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WESTWOOD, JOHN, eldest son of Rev. John Westwood, Vicar of Halesowen, Worcs., and Rebecca, sister of Adam Littleton (qv); bapt. 7 Mar 1664/5; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1684, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1684, aged 18, scholar 1 May 1685, matr. 1685; BA 1687/8; ordained deacon (Rochester) 26 May 1689, priest (Winchester) 22 Dec 1689; Vicar of Overton, Hampshire, from 30 Jan 1689/90; m. 1 Oct 1691 Susanna, dau. of Edward Nott, Minety, Gloucs. [check]; buried Overton, Hampshire 9 Oct 1709.

WESTWOOD, ---; b.; adm.; KS in 1630; the expenses of his burial are charged in the Abbey Treasurer’s accounts for the year ending Mich. 1631 (Chapter Muniments 33686).

West-Taylor, Launcelot Robert Herbert, son of Herbert Edward West-Taylor, of Kilburn, by Clare, daughter of George Belcher; b. Nov. 29, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1915.

Weston, John Ruahine, son of Capt. Thomas Shailer Weston, Mercantile Marine, of Kensington, by Edith Mary McPherson, daughter of Alister Mackintosh Clark, of Canterbury, New Zealand; b. March 5, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. Unattached List Sept. 12, 1917; Indian Army Dec. 9, 1917; Lieut. Sept. 12, 1918; attached 119th Mahratta L.I. 1919 and 1 10th Mahratta L.I. 1922; retired Dec. 22, 1922; a tobacconist at Bromley, Kent; re-employed 1939 as Capt. R.A.S.C.; Major June 1942; served in Great War I on North West Frontier and in Great War II with Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1941-5; m. Jan. 29, 1934; Sybil Zerphora, daughter of Sydney James Walters. of Ardfillan Road, Liver­pool; d. Oct. 17, 1947, of tuberculosis contracted on active service.

WESTON, ANTHONY, of Staffordshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1614, Westminster Student (still 1616); migr. to Gloucester Hall, matr. 30 Oct 1618, aged 18; BA 1618; MA 1621; buried St. Thomas, Oxford 10 Jun 1622.

WESTON, ---; b.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

Westoby, James Fordham, brother of Stephen Barlow Westoby (qv); b. 29 June 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (R); left July 1964; d. Aug. 1978.

WESTMORLAND, HENRY STEWART; b. 30 Jul 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (G); left Aug 1879.

WESTMACOTT, CHARLES BABINGTON, son of Augustus Frederick Westmacott, Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, elocutionist, and Hannah Lyons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; b. 5 Feb 1864; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (J); left Aug 1880; emigrated to Australia 1884; made debut as actor at Sydney 29 Oct 1887; after 1895 combined career as an actor with theatre management; general manager, J. C. Williamson Ltd, theatrical producers and lessee of Theatre Royal, Sydney 1916 - Jan 1934; a prominent figure in Australian yachting and horse racing; OBE 1917; m. 3 Aug 1893 Rosa Butler; d. at Sydney 21 Oct 1934.

Western, Brian Edward, son of Edward Harry Western of St Margaret’s-on-Thames, and Muriel Blanche, d. of Edward James Emery; b. 27 Oct. 1924; adm. Apr. 1938 (H); left July 1941; Univ. of Wales, BSc; an electrical engineer, GIMechE GIEE 1946; m. 2 Jan. 1954 Betty, d. of William Albert Allen of Whitley Bay, Northumberland.