Showing 10426 results

WENMAN, PHILIP, 7th VISCOUNT WENMAN (I), eldest son of Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (I), and Sophia, eldest dau. of James Herbert MP, Tythrop, Oxfordshire; b. 18 Apr 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Hawkins'); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1760; MA 1762; DCL 7 Jul 1773; succ. father as 7th Viscount Wenman (I) 16 Aug 1760; MP Oxfordshire 1768-96; m. 7 Jul 1766 Lady Eleanor Bertie, sister of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (qv); d. 26 Mar 1800.

WELSTED, LEONARD; b.; adm.; KS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1667, matr. 1667; BA 1670/1; MA 1674 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1676); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1673 – c. 1687, Tutor 1677-83; ordained deacon 21 May 1676, priest 24 May 1676 (both London); Chaplain to John Dolben (qv), Archbishop of York; Prebendary of York from 30 Dec 1684; Vicar of Abington, Northants 15 Jun 1685-92; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, from Jan 1692/3; m. 12 Dec 1686 Anne, second dau. of Thomas Staveley, Leicester, barrister and antiquary; d. 13 Nov 1694.

WELSTED, LEONARD, eldest son of Leonard Welsted (qv); bapt. 3 Jun 1688; adm.; QS 1703; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1707, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1707, aged 18, but did not matr.; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office; afterwards Clerk Extraordinary (by 1725) and Clerk in Ordinary (from 1730) to Clerk of Deliveries, Ordnance Office; Commissioner for managing State Lottery May 1731; quarrelled with the poet Alexander Pope, who immortalised him in the Dunciad; translated Longinus on the Sublime, 1712; author, Apple-Pye, 1704, and numerous other poems; m. 1st, Frances, dau. of Henry Purcell, Organist of Westminster Abbey; m. 2nd, 4 Dec 1712 (IGI) Anna Maria, dau., of Col. William Walker, Tankerstown, Queen’s Co., Ireland; d. Aug 1747. DNB.

WELLS-DYMOKE, EDMUND LIONEL, brother of Dymoke Wells (qv); b. 21 Mar 1814; adm. 6 Feb 1824 (Stelfox's); Queens’ Coll. Cambridge; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1835, called to bar 2 Nov 1838; assumed additional surname of Dymoke 27 Aug 1866; m. 1st, 22 Apr 1840 Mary Ann, eldest dau. of Thomas Galliers, Stapleton Castle, Herefs.; m. 2nd, 14 Jul 1864 Laura De Blair, dau. of Thomas Robert Jefferson, Gloucester Square, London; d. 15 Jun 1892.

Wells, William Thomas, son of William Thomas Wells, professional boxer known as "Bombar­dier" Billy Wells and Ellen Kilroy; b. 9 Feb. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (R); left Oct. 1930.

Wells, Reginald Iredale, son of Arthur William Wells, of Harlesden, Middlesex, by Eliza Maria, daughter of Michel Weyler, of London; b. Sept. 20, 1890; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (H); left July 1909; Lond. Univ.; B.Sc. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. South Staffs Regt. (S.R.) Aug. 23, 1915; served with 8th Batt. in Flanders and France 1917-8; attached to Wireless Experimental Establishment, R.A.F., from 1918 until demob. as Capt. 1920; Assoc. M.Inst.E.E. 1918; Assoc. Inst. of Physics 1920; in the Radio-Telegraphy Section of the Air Ministry, Development and Research Establishment, since 1920; M.I.E.E. 1939; served in the Royal Aircraft Establishment 1922-38, in the Directorate of Communications Development, Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1938-40, H.Q. No. 80 Wing R.A.F. 1940-5, on British Air Commission, Washington, 1945-7 and in H.Q. No. go Group R.A.F. since 1948; a Principal Scientific Officer; Air Ministry 1941; I.S.O. 1956; retired 1957; d. 24 July 1984.

WELLS, JOSEPH, son of Rev. Joseph Wells, Vicar of Hungerford, Berks., and Sarah --- (IGI); bapt. Hungerford, Berks., 13 Apr 1690 (IGI); adm.; BB in 1703; QS 1706; d. 1708.

Wells, John Hayford, elder son of Charles Augustus Este Wells, of Albury, Surrey, by Anne Susannah Macdonald, daughter of John Graham Macdonald Burt, M.D., of Edinburgh; b. April 12, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (A); Q.S. 1895; left April 1898; 2nd Lieut. North Lancs Regt. May 20, 1899; Lieut. Jan. 4, 1901; Capt. May 5, 1906; Brevet Major April 1, 1915; Major Sept. 1, 1915; temp. Brig.-Gen. Dec. 1, 1917; Brevet Col. June 3, 1919; Col. Aug. 31, 1920; half-pay Feb. 20, 1923; Col., The Loyal Regt., 1931-45; secretary of the Midland Divi­sion of the Woodard Schools; served in South African War 1899-1902, and in France, Belgium, Gallipoli, and Egypt in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L.G. Aug. 20, 1901, July 29, 1902, Jan. 28 and July 13, 1916, and July 6, 1918; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; C.M.G. June 3, 1918; Legion of Honour and Order of the White Eagle with Swords; C.B.E. for services with the Home Guard 1941; m. April 6, 1916; Arabella, eldest daughter of William Walter Wright, of Albury; d. April 6, 1952.

WELLS, HARRY MORLAND, sixth son of Frederick Octavius Wells, EICS Bengal, and Maria Alicia, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Richard Scott, EICS Bengal; b. 16 Mar 1841; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); at Cheltenham Coll. 1856-9; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1859; BA 1863; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Alford, Somerset 1864-6; held other curacies; Rector of Denton with Caldicot, Hunts., 1871-5; Vicar of Prestwood, Bucks., 1875-92; m. 14 Feb 1871 Frances Ellen Paterson, dau. of Joseph Busk, Codicote Lodge, Welwyn, Herts.; d. 7 Feb 1932.

WELLS, GIFFARD, son of Jonah Smith Wells, Islington, Middlesex, stockbroker, and Diana, sister of John Giffard (qv); b. 22 Oct 1802; adm. 22 May 1815 (Du Brieux's); left Whitsun 1816; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1816-20; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; migr. to Sidney Sussex Coll.; BA 1824; MA 1827; ordained deacon 1825, priest 1827 (both Salisbury); Vicar of St. Thomas’s, Stourbridge, Worcs., 15 Aug 1833-5; Head Master, Stourbridge GS 1833; d. 3 Aug 1876. [Perhaps Giffard Wells who m. 17 Dec 1829 Mary Anne Bradshaw (IGI)]