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Wakely, Leonard John Dean, son of Sir Leonard Day Wakely KCIE CB, Dep. Under Sec. of State India Office, and Florence Dean, d. of William Titley; b. 18 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (G); left 1928; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931 (1st class hons Mod. History), MA 1945; passed into ICS 1932; SOAS Lond. 1932-3; Asst Commr Punjab 1933; Asst Supt Simla Hill States 1935; SDO Rajanpur 1936; Under Sec. Punjab Govt 1937-8; successively Under Sec. Defence Co­ord. and Dep. Sec. Defence and Legislative Depts, Govt of India 1938-47; MBE 1942, OBE 1945; Dominions Office 1947; Sen. Sec. Office of UK High Commr in S. Africa 1950-2; Dep. High Commr Madras 1953-7, Ghana 1957-60; Head of Constitutional Dept CRO 1960-2; Dep. High Commr Canada 1962-5; CMG 1965; HM Ambassador Rangoon 1965-7; 111. 10 Nov. 1938 Margaret Houssemayne, d. of Lieut.-Cdr Charles Wills Tinson OBE RN; d. 24 June 1994.

Wakely, Charles Peter, son of Leonard John Dean Wakely (qv); b. 27 Oct. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1958; Shell Internat. Petroleum Co. 1958; Deutsche Shell 1966-8; man. dir. Nippon LNG KK Tokyo, Japan 1976-9; Shell Internat. 1979-; m. Jacqueline Margaret, d. of Leonard Hughes, building contractor; d. 24 May 1999.

Waddington, John Evelyn Alexander, son of Evelyn Waddington (q.v.); b. July 24, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (G); left July 1913; served in Great War I; temp. Capt. 2nd Batt. Mon­mouth Regt. July 31, 1916; a coal merchant; Lieut., General List May 20, 1940; transferred to R.E. Movement Control Section Nov. 1, 1942; Capt.; m. Feb. 7, 1923, Marjorie Henrietta, daughter of Frederick Spashott, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

WADDILOVE, ALFRED, fourth son of John Waddilove, Thorpe, Yorks., and Hannah (Langley ?) (IGI); b. 27 Jun 1806; adm. 15 Feb 1820 (G); left 1824; Trinity Coll., Oxford, matr. 11 Nov 1824; BA 1838; MA 1839; DCL 1839; adm. Inner Temple 12 Jan 1836, called to bar 23 Nov 1841; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1839, Steward 1851-6, Treasurer 1856-60; Official, Archdeaconry of Middlesex, from 1863; author, Digest of Cases in the Court of Arches, 1849, and other works; m. 6 Aug 1849 Mary Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Harrison Gordon Codd, Metropolitan Magistrate, Marylebone; d. 8 Jul 1890.

VYVYAN, SIR COURTENAY BOURCHIER, BART., eldest son of Rev. Sir Vyell Donnithorne Vyvyan, Bart., Trelowarren, Mawgan, Cornwall, and Louisa Mary Frederica, third dau. of Richard Bourchier, Brook Lodge, Dorset; b. 5 Jun 1858; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); QS 1873; left Dec 1876; RMC Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 1 May 1878; Lieut., 6 Jan 1880; Capt., 14 Jan 1886; Maj., 8 May 1897; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Nov 1900; Lieut. -Col., 4 Aug 1902; Brevet Col., 11 Sep 1904; ret. with rank of Col., 4 Aug 1906; re-employed as Assistant Adjutant-Gen., 5 Aug 1914; served in Zulu War 1879 and in operations in South Africa 1896, mentioned in despatches LG 9 Mar 1897; served South African War 1899-1902, second-in-command at Mafeking, mentioned in despatches LG 8 Feb 1901, 29 Jul 1902; served in First World War 1914-9, mentioned in despatches LG 22 Jun 1915, 15 Jun 1916, 11 Dec 1917; CB 29 Jun 1906; CMG 23 Jun 1915; Order of St. Stanislas with swords; succ. father as 10th baronet 27 May 1917; DL JP Cornwall; Vice-Chairman, Cornwall Territorial Force Association 1908; m. 1st, 17 Feb 1887 Eva Catherine Forestier, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. George Edmond Lushington Walker, Royal Engineers, Charlton, Kent; m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1929 Clara Coltman, second dau. of Edward Powys Rogers, Toorilla, Queensland; d. 15 Nov 1941.

Vosper, Edgar, son of Percy Vosper, M.R.C.S., of London; b. June 5, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (G); left Easter 1912; served as 2nd Lieut. Yeomanry (T.F.) in Great War I; d. 28 Oct. 1968.

Viney, Cecil Henry, only son of Cecil Thomas Viney, of Bromley, Kent, by Ada Maude, daugh­ter of G. H. Smith, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex; b. May 24, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left 1907; Royal Academy Painting Schools; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northants Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; went out to the western front March 1915; killed in action at Fromelles May 9, 1915.

VINER, GEORGE HEATH, only son of Rev. George Barber Peregrine Viner, Rector of Mottingham, Kent, and Charlotte Finden, dau. of Thomas Cope, Cricklewood, Middlesex; b. 6 Aug 1865; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (G); left May 1882; Assistant Secretary, Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society 1905-; FSA 10 Jan 1907; author, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bookplates of George W. Eve, RE, 1916, and other works; m. 16 Sep 1897 Ella, youngest dau. of John Francis Hunnard, Oxford Gardens, North Kensington, London, accountant; d. 5 Mar 1955.

VINCENT, SIR (CHARLES EDWARD) HOWARD, brother of Arthur Frederick Vincent (qv); b. 31 May 1849; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1865; RMC Sandhurst Nov 1866; Ensign, 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; ret. Aug 1873; Special Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, at Berlin in 1871 and during Russian-Turkish War 1876; adm. Inner Temple 3 May 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876; South-Eastern Circuit; Director of Criminal Investigations, Metropolitan Police 1878-84; Col. -Commandant, Queenís Westminster Volunteers 1884-1904, later Hon. Col., VD; MP (Conservative) Sheffield Central from 1885; member, Metropolitan Board of Works 1888-9, London County Council 1889-96; one of the British delegates to Anti-Anarchist Conference, Rome 1898; ADC to Edward VII from 1901; CB 23 Jan 1886; knighted 17 Jan 1896; KCMG 3 Jun 1899; DL JP Co. London, JP Middlesex, Berkshire; a consistent advocate of imperial protection, founding in 1891 the United Empire Trade League, of which he was Hon. Secretary; Chairman, National Union of Conservative Associations 1895; the Acts of Parliament dealing with the probation of first offenders, 1887, and for the appointment of a public trustee, 1906, were mainly due to his persistence; author, A Police Code and Manual of Criminal Law, 1882, and other works; m. 26 Oct 1882 Ethel Gwendoline, second dau. of George Moffatt MP, Goodrich Court, Herefordshire; d. at Menton, France 7 Apr 1908. DNB.

VINCENT, ARTHUR FREDERICK, eldest son of Rev. Sir Frederick Vincent, Bart., Rector of Slinfold, Sussex, and Prebendary of Chichester, and his second wife Maria Copley, dau. of Robert Herries Young, Auchenspragh, Dumfriesshire; b. 6 Jun 1845; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (G); Min. Can. 1860; left Dec 1861; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Oct 1864; LLB 1869; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1 May 1871; equity draftsman and conveyancer; two English Literature prizes at the School were founded in his memory by his mother; d. at Cannes, France 2 Apr 1875.