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Wool-Lewis, Cyril Eric, son of Ernest Wool-Lewis MRCS, of West Wittering, Sussex, and Alice Ruth, d. of Meredith Townsend; b. 17 June 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1925; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1925, BA 1928, rowed against Oxford 1929, MA 1933; 2nd Lieut. East Surrey Regt Aug. 1929, Lieut. Sept. 1930, Capt. Aug. 1938; Roy. West African Frontier Force 1932-5; Asst Commissioner of Police Sierra Leone 1935-7, Asst District Commissioner 1937; Adj. Sierra Leone Regt 1939-41; civil employment 1941-5; District Commissioner Sierra Leone 1945, Commissioner Turks and Caicos Is 1946; OBE 1951; Colonial Office 1952-3; Perm. Sec to Min. of Northern Nigeria 1953, to Nigerian Federal Ministry 1956-61; CRO 1961-5; tutorial establishments 1965-73; m. 30 Apr. 1938 Harriet Frances Wright Young; d. 22 Mar. 1975.

Woolley, John Paul Madox, son of Howard Mark Woolley CBE, Northern Nigeria Civil Service, and his first wife Margaret Marie, d. of F. Gare; b. 7 May 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (G); left Mar. 1926; FO RAF (short service) Apr. 1938, perm. commission 1939, Flt Lieut. Sept. 1940, Sqdn Ldr June 1944, despatches June 1945, Wing Cdr Jan. 1949; m. 12 Mar. 1941 Jane Briggs; d. 11 Sept. 1997.

Wootton, Thomas Christopher, son of Frank Stanley Wootton, solicitor, of Lee, Kent, and May, d. of Christopher Rowbotham of Grove Park, Kent; b. 14 Dec. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1930; a chartered accountant, ACA 1935; British Nylon Spinners, Pontypool; m. 14 Dec. 1940 Mary Elizabeth, d. of C. E. S. Mason of Blackheath.

Wordsworth, Giles Geoffrey Frere, brother of Jonathan Fletcher Wordsworth (qv); b. 10 May 1934; adm. May 1948 (G); left July 1952; a journalist; Northern Daily News, Ontario, Canada, later Daily Mirror, London; m. 15 Sept. 1961 Princess Jeanne Marie Carolina Annunziata Rospigliosi, d. of Prince William Rospigliosi of M’Sasa, S. Rhodesia; d. 29 Feb. 1992.

Wordsworth, Jonathan Fletcher, son of Andrew Siegfried Wordsworth, asst. master at the Sch., later at Bryanston Sch., of Childe Okeford, Dorset, and Helen, d. of Stephen Fletcher of Salisbury, Wilts; b. 28 Nov. 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (G); left July 1951; Brasenose Coll. Oxf., matric. 1952, BA 1955 (1st class hons Eng. Lang. & Lit. ); sen. Hulme res. schol. 1955, MA 1958; Fellow of Exeter Coll. 1957-80; visiting assoc. Prof. Cornell Univ. 1966-7 and 1970; Chatterton lecturer Brit. Academy 1969; lecturer, Romantic Studies, and Fellow of St Catherine’s Coll. Oxf., 1980; Prof. of English Literature, Univ. of Oxf. 1996-2000; hon. sec. trustees of Dove Cottage Grasmere; chmn. Wordsworth Trust 1976-2002, Pres. 2002-; author of The Music of Humanity 1969 and editions of Wordsworth studies and texts; m. 1st, 26 June 1958 (div. 1984) Ann Wordsworth, Fellow of St Hugh’s Coll. Oxf., d. of William Sherratt of Goathland, Yorks; 2nd, 1984 Lucy Newlyn DPhil, Prof. English Language and Literature, Oxford; 3rd, 1998 Jessica Prince; d. 21 June 2006.

Worlock, Frederic George, son of Thomas Worlock, of St. Johns Wood, by Sophia Eliza­beth, daughter of Walter Thornhill, of Paddington; b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1905; an actor, first appeared at the Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, Feb. 17, 1908, in Much Ado about Nothing; has since played mainly in the U.S.A.; a regular film­ actor at Hollywood from 1939; a member of the Benson company 1905-10; enlisted in 14th Batt. London Regt. (London Scottish) Nov. 9, 1914; temp. Capt. in the same, Nov. 30, 1915; wounded March 28, 1917; M.C. Nov. 26, 1917; m. 1st Feb. 11, 1911, Olive, daughter of Robert Noble, of Liverpool; 2nd Elsie Ferguson, actress, daughter of Hiram Benson Ferguson, of New York; d. 1973.

Worlock, Gerald Langton, brother of Frederick George Warlock (q.v.); b. Dec. 18, 1887; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left July 1906; a clerk with Messrs. Robinson Fisher and Harding, King Street, St. James's, since 1909; enlisted in the H.A.C. Sept. 5, 1914, and served in France Dec. 27, 1914 - June 16, 1915, when he was wounded; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Royal Berks Regt. Nov. 16, 1915; served in France May 1916 - March 27, 1918, when he was again wounded; retired with rank of Capt. March 1920; M.C. Nov. 26, 1917; an antique dealer and valuer; Lieut. R.A.O.C. April 8, 1940; Capt.; m. Jan. 26, 1929, Kathleen Margaret, daughter of Ernest Popplewell Pullan, of Blackheath, Kent; d. 1966.

WORSLEY, HENRY GILDART, son of Pennyman Warton Worsley (qv), and his first wife; b. 12 Feb 1848; adm. 23 Jun 1859 (G); left Christmas 1862; Ensign, King’s Own Borderers 13 Feb 1866; Lieut., 8 Dec 1869; Capt., 15 Aug 1877; ADC to Brig. -Gen. Pakenham; Maj., 25 Mar 1885; retd., hon. rank Lieut. -Col., 17 Feb 1886; JP Yorkshire North Riding; m. 24 Apr 1884 Maria Georgina, eldest dau. of J. G. Hyde, Winchester, Hampshire; d. 1 Oct 1929.

WRANGHAM, WALTER FRANCIS, eldest son of Digby Cayley Wrangham MP, Serjeant-at-Law, Wilton Crescent, London, and Amelia, second dau. of Walter Ramsden Fawkes (qv); b. 15 Sep 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1842 (G); went to Eton Coll.; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 May 1848; BA 1852; MA 1855; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Nov 1852, called to bar 17 Nov 1859; Western Circuit; of Hotham House, Yorks.; JP [Yorkshire ?]; m. 9 Jul 1868 Fanny, only dau. of John Grimston, Neswick Hall, Yorks.; d. 12 Dec 1893.

WRIGHT, CHARLES BEAUFOY, third son of Edward John Wright MD MRCS LSA, Clapham, Surrey, and Rose Mary, dau. of Thomas Trew, St. Peter’s, Thanet, Kent; b. 12 Jul 1863; adm. 28 May 1875 (G); Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1882.