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WAKEFIELD, JOHN HOWARD, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (qv); b. 2 Jun 1803; adm. 29 Apr 1816 (Best's); KS 1818; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1822, adm. pens. 18 May 1822, but did not matr. or reside; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1822; Ensign, 17th Native Infantry 11 Jul 1823; Lieut., 13 May 1825; Brevet Capt., 11 Jul 1838; Capt., 9 Jul 1840; Brevet Maj., 11 Nov 1851; Capt., 3rd European Regt., 15 Nov 1853; retd. as Lieut. -Col., 1 Jan 1857; m. at Bareilly, India 9 Jan 1832 Maria Suffolk, “a converted Hindu”, dau. of the Wuzar of Bussahor; d. 25 Jun 1862.

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD GIBBON, eldest son of Edward Wakefield, Pall Mall, London, land agent, author of Ireland, Statistical and Political, and his first wife Susanna Crash, Felsted, Essex; b. 20 Mar 1796; adm. 13 Jan 1808; left 1810; at Edinburgh High Sch. Sep 1810 – Jan 1812; adm. Gray’s Inn 5 Oct 1813; attaché, British Embassies at Turin and Paris; made a runaway marriage with Eliza Ann Pattle, an heiress and ward in Chancery, but she died in Jul 1820; in 1826 induced Ellen Turner, a schoolgirl, to go through a ceremony of marriage with him at Gretna Green; sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for abducting her; advocated reforms to the administration of the Australian colonies 1829-49; the South Australian Association was formed in 1834 with a view to founding a colony based on Wakefield’s principles; the originator of emigration by group settlement, and successfully carried through the settlements of Adelaide, Wellington, Dunedin and Canterbury; adviser to Earl of Durham, Governor-Gen. of Canada 1838; had a large share in drafting the famous Durham report on the affairs of British North America; London Agent for New Zealand Land Co. 1839-46; emigrated to New Zealand 1852; author, Facts relating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropolis, 1831, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Aug 1816 at St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, after a previous marriage in Scotland, Eliza Anne, only child of Thomas Charles Pattle, EICS Canton; m. 2nd, 8 Mar 1826 (annulled by Act of Parliament 14 Jun 1827) Ellen, only dau. of William Turner, Shrigley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, manufacturer; d. at Wellington, New Zealand 16 May 1862. DNB.

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WAKE, WILLIAM, son of William Wake, Westminster, and Margaret Hooper, Dorset; bapt. 14 Aug 1598; at school under Wilson (GM 1785, i, 163); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 1 Dec 1617, matr. 1617; BA 1621/2; migr. to Trinity Hall, Cambridge; MA 1625; ordained deacon 27 Nov 1622, priest 28 Nov 1622 (both Peterborough); Rector of Holy Trinity, Wareham, Dorset, from 1625; father of Most Rev. William Wake DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; m. 25 Apr 1627 (IGI) Magdalen, dau. of Edward Winslow, Worcs.; buried Wareham, Dorset 8 May 1661.

WAKE, THOMAS, son of Robert Wake, London; b. ; at school under Ireland (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, i, 149); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1599, aged 16, scholar 25 Mar 1599 – 25 Mar 1605; BA 1602/3; MA 1606 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1610); Junior Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll. 25 Mar 1610, Senior Fellow 25 Mar 1615 – 29 Sep 1630, Dean 1615, Registrar 1627/8; acted in performance of play Ignoramus before James I 8 Mar 1614; University Preacher 1619; Proctor 1626; ordained; Rector of Bincombe, Dorset 1622-3, 1629-34; Rector of Borough Green, Cambs. , 1634 – ejection 10 Jul 1644 “for swearing, drinking, quarrelling, and riding over a woman of which she died” (Walker, Sufferings of the Clergy, 1714, ii, 390); d. 11 Nov 1658.

WAKE, THOMAS, second son of Very Rev. Robert Wake, Rector of Buxted, Sussex, and Dean of Bocking, Essex, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Greenfield, Marlborough, Wilts.; b. 17 Jul 1706; adm. (aged 17) Nov 1723; d. when at school.

WAKE, RICHARD, only child of James Wake, Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, and Heavitree, Devon, barrister, and Anna, dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1744, qv); b. 6 Apr 1799 (IGI); adm. 27 May 1812; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1817, aged 18, Canoneer Student 1817-21; m.; living 1840.

WAKE, EDWARD; b.; adm. 22 Nov 1774.

Waite, Peter Wilfrid, son of Wilfrid Fabian Waite, barrister-at-law, and Dorothy, d. of Edward James Ebden ICS; b. 18 June 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (H); left. Apr. 1941; Lance-Cpl The Queen's Regt; killed in action (ltaly) 9 Sept. 1944.

Peter Wilfrid Waite was born at Chelsea, London on the 18th of June 1922 the only child of Wifrid Fabian Waite, a barrister at law and Counsel to the Board of Trade, and Dorothy (nee Ebden) Waite of 201, Hood House, Dolphin Square, Westminster in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from January 1936 to April 1941. On leaving school he enlisted as a Private in The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) on the 5th of May 1941 and was later promoted to Corporal.
On the afternoon of the 8th of September 1944, the 2/6th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment was detailed to make an attack on the left of their Brigade to clear the village of Poggio of its German defenders and to capture a hill, codenamed “Soldier” to the west of Gemmano. At the same time, the 2/7th Battalion was to make an attack on the right to capture the village of Gemmano and the adjoining hamlet of Borgo. The 2/7th Battalion moved into the attack at 2.30pm with the 2/6th Battalion following a short time later.
As the 2/6th Battalion climbed the first hill towards their objective they came under very heavy enemy fire from the wooded slopes rising up to Gemmano village. In spite of this C Company captured Poggio, losing their company commander and two other officers in the process. As night fell the Battalion waited in the area around Poggio for news of progress of the 2/7th Battalion. The area was lit up by the light from burning haystacks which enabled enemy snipers to bring them under fire.
After nightfall D Company advanced and captured “Soldier” hill but they too lost their company commander in the attack. The Germans immediately counterattacked with A and B Companies being ordered forward to reinforce the defenders. As they moved up the hill they came under intense enemy fire and were forced to go to ground. D Company held onto its gains throughout the following day and during the fighting they captured forty enemy prisoners and badly mauled a party of enemy troops who were bringing up supplies using mules and wheelbarrows. By the afternoon of the 9th of September, D Company was almost completely surrounded and was ordered to fight its way out and back to the lower slopes. By the end of the night the survivors had rejoined their comrades on the slopes below to the south and east of their objective.
Peter Waite was killed during the fighting: -“The only remaining member of his section, he died attacking a German position, alone in a vital and successful action in which he played an important part.”
He is buried at Coriano Ridge Cemetery Plot XX, Row E, Grave 6.

WAITE, ---; b.; in school list 1729.