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VARDON, LEWIS, son of William Vardon, and his second wife Jemima Fleming; b. 21 Jun 1818; adm. 13 Jan 1834 (Stelfox's); went to King’s Coll. London; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1837; Cornet 8 Feb 1837; 1st Bombay Light Cavalry 1 Dec 1837; Lieut., 19 Feb 1839; d. from effects of a fall from his horse at Mahabaleshwar Hill, Bombay 5 Apr 1842.

WARREN, RICHARD PELHAM, son of Pelham Warren (qv); b. 21 Dec 1815; adm. 4 Feb 1829 (Stelfox's); left Aug 1833; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Dec 1833, matr. 1834; BA 1839; MA 1842; JP Flintshire 1853, High Sheriff 1868; JP Hampshire 1872; d. 7 May 1897.

WARREN, WILLIAM SHIPLEY, son of Pelham Warren (qv); b. 21 Dec 1815; adm. 4 Feb 1829 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Dec 1833, matr. 1834; 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade 6 May 1836; Lieut., 10 Jul 1840; Capt., 25 Apr 1845; ret. 30 Apr 1852; d. 30 Nov 1862.

WELD-FORESTER, HON. EMELIUS JOHN, fifth son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 10 Feb 1815; adm. 27 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Dec 1832; Lieut., 9 Apr 1838; Capt., 23 May 1845; Maj., 26 Sep 1857; half-pay 5 Mar 1858; Lieut. -Col., 10 Nov 1868; retd., hon. rank of Col., 1 Jul 1881; served in Afghan War 1838-42; d. unm. 29 Jan 1899.

WELD-FORESTER, ORLANDO WATKIN, 4TH BARON FORESTER, fourth son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 18 Apr 1813; adm. 10 Jun 1825 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Sep 1831, matr. Mich. 1833; MA 1835; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1836, priest 21 May 1837 (both Lincoln); Rector of Dunton, Bucks., 22 May 1837; Rector of Broseley, Shropshire 1841-59; Prebendary of Hereford 1847-74; Rector of Doveridge, Derbs., 1859-67; Rector of Gedling, Notts., 1867 – Nov 1887; Chancellor and Canon Residentiary of York 1874-91; succ. brother as 4th Baron Forester 14 Feb 1886; author, Letters and Sermons, and other works; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1840 Sophia Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Norman, Melton Mowbray, Leics.; m. 2nd, 5 Oct 1875 Emma Maria, eldest dau. of William Tollemache; d. 22 Jun 1894.

WELLS-DYMOKE, EDMUND LIONEL, brother of Dymoke Wells (qv); b. 21 Mar 1814; adm. 6 Feb 1824 (Stelfox's); Queens’ Coll. Cambridge; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1835, called to bar 2 Nov 1838; assumed additional surname of Dymoke 27 Aug 1866; m. 1st, 22 Apr 1840 Mary Ann, eldest dau. of Thomas Galliers, Stapleton Castle, Herefs.; m. 2nd, 14 Jul 1864 Laura De Blair, dau. of Thomas Robert Jefferson, Gloucester Square, London; d. 15 Jun 1892.

WHALLEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM CHARLES BUXTON, eldest son of Frederick Whalley, Westminster; b. 25 Apr 1811; adm. 10 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); left Mar 1828; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1828; BA 1833; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Apr 1837, called to bar 9 Jun 1842; d. 3 Jun 1881. [evidently kin to next]

WHITTAKER, CHARLES GUSTAVUS, eldest son of Charles Gustavus Whittaker (adm. 1807, qv); b. 8 Sep 1820; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stelfox's); left Dec 1836; played cricket for Kent 1838-47, and for the Gentlemen v. Players 1839-42, 1845; “income from land and houses” (1881 Census); m. 1st, Anne Sophia Dadson; m. 2nd, 13 Jan 1882 Emily Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. William Meyler, Rector of St. Lawrence, Pembs.; d. 15 Nov 1886.

WILLETT, AUGUSTUS SALTREN, eldest son of John Saltren Willett, Torrington, Devon, and Elizabeth Percy, sister of John Holt White (qv); b. 25 Oct 1817; adm. 26 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); left Whitsun 1832; RMC Sandhurst; Cornet, 17th Lancers 9 Dec 1836; Lieut., 31 Dec 1839; Capt., 11 Jun 1842; Maj., 28 May 1852; served in the Crimea; d. unm. at Balaclava, of cholera, 22 Oct 1854. [Father a Proctor, Court of Arches (occurs 1831) ?] [son of John Salter Willett (qv) ?] [related to Clevland family : check]

WILLIAMS, ROBERT GRIFFITH, son of Sir Robert Williams, Bart. (qv); b. 27 Jun 1809; adm. 1 Oct 1821 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 21st Foot 3 Oct 1826; Lieut., 6 Sep 1831; Capt., 24 Apr 1835; 24th Foot 11 Dec 1835; retd. 1841; m. 1833 Mary Anne, second dau. of Piers Geale, Dublin, Ireland; d. 13 Apr 1865.