Weare, Edwin Thomas Clinton, 1859-1921
WEARE, EDWIN THOMAS CLINTON, only son of Thomas William Weare (qv), and his first wife; b. 12 Feb 1859; adm. 16 Jun 1870 (James'); left May 1874; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 10 May 1879; of Hampton House, Hereford; d. 15 Oct 1921.
Whittow, Anthony, son of William Summers Whittow, of Porton, Wilts, by Louisa Fowles; b. March 28, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); migrated up Rigaud's, Jan. 1895; left July 1896; a merchant at Colombo, Ceylon; m. June 4, 1910, Lillias Baird, third daughter of Richard Walter Tweedie, of Linden Gardens, Bayswater, London; d. Sept. 8, 1940.
WAVERLEY, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1625, adm. scholar 1626, matr. Easter 1626; 5th in “ordo” 1629/30; BA 1629/30; MA 1633.
Watts-Tobin, Richard John, 1934-2016
Watts-Tobin, Richard John, son of Oscar Watts-Tobin MRCS LRCP, gen. med. practitioner, of Fulham, and Ethel Watts FCA, d. of John Watts, police officer; b. 17 Mar. 1934; adm. Sept. 1946 (R), (KS) Sept. 1948; left July 1952; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1952 (open schol. 1951), matric. 1954, BA 1957 (1st class hons Math. Trip. Pt 1, Wrangler Pt 2), res. student 1957, Rouse Ball student 1960, MA PhD 1961; Mullard res. Fellow Selwyn Coll. Camb. 1961; MRC scientific staff 1961-; Fellow Churchill Coll. Camb. 1964; lecturer in Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Lancaster 1967, sen. lecturer 1977-96; MInstP; author of papers on superconductivity theory and theory of electroactive polymers; m. 1963 Mary Elizabeth Ann Watts-Tobin MB BCh, med. practitioner, sister of Martin Lewin Blake Pritchard (qv); d. 26 Apr 2016.
WATTS, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1740/1 (Deane's); left 1748 [Perhaps Thomas Watts, son of Thomas Watts MP, Enfield Chase, Middlesex, Secretary and Cashier Sun Fire Office, and Susanna, dau. of Benjamin Gascoyne, Chiswick, Middlesex, and sister of Sir Crisp Gascoyne, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; bapt. St. Christopher Le Stocks, London, 14 Jul 1730; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1748, aged 17; Secretary, Sun Fire Office (Royal Kalendar 1769) : still director, Sun Life Office 1794 (?)]
WATTS, MARTIN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1624, adm. scholar 1625, matr. Easter 1625.
WATTS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1744 (Deane's); left 1749.
Watts, John Peter Barry Condliffe, 1930-2003
Watts, Sir John Peter Barry Condliffe, son of Leonora Emily Condliffe, draper’s shop asst., of Portsmouth, Hants; stepson of Gerald Walter Watts, civil engineer, whose surname he adopted; b. 27 Aug. 1930; adm. from Sheikh Bagh Sch. Srinagar, Kashmir, India, Mar. 1944 (B); left July 1947; Phillips Academy, Andover, USA; RMA Sandhurst; commissioned Roy. Ulster Regt. 1951 (Roy. Irish Rangers 1968); served Hong Kong, Malaya (despatches), Cyprus, Oman, BAOR, Borneo and Saudi Arabia; commanded SAS unit which stormed Jebel Akbar, stronghold of Omani rebels, Jan. 1959; MC 1960; 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade 1967-9; CO, 22 SAS Regt. 1970-2; directing staff, Staff Coll. Camberley 1972-4; MOD 1974; commander, SAS Group 1975-8; Maj. -Gen. 1979; commander Sultan of Oman’s Land Forces 1979-84, chief of Defence Staff 1984-7; Lieut. -Gen. 1984; OBE 1972, CBE 1979, CB 1985; retd. Dec. 1987; KBE 1988; m. 1st, 11 Dec. 1954 (div. 1986) Mary Elizabeth Gertrude, d. of Thomas Flynn, postal clerk; 2nd, 13 Feb 1986 Diana Merran Watts, formerly Walker, d. of Lieut. -Col. Reginald Steward; d. 10 Dec. 2003.
WATTES, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-3 (Chapter Muniments).
Watt, Kenneth Strahan, 1909-1995
Watt, Kenneth Strahan, son of John Hansard Strahan Watt (qv); b. 21 Dec. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1928; Hertford Coll. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931; Dip. Anthropology 1932; RA 1940-4 (Capt.), wounded (N. Africa); entered civil service 1944, represented Min. of Pensions at War Pension Appeal Tribunals; 1st Sec. Standing Advisory Committee on Artificial Limbs 1946; Min. of Pensions 1947, later DHSS; MBE 1969, retd; m. 25 Feb. 1957 Alice Elizabeth, sister of Richard John Bell Glanville (qv); d. 14 Nov. 1995.