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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.

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.

WOOLLERY, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jul 1749 (as Woolery) (Burges').

WOOLLCOMBE, HENRY, son of Rev. Henry Woollcombe, Rector of Ashbury, Devon, and Jane Frances, dau. of Rear-Adm. Sir Thomas Louis, Bart.; b. 26 Mar 1813; adm. 18 Jan 1826 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1827; Capt. of the School 1830; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1831, matr. 21 May 1831, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 2nd cl. Mathematics 1834; Johnson Theological Scholar 1835; BA 1834; MA 1837; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Apr 1836; ordained deacon 10 Jun 1838, priest 26 May 1839 (both Oxford); Curate, Sheepwash and Highampton, Devon 1838-44; Prebendary of Exeter 8 Dec 1843; Rector of Kingsteignton, Devon 1844-58; Vicar of Heavitree, Devon 1858-69; Canon Residentiary of Exeter 1861; Archdeacon of Barnstaple Oct 1865; m. 14 May 1846 his cousin Jaquete Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Charles Belfield Louis, Royal Navy; d. 4 Jun 1885.

Woolich, John Gevenson, son of Bernard Woolich LDS, and Millicent Woolich; b. 19 Jan. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (B); left July 1952; KCL 1954-6; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB BS 1959; DObstRCOG 1962, MRCGP 1975; a gen. med. practitioner in London; m. 6 Mar. 1960 Denise Vivienne, d. of Charles Denbin; d. 2 Feb. 2013.

WOOLHOUSE, JOHN THOMAS, son of Thomas Woolhouse, Halstead, Essex, Page of the Presence to Charles II and James II; b.; adm.; KS 1681; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1684, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1684, aged 18, scholar 1 May 1685, matr. 1684; BA 1686/7; an oculist; FRS 2 Nov 1721; d. 1734 (will proved PCC 12 Jan 1734, of St. Martin’s in the Fields). DNB.

Woolfenden, John Alan, son of John Frederick Douglas Woolfenden, insurance broker, of Hampstead, and Alice Catherine, d. of Richard Pearce of Stoke Prior, Herefs; b. 12 Oct. 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (A); left July 1951; d. Sept. 2003.

Woodwark, Richard Graham, son of Sir Arthur Stanley Woodwark CMG CBE MD FRCP DLJP, consultant physician, and Hilda Mary, d. of Sir Richard Atkinson Robinson DL; b. 11 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (H); left July 1939; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1939, played football against Oxford 1941, BA 1944, MA 1946; RNVR (Sp.) 1941-6 (Lieut.), DSC Jan. 1943; PSO For­eign Office and MOD 1946-55; an electrical engineer, AMIEE 1956, FIEE 1964, CEng 1975; Eve Group 1956, man. dir. 1969-85; Master Turners' Company 1961 and 1972, Clerk 1985-; m. 2 Apr. 1949 Elizabeth Janet, d. of Lieut.-Col. Owen Glendinning OBE, of Chelsea; d. 2001

Woodwark, George Millington, brother of Richard Graham Woodwark (qv); b. 27 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1941; 1944, MA 1948; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1947, MB 1948; MRCP 1951; FRCPC FAHA FACC 1964; practised at Salisbury, S. Rhodesia 1953-8, CO, USA 1958-9; consult. cardiologist Victoria BC, Canada 1959-99; m. 1st, 21 Feb. 1948 Carol Mary, d. of W. J. Jenkins; 2nd, 6 Apr. 1957 Marion Florence, d. of G. Bebb of Radlett, Herts; 3rd, 26 Nov. 1983 Sheila Mary, d. of C. Wise of Faversham, Kent; d. 4 June 2012.