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WILLETT, HERBERT BURROWS, eldest son of Alfred Willett FRCS, Wimpole Street, London, and Rose Ellen, only dau. of Sir George Burrows, Bart. , MD FRS, President, Royal College of Physicians; nephew of Frederic Willett (qv); b. 25 Apr 1870; adm. 26 Jan 1883 (J); left Jul 1888; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1888; played hockey v. Cambridge 1890, 1891; BA 1891; adm. solicitor May 1895; practised in London; JP Sussex; m. 19 Apr 1900 Isobel, dau. of James Matthews Duncan, Brook Street, Hanover Square, London.

WILLETT, HENRY, brother of Ralph Willett (qv); b. 23 Oct 1721; adm. Jan 1732/3; d. at school 9 Nov 1733.

WILLETT, FREDERIC, son of William Catt (afterwards Willett), Portland Place, Brighton, Sussex, and Elizabeth, fourth dau. of William Verrall, Southover, Lewes, Sussex; b. 16 Jun 1838; adm. 29 Jan 1852 (as Frederic Catt) (G); QS 1853; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1857, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1857; BA 1861; MA 1864; ordained deacon (Rochester) 1861, priest (Lichfield) 1862; Curate, St. Peter, Wolverhampton, Staffs., 1861-5; Vicar of West Bromwich, Staffs., 1865-81; Curate in charge, Scaynes Hill, Lindfield, Sussex 1881-4; assumed surname of Willett in lieu of Catt 27 Jun 1863; author, Osney Foss, 1908; m. 6 Apr 1869 Mary, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. John Nock Bagnall, Lichfield, Staffs.; d. 5 Jun 1939.

Willett, Frederic Wilfrid Bagnall, son of Frederic Willett (q.v.); b. March 3, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left April 1894; 2nd Lieut. Sussex Regt. May 15, 1897; Lieut. Feb. 22, 1899; Capt. June 1, 1905; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 14, 1921; retired Jan. 10, 1922; served in South Africa 1900-2, and in Great War I 1914-9; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, 1917, and May 22, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. July 23, 1904, Kathleen Maud, eldest daughter of Matthew George Megaw, of Warninglid, Sussex; d. 1951.

Willett, Bernard Hastings, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Dec. 29, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1899, matric. Michael­mas 1899; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1901; asst. master at Charterhouse School 1904-45; served in France in Great War I; Lieut. R.G.A. (S.R.) July 1, 1917, employed R.E.; m. April 23, 1919, Muriel, youngest daughter of Ethelbert Hosking, M.R.C.S., of Turner's Hill, Sussex; d. March 14, 1949.

WILLETT, AUGUSTUS SALTREN, eldest son of John Saltren Willett, Torrington, Devon, and Elizabeth Percy, sister of John Holt White (qv); b. 25 Oct 1817; adm. 26 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); left Whitsun 1832; RMC Sandhurst; Cornet, 17th Lancers 9 Dec 1836; Lieut., 31 Dec 1839; Capt., 11 Jun 1842; Maj., 28 May 1852; served in the Crimea; d. unm. at Balaclava, of cholera, 22 Oct 1854. [Father a Proctor, Court of Arches (occurs 1831) ?] [son of John Salter Willett (qv) ?] [related to Clevland family : check]

Willett, Arnold Theodore, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Aug. 15, 1883; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1911; asst. master, King's Coll. School, Sept. 1907 - July 1909, at Westminster School 1909-45; Capt., unattached (T.F.) June 4, 1914; O.C. Westminster School O.T.C.; housemaster of Home boarders 1922-25, and of Grant's 1925-35; first master of the Under School 1943-45; m. Aug. 30, 1948, Audrey Florence, 3rd daughter of George John Palmer, of Hendon Hall, Middx; d. Oct. 6, 1961.

Willett, Alfred Stuart, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. March 25, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left March 1893; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. (M.T.) April 15, 1918; m. Oct. 10, 1906, Cicely Hilda, daughter of Charles William Catt, of Duffield, Derbyshire; d. Jan. 21, 1935.

WILLET, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765.