WRIGHT, CHARLES BEAUFOY, third son of Edward John Wright MD MRCS LSA, Clapham, Surrey, and Rose Mary, dau. of Thomas Trew, St. Peter’s, Thanet, Kent; b. 12 Jul 1863; adm. 28 May 1875 (G); Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1882.

Wright, Henry Noel Payton, son of Edwin Payton Wright, of Brunswick Square, London, by Amy, daughter of Francis Thomas Dollman, F.R.I.B.A., of Gloucester Crescent, Regents Park, London; b. Jan. 1, 1871; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (G); left April 1888; d. 1898.

WRIGHT, JAMES, son of Robert Wright, Harlesden, Middlesex, High Bailiff, Bloomsbury County Court, and Elizabeth Wrightson, Staines, Middlesex; nephew of John Wright (adm. 1845, qv); b. 23 Sep 1867; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (G); left 1883; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Oct 1885; BA 1888; MA 1892; adm. solicitor Dec 1892; Registrar, Bloomsbury County Court; Registrar, Brentford and Uxbridge County Courts Dec 1922-; m. 12 Nov 1899 Dorothy, dau. of John Howard, Harlesden, Middlesex; d. 19 Feb 1942.

Wright, Sir Paul Hervé Giraud, son of Richard Hervé Giraud Wright, sec. White's Club, and Ellen Margaret, d. of Lewis William Mercier; b. 12 May 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1932; John Lewis Partnership 1933-9; KRRC 1939-45 (Maj.), HQ 21 Army Group 1944-5, despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; contested (L) NE Bethnal Green 1945; asst dir. of public relations NCB 1946-8; dir. of public relations Festival of Britain 1948-51; Press Officer UK del­egation to United Nations, New York, 1951; OBE 1952; entered HM Foreign Service 1953; 1st Sec. The Hague 1956; Counsellor 1957, Head of FO Information Policy Dept; CMG 1960; Counsellor and Chargé d' Affaires Cairo 1960-1; Counsellor UK delegauon to NATO, Paris, 1961-4; Dir.-Gen. British Information Services New York 1964-8, Minister (Information) Washington DC 1965-8; HM Ambassador to the Congo (now Zaire) 1968-71; HM Ambassador to Lebanon 1971-5; KCMG June 1975; special representative of the Sec. of State for For­eign Affairs 1975-8; chairman Irvin (GB) Ltd 1979-88; FRSA; a Busby Trustee 1977-; Pres. Elizabethan Club 1988-; author of A Brittle Glory (autobiog.) 1986; m. 23 May 1942 Beatrice Frederika Rathbone MP, widow of Flt Lieut. John Rankin Rathbone RAVFR MP, and d. of Frank Roland Clough of Boston, Mass., USA; d. 10 June 2005.

Wykeham-Martin, Cornwallis Philip, son of Maj. Robert Fiennes Wykeham-Martin MBE RE and Julia Elizabeth, d. of George Elliot; b. 1 Aug. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (G); left Dec. 1926; RE 1940-6 (Maj.), US Medal of Freedom Apr. 1946; building trade, FIBE 1952, MCIOB 1981; m. 1st 25 Apr. 1942 Barbara Cecily, d. of Robert Stoney Oliphant-Sheffield of Broadfield House, Cumberland; 2nd 22 Oct. 1955 Rose Mary, d. of Percy Shute Lawrie, of Lindfield, Sussex; d. 30 Dec. 2002.

WYLD, WILLIAM THOMAS, third son of George Wyld (qv); b. 5 Jul 1805; adm. 13 Jan 1818 (G); left Christmas 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1823; BA 1827; MA 1831; ordained; Rector of Blunsdon St. Andrew, Wilts., from 12 Feb 1834; Rector of Woodborough, Wilts., from 25 Feb 1835; d. 18 Mar 1873.

WYLDE, EVERARD WILLIAM, eldest son of William Henry Wylde CMG, Chiswick, Middlesex, Senior Clerk, Foreign Office, and Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Richard Massy; b. 28 Apr 1847; adm. 2 Nov 1860 (G); Min. Can. 1862; left Aug 1864; entered Foreign Office as Junior Clerk 25 May 1868; Assistant Clerk, 2 Apr 1889; acting Secretary of Legation, Brussels 6 Nov 1889; British Delegate to Slave Trade Conference, Brussels 6 Nov 1889; Senior Clerk 1 Jan 1894; retd. 1 Dec 1899; CMG 1 Jan 1891; m. 10 Sep 1872 Florence Julia, eldest dau. of Rev. Lewis Evans, Sandbach, Cheshire; d. 2 Apr 1911.

Wylde, James Truro Augustus, son of Geoffrey Spencer Wylde, artist, and Nancy Ella, d. of Herbert King of Coggeshall, Essex; b. 16 July 1942; adm. Sept. 1955 (G); left July 1960; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1960 (demy); Chancellor’s Essay Prize 1962; d. Dec. 1987.

WYLDE, WILLIAM, brother of Everard William Wylde (qv); b. 26 Jul 1849; adm. 12 Jun 1863 (G); left Aug 1864. [perhaps William G. Wylde, iron manufacturer, b. Chiswick, Middlesex, living unm., aged 31, 1881 (1881 Census), then a visitor at Sedgefield Rectory, co. Durham]

WYNNE, JOHN LLOYD, elder son of John Lloyd Wynne, Coed Coch, Abergele, Denbighshire, and Mary, eldest dau. of John Holland, Teyrden, Denbighshire; b. 30 Mar 1807; adm. 6 Jun 1817 (G); left 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1825; DL Denbighshire, JP Denbighshire 1838, High Sheriff 1865; m. 3 Sep 1833 Mary Anne Frances, dau. of Rev. John Haggitt, Rector of Ditton, Cambs.; d. 4 Mar 1887.