Wakely, Charles Peter, 1939-1999
Wakely, Charles Peter, son of Leonard John Dean Wakely (qv); b. 27 Oct. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1958; Shell Internat. Petroleum Co. 1958; Deutsche Shell 1966-8; man. dir. Nippon LNG KK Tokyo, Japan 1976-9; Shell Internat. 1979-; m. Jacqueline Margaret, d. of Leonard Hughes, building contractor; d. 24 May 1999.
Wakeford, Victor David, 1916-1994
Wakeford, Victor David, son of Victor David Collins Wakeford MD and Mary Ellen, d. of James Kite of Church Stretton, Shropshire; b. 31 May 1916; adm. May 1930 (R); left July 1934; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1937, MA 1941; ord. deacon 1946, priest 1947 (York); Curate Scarborough 1946-51; chaplain Oakham Sch. 1951-4, Eshton Sch. Gargrave, Yorks, 1955-8, King's Sch. Gloucester 1958-72; retd.; d. 7 May 1994.
Wakeford, Richard, brother of Victor David Wakeford (qv); b. 23 July 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left Apr. 1940; Roy. Hampshire Regt 1941-5 (temp. Lieut.-Col.), three times wounded, despatches (N. Africa) Sept. 1943; awarded the Victoria Cross July 1944 for leadership in an attack near Monte Cassino in May 1944; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1962; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1951; partner Layton & Co.; a Master of the Supreme Court (Chancery Divn) 1964; member Court of Assistants Haberdashers' Company, and a governor of Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Schools; JP (Surrey); m. 31 Mar. 1951 Denise Elizabeth, d. of Sidney Thomas Corlson; d. 27 Aug. 1972.
Wakefield, John Howard, 1803-1862
WAKEFIELD, JOHN HOWARD, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (qv); b. 2 Jun 1803; adm. 29 Apr 1816 (Best's); KS 1818; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1822, adm. pens. 18 May 1822, but did not matr. or reside; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1822; Ensign, 17th Native Infantry 11 Jul 1823; Lieut., 13 May 1825; Brevet Capt., 11 Jul 1838; Capt., 9 Jul 1840; Brevet Maj., 11 Nov 1851; Capt., 3rd European Regt., 15 Nov 1853; retd. as Lieut. -Col., 1 Jan 1857; m. at Bareilly, India 9 Jan 1832 Maria Suffolk, “a converted Hindu”, dau. of the Wuzar of Bussahor; d. 25 Jun 1862.
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862
WAKEFIELD, EDWARD GIBBON, eldest son of Edward Wakefield, Pall Mall, London, land agent, author of Ireland, Statistical and Political, and his first wife Susanna Crash, Felsted, Essex; b. 20 Mar 1796; adm. 13 Jan 1808; left 1810; at Edinburgh High Sch. Sep 1810 – Jan 1812; adm. Gray’s Inn 5 Oct 1813; attaché, British Embassies at Turin and Paris; made a runaway marriage with Eliza Ann Pattle, an heiress and ward in Chancery, but she died in Jul 1820; in 1826 induced Ellen Turner, a schoolgirl, to go through a ceremony of marriage with him at Gretna Green; sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for abducting her; advocated reforms to the administration of the Australian colonies 1829-49; the South Australian Association was formed in 1834 with a view to founding a colony based on Wakefield’s principles; the originator of emigration by group settlement, and successfully carried through the settlements of Adelaide, Wellington, Dunedin and Canterbury; adviser to Earl of Durham, Governor-Gen. of Canada 1838; had a large share in drafting the famous Durham report on the affairs of British North America; London Agent for New Zealand Land Co. 1839-46; emigrated to New Zealand 1852; author, Facts relating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropolis, 1831, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Aug 1816 at St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, after a previous marriage in Scotland, Eliza Anne, only child of Thomas Charles Pattle, EICS Canton; m. 2nd, 8 Mar 1826 (annulled by Act of Parliament 14 Jun 1827) Ellen, only dau. of William Turner, Shrigley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, manufacturer; d. at Wellington, New Zealand 16 May 1862. DNB.
WAKE, WILLIAM, son of William Wake, Westminster, and Margaret Hooper, Dorset; bapt. 14 Aug 1598; at school under Wilson (GM 1785, i, 163); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 1 Dec 1617, matr. 1617; BA 1621/2; migr. to Trinity Hall, Cambridge; MA 1625; ordained deacon 27 Nov 1622, priest 28 Nov 1622 (both Peterborough); Rector of Holy Trinity, Wareham, Dorset, from 1625; father of Most Rev. William Wake DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; m. 25 Apr 1627 (IGI) Magdalen, dau. of Edward Winslow, Worcs.; buried Wareham, Dorset 8 May 1661.
WAKE, THOMAS, son of Robert Wake, London; b. ; at school under Ireland (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, i, 149); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1599, aged 16, scholar 25 Mar 1599 – 25 Mar 1605; BA 1602/3; MA 1606 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1610); Junior Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll. 25 Mar 1610, Senior Fellow 25 Mar 1615 – 29 Sep 1630, Dean 1615, Registrar 1627/8; acted in performance of play Ignoramus before James I 8 Mar 1614; University Preacher 1619; Proctor 1626; ordained; Rector of Bincombe, Dorset 1622-3, 1629-34; Rector of Borough Green, Cambs. , 1634 – ejection 10 Jul 1644 “for swearing, drinking, quarrelling, and riding over a woman of which she died” (Walker, Sufferings of the Clergy, 1714, ii, 390); d. 11 Nov 1658.
WAKE, THOMAS, second son of Very Rev. Robert Wake, Rector of Buxted, Sussex, and Dean of Bocking, Essex, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Greenfield, Marlborough, Wilts.; b. 17 Jul 1706; adm. (aged 17) Nov 1723; d. when at school.
WAKE, RICHARD, only child of James Wake, Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, and Heavitree, Devon, barrister, and Anna, dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1744, qv); b. 6 Apr 1799 (IGI); adm. 27 May 1812; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1817, aged 18, Canoneer Student 1817-21; m.; living 1840.