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WALMISLEY, THOMAS FORBES, brother of Edward George Walmisley (qv); b. 23 May 1783; in school list 1795; chorister; studied music under Hon. John Spencer and Thomas Attwood; Assistant Organist, Female Orphan Asylum 1810-4; Organist, St. Martin’s in the Fields 1814-54; a professional member of the Catch Club 1827; composed glees, anthems and sacred songs; edited his son Thomas Attwood Walmisley’s Cathedral Music, 1857; m. 15 Oct 1810 Mary Ann, eldest dau. of William Capon, North Street, Westminster, theatrical scene painter and Architectural Draughtsman to Duke of York; d. 23 Jul 1866. DNB.

WALMISLEY, ROBERT, brother of Edward George Walmisley (qv); b. 28 Jan 1786; in school list 1795; chorister; extra clerk, House of Lords 1800-13, clerk, House of Lords c. 1813-22, Clerk of Ingrossments 1822- 5 Oct 1835, Chief Clerk 5 Oct 1835 – 5 Jul 1840; m. 16 Nov 1811 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Robert Selby, Kingsbury, Middlesex; d. 1 Dec 1843.

WALMISLEY, PHILIP MOSS, third son of John Angus Walmisley (qv); b. 19 Nov 1821; adm. 17 Jan 1831; left 1832; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1841; Ensign, 16th Native Infantry 14 Jun 1843; Lieut., 23 Dec 1845 – 6 Jan 1850; served in expedition to Gwalior 1843 and in First Sikh War 1845-6; living in England 1870.

WALMISLEY, JOHN RICHARD LAMBERT, eldest son of John Angus Walmisley (qv); b. 6 Apr 1818; adm. 3 Jul 1827; left 1834; adm. solicitor, Hilary 1840; parliamentary agent, firm Walmisley & Son, Parliament Street, Westminster; Clerk to Vestry of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster 1841-86; a well-known oarsman; won Wingfield Sculls and was Amateur Champion of the Thames 1847, 1848; m.; d. 9 Dec 1890.

WALMISLEY, JOHN ANGUS, brother of Edward George Walmisley (qv); b. 23 Nov 1791; at school under Vincent (ex rel. Arthur Thomas Walmisley); perhaps a clerk, House of Lords 1815-9 (in directories as John Hayden Walmisley); Extra Clerk to Clerk of Privileges and Elections, House of Commons c. 1823-36; parliamentary agent, firm Walmisley & Son, Parliament Street, Westminster; received thanks of Dean and Chapter for his services in giving the alarm, and for his personal exertion in extinguishing the fire in the North Transept 1829 (Chapter Acts, 20 May 1829); Deputy Chief Usher, Court of Exchequer 1842-52; one of the Earl Marshal’s gold staff officers at the coronations of George IV, William IV, and Victoria; m. 6 Sep 1816 Anna Maria, dau. of Lieut. -Col. William Lambert, EICS Bombay; d. 6 Feb 1862.

WALMISLEY, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, second son of John Angus Walmisley (qv); b. 3 Jan 1820; adm. 26 Jan 1830, chorister; m. 1846, ---, dau. of Thomas Bryant, Clapham, Surrey, surgeon; d. in West Indies.

WALMISLEY, EDWARD GEORGE, eldest son of William Walmisley, Copying Clerk, House of Lords, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Jackson, Bewdley, Worcs.; b. 26 Dec 1778; adm. 24 Apr 1787, chorister; Clerk, House of Lords 1799-1819, Clerk of the Journals from 1819; m. 1st, 9 Nov 1810 Amelia Matilda, widow of Frederick Fox, Westminster; m. 2nd, 9 Aug 1825 Mary Selina Sybella, dau. of Thomas Harris Bradshaw, Senior Clerk, Post Office; d. 19 Sep 1835.

WALLYN, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments).

WALLWYN, RICHARD, son of James Wallwyn MP, Longworth, Herefs., and Ann, dau. of Richard Tayler; b. 22 Nov 1718; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1730 (as Walwyn); left 1735; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Feb 1735/6, aged 17; adm. Inner Temple 27 Sep 1732; FSA 2 Mar 1748; m. Mary, dau. of Rev. William Floyer, Whitbourne, Herefs., Prebendary of Hereford; d. 25 Mar 1750.

WALLS, GEORGE, son of William Walls, Rock, Worcs., and Mary, dau. of John Carver, King’s Pyon, Herefs.; Russell Barker and Stenning identify him as KS 1661, elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, but the KS and Westminster Student was George Wall (above); George Walls matr. at Christ Church 4 Apr 1663 and was a Canoneer Student 7 Jul 1664 – void 1696, Tutor 1670-93, Senior Censor 1677-8; Russell Barker and Stenning give George Walls’s other details as BA 1667, MA 23 Mar 1669/70, BD 1682, DD 1684, Chaplain to Company of Merchants Trading to Hamburg 1682-9, Prebendary of Worcester from 23 Apr 1694 and of St. Paul’s from 23 Mar 1694/5, Rector of Holt with Witley, Worcs., 19 Oct 1695 – Jan 1727, Vicar of Wichenford, Worcs., 1707, d. 15 Sep 1727]