Showing 20274 results

WOOD, CHARLES JAMES, son of William Wood, Richmond Buildings, Dean Street, Soho, London, Solicitor to parish of Lambeth, and Hannah --- (IGI); b. 12 Sep 1807; adm. 28 Jan 1822 (Du Brieux's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Oct 1825, matr. 1826; BA 1830; MA 1834; adm. solicitor 1834; practised with father in Dean Street, Soho, London, firm Wood, Wood and Fraser; m. 18 Jul 1839 Hannah Maria, youngest dau. of Thomas Smith, Kingston [check county]; d. 11 Mar 1850.

Wood, Arthur Edward Francis, son of the Rev. Hugh Wood, Vicar of Whitchurch, Bucks, by Emily Josephine, daughter of Edward Solly, of Sutton, Surrey; b. Jan. 18, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1903; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1908, matric. Michael­mas 1908; Stewart of Rannoch Scholar, Greek and Latin, 1909; joined the Indian Police 1910; superintendent Nov. 1925; 2nd Lieut. Indian Cavalry May 26, 1915, attached 28th Light Cavalry Jan. 22, 1918; Capt. May 14, 1919; released in 1920; m. July 10, 1923, Vera May, daughter of L. Gustav Schwabe, of Chelsea.

Wood, Alan Charles Leith, son of the Rev. William Manners Wood, Rector of Littleton, Middlesex; b. Dec. 14, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895; left Dec. 1899; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut., unattached, July 28, 1900; Indian Staff Corps Oct. 12, 1901; 24th Punjab Regt. Oct. 21, 1901; d. at Murree, India, July 5, 1902.

WOOD, ---; b.; in school list Dec 1788; at school 1789, 1790.

WOOD, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS 1663.

WOOD (or WOODD), GEORGE; b.; at school 1790, 1791. [possibly brother of Henry Wood (d) and Robert Wood (d), qv)] [Evidently George Woodd, son of George Woodd, and Sarah ---, bapt. Leybourne, Kent 15 Aug 1778 (IGI)]

WOMBWELL, JOHN, son of George Wombwell, Consul at Alicante, subsequently of Crutched Friars, London, and Anne, dau. of John Nottingham, Friern Barnet, Middlesex; b. 14 Aug 1748; at school under Markham; Writer, EICS Bengal 22 Nov 1775; arrived in India 27 Jun 1776; Superintendent, Saltpetre Manufacture, Dinajpur 1777, Saltpetre and Opium, Purnea 1778; Paymaster, Nawab of Oudh’s troops under British officers 1779; Junior Merchant and Accountant, Lucknow 1782; Senior Merchant 1788; one of donors of Warren Hastings cup; d. unm. 21 Dec 1795.

WOLTON, JOHN, son of John Wolton, Wigan, Lancs. , and Isabella, dau. of John Nowell, and sister of Alexander Nowell, Head Master of the School; b. ; adm. ; KS 18 Jan 1549/50 (Acts of Chapter i, 279); left 1553; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. student 26 Oct 1553; BA 1555; BD and DD 2 Jun 1579; ordained deacon 25 Apr 1560, aged 25, priest 4 Jun 1560; Prebendary of Exeter and of St. Paul’s 1560 [check]; Rector of Sampford Peveril, Devon 15 Aug 1561; Rector of Spraxton, Somerset 1563; Vicar of Braunton, Devon 4 May 1570; Rector of Kenn, Devon 15 Oct 1573; Rector of Lezant, Cornwall 1584; Rector of Haccombe, Devon 20 Oct 1585; first Warden, Manchester Collegiate Church 28 Jul 1578; consecrated Bishop of Exeter 2 Aug 1579; author, The Christian Manuell, 1576, and other works; m. twice; d. 13 Mar 1593/4. DNB.

WOLSTON, THOMAS, brother of Augustus Wolston (qv); bapt. 17 Feb 1798; adm. 3 Jun 1806; left 1814; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1814, aged 17 1/2, scholar 29 Sep 1815 – 25 Mar 1821; BA 1819; ordained deacon 11 Jul 1824, priest 1825 (both Exeter); held curacies in Devon 1824-40; Chaplain, St. Thomas’s Union, Exeter, Devon 1857-82; succeeded father as Lord of the Manor of Tor Bryan, near Newton Abbot, Devon; m. 19 Jun 1827 Mary Ann Houlditch, St. Leonard, Exeter; d. 21 Nov 1885.