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WHELER, THEOPHILUS, elder son of Rev. Granville Wheler, Rector of Otterden, Kent, and his first wife Lady Catherine Maria Hastings, fourth dau. of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon; b. 7 Apr 1725; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1739/40 (Bourne;s); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jan 1741/2, matr. 1742; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Jan 1742/3; d. unm. Dec 1743.

WHELER, JOHN, son of John Wheler, Evesham, Worcs.; b.; adm. 21 Jan 1772; KS (aged 13) 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1776, matr. 25 Jun 1776, but resigned from his Westminster Studentship 27 Jan 1777, before being admitted, as he had married his bed maker; 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines 17 Dec 1777; 1st Lieut., 18 Aug 1779; half-pay 1 Sep 1783; tried at Old Bailey 30 Oct 1793 (as John Wheeler) for theft of watch belonging to David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield (qv), from College dormitory at Westminster on 12 Oct; Wheler stated in evidence that he had found the watch in St. James’s Park and was acquitted; a witness stated that he was then in a “deplorable condition”; probably John Wheeler (spelled thus) who was found guilty of bigamy and sentenced to transportation for seven years at the Old Bailey 24 Oct 1798, then aged 38, his first marriage having been to Mary Goodall at St. James’s, Piccadilly, on 5 Dec 1776 (his surname given in register as Wheler), and his second, bigamous, marriage having been to Elizabeth Watkins at St. Bride’s, Fleet Street 22 Apr 1798.

WHEELOCK, JEFFERY, only son of Anthony Wheelock (qv); b.; adm. 21 Jun 1776; KS (aged 14) 1777; in school list Jul 1779; Cornet, 15th Dragoons 24 Sep 1779; Lieut., 29 Sep 1781; Capt., 28 May 1790; Maj., 93rd Foot 30 Oct 1793; served in Flanders 1793; d. 15 Jan 1794.

WHEELER, JOHN, son of Edmund Wheeler, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, and Blanche, sister of Stephen Luddington (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 – Mar 1715, Tutor 1709, Faculty Student 24 Mar 1715 – c. 13 Nov 1749; BA 1706; MA 1709; MB 1712; MD 1718; “an eminent physician at Chester”.

Wheeler, John Ogle, son of Thomas William Ogle Wheeler (qv); b. 31 May 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left July 1924; a chartered accountant, ACA 1929; practised in London; RAFVR (accounts) 1939-45 (Sqdn Ldr); m. 11 June 1932 Joan Muriel Kerrison, d. of Reginald Curtis; d. 6 Apr. 1959.

Wheeler, John Arthur, son of Oliver Wheeler, bank manager, of Leicester, and Dorothy Gladys Mary, cf of Arthur Browne, solicitor, of Latchford, Cheshire; b. 23 Oct. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left Dec. 1933; adm. a solicitor June 1939; RA 1941-5 (Lieut.), p.o.w. Singapore Feb. 1942; practised as solicitor Warrington, Lancs; chairman Warrington and Leigh NHI tribunals from 1952; dep. Circuit Judge from 1973; OBE; m. 24 Dec. 1949 Olive Attracta, d. of Joseph Walsh of Altrincham, Cheshire; d. 13 Mar. 1977.

WHEELER, JAMES ARNOLD, third son of Rev. William Wheeler DD, Chaplain, RMC Sandhurst, Berks.; b. 1 Mar 1814; adm. 15 Jan 1827 (Stikeman's); left Mar 1828; Ensign, 77th Foot 21 Dec 1832; Lieut., 20 Mar 1837; ret. 1842; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1842; d. 27 Aug 1859.

Wheeler, Edmund George, son of Henry Edmund Wheeler, of Eastleigh, Hants, by Agnes Emilie, daughter of Millison Gunton, of Manea, Cambs; b. April 12, 1889; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (G); left Dec. 1905; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1908; 2nd Lieut. Hants Regt. Nov. 6, 1909; Lieut. March 20, 1912; Capt. April 28, 1915; West African Frontier Force Feb. 1914 to Nov. 1919; temp. Major Nov. 1, 1918; served in Togoland, Cameroons, British, German and Portuguese East Africa and N. Rhodesia, and was wounded near Kibata, German East Africa, Dec. 15, 1916; mentioned in despatches; M.C. Feb. 7, 1919; Major, May 16, 1930; with Chit ral Relief Force 1933; Lieut.-Col.; retired; joined the staff of the Accountant Branch, School of Naval Co-operation, Ford, Sussex; re-employed Hants Regt. March 16, 1939; O.B.E. 1933; Brit. Council 1944-51; asst. master at Hereworth School, Havelock North, New Zealand 1953-6; m. April 12, 1917, Margaret Helen, daughter of France Littlewood, of Honley, Yorks.

Wheeler, Anthony Oliver, brother of John Arthur Wheeler (qv); b. 6 May 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (B); left July 1937; 23 Hussars, attd Roy. Wilts Yeomanry, 1939-45 (Lieut.), wounded (Italy) 1944; a chartered accountant, ACA 1948, FCA; practises in London; partner Blakemores 1973-; m. 28 Apr. 1942 Cecilia Mary, d. of William Brown Frearson, solicitor, of Cropston, Leics.; d. 29 Jan. 1999

WHEATLEY, THOMAS, son of Zabulon Wheatley, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1648; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1651, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1651, scholar 1651, matr. Mich. 1651; the sum of £5 was granted to him by the Governors of the School “towards buying of books and releeving him in his greate necessities” 23 Oct 1652.