WICKHAM, HENRY LEWIS, only son of Right Hon. William Wickham PC DCL MP, Bingley, Yorkshire, politician and administrator, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Eléonore Madeleine, dau. of Louis Bertrand, Professor of Mathematics, Geneva Univ.; b. 19 May 1789; adm. 29 Mar 1799; in school list 1801; KS 1803; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1807, matr. 13 May 1807, Westminster Student; BA 1811; MA 1813; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Apr 1811, called to bar 13 may 1817; Receiver-Gen., Gibraltar; Private Secretary to Viscount Althorp MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Dec 1830 – Jun 1833; a Commissioner of Excise Dept. Inquiry 1833; a Commissioner for the French Claims 1838; Chairman, Board of Stamps and Taxes 1838-48; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1846; joint author with his cousin John Antony Cramer (qv) of Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps; m. 19 Jun 1830 Lucy, youngest dau. of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv); d. 27 Oct 1864. DNB.
WICKHAM, HENRY, son of Ven. Henry Wickham [DD ?], Rector of Bedale, Yorks., and Archdeacon of York [check], and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Browne, Fidlers, Essex; bapt. 16 Sep 1630; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1647, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1647, scholar 1648, matr. 1647; BA 1650/1; MA 1654 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1669); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1651 – c. 1658; adm. Gray’s Inn 23 Mar 1651/2; Head Master, Ipswich Sch. 1659-64; Rector of Wilby, Suffolk 19 Oct 1662.
WICKHAM, WILLIAM, second son of Edward Wickham, St. Dunstans, Canterbury, Kent, and Elizabeth Williamson, Fordwich, Kent; b.; adm.; QS in 1569; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1572, Westminster Student to 1586; BA 27 Feb 1575/6; MA 1579; BCL (sup. ) 23 Apr 1583; adm. Inner Temple 1582; notary public 1587; of Islington, Middlesex; bequeathed the advowson of Staunton-on-Wye, Herefs., to Christ Church, Oxford; m. 1st, Mary Reice, Canterbury, Kent; m. 2nd, Elizabeth Sagewick, York; d. 11 Apr 1624.
WILCOCKS, JOSEPH, only surviving son of Right Rev. Joseph Wilcocks DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, and Jane, dau. of John Milner, British Consul at Lisbon; b. 4 Jan 1723/4; adm. Sep 1731; KS 1736; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1740, matr. 10 Jun 1740, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1740 – void 26 Jun 1753; BA 1744; MA 1747; lived at Barton, Northants, and afterwards at Lady Place, near Hurley, Berks.; travelled abroad; in Italy and France in 1761-2, his piety and benevolence when at Rome winning him the admiration of Pope Clement XIII, who called him “the blessed heretic”; FSA 17 Feb 1763; prepared four books of Sacred Exercises for the use of the School, published 1759; his Roman Conversations, “compiled for the use of places of education, particularly Westminster School”, written in 1763, were published in 1792-4, 2 vols.; d. unm. 23 Dec 1791. Buried under Consistory Court, Westminster Abbey. DNB (s. v. father).
WILKINS, WILLIAM, son of William Wilkins, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1734; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; d. 1740. [Perhaps bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 16 Dec 1722, son of William Wilkins, and Eleanor --- (IGI)]
WILKINSON, WILLIAM JOHN, third son of Thomas Wilkinson, Elvet, Durham, and Jane, dau. of Richard Williamson, Kirk Ella, Yorks.; bapt. 26 Nov 1770; adm. 6 Oct 1784; KS (aged 15) 1787; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1789; BA 1793; MA 1800; ordained deacon 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York), priest 1794 (London, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Kirk Ella, Yorks., 1 Mar 1804; Rector of Little Calden, Yorks., 28 Apr 1813; Vicar of Elloughton, Yorks., 1798-1842; d. 2 Sep 1856.
WILLAUME, JOHN WILLIAMS, brother of Edward Willaume (qv); bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 5 [or 10] Apr 1741; adm. (aged 8) May 1749 (Gibson's); KS (Capt. ) 1753; Capt. of the School 1757; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1758, adm. pens. 24 May 1758, scholar 11 May 1759, matr. 1759; BA 1762; MA 1767; adm. Grays Inn 3 Nov 1773; of Tingrith, Beds.; m. (by 1782) Mary ---; d. 16 Jun 1810.
STANHOPE, CHARLES WILLIAM SPENCER, son of Charles Spencer Stanhope (qv); b. 30 May 1841; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); QS 1856; left 1859; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Apr 1860; BA and MA 1866; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 1866, priest (Chester) 1868; Curate, Ashbourne, Derbs., 1866-8, Bishops Hatfield, Herts., 1868-71; Vicar of Crowton, Cheshire, from 1871; m. 28 Sep 1875 Rosalie, fourth dau. of Robert Mason, Aigburth, Lancs.; d. 24 Sep 1895.
STANHOPE, LANGDALE, brother of George Stanhope (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1716; left 1719; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1719; BCL 1728; of Grimston, Yorks.; d. unm. before 1739. [presumably Langdale Stanhope, Grimston, Yorks., , will proved PCC 15 May 1731]
STANNYNOUGH, PETER, son of Lawrence Stannynough, Wrightington, Lancs.; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642; had a special order to pass in Nov and Dec 1642, and allowed to come up to Christ Church by Parliament Apr 1643 (Madan, Oxford Books, ii, 681), matr. 16 May 1643, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA 1646; ejected from Studentship by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission 8 Jul 1648; ordained; Curate, Liverpool, Lancs., 1651; Rector of Aughton, Lancs., from 6 Mar 1651 (but not instituted until 27 Oct 1662); “appointed King’s Preacher at the Restoration” [what does this mean ? Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II ?]; d. 28 Feb 1674.