WHITWORTH, FRANCIS, brother of Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth (I) (qv); b. 9 May 1684; adm.; KS 1701; Secretary, Island of Barbados, from 1719; MP Minehead from May 1723; Surveyor-Gen. of HM Woods and Forests, South of the Trent, from 6 Apr 1732; of Leybourne, Kent; m. 2 May 1719 (IGI) Joan Wyndham, Clearwell, Newland, Gloucs.; d. 6 Mar 1741/2.
WHITWORTH, CHARLES, 1ST BARON WHITWORTH (I), second son of Richard Whitworth, Blowerpipe and Adbaston, Staffs., and Anne, dau. of Rev. Francis Mosley, Rector of Wilmslow, Cheshire; bapt. 14 Oct 1675; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1694, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1694, aged 18, scholar 5 Apr 1695; BA 1699/1700; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1700 – c. 1708 [check]; adm. Middle Temple 30 Oct 1694; [perhaps Clerk, Board of Trade c. 1696 – 11 Mar 1701]; entered diplomatic service under wing of George Stepney (qv); British representative at Diet of Ratisbon, 28 Feb 1702; Envoy Extraordinary to Russia 2 Sep 1704 – May 1710; Ambassador to Vienna 1711; British Plenipotentiary at Congress at Baden 30 Apr 1714; Envoy Extraordinary to Berlin 1716-7, 1719-22; Envoy Extraordinary to the Hague 1718; created Baron Whitworth (I) 9 Jan 1720/1; one of British plenipotentiaries at Congress of Cambrai Feb 1721/2; MP Newport (IOW) from 1722; his Account of Russia as it was in the year 1710 was published by Horace Walpole at his Strawberry Hill press in 1758; m. Magdalena Jacoba, Comtesse de Vaulgremont; d. 23 Oct 1725. Buried South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
Westenra, John Craven, 1798-1874
WESTENRA, HON. JOHN CRAVEN, brother of Henry Robert Westenra, 3rd baron Rossmore (I) (qv); b. 31 Mar 1798; at school under Carey (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1844); Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 4 May 1814; Lieut. and Capt., 7 Oct 1824; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 9 Aug 1833; retd. 13 Jan 1843; MP (Whig) King’s Co. 1835-52; m. 1st, 31 Mar 1834 Eleanor Mary, widow of Sir Gilbert East, Bart., and sister of Hylton Jolliffe (qv); m. 2nd, 23 Jul 1842 Ann, dau. of Louis Charles Daubuz, Truro, Cornwall; d. 5 Dec 1874.
Westenra, Henry Robert, 1792-1860
WESTENRA, HENRY ROBERT, 3RD BARON ROSSMORE (I), eldest son of Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore (I), and his first wife Mary Anne, second dau. of Charles Walsh, Walsh Park, co. Tipperary; b. 24 Aug 1792; adm. 9 Apr 1804; left 1806; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 4 Jul 1810; MP Co. Monaghan 1818-30, 1831-2, 17 May – 30 Jul 1834, 1835 – 10 Aug 1842; succ. father as 3rd Baron Rossmore (I) 10 Aug 1842; Lord Lieut., Co. Monaghan, from 1843; m. 1st, 25 Jan 1820 Anne Douglas Hamilton, natural dau. of Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton (S) KT; m. 2nd, 19 May 1846 Julia Ellen Josephine, second dau. of Henry Lloyd, Farinrory, co. Tipperary; d. 1 Dec 1860.
WENMAN, PHILIP, 7th VISCOUNT WENMAN (I), eldest son of Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (I), and Sophia, eldest dau. of James Herbert MP, Tythrop, Oxfordshire; b. 18 Apr 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Hawkins'); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1760; MA 1762; DCL 7 Jul 1773; succ. father as 7th Viscount Wenman (I) 16 Aug 1760; MP Oxfordshire 1768-96; m. 7 Jul 1766 Lady Eleanor Bertie, sister of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (qv); d. 26 Mar 1800.
Weld-Forester, John George, 1801-1874
WELD-FORESTER, JOHN GEORGE, 2nd BARON FORESTER, eldest son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 9 Aug 1801; adm. 13 Jun 1814; left Bartholomewtide 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1820; MP Wenlock 1826 – 23 May 1828; succ. father as 2nd Baron Forester 23 May 1828; took Conservative whip in Commons and Lords; Captain, Gentlemen at Arms 8 Sep 1841 – Jul 1846; Privy Councillor 14 Sep 1841; Master, Belvoir Foxhounds 1830-58; m. 10 Jun 1856 Alexandrina Julia Theresa Wilhelmina Sophia, widow of Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne PC GCB, diplomat, and dau. of Joachim Charles Louis Mortimer, Graf von Maltzan; d. 10 Oct 1874.
Weld-Forester, George Cecil, 1807-1886
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, Cecil, 1767-1828
WELD-FORESTER, CECIL, 1ST BARON FORESTER, eldest son of Cecil Forester (qv); bapt. 7 Apr 1767; adm. 18 Feb 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1785; MP Wenlock 1790-1820; created Baron Forester 17 Jul 1821; a famous hunting man, Master Shropshire Foxhounds 1811-6; assumed additional surname of Weld 24 Aug 1811; m. 16 Jun 1800 Lady Katharine Mary Manners, second dau. of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland KG PC; d. 23 May 1828.
WATSON, LEWIS, 1ST BARON SONDES, brother of John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson (qv); b. 28 Nov 1728; adm. Apr 1737 (as Lewis Monson); (Taylor's); left 1745; assumed surname of Watson in lieu of Monson on inheriting estates in Northamptonshire and Kent of his cousin Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham 26 Feb 1745/6; Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1749-50; MP Boroughbridge 23 Apr 1750-4, Kent 1754 – 20 May 1760; Joint Auditor of the Imprest Feb 1754 – Jul 1785, when post abolished; created Baron Sondes 20 May 1760; DL Kent 1746, Northamptonshire 1756 and 1792; member, Society of Dilettanti 1751; m. 12 Oct 1752 Frances, second dau. of Hon. Henry Pelham (b. 1696, qv); d. 30 Mar 1795.
WATKINS, HENRY, son of Richard Watkins (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, matr. 16 Dec 1684, aged 18, Westminster Student 15 Dec 1684 – Jul 1713, Faculty Student from 18 Jul 1713; BA 1688; MA 1691; Secretary to Earl of Strafford when Ambassador to the United Provinces Apr 1711 – Mar 1712; Secretary to Duke of Ormonde Mar 1712; Judge Advocate to Army in Flanders; MP Brackley 20 Apr 1714 – 1715; Secretary to Earl of Arran, Chancellor, Oxford Univ., from 1722; d. unm. 25 Mar 1727. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.