Wood, Arthur Edward Francis, son of the Rev. Hugh Wood, Vicar of Whitchurch, Bucks, by Emily Josephine, daughter of Edward Solly, of Sutton, Surrey; b. Jan. 18, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1903; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1908, matric. Michael­mas 1908; Stewart of Rannoch Scholar, Greek and Latin, 1909; joined the Indian Police 1910; superintendent Nov. 1925; 2nd Lieut. Indian Cavalry May 26, 1915, attached 28th Light Cavalry Jan. 22, 1918; Capt. May 14, 1919; released in 1920; m. July 10, 1923, Vera May, daughter of L. Gustav Schwabe, of Chelsea.

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.

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

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.

Wolstenholme, James Benjamin Wallace, elder son of James Wolstenholme, of Stanmore, Middlesex, by Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of T. B. Gossling, of Accrington, Lancs; b. March 25, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (A); left July 1909; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles April 1913; Lieut. Railway Transport Officer Sept. 27, 1915; transferred to R.F.C. Aug. 1917; killed accidentally while flying at Doncaster, Yorks, Aug. 20, 1918.

Wolferstan, John, son of Harold Littleton Wolferstan, solicitor, of Plymouth, and Fanny Bridgman of Tavistock; b. 16 Mar. 1906; adm. Apr. 1921 (A); left Dec. 1923; emigrated to Can­ada; Fellow Canadian Bankers' Assn 1934; RCAF 1939-45 (Sqdn Ldr); an accountant in Van­couver 1946-64; Anglican Theolog. Coll. Univ. of Brit. Columbia, ordained 1960, retd 197 4; m. 15 Nov. 1937 Louise Davidson, d. of William R. Brown, grain merchant, of Vancouver; d. 11 Apr. 1993.

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.

Wodehouse, Philip Edward Berkeley, son of Col. Killigrew Reginald Berkeley Wodehouse, of South Kensington, by Katherine Elizabeth, only daughter of James Marke Wood, of Liverpool; b. Nov. 20, 1887; adm. from Rugby School Jan. 15, 1903 (G); left July 1903; a member of Lloyds; d. Aug. 21, 1953.

WODEHOUSE, JOHN, 1st BARON WODEHOUSE, son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart., MP, and Letitia, eldest dau. of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., MP; b. 4 Apr 1741; adm. Oct 1748 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1758; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; Col. East Norfolk Militia 7 Jun 1774, witth rank of Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; succ. as 6th baronet 2 May 1777; . of Kimberley, Norfolk; MP Norfolk 1784 – 26 Oct 1797; created Baron Wodehouse 26 Oct 1797; m. 30 Mar 1769 Sophia, only dau. of Hon. Charles Berkeley, Bruton Abbey, Somerset; d. 29 May 1834.

WODEHOUSE, FREDERIC WILLIAM, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Charles Wodehouse CIE, Indian Staff Corps (previously Bombay Army and EICS Bombay), Kolhapur, India, and Minnie, dau. of William Forbes, Spring Hill, Aberdeen; b. 7 Apr 1867; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (H); left Apr 1884; RMC Sandhurst 1885; Lieut., South Staffordshire Regt., 30 Jan 1886; Lancashire Fusiliers 22 Dec 1886; Indian Staff Corps 17 Jun 1887; Capt., 30 Jan 1897; Maj., 30 Jan 1904; Lieut. -Col., 30 Jan 1912; retd. 7 Apr 1922; served in Chin-Lushai expedition 1889-90; Political Agent, Cutch 1903, Kathiawar 1904, Kolhapur and South Mahratta country 1908-22; CIE 14 Jun 1912; m. 1st, 5 Apr 1893 Mary Helen, eldest dau. of George Nugent Reynolds Lambert, Co. Galway; m. 2nd, 30 Jan 1940 Hilary Mary, only dau. of William Henry Pell, Holme House, Notts.; d. 16 Jan 1961.