WELLES, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-3 (Chapter Muniments).

WELLESLEY, AUGUSTUS COLLEY DE VERE, fourth son of Richard Wellesley MP, Commissioner, Stamp Office, and Jane, dau. of George Chambers; b. 15 Apr 1831; at King’s Coll. Sch. 1840; adm. 13 Feb 1843 (Benthall's); Clerk, Home Office; of Clover Hill, co. Antrim; musician and composer; m. 12 Aug 1854 Clara, younger dau. of Richard Ashmore, Belfast, Ireland; d. 2 Jan 1873.

WELLS (or WELLES), CORNELIUS; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1562, adm. scholar 1565, matr. Mich. 1564; BA 1567/8; MA 1571; BD 1578; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1570 – c. 1578; ordained deacon (Ely) 31 Dec 1569; Vicar of Masham with Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., 8 Feb 1578; d. 1600.

Wells, Charles Graham, brother of John Bayford Wells (q.v.); b. Jan. 8, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (A); left March 1902; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Oct. 1, 1914; temp. Lieut. Dec. 8, 1915; served in France from May 1915 until he was wounded at Ypres Nov. 5, 1915; Adjt. Spec. Brigade Depot July 1916 - Nov. 1918; acting Capt. Aug. 1917; demob. Dec. 1919; an inspecting engineer.

WELLS, EDWARD, son of Rev. Edward Wells, Vicar of Corsham, Wilts., and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Whitborne, Vicar of Croscombe, Somerset; b. 27 Dec 1667; adm.; KS 1680; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1686, matr. 17 Dec 1686, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1686 – void 1704 (expiry year of grace as R. Cotesbach from 26 Mar 1701/2), Tutor 1691-1702, Catechist 1702-3; BA 1690; MA 1693; BD and DD 1704; delivered the first Fell oration at Christ Church 10 Jul 1694 (Thompson, Christ Church, 99); ordained; Rector of Cotesbach, Leics., from 2 Jan 1701/2; Rector of Bletchley, Bucks., from 28 Mar 1716; quarrelled with his patron and former pupil Browne Willis (qv), and slandered him from the pulpit; a mathematician, geographer and divine; author, A Treatise of Ancient and Present Geography, 1701, and numerous other works; d. 11 Jul 1727. DNB.

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.

WELLS, GIFFARD, son of Jonah Smith Wells, Islington, Middlesex, stockbroker, and Diana, sister of John Giffard (qv); b. 22 Oct 1802; adm. 22 May 1815 (Du Brieux's); left Whitsun 1816; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1816-20; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; migr. to Sidney Sussex Coll.; BA 1824; MA 1827; ordained deacon 1825, priest 1827 (both Salisbury); Vicar of St. Thomas’s, Stourbridge, Worcs., 15 Aug 1833-5; Head Master, Stourbridge GS 1833; d. 3 Aug 1876. [Perhaps Giffard Wells who m. 17 Dec 1829 Mary Anne Bradshaw (IGI)]

WELLS, HARRY MORLAND, sixth son of Frederick Octavius Wells, EICS Bengal, and Maria Alicia, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Richard Scott, EICS Bengal; b. 16 Mar 1841; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); at Cheltenham Coll. 1856-9; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1859; BA 1863; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Alford, Somerset 1864-6; held other curacies; Rector of Denton with Caldicot, Hunts., 1871-5; Vicar of Prestwood, Bucks., 1875-92; m. 14 Feb 1871 Frances Ellen Paterson, dau. of Joseph Busk, Codicote Lodge, Welwyn, Herts.; d. 7 Feb 1932.

Wells, John Hayford, elder son of Charles Augustus Este Wells, of Albury, Surrey, by Anne Susannah Macdonald, daughter of John Graham Macdonald Burt, M.D., of Edinburgh; b. April 12, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (A); Q.S. 1895; left April 1898; 2nd Lieut. North Lancs Regt. May 20, 1899; Lieut. Jan. 4, 1901; Capt. May 5, 1906; Brevet Major April 1, 1915; Major Sept. 1, 1915; temp. Brig.-Gen. Dec. 1, 1917; Brevet Col. June 3, 1919; Col. Aug. 31, 1920; half-pay Feb. 20, 1923; Col., The Loyal Regt., 1931-45; secretary of the Midland Divi­sion of the Woodard Schools; served in South African War 1899-1902, and in France, Belgium, Gallipoli, and Egypt in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L.G. Aug. 20, 1901, July 29, 1902, Jan. 28 and July 13, 1916, and July 6, 1918; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; C.M.G. June 3, 1918; Legion of Honour and Order of the White Eagle with Swords; C.B.E. for services with the Home Guard 1941; m. April 6, 1916; Arabella, eldest daughter of William Walter Wright, of Albury; d. April 6, 1952.

WELLS, JOSEPH, son of Rev. Joseph Wells, Vicar of Hungerford, Berks., and Sarah --- (IGI); bapt. Hungerford, Berks., 13 Apr 1690 (IGI); adm.; BB in 1703; QS 1706; d. 1708.