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WROTTESLEY, HENRY, son of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Oct 1772; adm. 31 Jan 1782; KS (Capt. ) 1786; Capt. of the School 1790; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 22 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 25 Jun 1803; BA 1795; MA 1798; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1793, called to bar 26 Nov 1798; member, Corporation of Cursitors Dec 1794 (still Law List 1822); Commissioner of Bankrupts 1799 (occurs in annual lists 1801 to death); Solicitor, Board of Control Feb 1806 – Aug 1811; MP Brackley from 28 Dec 1810; d. unm. 17 Feb 1825.

WRIGHT, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1720/1. [Presumably George Wrighte, eldest surviving son of George Wrighte, Gayhurst, Bucks., and Brooksby, Leics., and Mary, dau. of Thomas Bedford, Doctors’ Commons; b. c. 1706; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, matr. 1724 [check]; adm. Inner Temple 1715; MP Leicester from 1727; m. 20 Jun 1733 Barbara, dau. of Sir Thomas Clarges, Bart., MP, Aston, Herts.; d. 27 Jan 1766. This George Wright (e) was adm. same month as Nathan Wrighte (qv), of the Brooksby family].

WREN, SIR CHRISTOPHER, son of Very Rev. Christopher Wren, Dean of Windsor, and Mary, dau. of Robert Cox, Fonthill Abbey, Wilts.; bapt. 10 Nov 1632; adm. 1641; left 1646; Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 25 Jun 1649 (or 1650); BA 18 Mar 1650/1; MA 1653; DCL 1661; LLD Cambridge 1662; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 1653-7; Professor of Astronomy, Gresham Coll., London 1657-61; Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford Univ. 5 Feb 1660/1- 9 Mar 1673; initiated experiments on the cause of the variations of the barometer; conducted research into anatomy and medical subjects; drew up the preamble to the first charter of the Royal Society 1660; one of the Council named in the second charter of the Royal Society 22 Apr 1663; FRS 20 May 1663 (original Fellow); one of the three Commissioners named by Charles II in October 1666 to consider rebuilding the city of London after the Great Fire; Surveyor of the King’s Works Mar 1668/9-1718; knighted 20 Nov 1673; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1676; President, Royal Society 30 Nov 1680 – 30 Nov 1682; Comptroller of Works, Windsor Castle 1684-1716; MP Plympton 1685-7, Windsor Jan 1688/9 – unseated 14 May 1689, Mar 1689/90 – unseated 17 May 1690, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Nov 1701-2; Surveyor of St. Paul’s Cathedral from 1675; Surveyor, Greenwich Hospital 1696-1716; Surveyor to the Fabric, Westminster Abbey, from 1699; architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral, many London city churches and halls of City livery companies, Temple Bar, the Monument, Greenwich Hospital, Chelsea Hospital, the Sheldonian Theatre and Old Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford, and Neville’s Court and the Library, Trinity Coll. Cambridge; made extensive alterations and additions at Hampton Court, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace and Westminster Abbey; purchased Wroxall Abbey estate, Warwickshire, for his son 1713; m. 1st, 27 Dec 1669 Faith, dau. of Sir Thomas Coghill, Kt, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 24 Feb 1676/7 Hon. Jane Fitzwilliam, sister of Hon. Charles Fitzwilliam (qv); d. 25 Feb 1722/3. Buried St. Paul’s Cathedral. DNB.

WRAY, SIR CECIL, BART., eldest son of Sir John Wray, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Fairfax Norcliffe, Langton, Yorks.; b. 3 Sep 1734; adm. Apr 1745 (Smalwell's); left 1749; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1749, matr. 1749; succ. as 13th baronet 26 Jan 1752; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 26 Dec 1755 – 20 Dec 1757; of Fillingham, Lincs.; MP East Retford 1768-80, Westminster 12 Jun 1782-4; a strenuous opponent of the American War; denounced the Fox-North coalition, and opposed Fox’s East India Bill; unsuccessfully contested Westminster against Hood and Fox at the general election of 1784; satirised in The Rolliad and caricatured by Rowlandson and Gillray; m. Esther, dau. of James Summers, Fillingham, Lincs.; d. 10 Jan 1805. DNB.

