West, Richard Joy, son of William George West, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Marianne Louisa, daughter of Daniel Grace, of Luton, Beds; b. Feb. 21, 1898; adm. April 28, 1910 (H); left Easter 1915; an interior decorator; 2nd Lieut. Grenadier Guards (S.R.) Feb. 22, 1916; Lieut. March 1917; Capt.; served in France 1917-8; twice wounded; M.C. Aug. 21, 1918; Lieut. The Artists' Rifles Jan. 1921; retired May 1929; Capt. The Artists' Rifles Feb. 19, 1941; Instructor, Bisley Small Arms School; m. Nov. 16, 1929, Elizabeth Christina, daughter of Bertram George Mitford, of Cobham, Surrey; d. 1953.

WEST, RICHARD, son of Thomas West, Hardington, Northants, and his second wife Dorothy, sister of Sir Richard Lane (qv); bapt. 6 Oct 1614; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1629; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1632, matr. 15 Feb 1632/3, Westminster Student; BA 1636; MA 1639 (incorp. Cambridge 1641); DD 1669; ejected from Westminster Studentship 1649 by Parliamentary Visitors; ordained; Rector of Shillingstone, Dorset, from 1649; Prebendary of Wells from 21 Apr 1664; Rector of Durweston, Dorset, from 22 May 1664; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II; m. Anne, dau. of Thomas Bettesworth, Winchester, Hampshire; d. 22 May 1690.

WEST, SAMUEL HATCH, eldest son of John West, Bayswater, London, Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Mails, General Post Office, and Sarah --- (IGI); b. 13 Apr 1848; adm. 30 May 1861; QS 1863; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1867, matr. 12 Jun 1867; 2nd cl. Classics (Mods) 1869, 1st cl. Nat. Science 1871; Radcliffe Travelling Fellow 1874; MA and MB 1875; MD 1882; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCP 1877; FRCP 1885; Physician and Lecturer on Medicine, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; Consulting Physician, Royal Free Hospital; a Governor of the School from 1907; Busby Trustee 22 May 1917; author, Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, 1909; m. 22 Dec 1881 Margaret Nanny, dau. of Sir Edward Frankland KCB FRS DCL, Professor of Chemistry, Royal School of Mines; d. 2 Mar 1920. [mother’s surname perhaps Hall (IGI)]

Westbury, Robert Clifton, son of Eric Westbury, underwriting member of Lloyd’s, of St Neots, Hunts., and Lillian Clifton McGeagh, d. of John d. McGeagh, property owner, of Denver, CO, USA; b. 20 Apr. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (R); left July 1954; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA MB BChir 1961; MD 1981; a family physician, FCFPC; assoc. Prof. Dept of Family Medicine, Univ. of Calgary, Canada; m. 25 July 1959 Clare Elizabeth Marion Watkins SRN, d. of Walter H. Watkins, electrical engineer; d. 1 June 2003.

WESTBY, JOHN, son of Titus Westby, York; bapt. 6 Jun 1613 St. Gregory by St. Paul, London (IGI); adm. ; KS (aged 15) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224).

Western, Brian Edward, son of Edward Harry Western of St Margaret’s-on-Thames, and Muriel Blanche, d. of Edward James Emery; b. 27 Oct. 1924; adm. Apr. 1938 (H); left July 1941; Univ. of Wales, BSc; an electrical engineer, GIMechE GIEE 1946; m. 2 Jan. 1954 Betty, d. of William Albert Allen of Whitley Bay, Northumberland.

WESTMACOTT, CHARLES BABINGTON, son of Augustus Frederick Westmacott, Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, elocutionist, and Hannah Lyons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; b. 5 Feb 1864; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (J); left Aug 1880; emigrated to Australia 1884; made debut as actor at Sydney 29 Oct 1887; after 1895 combined career as an actor with theatre management; general manager, J. C. Williamson Ltd, theatrical producers and lessee of Theatre Royal, Sydney 1916 - Jan 1934; a prominent figure in Australian yachting and horse racing; OBE 1917; m. 3 Aug 1893 Rosa Butler; d. at Sydney 21 Oct 1934.

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

Westoby, James Fordham, brother of Stephen Barlow Westoby (qv); b. 29 June 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (R); left July 1964; d. Aug. 1978.

WESTON, ---; b.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).