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Whittow, Richard, brother of Anthony Whittow (q.v.); b. Oct. 8, 1881; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left April 1899; temp. Lieut. R.G.A. Aug. 29, 1917; served in France 1917-9; mentioned in despatches; m. Dec. 19rn, Eirene Frances Stewart, daughter of Richard Walter Tweedie, of Bayswater; d. Dec. 29, 1953.

Whittow, John Martin Summers, son of Thomas Whittow MICE, of Acton, Middx, and Phyllis Isabel, d. of Rev. Reginald Popham Luscombe, Vice-Principal Gloucester Theological Coll.; nephew of Anthony Whittow (qv); b. 30 Aug. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (KS); left July 1928; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1928, BA 1931, MA 1937; a chartered accountant, ACA 1934, FCA 1949; practised at Haverhill and Cambridge; RM in WW2 (Lieut.); m. 20 Feb. 1954 Mrs Joan Inkson, d. of Irad Robinson of Reading; d. 20 Feb. 1968.

Whitton, John Newton Goldsmith, son of N. C. Whitton; b. 18 Feb. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (G); left Mar. 1929; d. 1958.

Whitton, Donald Frank, son of Frank Johnson Whitton, baker, of Lincoln, and Daisy Mary, d. of William English, schoolmaster, of Fleet, Lincs; b. 13 Mar. 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (KS); left July 1949; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1949, BA 1952 (1st class hons Mod. Lang. ), Dixon schol. 1953, MA BLitt 1956; Laming Travelling Fellow The Queen’s Coll., Oxf. 1954; lecturer Lincoln Coll., Oxf. 1955, Fellow and Tutor in Modern Languages (French) 1957-93, Embling Fellow and Tutor in Modern Languages 1993-5, Supernumary Fellow from 1995; d. 11 Sept. 2005.

Whittington, Richard George, son of Francis Edwin Whittington of Harrow Weald and Edith Emma, d. of John William George Perkins of East Cowes, I. of Wight; b. 5 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1940; RAC in WW2 (Capt. ); EMI 1947-57; area export sales man. James A. Jopling & Co. Sunderland 1957-8; European man. Mercury Record Productions Inc. Chicago, IL, USA 1958; m. 3 July 1948 Marian Hassall, d. of Reginald Owen Hassall Law MC, of Arle, Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. 1 Jan. 2002.

Whittet, John Alexander, son of Alexander Willis Whittet, seed crusher, of Weybridge, Surrey, and Dorothy Frances, sister of Richard William Foxlee (qv); b. 6 Feb. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (H); left July 1933; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1945; RAFVR 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr), DFC (Berlin) Feb. 1944, bar to DFC June 1944; chairman A. Whittet & Co. Ltd, general commodity traders and publishers; m. 14 Sept. 1940 Mary Ethel Thackara, d. of Ernest Albert Edney of Horndean, Herts.; d. 9 Jan. 2007.

Whittard, Courtenay Lancelot, brother of Algernon Charles Evelyn Whittard (q.v.); b. Sept. 18, 1887; adm. May 4, 1899 (R); left July 1906; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; d. June 16, 1923.

Whittard, Algernon Charles Evelyn, son of John Charles Whittard, of Redhill, Surrey; b. March 9, 1885; adm. May 4, 1899 (H); left July 1901; d. at Paris Nov. 3, 1908.

WHITTAKER, CHARLES GUSTAVUS, eldest son of Charles Gustavus Whittaker (adm. 1807, qv); b. 8 Sep 1820; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stelfox's); left Dec 1836; played cricket for Kent 1838-47, and for the Gentlemen v. Players 1839-42, 1845; “income from land and houses” (1881 Census); m. 1st, Anne Sophia Dadson; m. 2nd, 13 Jan 1882 Emily Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. William Meyler, Rector of St. Lawrence, Pembs.; d. 15 Nov 1886.

Whitney-Smith, Charles Alexander, son of Edwin Whitney-Smith RBS, sculptor, of Kilburn, and Rachel Pitt; b. 16 Jan. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left July 1931; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1931, capt. OUFC, fenced against Cambridge, BA 1936; Brit. Univs Foil champion 1934, Brit. Junior Epée champion 1936; fenced for England 1936; RNVR 1939-45 (Lieut.), despatches Dec. 1945; HM Foreign Service Lyon, Paris, Marseille; Consul Attaché Rangoon 1953; m. 21 Apr. 1943 Patricia Ann, d. of Edgar Booth of Hythe, Kent; d. 16 Jan. 1984.