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Wright, Edward Mounsteven, son of Edward Mounsteven Wright, of Beckenham, Kent, by Charlotte Susan, daughter of Frederick Albert Pullen, of Herne Hill, Surrey; b. Nov. 13, 1899; adm. April 30, 1914 (H); left Dec. 1915; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; served in Belgium, France, and Italy; m. Aug. 12, 1924, Cynthia Anne, daughter of Harry Boulcott Bolus, of Chelsea; d. Jan. 29, 1931.

WRIGHT, CHARLES, of Surrey; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1651, adm. pens. 9 May 1651, scholar 1651, matr. Easter 1652; 2nd in “ordo” 1654/5; BA 1654/5; MA 1658; DD 1671; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1656 – c. 1671, Tutor 1660, Junior Bursar 1665-7; Junior Taxor 1661; Proctor 1669; Professor of Arabic, Cambridge Univ., from 1702; ordained; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, from 1669; m. 23 Feb 1670/1 Ann Eades, Holy Trinity, Cambridge; d. 13 Nov 1711.

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.

WRIGHT, ALFRED, eldest son of Sir William Wright, Kt, Sigglesthorne Hall, Yorks., Chairman, Hull Dock Company, and his first wife Jane, dau. of William Shaw, Woodfield House, Huddersfield, Yorks.; b. 3 Apr 1842; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); m. 26 Sep 1877 Annie, second dau. of W. Anthony Young, Abbey Park, Louth, Lincs. [Perhaps of Bessingby Hall, Yorks., d. 1898 ?]

WRIGHT, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).

Wren's was founded in 1948. It is named after Sir Christopher Wren’s (1632-1723), who attended Westminster School under the Head Master Richard Busby.

WRAY, JOHN, brother of Sir Cecil Wray, Bart. (qv); b. 31 Mar 1736; adm. Apr 1745 (Smalwell's); buried Teddington, Middlesex 5 Oct 1748.

WRAY, SIR CECIL, BART., eldest son of Sir John Wray, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Fairfax Norcliffe, Langton, Yorks.; b. 3 Sep 1734; adm. Apr 1745 (Smalwell's); left 1749; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1749, matr. 1749; succ. as 13th baronet 26 Jan 1752; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 26 Dec 1755 – 20 Dec 1757; of Fillingham, Lincs.; MP East Retford 1768-80, Westminster 12 Jun 1782-4; a strenuous opponent of the American War; denounced the Fox-North coalition, and opposed Fox’s East India Bill; unsuccessfully contested Westminster against Hood and Fox at the general election of 1784; satirised in The Rolliad and caricatured by Rowlandson and Gillray; m. Esther, dau. of James Summers, Fillingham, Lincs.; d. 10 Jan 1805. DNB.

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.

Wraight, Frederick Ernest, son of Ernest Alfred Wraight CIE, Metallurgical Inspector to Govt of India, and Henrietta, d. of Henry Merrett of Wallington, Surrey; b. 15 Aug. 1908; adm. May 1922 (H); left July 1925.