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WARREN, JOHN, son of John Warren, Boxford, Suffolk, and Ann, sister of James Johnson (adm. 1717/8, qv); bapt. Boxford, Suffolk 31 Oct 1731 (IGI); adm. ; KS (aged 12) 1744; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 – void 3 Apr 1758 (expiry year of grace as V. Kempsford, Gloucs. , from 6 Apr 1757), Tutor 1757; BA 1752; MA 1755; DCL 1762; ordained; Vicar of Kempsford, Gloucs. , 1757-61 [?]; Prebendary of Gloucester from 26 May 1761; Rector of Kinwarton, Warwicks. , from 25 Jun 1763; Rector of Naunton, Gloucs. , 1763-4; Rector of Ripple, Worcs. , from 4 May 1764; Archdeacon of Worcester from 22 Apr 1775; JP Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; m. 1st, (by 1761) Mary Noyes; m. 2nd 3 Jul 1778 Mary Perry, Rowde, Wilts. ; d. 8 Mar 1787. [perhaps m. 1st, at Tonbridge, Kent, 16 Jan 1758 Mary Noye (sic) (IGI)]

WATTES, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-3 (Chapter Muniments).

WEBB, MICHAEL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1681.

Adler, Alan Louis, son of James Adler and Ellen Augusta, d. of Paul Ferdinand Sabel; b. 24 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1923; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1923, BA 1926; dir. of A. Oppenheimer & Co., merchants; Thames Naval Patrol RNVR (Lieut.), despatches 1 July 1941; m. 8 June 1932 Ella, d. of Herbert E. Cohen; d. 12 June 1966.

WEBBER, CHARLES, son of Charles Webber (adm. 1772, qv); bapt. 30 Aug 1794; adm. ; KS 1809; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1813, matr. 1 Jun 1813, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1816; MA 1820; ordained; Curate, Tangmere, Sussex 1818; Master of Chichester Prebendal Sch. ; Prebendary of Chichester from 28 Jun 1824, Canon Residentiary from 20 Jan 1829; Rector of Felpham, Sussex 22 Jul 1830-2; Rector of Staunton-on-Wye, Herefs. , from 10 May 1837; m. 3 Mar 1840 Caroline, dau. of Robert Webber, Brockley Hill, Middlesex; d. 6 Mar 1850, aged 55.

WELLES, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-3 (Chapter Muniments).

WENTWORTH, GODFREY, brother of William Wentworth (adm. 1738, qv); b. 25 Apr 1730; adm. May 1739 (Preston's); left 1746; buried Woolley, Yorks. , 20 Aug 1757, unm.

WESTBY, JOHN, son of Titus Westby, York; bapt. 6 Jun 1613 St. Gregory by St. Paul, London (IGI); adm. ; KS (aged 15) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224).

WHITFORD, DAVID, brother of Adam Whitford (qv); b. 1626; adm. ; KS 1640 (CSP Dom 1639-40, 567, for warrant dated 21 Mar 1639/40 commanding the Electors to admit him to “the next scholar’s place that shall be void”); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642, matr. [check], Westminster Student; BA 1647; MA 14 Jan 1660/1; enrolled with brother in Royalist garrison of Oxford; deprived of Studentship by Parliamentary Visitors 1648; attached himself to Charles II; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Worcester 3 Sep 1651; an Usher in James Sherley’s Sch. at Whitefriars; adm. Inner Temple Nov 1658; reinstated in Studentship 1660, and granted dispensation to retain it though disabled by the custom of the college (CSP Dom 1660-1, 432); held Studentship until death; a tutor at Christ Church; ordained; Chaplain to Lord George Douglas’s Regt. of Foot, 26 Jul 1666; officiated as Minister to Scottish Regt. in France 1672; Rector of Middleton Tyas, Yorks. , from 1673; an excellent scholar; author, Musaei, Moschi et Bionis quae extant omnia, quibus accessere quaedam selectiora Theocriti Eidyllia, 1655; d. 26 Oct 1674. Buried South Transept, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

Adler, Robert Paul, brother of Alan Louis Adler (qv); b. 11 Oct. 1908; adm. May 1922 (G); left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929; RAFVR 1939-45 (Sqdn Ldr); a manufacturer; m. 26 Aug. 1939 Anne Kyle, d. of John Wilson of Armadale, West Lothian; d. 16 Dec. 1986.