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Worsley, Pennyman Ralph, 1842-1920

  • GB-2014-WSA-18624
  • Person
  • 1842-1920

WORSLEY, PENNYMAN RALPH, eldest son of Pennyman Warton Worsley (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Jul 1842; adm. 7 Jun 1855 (G); QS 1857; left 1861; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 May 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both Peterborough); Curate, Finedon, Northants 1866-8; Rector of Stubton, Lincs., 1868-85; Rector of Little Ponton, Lincs., from 1885; m. 1st, 29 Sep 1868 Sophie Matilda, youngest dau. of Herbert Mackworth (at school under Vincent, qv); m. 2nd, 12 Sep 1877 Jessie Rose, second dau. of Robert Wilson, Dublin, Ireland; d. 18 Jun 1920.

Worsley, Henry Gildart, 1848-1929

  • GB-2014-WSA-18622
  • Person
  • 1848-1929

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.

Worrall, Francis, ca. 1660-1679

  • GB-2014-WSA-18614
  • Person
  • ca. 1660-1679

WORRALL, FRANCIS, son of Rev. Francis Worrall, Vicar of Faversham, Kent; b.; adm.; KS 1675; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1678, matr. 4 Feb 1678/9, aged 19, Westminster Student from 26 Dec 1678; d. 4 Jun 1679. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

Wormell, Rowland Guy de Lang, 1909-1971

  • GB-2014-WSA-18612
  • Person
  • 1909-1971

Wormell, Rowland Guy de Lang, son of Rev. Rowland Wormell, Vicar of Christ Church Dartford, Kent, and Maud Isabel, d. of Capt. Clark, Harbour Master at Bombay; b. 27 Apr. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left July 1927; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1933, practised at Harlow, Essex; 2nd Lieut. REME Jan. 1942, transf. Judge Advocate General's Dept (Capt); d. 1971.

Worlock, Gerald Langton, 1887-1966

  • GB-2014-WSA-18610
  • Person
  • 1887-1966

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.

Worlock, Frederic George, 1886-1973

  • GB-2014-WSA-00178
  • Person
  • 1886-1973

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.

Wordsworth, Jonathan Fletcher, 1932-2006

  • GB-2014-WSA-18606
  • Person
  • 1932-2006

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, 1934-1992

  • GB-2014-WSA-18605
  • Person
  • 1934-1992

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, 1837-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-18604
  • Person
  • 1837-?

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

Wootton, Thomas Christopher, 1913-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-18603
  • Person
  • 1913-?

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.

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