WORTLEY, FRANCIS, elder son of Hon. Sidney Wortley MP (formerly Montagu), Wortley, Yorks., and Anne Newcomen, natural dau. of Sir Francis Wortley, Bart.; nephew of Hon. Oliver Montagu (qv); b. ; at school under Busby (Admissions to Trin.Coll.Camb., ii, 587) ; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 2 Aug 1693, aged 17; Grand Tour (at Padua 1697) ; MP Huntingdon 14 Dec 1697-1702; fought a duel with Hon. Charles Boyle, his fellow MP for Huntingdon, Mar 1701 ; d. unm. Sep 1702.

WODEHOUSE, JOHN, 2nd BARON WODEHOUSE, eldest son of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse (qv); b. 11 Jan 1770; adm. 3 Feb 1783; in school lists 1786; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1787; MP Great Bedwin 1796-1802, Marlborough 1818-26; Lord Lieut., Norfolk, from 1 Nov 1821; succ. father as 2nd Baron Wodehouse 29 May 1834; Col., East Norfolk Militia 14 Jul 1798 (still 1820); m. 18 Nov 1796 Charlotte Laura, only dau. of John Norris, Witton Park, Norfolk; d. 29 May 1846.

WODEHOUSE, JOHN, 1st BARON WODEHOUSE, son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart., MP, and Letitia, eldest dau. of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., MP; b. 4 Apr 1741; adm. Oct 1748 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1758; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; Col. East Norfolk Militia 7 Jun 1774, witth rank of Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; succ. as 6th baronet 2 May 1777; . of Kimberley, Norfolk; MP Norfolk 1784 – 26 Oct 1797; created Baron Wodehouse 26 Oct 1797; m. 30 Mar 1769 Sophia, only dau. of Hon. Charles Berkeley, Bruton Abbey, Somerset; d. 29 May 1834.

WINNINGTON, THOMAS, second son of Salwey Winnington MP, and Anne, second dau. of Thomas Foley, Great Witley, Worcs.; b. 31 Dec 1696; at school under Freind (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1728/9); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Apr 1713; adm. Middle Temple 2 Dec 1714; MP Droitwich 31 Jan 1725/6-41, Worcester from 1741; a Lord of the Admiralty 1730-6; a Lord of the Treasury 1736-41; Cofferer of the Household 25 Apr 1741 – Dec 1743; Privy Councillor 27 Apr 1741; Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces from 24 Dec 1743; declined Chancellorship of the Exchequer and leadership of House of Commons 1746; m. 6 Aug 1719 Love, dau. of Sir James Reade, Bart.; d. 23 Apr 1746. DNB.

WINNINGTON, FRANCIS, elder son of Francis Winnington MP, Broadway, Worcs., and Anne, dau. of Thomas Jackson, London; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1716/7; in under school list 1718; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Mar 1721; adm. Middle Temple 27 Nov 1722, called to bar 9 Feb 1727/8; Solicitor to Admiralty 1747-54; MP Droitwich 9 Dec 1747-54; m. 9 Aug 1731 (IGI) Susannah Courtenay, Upton Pyne, Devon (IGI). [will of Susanna Winnington, widow, All Hallows, London Wall, proved PCC 31 Dec 1766]

WINDSOR, HON. DIXIE, second son of Thomas Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth PC, and his second wife Ursula, youngest dau. of Sir Thomas Widdrington, Kt, Sherburn Grange, Northumberland; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1691; 7th in “ordo” 1694/5; BA 1694/5; MA 1698; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1697, Major Fellow 6 May 1698 – c. 1706; MP Cambridge University 1705-27; Storekeeper of the Ordnance Office 28 Jun 1712 – Mar 1717; Busby Trustee 8 Mar 1711/2; m. Dorothy, sister of Bertram Stote (qv); d. 20 Oct 1743.