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Wilkinson, Sir Robert Pelham, son of Robert Daniel Wilkinson, of Croydon, Surrey, by Kate, daughter of William Barton Ford, of Croydon; b. Oct. 1, 1883; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left May 1901; a member of the London Stock Exchange 1906; Master of the Needleworkers Company 1927; deputy chairman of the London Stock Exchange 1936-46; member of the Departmental Committee on Fixed Trusts 1936, and on Share-Pushing 1936; member of the Cohen Committee on Company Law 1943; knighted 1946; president of the Elizabethan Club 1953-5; author of Wilkinson's Tea Share Manual (1924); m. Sept. 17, 1910, Phyllis Marion, daughter of John Charles Barnard, of Kensington; d. May 24, 1962.

Wilkinson, Oliver Marlow, son of Louis Umfraville Wilkinson, author and lecturer, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and Frances Josepha Gregg, poet, d. of Oliver Howard Gregg of Fort Leav­enworth, Kansas, USA; b. 28 Jan. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (G); left Dec. 1930; dir. Red Triangle The­atre, London, 1936-8; drama adviser Lond. YMCA 1938-9; RN in WW2; drama dir. Iona Community 1945-51; co-dir. Oxford Playhouse 1951-2; drama adviser TocH 1952-6, drama organiser Oxfordshire County 1956-61; sen. lecturer Oxf. Poly. 1962-80; author (as Oliver Marlow) of Ishmael (Sybil Thorndike Trophy winner) 1937, How Can We Save Father (Royal Court) 1954; ed. letters of his godfather John Cowper Powys; m. 18 Mar. 1939 Margaret Lily, d. of Henry Shenton, civil servant, of Hampstead; d. Sept. 1999.

Wilkinson, John Ross, son of W. F. Wilkinson of Wallington, Surrey; b. 31 Mar. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Apr. 1924; d.

WILKINSON, JOHN EDWARD, son of Edward Wilkinson, Potterton Hall, Yorks., and Abnn, dau. of Nicholas Pearse, Woodford, Essex; b. 28 Oct 1789; adm. 29 Jan 1800 (Clapham); in school list 1801; Min. Can. 1804; left Dec 1807; Writer, EICS Bengal 1809; at Haileybury Coll. 1810; arrived in India 15 Oct 1811; Assistant to Collector of Customs, Cuttack 7 Aug 1813; Officiating Collector of Customs, Hooghly 7 Jun 1815; Deputy Collector of Customs, Benares 7 Mar 1819; Collector, Banda 25 May 1821; Magistrate, Tirhoot 5 Apr 1831; res. 1 May 1843; m. 11 Apr 1814 Catherine, eldest dau. of Robert Bathurst, EICS Bengal; d. 4 Aug 1850.

Wilkinson, Gordon Frederick Noble, brother of Robert Pelham Wilkinson (q.v.); b. Sept. 20, 1892; adm. May 4, 1906 (H); lejt July 1909; enlisted in 10th Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. K.O.Y.L.I. June 13, 1916; killed in action at Fricourt July 2, 1916; unm.

Wilkinson, Edward Martin Henry, brother of David Langley Wilkinson (qv); b. 12 May 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G), KS May 1935; left July 1939; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1939, BA 1942; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut.); Dip. Ed. (Lond.) 1947; asst master King's Sch. Gloucester 1947-9, Rich­mond GS, Yorks, 1949; sen. classics master Richmond Comp. Sch. 1971; d. 17 Oct. 1995.

Wilkinson, David Langley, son of Harold Mayfield Wilkinson, asst master Durham Sch., and Annie Gwendoline, d. of Henry Douglas Johns MD, of Hornsea, Yorks; b. 26 Apr. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (G); left July 1937; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, BA 1941; commissioned 1/15 Punjab Regt IA July 1941 (Capt.), MC (Burma) June 1943; later Bde Maj. 106 Ind. Inf. Bde and HQ Mhow Sub-Area; d. 15 Apr. 1997.

WILKINS, WILLIAM, son of William Wilkins, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1734; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; d. 1740. [Perhaps bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 16 Dec 1722, son of William Wilkins, and Eleanor --- (IGI)]

Wilkins, Trevor Hamilton, eldest son of Gilbert Hamilton Wilkins, F.R.C.S., of Brixton, Surrey, by Anna Maria, daughter of Robert Duckham, of Crowcombe, Somerset; b. May 6, 1880; adm. April 28, 1892 (H); left Dec. 1897; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1905; practised in London; served in Great War I; temp. Lieut. R.A.M.C. Sept. 21, 1914; Capt. Sept. 21, 1915, attached 8th Northumberland Fusiliers; wounded at Suvla Bay Oct. 26, 1915.

Wilkins, Geoffrey, brother of Trevor Hamilton Wilkins (q.v.); b. Nov. 21, 1884; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (H); left Dec. 1900; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles Sept. 2, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers May 22, 1915; m. Oct. 10, 1914, Letitia Gertrude, daughter of Daniel Hill, of Twickenham; d. Oct. 5, 1915, of wounds received in action Oct. 3, at Loos, in France.