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WILLAN, WILLIAM; b. 18 Dec 1807; adm. 27 Jan 1818 (Best's); left 1822; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1822-3; adm. solicitor; practised in Herefordshire; d. 30 Jan 1838. [Perhaps bapt. Wichenford, Worcs., 20 Dec 1807, son of John Willan, and Hannah --- (IGI)]

Wilks, Paul Edward, son of Edward John Wilks, of Sheffield, Yorks, by Eliza Ann Reckless; b. Nov. 29, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left Dec. 1892; a farmer at Alford, Lincs; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (Spec. Res.) Dec. 17, 1917; m. April 24, 1902, Edith Margaret, daughter of John Charles Clegg, of Sheffield.

WILKS, CHARLES VINCENT, only son of William Henry Wilks, Headingley, Yorks., and Harriet Roberts, dau. of Vincent Barker (IGI); b. 13 Oct 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'); left Aug 1879; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1879; BA 1884; MA 1887; m. Beatrice ---; d. 25 Apr 1933.

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.

Wilkinson, Sir Robert Pelham, son of Robert Daniel Wilkinson, of Croydon, Surrey, by Kate, daughter of William Barton Ford, of Croydon; b. Oct. 1, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left May 1901; a member of the London Stock Exchange 1906; Master of the Needleworkers Company 1927; deputy chairman of the London Stock Exchange 1936-46; member of the Departmental Committee on Fixed Trusts 1936, and on Share-Pushing 1936; member of the Cohen Committee on Company Law 1943; knighted 1946; president of the Elizabethan Club 1953-5; author of Wilkinson's Tea Share Manual (1924); m. Sept. 17, 1910, Phyllis Marion, daughter of John Charles Barnard, of Kensington; d. May 24, 1962.

Wilkinson, Oliver Marlow, son of Louis Umfraville Wilkinson, author and lecturer, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and Frances Josepha Gregg, poet, d. of Oliver Howard Gregg of Fort Leav­enworth, Kansas, USA; b. 28 Jan. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (G); left Dec. 1930; dir. Red Triangle The­atre, London, 1936-8; drama adviser Lond. YMCA 1938-9; RN in WW2; drama dir. Iona Community 1945-51; co-dir. Oxford Playhouse 1951-2; drama adviser TocH 1952-6, drama organiser Oxfordshire County 1956-61; sen. lecturer Oxf. Poly. 1962-80; author (as Oliver Marlow) of Ishmael (Sybil Thorndike Trophy winner) 1937, How Can We Save Father (Royal Court) 1954; ed. letters of his godfather John Cowper Powys; m. 18 Mar. 1939 Margaret Lily, d. of Henry Shenton, civil servant, of Hampstead; d. Sept. 1999.

Wilkinson, John Ross, son of W. F. Wilkinson of Wallington, Surrey; b. 31 Mar. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Apr. 1924; d.

WILKINSON, JOHN EDWARD, son of Edward Wilkinson, Potterton Hall, Yorks., and Abnn, dau. of Nicholas Pearse, Woodford, Essex; b. 28 Oct 1789; adm. 29 Jan 1800 (Clapham); in school list 1801; Min. Can. 1804; left Dec 1807; Writer, EICS Bengal 1809; at Haileybury Coll. 1810; arrived in India 15 Oct 1811; Assistant to Collector of Customs, Cuttack 7 Aug 1813; Officiating Collector of Customs, Hooghly 7 Jun 1815; Deputy Collector of Customs, Benares 7 Mar 1819; Collector, Banda 25 May 1821; Magistrate, Tirhoot 5 Apr 1831; res. 1 May 1843; m. 11 Apr 1814 Catherine, eldest dau. of Robert Bathurst, EICS Bengal; d. 4 Aug 1850.

Wilkinson, Gordon Frederick Noble, brother of Robert Pelham Wilkinson (q.v.); b. Sept. 20, 1892; adm. May 4, 1906 (H); lejt July 1909; enlisted in 10th Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. K.O.Y.L.I. June 13, 1916; killed in action at Fricourt July 2, 1916; unm.

Wilkinson, Edward Martin Henry, brother of David Langley Wilkinson (qv); b. 12 May 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G), KS May 1935; left July 1939; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1939, BA 1942; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut.); Dip. Ed. (Lond.) 1947; asst master King's Sch. Gloucester 1947-9, Rich­mond GS, Yorks, 1949; sen. classics master Richmond Comp. Sch. 1971; d. 17 Oct. 1995.