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Wall, John Richard Waddel, son of William Richard Wall OBE, Commissioner of Income Tax, Indian Civil Service, and Violet, d. of George Arthur Waddel; b. 9 Oct. 1929; adm. Sept. 1945 (B); left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1957; a publisher 1953-66; administrator in further education 1966-84; d. 22 Apr. 2006.

WALL, GEORGE, son of Rev. George Wall, Gloucester [presumably Vicar of Hempsted, Gloucs. ]; b.; adm.; KS 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, aged 18, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1663; BA; MA [check dates of degrees, none assigned him in Foster]; ordained (implication from letter of Prideaux to Ellis, 8 Nov 1675); travelling in France with John Locke (qv) 1675-7; death in London “a little before” noted by Anthony Wood in diary entry of 28 Jan 1680/1 (Life and Times of Anthony Wood, ii, 514) (will proved PCC 7 Apr 1681).

WALL, BARTHOLOMEW, eldest son of James Wall, Stratford Langthorne, West Ham, Essex; b.; adm.; KS 1747; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1751 – res 16 Nov 1756; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1748.

Walker-Smith, Hon. Sir John Jonah, Bart., son of Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne PC QC, Conservative politician and barrister, and Dorothy Ellen Mary, d. of Lewis John Walpole Etherton of Rowland’s Castle, Hants; b. 6 Sept. 1939; adm. Jan. 1953 (R); left Dec. 1957; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1958, BA 1961, MA 1965; called to the Bar Middle Temple Nov. 1963; Recorder of the Crown Court 1980-2005; member, Westminster City Council 1968-86; succ. his father as 2nd baronet 22 Jan. 1992; m. 26 Oct. 1974 Aileen Marie, d. of Joseph Smith of Glasgow; d. 9 Mar. 2024.

WALKER-HENEAGE, GEORGE HENEAGE, eldest son of George Wyld (qv); b. 17 Jul 1799; adm. 30 May 1809; KS 1812; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student; assumed surname of Walker-Heneage in lieu of Wyld 20 Aug 1818; BA 1821; MA 1823; MP (Cons) Devizes 1838-57; DL JP Wiltshire, High Sheriff 1829; Chief Proclamator, Court of Common Pleas, and hereditary Chief Usher, Court of Exchequer Nov 1822 – Jun 1852, when post abolished; m. 7 Aug 1824 Harriet Sarah, eldest dau. of William Webber, Binfield Lodge, Berks.; d. 21 Sep 1875.

Walker-Brash, Robert Munro Thorburn, brother of John Douglas Grenville Walker-Brash (qv); b. 15 Nov. 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (H), KS Sept. 1935; left July 1939; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1939, BA 1942, MA 1946; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., BM 1944; FRCS 1950; consult. surgeon Orpington & Sevenoaks Group 1960, retd 1984; m. 14 June 1946 Eva Frances Jacqueline Waite SRN, d. of Horace Stokes Waite, civil engineer, of Plaxtol, Kent.; d. June 2007

Walker-Brash, John Douglas Grenville, son of John Walker-Brash MRCS LRCP, med. practi­tioner, of Willesden, and Gloria Lilian, d. of Douglas Egan, barrister:at-law, of Australia; b. 31 July 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (A); left July 1937; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. East Yorks Regt July 1939, Lieut. July 1940, Capt. Nov. 1940; Maj. 77 Chindit Bde Mar. 1944, wounded, despatches (Burma) July 1944; retd from Army 1952; HM Colonial Service 1952, transf. Diplomatic Service 1959; MBE 1968; retd 1970; m. 7 Mar. 1960 Margaret Adeline, d. of Aubrey Beazley, gen. man. (Middle East) Cable & Wireless, of Cyprus; d. 12 Mar. 1991.

WALKER, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 12 Oct 1796 (Clapham); left 1797.

Walker, William Frederic Delabere, son of William George Walker MICE AMIME, chartered engineer, of Beckenham, Kent, and Bertha Aline Gladys, d. of Maj. Frederic Rosengrave Har­vey of Bexhill-on-Sea; b. 15 Mar. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Dec. 1931; Univ. of London; dir. W. G. Walker & Co. (Engineers) Ltd, of Westmmster and Edenbridge, Kent, 1940- 79; Mayor of the Lond. Borough of Bromley 1982-3; m. 4 May 1940 Dorothy Hilda, d. of Harold Palmer; d. 8 Aug. 2001.

WALKER, SAMUEL EDMUND, son of Edmund Walker, London, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and Esther Walker, Kirkheaton, Yorks. (IGI); b. 22 Jun 1810; adm. 26 Mar 1818; KS 1823; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1827, adm. pens. 29 May 1827, scholar 1828; BA 1831; Crosse Scholar 1833; MA 1834; BD 1841; DD 1846; ordained deacon 2 Aug 1835, priest 31 Jul 1836 (both York); Rector of St. Colomb Major, Cornwall, from 1841; became involved in significant speculative land deals in the Notting Hill district of Kensington, where his father had owned property, and their failure resulted in the sequestration of his living; m.; d. 16 Mar 1869.