WILLOUGHBY, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS in Jun 1569; a Latin letter dated 26 Jun 1569, addressed by him to William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and asking him for his influence at the forthcoming election, is preserved among the Lansdowne MSS (xii. 4) in the British Library; perhaps the Thomas Willoughby who was elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1569, Westminster Student to May 1571.

Wills, Charles John, son of Edgar Charles Wills, of Brentwood, Essex; b. Oct. 11, 1879; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 19, 1893; left May 1893 (see letter of E. C. Wills, The Times, June 1, 1893).

Willsher, John Percy, son of Percy Henry Philip Willsher of Strawberry Hill, and Evelyn Irene, d. of Charles John Yeldham of Bocking, Essex; b. 24 May 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); left July 1942; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA MA 1949, BSc 1950; RE 1944-7 (Lieut. ), attd KGVO Bengal Sappers and Miners in Italy and India; joined Tate & Lyle Ltd. 1950, sen. man. and dir. UK 1950-8, Canada 1959, Rhodesia 1960-7, Zambia 1967-70, South Africa 1970; FID 1963; m. 11 July 1953 Shirley, d. of Russell George St Hill-Warren of Porangahau New Zealand; d. 2 June 2006.

Willsher, Peter Henry Leslie, brother of John Percy Willsher (qv); b. 25 Sept. 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (KS); left July 1945; asst. master Hall Sch. Twickenham, later head of Physics Woodside Sch., Wexham, Bucks; d. 2011.

WILMOT, WILLIAM, son of William Wilmot (or Willmott), Abingdon, Berks., and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. St. Nicholas, Abingdon, Berks. 28 Oct 1649 (IGI); adm.; KS 1664; elected to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jul 1666, aged 17, Westminster Student 17 Jan 1667 – void 1670.

WILSON, ANTHONY, only son of Richard Wilson, Louth, Ireland, and his second wife Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Anthony Walsh, Ardagh, co. Armagh, Ireland; nephew of Very Rev. William Pratt, Dean of Cloyne; b. 10 May 1748; adm.; KS 1761; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1765, matr. 7 Jun 1765, aged 18, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1765; BA 1769; adm. Middle Temple 6 Apr 1768; d. unm. at Dublin, Ireland 1771.

WILSON, BERNARD, son of Bernard Wilson, Newark, Notts., hosier, and Anne Tenison; b. 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1709, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1709, scholar 22 Apr 1710, matr. 1709; BA 1712/3; MA 1719; DD 1737; ordained deacon (London) 16 Mar 1711/2, priest (Lincoln) 26 Feb 1715/6; Rector of Firsby, Lincs., 1715-9; Vicar of Great Steeping, Lincs., 1715-9; Vicar of Newark, Notts., from 17 Apr 1719; Rector of Winthorpe, Notts., 18 Nov 1719 (disp. to hold with Newark); Prebendary of Lincoln from 13 May 1727, Lichfield from 11 Jun 1730, and of Worcester from 13 Oct 1735; adm. Middle Temple 14 Mar 1736/7 [check]; Master of St. Leonard’s Hospital, Newark; amassed a large forune and became a miser in his later years; left a large legacy to Mrs. Thrale; translated the first twenty-six books of De Thou’s Historia sui Temporis, 1729-30; m. 27 Dec 1748 Elizabeth Bradford, Claypole, near Nottingham; d. 30 Apr 1772. DNB.

Wilson, George Balfour, son of Col. John George Yule Wilson, C.B.E., of Ealing, by Helena Theresa, daughter of George Duncan Gibb, M.D., of London; b. Sept. 12, 1887; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; Capt. of the School 1904; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Sam­waies) July 1906, matric. Michaelmas 1906; 1st class Classical Tripos (div. 2), pt. 1, 1909; B.A. 1909; appointed to the I.C.S. 1910; arrived in India Nov. 29, 1911; Asst. Commis­sioner, Punjab; retired March 1922; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army Reserve of Officers July 2, 1918; sec. E. P. Henderson, Ltd., since 1923; m. Nov. 1, 1913; Lucy Gertrude, daughter of Sir Michael William Fenton, K.C.S.I., of Harrow, Middlesex.

WILSON, JAMES ARTHUR, son of James Wilson, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, surgeon and teacher of anatomy, and ---, dau. of John Clarke, Wellingborough, Northants, surgeon; b. 1795; in school list 1801; KS 1808; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812, Westminster Student 1812-7, Faculty Student 1817-24; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1815; BA 1815; MA 1818; MB 1819; MD 1823; Radcliffe Travelling Fellow 1821; practised medicine initially in Paris, but returned to England in 1829; FRCP 28 Mar 1825, Censor 1828, 1851, Harveian Orator 1850; Physician to St. George’s Hospital 1829-57, Consulting Physician from 1857; author, On Spasm, Languor, Palsy, and other Disorders termed Nervous, of the Muscular System, 1843; m. 1st, 29 Apr 1824 Jessie Janet Shedden, dau. of James Scrimgeour; m. 2nd, 22 Jun 1871 Eleanor, second dau. of Hon. and Rev. Littleton Powys, Rector of Titchmarsh, Northants; d. 29 Dec 1882. DNB.

WILSON, JOHN, of Middlesex; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1602, matr. 5 Nov 1602, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1612; BA 1606; MA 1609; DD 1619; adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Feb 1612/3; a joint patent of the Head Mastership of the School was granted to Richard Ireland (qv) and himself 25 Jan 1609/10; on Ireland’s escape to France a few months later he became Head Master; a joint patent of the Head Mastership was granted to him and to Lambert Osbaldeston (qv) 7 Dec 1621, Osbaldeston succeeding him as Head Master in 1622; ordained; Rector of Bedale, Yorks., from 8 Aug 1621; Vicar of Burneston, Yorks., 1 Jul 1622-34; Rector of St. Mary, Castlegate, York 1625; Prebendary of Westminster Oct 1623 – res 1635, of Ripon 14 Aug 1623 and of Lincoln from 3 Mar 1629/30; Dean of Ripon from 1624; Master of the Savoy; lic. to m. 22 Apr 1616 Johanna, dau. of William Stanlake, King Street, Westminster, grocer; d. 19 Feb 1634/5.