WINTERINGHAM, CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm.; KS 1669; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1672, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1672, scholar 1673, matr. 1675/6; 2nd in “ordo” 1675/6; BA 1675/6; MA 1679; an Usher at the School; buried St. Peter and St. Kevin, Dublin, Ireland 30 Jan 1687/8.

Wintle, Lambert Frederick, son of William Samuel Wintle, secretary to the Foundling Hospital, London; b. Aug. 9, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 14, 1889; left Oct. 1892; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1900; d. Nov. 29, 1938.

WINTLE, ROBERT, son of Rev. Thomas Wintle, Rector of Brightwell, Berks.; b.; adm. 9 Jun 1784; KS (aged 14) 1786; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1790, matr. 9 Jun 1790, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1790 – void 17 Dec 1798 (expiry year of grace as R. Culham from 6 Dec 1797); BA 1794; MA 1797; BD 1805; ordained; Rector of Culham, Oxfordshire, from 1797; Rector of Compton Beauchamp, Berks., from 18 May 1803; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 11 Jun 1805; Preacher, South Lambeth Chapel 1807; m. Margaretta Maria, dau. of James Morrell, Oxford, and sister of Deacon Morrell (probably – Morrell, at school in 1790, qv); d. 24 Aug 1848.

WITHAM, GILBERT, elder son of Cuthbert Witham, Garforth, Yorks., and his first wife Anne, dau. of Thomas Hemsworth, Great Purston, Yorks.; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1630, adm. scholar 1631, matr. Easter 1631; BA 1634/5; MA 1638; ordained; Rector of Garforth, Yorks., from 1644; m. 1 Aug 1643 Sarah, dau. of John Taylor, Newland [check county]; d. 15 Dec 1684.

WITHERS, HARTLEY, fourth son of Henry Hartley Withers, Granendale, Lancs., stockbroker, and Jane Livingston, dau. of Matthew Dobson Lowndes, Liverpool; b. 15 Jul 1867; adm. 16 Jun 1881; QS 1881; Capt. of the School 1885; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1886, matr. 15 Oct 1886; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1888, 3rd cl. Lit. Hum. 1890; BA 1890; MA Cambridge 1938; Assistant master, Clifton Coll. 1890; Stock Exchange clerk 1891-3; entered City office of The Times 1894, City Editor 1906-10; City Editor, Morning Post 1910-1; with Seligman Brothers 1911-5; Director of Financial Enquiries, Treasury 1915-6; Editor, The Economist 1916-21, and of Financial Supplement, The Saturday Review 1921-3; director, Allied Investors’ Trusts; author, The Meaning of Money, 1909, and other works; m. 1st, 8 Aug 1896 Letitia, widow of Henry Harrison, Holywood House, Holywood, co. Down, Ireland, mother of Henry Harrison (adm. 1881, qv), and dau. of Robert James Tennent MP, Rush Park, Belfast, Ireland; m. 2nd, 1921 Alice, dau. of J. R. Elliott; d. 21 Mar 1950. DNB.

WODEHOUSE, EDMOND HENRY, seventh son of Rev. Thomas Wodehouse, Prebendary of Wells, and Anne, sister of Walker King (qv); grandson of Thomas Wodehouse (qv); b. 17 Feb 1837; adm. 17 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1851; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1855, matr. 7 Jun 1855, Westminster Student 1855-64; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1857, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1859; BA 1859; MA 1862; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1860, called to bar 26 Jan 1863; Inspector of Poor Law Schools 1863-71; Local Government Board Inspector 1871-86; Chief General Inspector and Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board 1886-91; a Commissioner of Inland Revenue 1891-1902; CB 1 Jan 1897; JP Buckinghamshire 1906; m. 26 May 1864 his cousin Louisa Clara, fourth dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Wodehouse, Vicar of Dulverton, Somerset; d. 27 Mar 1923.

WOGAN, WILLIAM, younger son of Rev. Ethelred Wogan, Rector of Gumfreston and Vicar of Penally, Pembrokeshire; b.; adm.; KS 1694; remained a year longer than usual in College at the wish of Dean Sprat to transcribe for the press the first four books of Clarendon’s History; Capt. of the School 1699-1700; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1700, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1700, scholar 2 May 1701, but did not matr.; London Secretary to Edward Southwell, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1703-7, 1713-4 (cf. CSP Dom 1703-4, 27, where he is referred to as “Ongan”); [perhaps Gentleman of the Privy Chamber under Queen Anne]; entered army and for some years stationed in Dublin; subsequently resident for some thirty years at Ealing, Middlesex; a man of great piety, who corresponded with Whitefield and Wesley, and was on intimate terms with many of the evangelical leaders of his time; author, Essay on the Proper Lessons of the Church of England, 1753, and other religious works; m. 7 Dec 1718 Catherine, dau. of Charles Stanhope, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts.; ; d. 24 Jan 1758. DNB.

WOLTON, JOHN, son of John Wolton, Wigan, Lancs. , and Isabella, dau. of John Nowell, and sister of Alexander Nowell, Head Master of the School; b. ; adm. ; KS 18 Jan 1549/50 (Acts of Chapter i, 279); left 1553; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. student 26 Oct 1553; BA 1555; BD and DD 2 Jun 1579; ordained deacon 25 Apr 1560, aged 25, priest 4 Jun 1560; Prebendary of Exeter and of St. Paul’s 1560 [check]; Rector of Sampford Peveril, Devon 15 Aug 1561; Rector of Spraxton, Somerset 1563; Vicar of Braunton, Devon 4 May 1570; Rector of Kenn, Devon 15 Oct 1573; Rector of Lezant, Cornwall 1584; Rector of Haccombe, Devon 20 Oct 1585; first Warden, Manchester Collegiate Church 28 Jul 1578; consecrated Bishop of Exeter 2 Aug 1579; author, The Christian Manuell, 1576, and other works; m. twice; d. 13 Mar 1593/4. DNB.

WOOD, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS 1663.

Wood, Alan Charles Leith, son of the Rev. William Manners Wood, Rector of Littleton, Middlesex; b. Dec. 14, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895; left Dec. 1899; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut., unattached, July 28, 1900; Indian Staff Corps Oct. 12, 1901; 24th Punjab Regt. Oct. 21, 1901; d. at Murree, India, July 5, 1902.