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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.

WHELER, JOHN, son of John Wheler, Evesham, Worcs.; b.; adm. 21 Jan 1772; KS (aged 13) 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1776, matr. 25 Jun 1776, but resigned from his Westminster Studentship 27 Jan 1777, before being admitted, as he had married his bed maker; 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines 17 Dec 1777; 1st Lieut., 18 Aug 1779; half-pay 1 Sep 1783; tried at Old Bailey 30 Oct 1793 (as John Wheeler) for theft of watch belonging to David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield (qv), from College dormitory at Westminster on 12 Oct; Wheler stated in evidence that he had found the watch in St. James’s Park and was acquitted; a witness stated that he was then in a “deplorable condition”; probably John Wheeler (spelled thus) who was found guilty of bigamy and sentenced to transportation for seven years at the Old Bailey 24 Oct 1798, then aged 38, his first marriage having been to Mary Goodall at St. James’s, Piccadilly, on 5 Dec 1776 (his surname given in register as Wheler), and his second, bigamous, marriage having been to Elizabeth Watkins at St. Bride’s, Fleet Street 22 Apr 1798.

WHEELOCK, JOHN, brother of Anthony Wheelock (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) May 1732; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 26 Jun 1741; Cdr., 19 Feb 1756; Capt., 21 Dec 1757; served in West Indies 1762; d. 1778 (will proved PCC 20 Mar 1779).

WHEELOCK, JEFFERY, only son of Anthony Wheelock (qv); b.; adm. 21 Jun 1776; KS (aged 14) 1777; in school list Jul 1779; Cornet, 15th Dragoons 24 Sep 1779; Lieut., 29 Sep 1781; Capt., 28 May 1790; Maj., 93rd Foot 30 Oct 1793; served in Flanders 1793; d. 15 Jan 1794.

WHEELOCK, BRYAN, brother of Anthony Wheelock (qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 4 Oct 1722 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) May 1732.

WHEELOCK, ANTHONY, eldest son of Bryan Wheelock, Deputy Secretary, Board of Trade, and Steward to Anthony, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, and Frances Whitney (IGI), attendant of Countess of Shaftesbury; b.; adm. (aged 15) May 1732; left 1734; Clerk in Ordinary, Ordnance Office; Clerk of the Markets, Jamaica (Chamberlayne 1748); m.; d. 22 Apr 1781.