WHARTON, PHILIP; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1723.
WHARTON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1726; in under school lists 1729.
WHARTON, ---; b.; in under school lists 1726.
WHALLEY, WILLIAM, second son of Rev. William Morgan Whalley, Upper Slaughter, Gloucs., and Martha Buxton; bapt. Upper Slaughter, Gloucs. 28 Feb 1801 (IGI); adm. Christmas 1814; left Bartholomewtide 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1819, aged 18; BA 1823; MA 1830; ordained deacon (London) 1823, priest (Oxford) 1824; Vicar of Toddington with Stanley Pontlarge, Gloucs., 1843; Vicar of Didbrook with Pinnock and Hailes, Gloucs., from 1843; m. 9 Jun 1846 Mary, third dau. of John Sikes Sawbridge (qv); d. 12 Oct 1871.
WHALLEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM CHARLES BUXTON, eldest son of Frederick Whalley, Westminster; b. 25 Apr 1811; adm. 10 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); left Mar 1828; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1828; BA 1833; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Apr 1837, called to bar 9 Jun 1842; d. 3 Jun 1881. [evidently kin to next]
WHALEY, WILLIAM DRUMMOND, son of William John Whaley, Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, surgeon, and Catherine ---; b. 23 Sep 1814; adm. 15 Jan 1827 (G); clerk, Bank of England 30 Dec 1831.
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.