Watford, Ernest Francis Brooke, son of William Daniel Watford, of Chelsea; b. Oct. 21, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); K.S. (non-resident) 1913; left April 1916.
Waterson, Sidney Frank, son of John Waterson, of Johannesburg, South Africa, F.R.I.B.A., by Louisa Charlotte, daughter of Henry Richard Hughes, of Sydenham, Kent; b. June 4, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; left Dec. 1914; Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Sussex Regt., attached M.G.C., July 1, 1917; served in France and Salonika in Great War I; a wine merchant at Cape Town, South Africa, firm, J. Sedgwick and Co. Ltd.; M. P. (Union of South Africa) for South Peninsula Division 1929-38 and for Claremont Division since 1943; South African Minister in Paris 1939; High Commissioner in London 1939-42; Minister of Commerce South Africa Jan 1943, of Economic Development 1943-8 and of Transport 1948; m. Feb. 16, 1924, Hilda Maude, daughter of Major John Alfred Eugene Markus of Cape Town; d. 1976.
WATERS, THOMAS, son of Randle Jackson Waters (adm. 1812, qv); b. 11 Dec 1839; adm. 22 Jun 1848; QS 1854; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1858, matr. 27 May 1858, Westminster Student 1858-73; one of the last three Westminster Students of Christ Church elected under the old system; BA 1862; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Oxford); Curate, Shippon, Berks., 1863, Abingdon, Berks., 1863-4; Vicar of Maiden Bradley, Wilts., 1864-72; Vicar of Thornbury, Gloucs., 1872-85; Vicar of Staverton, Northants., 9 Dec 1885-1904; m. 29 Aug 1872 Barbara Bass, younger dau. of Samuel Vessey, Halton Manor, Lincs.; d. 18 Feb 1909.
WATERS, RANDLE JACKSON, son of Randle Jackson Waters (adm. 1812, qv); b. 19 Mar 1835; adm. 3 Jun 1847; QS 1850; left 1854; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1854; BA 1858; ordained 1860; Curate, South Milton, Devon 1865, subsequently Northolt, Middlesex and St. Stephen’s, Walthamstow, Essex. [not in 1881 Census or Crockford 1890]
Waters, John Francis, only son of John Waters, of Hiogo, Japan, by Emma Maria, daughter of William Lines, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; b. July 21, 1876; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 26, 1889; Captain of the School 1894; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1895, matric. Michaelmas 1895; B.A. 1900; a clerk in the Secretary's Dept. Inland Revenue Office; d. Aug. 16, 1920.
WATERLAND, HENRY, only son of Rev. Henry Waterland LLD, Rector of Wrington [check county], and Prebendary of Bristol, and his first wife Meriel Day, Cambridge; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1742/3 (Ludford's); left 1749; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Mar 1748/9, matr. 1750; d. while an undergraduate.
WATERFIELD, WILLIAM, eldest son of Thomas Nelson Waterfield (qv); b. 14 Aug 1832; adm. 26 Jan 1843; QS (Capt. ) 1846; Capt. of the School 1849; left 1850; at Haileybury Coll. 1850-2; Writer, EICS Bengal 1852; arrived in India 19 Nov 1852; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Twenty-Four Parganas 1854; Assistant to Superintendent of Survey, Western Div., 1856; Accountant-Gen., North-West Provinces 1864-77; Comptroller-Gen., 1877-80; ret. 5 Sep 1881; an interesting account of his early impressions of Westminster and its precincts appears in Elizabethan, vols. vii and viii; joint founder in 1906, with his brother Sir Henry Waterfield (qv), of a fund for providing a prize for Latin and Greek prose composition; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1864 his cousin Louisa Benthall, younger dau. of James Gay, Highgate, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1885 Rose Matilda, seventh dau. of Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Bart., KCH FRS, Master of the Mint; d. 24 Jan 1907.
Waterfield, William Hugh Herschel, son of William Francis Herschel Waterfield (qv); b. 25 Feb. 1916; adm. Sept. 1933 (A), (G) Jan. 1934; left July 1934; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1935; a journalist in S. Africa; m. 3 Aug. 1946 Gerda Pauline, d. of Charles Algar of Pinelands, Cape Town; d. 5 Sept. 1967.
Waterfield, William Francis Herschel, son of William Waterfield (q.v.), by his second wife; b. June 1, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1909; Lieut. R.G.A. Oct. 23, 1918; served in France June 1917 - Feb. 1919; an astronomer; F.R.A.S.; m. April 4, 1913; Aimee Marguerite, second daughter of Commander James Hazel, R.N., of Steventon, Berks; d. as the result of a motoring accident at Bloemfontein, May 14, 1933.
WATERFIELD, THOMAS NELSON, eldest son of William Waterfield, Barton Street, Westminster, accountant in Exchequer Bill Pay Office, and Elizabeth Weekes Patey; b. 22 Jul 1799; adm. 14 Jun 1811; KS 1814; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1817, adm. pens. 16 May 1817, scholar 1818, matr. 1817; Junior Clerk, Board of Control 1818; Assistant Clerk (by 1830); Senior Clerk, Secret and Political Dept., 1839; Private Secretary to Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (qv); in charge of Records, Cannon Row, Westminster 1858-61; ret. 1861; m. 17 Jun 1826 Elizabeth, sister of William Benthall (qv); d. 7 Sep 1862.