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Walmsley, Braid Alaric Ridgway Fraser, son of Geoffrey Lionel Walmsley, journalist, and Dorothea Margaret, man. ed. Encounter magazine, d. of George Fraser Beck of Carlisle, Cumberland; b. 1 May 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (R); left Dec. 1963; d. 1 Feb. 1965.

Wallis, Neville, son of Ferdinand Hammans Wallis LDS and Margaret Wallis; b. 21 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1934; RIASC in WW2 (Lieut.); m. 20 Mar. 1945 Margaret Rose­mary, d. of C. Y. Woollard of Swaffham Prior, Cambs.; d. Feb. 1997.

Wallis, Elton George Whishaw, son of George Wallis, L.D.S., of London, by Lucy Jane, daughter of James Henry Whishaw, of Weybridge, Surrey; b. June 6, 1874; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (R); left Dec. 1890; Guy's Hospital; L.D.S., R.C.S. 1897; practised in London; m. Ethel Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Frederick Butcher, of Folkestone.

Waller, Daniel Grierson Hardress, son of Lieut.-Col. Alfred Alexander Phillips Waller IA; b. 11 Jan. 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1924.

Walker-Smith, Hon. Sir John Jonah, Bart., son of Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne PC QC, Conservative politician and barrister, and Dorothy Ellen Mary, d. of Lewis John Walpole Etherton of Rowland’s Castle, Hants; b. 6 Sept. 1939; adm. Jan. 1953 (R); left Dec. 1957; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1958, BA 1961, MA 1965; called to the Bar Middle Temple Nov. 1963; Recorder of the Crown Court 1980-2005; member, Westminster City Council 1968-86; succ. his father as 2nd baronet 22 Jan. 1992; m. 26 Oct. 1974 Aileen Marie, d. of Joseph Smith of Glasgow; d. 9 Mar. 2024.

Walker, William Frederic Delabere, son of William George Walker MICE AMIME, chartered engineer, of Beckenham, Kent, and Bertha Aline Gladys, d. of Maj. Frederic Rosengrave Har­vey of Bexhill-on-Sea; b. 15 Mar. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Dec. 1931; Univ. of London; dir. W. G. Walker & Co. (Engineers) Ltd, of Westmmster and Edenbridge, Kent, 1940- 79; Mayor of the Lond. Borough of Bromley 1982-3; m. 4 May 1940 Dorothy Hilda, d. of Harold Palmer; d. 8 Aug. 2001.

Walker, Robert Harold, brother of Charles Hay Walker (q.v.); b. Aug. 1, 1899; adm. April 26, 1912 (R); left Dec. 1917; Midshipman R.N. March 1, 1918; served in H.M.S. New, Zea­land and Queen Elizabeth; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; M.A. 1926; ordained deacon 1927, priest 1928 (London); Curate of Christ Church, Spitalfields, 1927, of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge, 1930; Vicar of Christ Church, Brixton, 1932-6; of Chudleigh, Devon, 1936-43; of St. Peter, Tunbridge Wells, 1943-7; of Moulsford, Berks, 1947-53; of Virginia Water, Surrey, 1953-9; chaplain, Fernhill Manor School, New Milton since 1959; m. March 12, 1930, Elsie Barbara, daughter of Thomas Reynold Stokes, of Blechingley, Surrey.

Walker, Robert Fulton, son of Norman Duguid Walker, solicitor, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Ada, d. of Joseph Russell of Walsall, Staffs; nephew of Herbert Walker (qv); b. 18 Oct. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (R); left July 1931; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934, LLB 1935, MA 1955; adm. a solicitor July 1937; practised at Newcastle-on-Tyne; RNVR 1939-45 (Lieut.); LLM 1967; Governor Hostmen's Co. Newcastle; author of The Origins of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1976; m. 1st 12 July 1940 Phyllis Mary, d. of Sherod Henry Greenfield of Owersby Moor, Lincs; 2nd 4 Jan. 1983 Margaret Hilary, d. of Rev. George Hilary Crick, Anglican clergyman; d. Jan 2002.

Walker, Peter Sherod Duguid, son of Robert Fulton Walker (qv) and Phyllis Mary Walker; b. 20 May 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (R); left July 1959; RAC Cirencester, MRAC 1964; a chartered surveyor, ARICS 1971, FRICS 1984; Min. of Agric. and Fish., Alnwick, Hexham and Leicester, 1968-75; sen. land man. Cumbria CC 1975, head of data and policy, Property Services Dept. 1986-; m. 14 Nov. 1975 Geraldine Margaret Maddison, chartered librarian, d. of Surgeon Capt. Basil Roxby Alderson RN; d. 21 Jan. 2009.

Walker, John Douglas Hay, brother of Charles Hay Walker (q.v.); b. Oct. 3, 1900; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (R); left July 1918; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; M.A. 1926; d. 3 Nov. 1986.