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WARNER, SAMUEL HENRY, brother of Thomas Warner (qv); b. 11 Dec 1733; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1743 (Ludford's); left 1750; Deputy Provost Marshal, Antigua, West Indies; [Supplement records m. 1st, 2 Feb 1748 Margaret Marchant, and m. 2nd, 20 Dec 1755 Ann Ash, but first date is too early]; buried 14 Feb 1779.

WARNER, HARRY ERNEST, son of Powell Warner, Albion Road, Hampstead, Middlesex, solicitor, and Anne F. --- (1881 Census); b. 10 May 1866; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (H); left Aug 1883; adm. solicitor May 1892; practised in London; d. 14 Mar 1929.

WARMESTRY, GERVASE, second son of William Warmestry, Principal Registrar, Diocese of Worcester, and Cicely, dau. of Thomas Smith, Cuerdley, Lancs.; b. 1604; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1621, matr. 24 Jul 1624, Westminster Student to 1636/40; BA 1625; MA 1628; adm. Middle Temple 18 Nov 1628; Principal Registrar, Dioces of Worcester (in succession to father); a Latin poet; author Virescit Vulnere Virtus, England’s Wound and Cure, 1628; also contributed a Latin poem to Camdeni Insignia, 1624; m. Isabella, eldest dau. of Sir William Leigh, Longborough, Gloucs.; d. 28 Apr 1641. DNB.

WARING, ROBERT, son of Edmund Waring, The Lea, Staffs., and Mary, dau. of Richard Broughton, Owlbury, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1630, matr. 24 Feb 1631/2, aged 18, Westminster Student (still 1642); BA 1634; MA 1637; bore arms for Royalist side during siege of Oxford; Proctor 1647; Camden Professor of Ancient History, Oxford Univ., 2 Aug 1647; took an active part in resisting Parliamentary Visitors and ordered into custody, but escaped by flight; “adjudged guilty of high contempt, and denyall of authority of Parliament”, and ordered to be removed as Proctor and Camden Professor 14 Sep 1648 (Burrows, 185-6); retired to Apley, Shropshire; travelled with Sir William Whitmore in France; a Latin and English poet; author, Amoris Effigies, 1648, and other works; d. unm. 10 May 1658. DNB.

Warden, William McEndrick (also known as Ken), son of Archibald Adam Warden, M.D., of Paris, by Rachel, eldest daughter of John Gray MacKendrick, F. R. S., Emeritus Professor, Glasgow Univ.; b. Sept. 3, 1903; adm. Jan. 14, 1915 (R); left July 1915; went to Malaya 1927; dir. Moine Compte & Co. Ltd, Union Building, Singapore; Lance-Corp. 12745 1 SSVF Armoured Car Section; POW Singapore to Thailand; Singapore Bridge Playing champion; taught French in ‘Changi University’; his wife and son, John, were evacuated to Calcutta on the Wosang; returned to Singapore 1946; married; d. in Greater London 1983.

Warden, Robert Douglas Cunninghame, son of Cdr. Robert Cunninghame Warden, RN, and Mabel Gertrude Matilda Fisher; b. 26 Oct. 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (L); left July 1938; Roy. Australian Navy 1942-6; Adelaide Univ., S. Australia LLB 1950; called to South Australian Bar 1950; a grazier; retd. 1994; m. 19 May 1948 Mary Douglas, d. of Douglas Robertson of Medindie, S. Australia; d. 30 May 2016.

WARDE, RICHARD, of Kent; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1563, aged 15, Westminster Student 7 Jan 1563/4 – 1571; BA 16 Jan 1567/8; MA 1570; ordained; Rector of Beddington, Surrey (portion) 1578; m.; buried Beddington, Surrey 19 Jan 1623/4.

WARDE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1553.

WARD, THOMAS, son of Ven. Thomas Ward [DCL ?], Salisbury, Wiltshire, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, [and Dorothea ?]; b.; adm.; BB in 1698; KS 1700; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1705, matr. 21 Jun 1705, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1705 – void 1713, Tutor 1712; BA 1709; MA 1 Feb 1711/2; [ordained deacon (Oxford) 29 Dec 1712, priest (Winchester) 12 Jul 1713 : Rector of Wilby, Northants 19 Aug 1713-28; Rector of Blisworth, Northants, from 14 Mar 1723/4; Rector of Bygrave, Herts., from 28 Nov 1728; m.; buried 5 Dec 1762] [check].

WARD, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS 1670; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1673, adm. pens. 31 May 1673, scholar 1674, matr. 1673; BA 1676/7; MA 1680; ordained deacon and priest (London) 21 Dec 1679; Rector of Willian, Herts., from 1683; d. 8 Jun 1725, aged 68.