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WELD-FORESTER, ORLANDO WATKIN, 4TH BARON FORESTER, fourth son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 18 Apr 1813; adm. 10 Jun 1825 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Sep 1831, matr. Mich. 1833; MA 1835; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1836, priest 21 May 1837 (both Lincoln); Rector of Dunton, Bucks., 22 May 1837; Rector of Broseley, Shropshire 1841-59; Prebendary of Hereford 1847-74; Rector of Doveridge, Derbs., 1859-67; Rector of Gedling, Notts., 1867 – Nov 1887; Chancellor and Canon Residentiary of York 1874-91; succ. brother as 4th Baron Forester 14 Feb 1886; author, Letters and Sermons, and other works; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1840 Sophia Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Norman, Melton Mowbray, Leics.; m. 2nd, 5 Oct 1875 Emma Maria, eldest dau. of William Tollemache; d. 22 Jun 1894.

WELD-FORESTER, GEORGE CECIL, 3rd BARON FORESTER, second son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 10 May 1807; adm. 20 May 1818 (Packharness'); left Bartholomewtide 1822; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 27 May 1824; Lieut., 1 Aug 1826; Capt., 6 Jul 1832; Maj., 9 Nov 1846; Lieut. -Col., 19 Sep 1848; Col., 25 Nov 1854; Major-Gen., 29 Jan 1863; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Oct 1871; Gen. (retd. ) 1 Oct 1877; MP (Conservative ) Wenlock 17 Jun 1828 - 10 Oct 1874; “father” of the House of Commons 1873-4; Groom of the Bedchamber Feb 1830 – c. Feb 1831; Comptroller of the Household Mar – Dec 1852, Feb 1858 – Jul 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; succ. brother as 3rd Baron Forester 10 Oct 1874; for many years a well-known figure in London society; m. 8 Nov 1862 Hon. Mary Ann Ricketts, widow of Col. David Ochterlony Dyce-Sombré MP, and third dau. of Edward Jervis Ricketts, 2nd Viscount St. Vincent; d. 14 Feb 1886.

WELD-FORESTER, HON. EMELIUS JOHN, fifth son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 10 Feb 1815; adm. 27 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Dec 1832; Lieut., 9 Apr 1838; Capt., 23 May 1845; Maj., 26 Sep 1857; half-pay 5 Mar 1858; Lieut. -Col., 10 Nov 1868; retd., hon. rank of Col., 1 Jul 1881; served in Afghan War 1838-42; d. unm. 29 Jan 1899.

WELD, THOMAS, sixth son of Sir John Weld, Willey, Shropshire, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir George Whitmore, Lord Mayor of London; bapt. Jul 1657; adm.; KS 1673; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1676, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1676, aged 18, scholar 1677, matr. 1676; BA 1679/80; MA 1683; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1682 – c. 1690; Lieut., Independent Co. Foot 26 Jun 1685; Capt., 14th Foot 24 Aug 1685; re-commissioned on regiment being re-formed 28 Feb 1698 [check]; retd. before 1694 [check]; buried Bridgnorth, Shropshire 23 May 1700.

Weld, Philip Saltonstall, son of Philip Saltonstall Weld, newspaper publisher and yachtsman, of Gloucester, MA, USA, and Anne, d. of Samuel Dennis Warren of Essex, MA, USA; b. 7 July 1938; adm. Apr. 1955 (G); left July 1955 and returned to Milton Acad., MA, USA; Harvard Univ., MA, USA, AB 1960; a newspaper reporter and ed. in Chicago, IL, USA; m. 1st, 21 Sept. 1963 (div. 1981) Elizabeth, d. of Frederick Winburn New, attorney, of Savannah, GA, USA; m. 2nd, 7 Nov 1981 Anita Dagmara, d. of Karlis Peteris Birnbaums, Riga, Latvia; d. 13 June 1988.

WELD, JOSEPH; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1665; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1668, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1668, scholar 1669, matr. 1668; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674 – c. 1684, Tutor 1676-81; ordained deacon 21 May 1676, priest 22 Dec 1678 (both London); Vicar of Ware, Herts., 10 Dec 1681-2; Vicar of Masham with Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., 5 Apr 1682-8; Vicar of Haydor with Kelly, Lincs., from 1688; d. 1726. [Perhaps bapt. Bracon Ash, Norfolk 29 Dec 1651, son of Gascoigne Weld, and Anne Hall (IGI)]

WELD, GEORGE HENRY, son of William Weld, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 25 Feb 1803; adm. 15 Sep 1817 (G); left 8 Feb 1819; articled to Joseph Jessopp, Waltham Cross, Essex, attorney 28 Aug 1821, transferred to Samuel Weld, Saville Place, New Burlington Street, London 21 Jan 1826; adm. attorney, King’s Bench 4 May 1827, and Common Pleas 23 Nov 1830; practised at Woolwich, Kent; m. 20 Feb 1830 Mary Caroline Breeze (IGI); d. 13 Feb 1850.

WELCH, JOHN, only son of John Welch, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Frances ---; b.; adm. 19 Apr 1786; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1791; left 1795; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1795, but did not matr.; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1792.

WELBY, ARTHUR EARLE, third son of Sir William Earle Welby, Bart., MP, and Wilhelmina, only dau. of William Spry LLD, Governor of Barbados; b. 22 Aug 1815; adm. 28 Jan 1828 (Stikeman's); left Dec 1829; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1835; University Coll. Durham; BA 1846; ordained deacon 1847, priest 1848; Rector of Newton, Lincs., 1848-58; Rector of Holy Trinity, Hulme, Lancs., from 1858; m. 13 May 1843 Julia Catherine, dau. of Capt. George Macdonald, 17th Foot; d. 26 Nov 1884.

WELBOURNE, WILLIAM, brother of Robert Welbourne (qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1713; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 7 Jul 1714 (as Welburne), aged 17, scholar 1716; BA 1718.