 1719 (IGI) Joan Wyndham, Clearwell, Newland, Gloucs.; d. 6 Mar 1741/2.

WHITWORTH, SIR CHARLES, eldest son of Francis Whitworth (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 26 Jun 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1730; left 1738; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1738 [check]; MP Minehead 1747-61, Bletchingley 1761-8, Minehead 1768-74, East Looe 14 Oct – Dec 1774, Saltash from 3 Jan 1775; Lieut. -Governor, Gravesend and Tilbury, from Aug 1758; Chairman, Committee of Ways and Means, House of Commons, from May 1768; knighted 19 Aug 1768; FSA 9 Nov 1758; author, A Collection of the Supplies and Ways and Means from the Revolution to the present Time, 1764, and other works; m. 29 May 1749 Martha, eldest dau. of Richard Shelley, Chairman, Board of Stamps; d. 22 Aug 1778. DNB.