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Whittington, Richard George, son of Francis Edwin Whittington of Harrow Weald and Edith Emma, d. of John William George Perkins of East Cowes, I. of Wight; b. 5 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1940; RAC in WW2 (Capt. ); EMI 1947-57; area export sales man. James A. Jopling & Co. Sunderland 1957-8; European man. Mercury Record Productions Inc. Chicago, IL, USA 1958; m. 3 July 1948 Marian Hassall, d. of Reginald Owen Hassall Law MC, of Arle, Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. 1 Jan. 2002.

Whittet, John Alexander, son of Alexander Willis Whittet, seed crusher, of Weybridge, Surrey, and Dorothy Frances, sister of Richard William Foxlee (qv); b. 6 Feb. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (H); left July 1933; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1945; RAFVR 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr), DFC (Berlin) Feb. 1944, bar to DFC June 1944; chairman A. Whittet & Co. Ltd, general commodity traders and publishers; m. 14 Sept. 1940 Mary Ethel Thackara, d. of Ernest Albert Edney of Horndean, Herts.; d. 9 Jan. 2007.

Whittard, Courtenay Lancelot, brother of Algernon Charles Evelyn Whittard (q.v.); b. Sept. 18, 1887; adm. May 4, 1899 (R); left July 1906; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; d. June 16, 1923.

Whittard, Algernon Charles Evelyn, son of John Charles Whittard, of Redhill, Surrey; b. March 9, 1885; adm. May 4, 1899 (H); left July 1901; d. at Paris Nov. 3, 1908.

WHITTAKER, CHARLES GUSTAVUS, eldest son of Charles Gustavus Whittaker (adm. 1807, qv); b. 8 Sep 1820; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stelfox's); left Dec 1836; played cricket for Kent 1838-47, and for the Gentlemen v. Players 1839-42, 1845; “income from land and houses” (1881 Census); m. 1st, Anne Sophia Dadson; m. 2nd, 13 Jan 1882 Emily Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. William Meyler, Rector of St. Lawrence, Pembs.; d. 15 Nov 1886.

Whitney-Smith, Charles Alexander, son of Edwin Whitney-Smith RBS, sculptor, of Kilburn, and Rachel Pitt; b. 16 Jan. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left July 1931; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1931, capt. OUFC, fenced against Cambridge, BA 1936; Brit. Univs Foil champion 1934, Brit. Junior Epée champion 1936; fenced for England 1936; RNVR 1939-45 (Lieut.), despatches Dec. 1945; HM Foreign Service Lyon, Paris, Marseille; Consul Attaché Rangoon 1953; m. 21 Apr. 1943 Patricia Ann, d. of Edgar Booth of Hythe, Kent; d. 16 Jan. 1984.

Whitmore, John Beach, only son of William Beach Whitmore, M.B., of London, by Mary Caroline, only daughter of George Stanbury Pedler, of Knightsbridge. b. June 19, 1882; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); exhibitioner 1896; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1901, matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; 2nd Lieut. Queen's Westminster Rifles Dec. 24, 1904; Lieut. May 21, 1906; Capt. July 29, 1914; Major June 1, 1916; served in France and Belgium 1914-8; T.D. July 1919; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1920, practised in London; secretary of the Elizabethan Club 1924-5; a Bushy Trustee 1953; joint editor of the present work; compiler of A Genealogical Guide (1953); the outstanding genealogist of his day; m. July 6, 1929, Edith Diana, youngest daughter of Richard Henry Botham, M.R.C.S., of Skelton-in­ Cleveland, Yorks; d. Oct. 4, 1957; bequeathed a considerable fortune to the school, subject to certain life interests.

WHITMORE, JAMES MORRAH, second son of John Whitmore MRCS LSA, Sloane Street, Chelsea, surgeon, and Catherine Anne, dau. of William Beach, Sloane Terrace, Chelsea; b. 5 Jan 1850; adm. 27 Jan 1863; QS 1865; left 1867; adm. solicitor Easter 1873; practised in London, firm Brundrett Whitmore and Randall, King’s Bench Walk, Temple; d. unm. 3 Apr 1925.

Whitmore, Hugh Frederick, younger son of Frederick John Whitmore (q.v.); b. Nov. 20, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (G); left July 1910; enlisted in the H.A.C. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Manchester Regt. Aug. 7, 1915; Lieut. Manchester Regt. Nov. 7, 1917; Capt. Feb. 4, 1925; served in Belgium, France, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria 1915-8; wounded; m. March 1, 1927, Amy Dorothea Mansfield, youngest daughter of the Rev. Herbert Court Sturges, Vicar of Bodenham, co. Hereford; d. in Jamaica March 2, 1935.

WHITMORE, FREDERICK JOHN, brother of James Morrah Whitmore (qv); b. 22 Sep 1852; adm. 26 Jan 1866; QS 1 Oct 1867; left Whitsun 1870; a West India sugar merchant in London from 1872; Master, Haberdashers’ Co. 1924; m. 1 Jun 1878 Mary, dau. of William Andrew Macfarlane, Campden Hill, Kensington; d. 29 Jan 1934.