WHITAKER, FREDERICK ALEXANDER, eldest son of Sir Frederick Whitaker KCMG, Auckland, New Zealand, Prime Minister and Attorney-Gen. of New Zealand, solicitor, and Jane Augusta Griffiths (IGI); b. 1 Mar 1847; at Marlborough Coll. 1860-1; adm. 23 Jan 1862 (G); left Aug 1864; adm. Gray’s Inn 19 Nov 1864; migr. to Inner Temple 17 Apr 1868, called to bar 30 Apr 1868; of Auckland, New Zealand; m. 30 Sep 1879 Catherine Cox (IGI); d. 9 Jun 1887.

Wheeler, Edmund George, son of Henry Edmund Wheeler, of Eastleigh, Hants, by Agnes Emilie, daughter of Millison Gunton, of Manea, Cambs; b. April 12, 1889; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (G); left Dec. 1905; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1908; 2nd Lieut. Hants Regt. Nov. 6, 1909; Lieut. March 20, 1912; Capt. April 28, 1915; West African Frontier Force Feb. 1914 to Nov. 1919; temp. Major Nov. 1, 1918; served in Togoland, Cameroons, British, German and Portuguese East Africa and N. Rhodesia, and was wounded near Kibata, German East Africa, Dec. 15, 1916; mentioned in despatches; M.C. Feb. 7, 1919; Major, May 16, 1930; with Chit ral Relief Force 1933; Lieut.-Col.; retired; joined the staff of the Accountant Branch, School of Naval Co-operation, Ford, Sussex; re-employed Hants Regt. March 16, 1939; O.B.E. 1933; Brit. Council 1944-51; asst. master at Hereworth School, Havelock North, New Zealand 1953-6; m. April 12, 1917, Margaret Helen, daughter of France Littlewood, of Honley, Yorks.

WHALEY, WILLIAM DRUMMOND, son of William John Whaley, Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, surgeon, and Catherine ---; b. 23 Sep 1814; adm. 15 Jan 1827 (G); clerk, Bank of England 30 Dec 1831.

WETTON, HAROLD, son of Henry Wetton, Abbey House, Chertsey, Surrey, and Marion, dau. of William Collins Worthington, London Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk; b. 29 May 1864; adm. 27 Sep 1877 (G); left Dec 1881; with British South Africa Mounted Police Dec 1896 – Oct 1898; served in First World War with 67th battn., Canadian Infantry Sep 1915 – Oct 1919; an accountant; m. 26 Feb 1901 Jessie Sarah Mabel, dau. of A. Daniel Capon, USA.

WESTMORLAND, HENRY STEWART; b. 30 Jul 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (G); left Aug 1879.

WEST, CHARLES FRANCIS LUTTRELL, son of Rev. Charles West, Head Master, Northampton GS; b. Horley, Oxfordshire 5 Jul 1828; adm. 6 Jan 1844 (G); rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846; left 1847; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge; 32nd Wrangler 1851; BA 1851; MA 1854; ordained deacon 1851, priest 1852 (both Peterborough); Curate, All Saints, Northampton, and All Saints, Stamford, Lincs.; Rector of Shenley, Bucks., 1866-77; living in Wandsworth, Surrey 1881 (1881 Census); m. 27 Oct 1873 Ellen Matilda, only dau. of Wenman Langham Woodford, Upton, Northants; d. 25 Feb 1892.

WELLS, GEORGE FRANCIS, eldest son of Rev. George Wells, Rector of Boxford, Kent, and Augusta, fourth dau. of Rev. John Starky DD, Rector of Charlinch, Somerset; b. 6 Sep 1836; adm. 23 Jan 1849 (G); QS 1851; left 1855; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Jan 1856; BA 1860; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861 (both Salisbury); Curate, Chiseldon, Wilts., 1860-4, Welford, Berks., 1864-6, Woodchurch, Kent 1866-9; Chaplain, Middlesex Hospital 1869-71; Curate, Boxford, Kent, 1871-2, Rector 1872-93; Rector of St. Peter’s, March, Cambs., from 1893; m. 21 Sep 1875 Anna White, dau. of William White Woodbury, Portland, Maine, USA; d. 16 Apr 1916.

Weld, Philip Saltonstall, son of Philip Saltonstall Weld, newspaper publisher and yachtsman, of Gloucester, MA, USA, and Anne, d. of Samuel Dennis Warren of Essex, MA, USA; b. 7 July 1938; adm. Apr. 1955 (G); left July 1955 and returned to Milton Acad., MA, USA; Harvard Univ., MA, USA, AB 1960; a newspaper reporter and ed. in Chicago, IL, USA; m. 1st, 21 Sept. 1963 (div. 1981) Elizabeth, d. of Frederick Winburn New, attorney, of Savannah, GA, USA; m. 2nd, 7 Nov 1981 Anita Dagmara, d. of Karlis Peteris Birnbaums, Riga, Latvia; d. 13 June 1988.

WELD, GEORGE HENRY, son of William Weld, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 25 Feb 1803; adm. 15 Sep 1817 (G); left 8 Feb 1819; articled to Joseph Jessopp, Waltham Cross, Essex, attorney 28 Aug 1821, transferred to Samuel Weld, Saville Place, New Burlington Street, London 21 Jan 1826; adm. attorney, King’s Bench 4 May 1827, and Common Pleas 23 Nov 1830; practised at Woolwich, Kent; m. 20 Feb 1830 Mary Caroline Breeze (IGI); d. 13 Feb 1850.

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.