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WORKMAN, CAESAR, son of William Workman, and Susanna --- (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 10 Mar 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1744/5. [note will William Workman, Castle Yard, Holborn, proved PCC 11 Sep 1746]

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM JOHN, son of John Cawood Wordsworth FRCS, Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, and Mary Anne, eldest dau. of William Chasseaud, Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey; b. 27 Apr 1857; adm. 30 May 1872; left Dec 1876; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; LRCP 1887; medical practitioner at Mansfield, Notts. (still in Medical Directory 1899).

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.

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, GEORGE; b. Westminster 21 Mar 1837; adm. 11 Feb 1850 (Scott's).

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.

WOOTON, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1734; left 1743.

Woolrych, Austin Herbert, son of Col. Stanley Herbert Cunliffe Woolrych OBE, First Sec. For­eign Office Information Dept, and May Gertrude, d. of Charles Herbert Wood; b. 18 May 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1935; Roy. Tank Regt 1939-46 (Capt.), wounded Western Desert; Pemb. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949 (1st class hons Mod. History), BLitt MA 1952; lecturer and sen. lecturer in Mod. History Univ. of Leeds 1949-64; Prof. of History Univ. of Lancaster 1964-83, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (971-5; visiting Fellow of All Souls 198-2; Commonwealth visiting Fellow to Univs in Australia and New Zealand 1983; hon. DLitt Lancaster 1986; FBA 1988; author of Battles of the English Civil War 1961, Oliver Cromwell 1964, Commonwealth to Protectorate 1982, England without a King 1649-1660 1983, Soldiers and Statesmen 1987; m. 24 Sept. 1941 Muriel Edith, d. of Walter Henry Rolfe of Aston Clinton, Bucks.; d. 15 Sept. 2004.

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.