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WATERFIELD, WILLIAM, eldest son of Thomas Nelson Waterfield (qv); b. 14 Aug 1832; adm. 26 Jan 1843; QS (Capt. ) 1846; Capt. of the School 1849; left 1850; at Haileybury Coll. 1850-2; Writer, EICS Bengal 1852; arrived in India 19 Nov 1852; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Twenty-Four Parganas 1854; Assistant to Superintendent of Survey, Western Div., 1856; Accountant-Gen., North-West Provinces 1864-77; Comptroller-Gen., 1877-80; ret. 5 Sep 1881; an interesting account of his early impressions of Westminster and its precincts appears in Elizabethan, vols. vii and viii; joint founder in 1906, with his brother Sir Henry Waterfield (qv), of a fund for providing a prize for Latin and Greek prose composition; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1864 his cousin Louisa Benthall, younger dau. of James Gay, Highgate, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1885 Rose Matilda, seventh dau. of Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Bart., KCH FRS, Master of the Mint; d. 24 Jan 1907.

Waterfield, William Francis Herschel, son of William Waterfield (q.v.), by his second wife; b. June 1, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1909; Lieut. R.G.A. Oct. 23, 1918; served in France June 1917 - Feb. 1919; an astronomer; F.R.A.S.; m. April 4, 1913; Aimee Marguerite, second daughter of Commander James Hazel, R.N., of Steventon, Berks; d. as the result of a motoring accident at Bloemfontein, May 14, 1933.

WATERFIELD, THOMAS NELSON, eldest son of William Waterfield, Barton Street, Westminster, accountant in Exchequer Bill Pay Office, and Elizabeth Weekes Patey; b. 22 Jul 1799; adm. 14 Jun 1811; KS 1814; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1817, adm. pens. 16 May 1817, scholar 1818, matr. 1817; Junior Clerk, Board of Control 1818; Assistant Clerk (by 1830); Senior Clerk, Secret and Political Dept., 1839; Private Secretary to Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (qv); in charge of Records, Cannon Row, Westminster 1858-61; ret. 1861; m. 17 Jun 1826 Elizabeth, sister of William Benthall (qv); d. 7 Sep 1862.

WATERFIELD, SIR HENRY, third son of Thomas Nelson Waterfield (qv); b. 30 Jun 1837; adm. 22 May 1845; QS (Capt. ) 1851; left 1853; Clerk, Board of Control 1853-9; Private Secretary to Earl of Ellenborough, President Board of Control, 1858; Assistant Private Secretary to Lord Stanley, President Board of Control, 1858-9 and to Lord Stanley and Sir Charles Wood as successive Secretaries of State for India 1859-63; employed India Office 1859-1902, serving as Secretary, Statistic and Commerce Dept., 1874-9 and Secretary, Financial Dept., 1879 – Jul 1902, ret.; CB 31 Dec 1885; KCSI 3 Jul 1893; GCIE 26 Jun 1902; joint founder with William Waterfield (qv) of the Waterfield Prize Fund at the School; m. 1st, 24 Sep 1868 Katharine Jane, only dau. of George Edward Wilmot Wood (qv); m. 2nd, 23 Jun 1885 Mary Augusta, dau. of Edward Obré Shee, Newcastle, co. Down, Ireland, barrister; d. 5 Jul 1913.

WATERFIELD, HARRY WINGFIELD, eldest son of Edward Waterfield (qv); b. 29 Dec 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (D), exhibitioner; QS 1879; Capt. of the School Sep 1882-3; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1883 (with Triplett), adm. sub-sizar 5 Oct 1883, matr. 1883; BA 1886; MA 1890; Assistant Master, Bradfield Coll. 1888-96; ordained deacon 1900, priest 1901 (both Rochester); Curate, Mortlake, Surrey 1900-2; head Master, Temple Grove Sch., East Sheen, Surrey (later at Eastbourne, Sussex) 1902-35, Chaplain 1935-45; Chaplain, Bayham Abbey, Sussex, from 1945; m. 30 Jul 1896 Maria Winifred, youngest dau. of Rev. George Armitage, Vicar of St. Luke’s, Gloucester; d. 16 Mar 1951.

Waterfield, Edward Hope, son of William Waterfield (q.v.), hy his first wife; b. Aug. 12, 1876; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1889; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1895, matric. Michaelmas 1895; B.A. 1899; I.C.S. (Bombay) 1899; arrived in India Nov. 24, 1900; Asst. Coll. and Magis. 1900; District and Sessions Judge Dec. 1919; m. Jan. 19, 1903, Winifred Gane, youngest daughter of the Rev. Charles Bradford Wardale, Vicar of Bowes, Yorks; d. March 22, 1925.

Waterfield, Donald Corrie, son of Harry Wingfield Waterfield (q.v.); b. May 10, 1900; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; left April 1917; Midshipman R.N. June 14, 1918; a teaplanter in Ceylon; Paymaster Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R. Sept. 20, 1939; Paymaster Lieut. Dec. 20, 1940; m. Aug. 10, 1923, Jean Meta, second daughter of Malcolm Langton Hepburn, M.D., of London.

WATERFIELD, ARTHUR SWAINSON, son of Edward Waterfield (qv); b. 16 Jul 1866; adm. 16 Jul 1880 (D), exhbitioner; QS 25 Sep 1881; left May 1885; Non-Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886; migr. to Merton Coll.; BA 1889; MA 1894; Assistant Master, Guildford GS 1890-2, Beverley GS 1892; ordained 1899; Curate, Bromyard, Herefs., 1899-1903; Rector of Brimfield, Herefs., 1903-26; Rector of Stockton-on-Teme, Worcs., from 1926; m. 6 Sep 1890 Laura, dau. of Thomas Botterell, Head Master Bromyard GS; d. 20 Jul 1934.

Waterfield, Sir Alexander Percival, son of William Waterfield (q.v.) by his second wife; b. May 16, 1888; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; Mure Scholar 1904; Capt. of the School 1906; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon., 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; Public School Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1907; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1909; Hertford Scholar 1909; prox. acc. Craven Scholar 1909; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1911; B.A. and M.A. 1943; hon. LL. D. Wesleyan Univ., Ohio, U.S.A.; a second-class clerk in the Treasury 1911, a principal clerk 1919; Treasury Remembrancer and acting principal asst. secretary in Ireland 1920-2; member of the Overseas Settlement Board 1936; of the Palestine Partition Commission 1938; First Civil Service Commissioner 1939; one-man commission on Wages and Salaries in Malta 1957; retired 1951; C.B. Jan. 1, 1923; knighted 1951; K.B.E. June 3, 1952; m. Oct. 16, 1920, Doris Mary, daughter of Otto Siepmann, of Godalming, Surrey; d. 1965.

WASHER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Washer, London, and Catherine, third dau. of Sir Robert Bolles, Bart.; b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1700, matr. 25 Jun 1700, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1700 – void 27 Jan 1714 (expiry year of grace as V. Snodland from 31 Aug 1713, sic); Vicar of Snodland, Kent, from 1712 [check]; d. 1748 (will proved PCC 27 Jul 1748).