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Wall, Philip Errington, son of Henry Augustus Wall of Mitcham, Surrey, and Alice Margery, d. of Augustus Henry Murray Driver of Lapworth, Warks.; b. 15 Feb. 1908; adm. Apr. 1921 (A); left Dec. 1923; City & Guilds Inst., ACGI 1929; C. A. Parsons & Co. and Ransomes & Marles Bearing Co. 1931-9; AMIMechE 1940; tech. asst Min. of Aircraft Production 1939, tech. officer 1940-3; resident tech. officer de Havilland Engine Co. 1944; asst engineer Canadian Internat. Paper Co. Hawkesbury, Ontario, 1947; retd 1971; m. 10 July 1937 Lilian Margaret, d. of Sydney Richard Blackburn of Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. 15 June 1973.

WALL, JOHN, son of “genteel parents” in the City of London; b. 1588; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1604, matr. 23 Nov 1604, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1624; BA 1608; MA 1611; BD 1618; DD 1623; ordained; Rector of St. Aldates, Oxford 1617; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from May 1632; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire 1637; Prebendary of Salisbury from 5 Nov 1644; ejected from his Canonry of Christ Church by the Parliamentary Visitors “for his high contempt and denyall of authoritie of Parliament”, 12 Apr 1648, but restored on his submission, 25 Sep 1648; in a letter to the Committee dated 24 Jul 1650 the Visitors report that Wall had resigned one of his two livings and that they have been “credibly informed of his affection to Parliament” (Burrows, 183, 298); a quaint preacher and learned patristic divine; d. unm. 20 Oct 1666. DNB.

Wall, John Richard Waddel, son of William Richard Wall OBE, Commissioner of Income Tax, Indian Civil Service, and Violet, d. of George Arthur Waddel; b. 9 Oct. 1929; adm. Sept. 1945 (B); left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1957; a publisher 1953-66; administrator in further education 1966-84; d. 22 Apr. 2006.

WALL, GEORGE, son of Rev. George Wall, Gloucester [presumably Vicar of Hempsted, Gloucs. ]; b.; adm.; KS 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, aged 18, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1663; BA; MA [check dates of degrees, none assigned him in Foster]; ordained (implication from letter of Prideaux to Ellis, 8 Nov 1675); travelling in France with John Locke (qv) 1675-7; death in London “a little before” noted by Anthony Wood in diary entry of 28 Jan 1680/1 (Life and Times of Anthony Wood, ii, 514) (will proved PCC 7 Apr 1681).

WALL, BARTHOLOMEW, eldest son of James Wall, Stratford Langthorne, West Ham, Essex; b.; adm.; KS 1747; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 – res 16 Nov 1756; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1748.

WALKER-HENEAGE, GEORGE HENEAGE, eldest son of George Wyld (qv); b. 17 Jul 1799; adm. 30 May 1809; KS 1812; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student; assumed surname of Walker-Heneage in lieu of Wyld 20 Aug 1818; BA 1821; MA 1823; MP (Cons) Devizes 1838-57; DL JP Wiltshire, High Sheriff 1829; Chief Proclamator, Court of Common Pleas, and hereditary Chief Usher, Court of Exchequer Nov 1822 – Jun 1852, when post abolished; m. 7 Aug 1824 Harriet Sarah, eldest dau. of William Webber, Binfield Lodge, Berks.; d. 21 Sep 1875.

Walker-Brash, Robert Munro Thorburn, brother of John Douglas Grenville Walker-Brash (qv); b. 15 Nov. 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (H), KS Sept. 1935; left July 1939; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1939, BA 1942, MA 1946; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., BM 1944; FRCS 1950; consult. surgeon Orpington & Sevenoaks Group 1960, retd 1984; m. 14 June 1946 Eva Frances Jacqueline Waite SRN, d. of Horace Stokes Waite, civil engineer, of Plaxtol, Kent.; d. June 2007

Walker-Brash, John Douglas Grenville, son of John Walker-Brash MRCS LRCP, med. practi­tioner, of Willesden, and Gloria Lilian, d. of Douglas Egan, barrister:at-law, of Australia; b. 31 July 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (A); left July 1937; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. East Yorks Regt July 1939, Lieut. July 1940, Capt. Nov. 1940; Maj. 77 Chindit Bde Mar. 1944, wounded, despatches (Burma) July 1944; retd from Army 1952; HM Colonial Service 1952, transf. Diplomatic Service 1959; MBE 1968; retd 1970; m. 7 Mar. 1960 Margaret Adeline, d. of Aubrey Beazley, gen. man. (Middle East) Cable & Wireless, of Cyprus; d. 12 Mar. 1991.

WALKER, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 12 Oct 1796 (Clapham); left 1797.

WALKER, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1730; left 1735.