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WELBOURNE, ROBERT, son of Robert Welbourne, Westminster; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1708; QS 1709; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1713, matr. 23 Jun 1713, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1713 – void 10 Jul 1731 (expiry year of grace as R, Wendlebury from 1 Jul 1730); BA 1717; MA 1720; adm. Inner Temple 12 Feb 1716/7; ordained deacon (London) 18 Feb 1721/2, priest (Oxford) 20 May 1722; Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 1730; Rector of Bletchley, Bucks., 15 Mar 1741/2-4; Rector of Lowick, Northants 31 Aug 1744-61; bequeathed a collection of Greek and Roman coins to Christ Church, Oxford; buried Wendlebury, Oxfordshire 11 Oct 1764, unm.

WEKES, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

Weizmann, Benjamin Isaiah, son of Chaim Weizmann DSc LLD, first President of Israel, and Dr Vera Chatzman; b. 2 May 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (A); left Apr. 1924; Christ's Coll. Camb., BA 1929; living in Israel 1952, later in Jersey; m.; d. 31 Dec. 1980.

WEIR, PERCY VIPONT, brother of Archibald Alfred Egles Weir (qv); b. 2 Jul 1860; adm. 16 Jun 1873 (James'); left Dec 1876; served in 1914-8 War; Lieut, RNVR 29 Apr 1915; m. 4 Oct 1900 Ada Beatrice Mildred, youngest dau. of Major-Gen. Henry Heyman, Royal Artillery; d. 5 Feb 1925.

WEIR, ARCHIBALD ALFRED EGLES, eldest son of Rev. Archibald Weir DCL, Enfield, Middlesex, and Cassandra Rebecca, eldest dau. of Alfred Jones, Highbury, Middlesex; b. 27 May 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1871 (James'); Min. Can. 1875; left Dec 1875; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 May 1877; BA 1880; MA 1885; long distance amateur bicycle champion 1878; rode v. Cambridge 1878, 1879; adm. Inner Temple 1881; a writer and journalist; author, The Historical Basis of Modern Europe, 1886, and other works; m. 1st, Anne, dau. of Edward Christian Ritter PhD; m. 2nd, 7 Sep 1897 Amelia Wathen, youngest dau. of James Cooper, Gray’s Inn, barrister; d. 26 Dec 1935.

Weingreen, Peter Emanuel, son of Emanuel Weingreen of Hampstead and Dorothy, d. of Fred­erick William Goodsell of Rye, Sussex; b. 22 Sept. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; US Army in WW2; a film director; m. 11 Dec. 1953 Ruth Rosenfeld Lipton, d. of Samuel Rosenfeld of Miami Beach, Florida; d. 1976.

Weil, Harold Theodore George Walter, son of Percy Harold Weil, of Kew, Surrey, by Margaret Eleanor, daughter of George Wedd, of Kneesworth, Cambs; b. Aug. 17, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (A); left Dec. 1918; on the London Stock Exchange.

Weigall, Denny Brome (known at school as Anthony Denny Brome Weigall), son of Arthur Edward Pearse Weigall, Inspector-Gen. of Antiquities Egyptian Govt, and his first wife Hortense, d. of Oscar Schleiter of Chicago; b. 29 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left Apr. 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1933, MA 1959; apprentice BBC 1933, junior res. engineer 1935; AMIEE 1941; chief engineer Malayan Broadcasting Corpn 1941-2; tech. adviser on broadcasting Min. of Information 1943-6; head of Planning and Installation Dept. BBC Radio 1948, chief engineer external broadcasts 1962, asst Dir. of Engineering 1963, dep. Dir. 1967, retd 1971; CBE 1969; m. 30 Nov. 1940 Mary Stanley, d. of Stanley Allen Coad MD, med. practitioner, of Southborough, Kent; d 3 Aug. 1995.

Weigall, David Henry, son of Rev. Anthony Fitzroy Weigall, Vicar of Rushmere, Suffolk, and Margery Roseveare, nursing sister, d. of Leslie Roseveare, civil engineer, of Plymouth, Devon; b. 19 Dec. 1941; adm. Jan. 1955 (G); left Dec. 1959; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1968; asst. master, The Perse Sch. Camb. 1966-71; lecturer in modern history, CCAT Camb. 1971-; an author and ed.; m. 3 Sept. 1970 Sara Elizabeth Payne, journalist and author, d. of Robert Payne, publisher, of Painswick, Gloucs; d. 13 Dec. 2003.

Webbe, Maurice Edward, son of Septimus Webbe, of London, by Jessie Ward, daughter of J. W. Bloomfield, of Harling, Norfolk; b. Aug. 13, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left Easter 1913; a professional instructor of lawn tennis; m. Oct. 8, 1931, Margaret, daughter of Lieut. ­ Col. George Ordc Bigge, R.E. of Stone-in-Oxney, Kent; d. 1962.