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WESLEY, CHARLES, brother of Samuel Wesley (qv); b. 18 Dec 1707; adm. Apr 1716; KS 1721; Capt. of the School 1725; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1726 – void by marriage 5 May 1749, Tutor 1732-3; acquired the nickname “Methodist” while at university; BA 1730; MA 12 Mar 1732/3; ordained deacon (Oxford), priest (London) Oct 1735; Secretary to James Oglethorpe, Governor of Georgia 1736-8 (but was only in Georgia to Jul 1736); became “converted” 21 May 1738; settled at Bristol and made evangelistic journeys through the country 1739-56; removed to Bath 1761 and to London 1771; preached at the City Road Chapel; called by Robert Southey (qv) “the sweet singer of Methodism”; composed some 6500 hymns; his poetical works, together with those of his brother John, were published in thirteen volumes 1868-72; m. 8 Apr 1749 Sarah, third dau. of Marmaduke Gwynne, Garth, Llanlleonfel, Breconshire; d. 29 Mar 1788. Tablet to him and his brother John erected in Westminster Abbey 1871. DNB.

WERRY, GEORGE FRANCIS, son of Francis Peter Werry, Slough, Bucks.; b. 25 Apr 1852; adm. 27 Sep 1866; left Aug 1869; m. 9 Feb 1888 Sarah Elizabeth, widow of John Ellis Morton, Co. Cavan, Ireland; d. 20 Aug 1915.

Wernham, Herbert Fuller, son of John Wernham, of Plumstead, Kent; b. Sept. 24, 1879; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and a Triplett gratuity) July 1898 (adm. pensr. Sept. 30, 1898); served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. East Lancs Regt. (T.F.); a botanist; d. 1941.

WENTWORTH, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1562. [Perhaps = William Wentford, Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens., scholar 1562, matr. 1562; BA 1565/6; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1566 – c. 1567]

WENTWORTH, WILLIAM, eldest son of Godfrey Wentworth MP, Woolley Park, Yorks., and Dorothy, sister of Sir Lionel Pilkington, Bart. (qv); bapt. Darton, Yorks. 18 Nov 1728 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) May 1738 (Preston's); left 1744; buried Woolley, Yorks., 2 May 1746, unm.

WENTWORTH, GODFREY, brother of William Wentworth (adm. 1738, qv); b. 25 Apr 1730; adm. May 1739 (Preston's); left 1746; buried Woolley, Yorks. , 20 Aug 1757, unm.

WENTWORTH, SIR CHARLES MARY, BART., only son of Sir John Wentworth, Bart., DCL, Governor of New Hampshire and Lieut. -Governor of Nova Scotia, American loyalist, and his cousin Frances, widow of Theodore Atkinson, and dau. of Samuel Wentworth, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; b. 18 Jan 1775; adm. 1 Apr 1785; KS 1788; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1792, but went to Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1792; BA 1796; MA 1799; BCL and DCL 1806; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Oct 1795; member of Council, Nova Scotia 1801-5; succ. father as 2nd baronet 8 Apr 1820; d. unm. 10 Apr 1844.

WENTWORTH, ---; b.; in school list 1797.

Wenniger, Mace Louis Maillette de Buy, son of William Frederick Maillette de Buy Wenniger, of Djasinga, Java, and Wilda Maurine Carpenter; b. 22 Jan. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left July 1940; Reading Sch. of Art; Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA, MS 1951 (Urban Planning); dir. of zoning, Boston Redevelopment Authority, USA; proprietor (with his wife) Wenniger Graphics, Rockport, MA, USA, 1971-; painter, draughtsman and sculptor; m. 1st, Margaret Hindman; 2nd, 1963 Mary Ann Sigmund Miller; d. 17 Nov. 2015.

WENMAN, PHILIP, 7th VISCOUNT WENMAN (I), eldest son of Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (I), and Sophia, eldest dau. of James Herbert MP, Tythrop, Oxfordshire; b. 18 Apr 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Hawkins'); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1760; MA 1762; DCL 7 Jul 1773; succ. father as 7th Viscount Wenman (I) 16 Aug 1760; MP Oxfordshire 1768-96; m. 7 Jul 1766 Lady Eleanor Bertie, sister of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (qv); d. 26 Mar 1800.