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Weizmann, Benjamin Isaiah, son of Chaim Weizmann DSc LLD, first President of Israel, and Dr Vera Chatzman; b. 2 May 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (A); left Apr. 1924; Christ's Coll. Camb., BA 1929; living in Israel 1952, later in Jersey; m.; d. 31 Dec. 1980.

WEITE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1715/6.

WEIR, PERCY VIPONT, brother of Archibald Alfred Egles Weir (qv); b. 2 Jul 1860; adm. 16 Jun 1873 (James'); left Dec 1876; served in 1914-8 War; Lieut, RNVR 29 Apr 1915; m. 4 Oct 1900 Ada Beatrice Mildred, youngest dau. of Major-Gen. Henry Heyman, Royal Artillery; d. 5 Feb 1925.

WEIR, ARCHIBALD ALFRED EGLES, eldest son of Rev. Archibald Weir DCL, Enfield, Middlesex, and Cassandra Rebecca, eldest dau. of Alfred Jones, Highbury, Middlesex; b. 27 May 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1871 (James'); Min. Can. 1875; left Dec 1875; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 May 1877; BA 1880; MA 1885; long distance amateur bicycle champion 1878; rode v. Cambridge 1878, 1879; adm. Inner Temple 1881; a writer and journalist; author, The Historical Basis of Modern Europe, 1886, and other works; m. 1st, Anne, dau. of Edward Christian Ritter PhD; m. 2nd, 7 Sep 1897 Amelia Wathen, youngest dau. of James Cooper, Gray’s Inn, barrister; d. 26 Dec 1935.

Weingreen, Peter Emanuel, son of Emanuel Weingreen of Hampstead and Dorothy, d. of Fred­erick William Goodsell of Rye, Sussex; b. 22 Sept. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1937; US Army in WW2; a film director; m. 11 Dec. 1953 Ruth Rosenfeld Lipton, d. of Samuel Rosenfeld of Miami Beach, Florida; d. 1976.

Weinberger, Franz Hugo Gust, son of H. Weinberger of Hampstead; b. 8 Aug. 1923; adm. May 1939 (R); left July 1940.

Weil, Harold Theodore George Walter, son of Percy Harold Weil, of Kew, Surrey, by Margaret Eleanor, daughter of George Wedd, of Kneesworth, Cambs; b. Aug. 17, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (A); left Dec. 1918; on the London Stock Exchange.