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Watkins, Guy St. Barbe Sladen, son of Robert Arundel Watkins, of Castle Combe, Wilts, by Mary Ethelred, younger daughter of Douglas Brooke Sladen, of Kensington; b. Nov. 5, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left Dec. 1903; served in Great War I, Capt. R.A.F. May 29, 1918; m. Dorothy Kate, daughter of James Dean Brand.

WATSON, JOHN HERBERT, son of William Watson, Hedon, Yorks., solicitor, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Matthews, Hedon, Yorks.; b. 31 Aug 1857; adm. 22 Sep 1870 (G); QS 1872; left May 1876; adm. solicitor Feb 1881; practised at Hedon, Yorks.; emigrated to New Zealand 1885; m. 2 Mar 1882 Jane Binning, eldest dau. of Andrew Usher, Blackford Park, Edinburgh.

Watson-Gandy, Anthony Blethyn, son of Maj. Donald Paul Watson-Gandy MC, Rov. Scots Greys, of Heaves, Westmorland, and Annie Vere, d. of James Gandy Gandy (formerly Brandreth) JP, of Heaves; b. 29 June 1919; adm. May 1933 (G); left July 1938; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1939; a writer; d. 27 June 1952.

WATT, JAMES, eldest son of Alexander Pollock Watt, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, literary agent, and Bertha, dau. of John Strahan, Tain, Perthshire; b. 12 Mar 1867; adm. 27 May 1880 (G), exhibitioner; QS 1881; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1885 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 2 Oct 1885, matr. 1885; BA 1888; MA 1892; Assistant Master, Bradfield Coll. 1890-1903; Second Master, Royal Naval Coll., Osborne (later at Dartmouth), from 1903; MVO 2 Aug 1910; bequeathed to the School his portrait as a QS by John Pettie RA; d. 8 May 1929.

Watt, John Hansard Strahan, brother of James Watt (q.v.); b. Jan. 27, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (G); left Dec. 1893; a publisher's agent, firm, A. P. Watt and Son, Norfolk Street, Strand; m. 1st June 7, 1906, Katherine Dawson, youngest daughter of John Hume, of Glasgow; 2nd Feb. 27, 1934, Gertrude Stuart, eldest daughter of John Herbert Whitehorn, of Hampstead; d. Feb. 15, 1960.

WEARE, THOMAS WILLIAM, elder son of Col. Thomas Weare KH, Hampton House, Hereford, ADC to Queen Victoria, and Anne, dau. of John Pugh, Gaer, Radnorshire; b. 2 Nov 1813; adm. 16 Jan 1826 (G); KS 1828; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1832, matr. 7 Jun 1832, Westminster Student; BA 1836; MA 1838; ordained deacon 1839, priest 1840 (both Oxford); Curate, East Sutton, Kent; Under Master of the School 27 Sep 1841 – Aug 1861; Rector of Isfield, Sussex, from 27 Aug 1867; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 21 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, xxi, 402-11); composed the inscription on the Crimean War Memorial, and a number of epilogues and epigrams; author, The Trinummus of Plautus, translated into English Verse by an Old Westminster, 1860; m. 1st, 23 Aug 1853 Louisa Emma Mary, dau. of Henry Fynes-Clinton (qv), and his first wife; m. 2nd. 17 Apr 1866 Henrietta Maria, third dau. of Capt. William Henry Majendie, 1st Foot Guards; d. 24 Feb 1871.

Webb, Christopher Cyril, son of J.B. Webb, of Clapham, Surrey; b. March 29, 1902; adm. May 4, 1916 (G); left Dec. 1916.

WEBBE, SAMUEL EGERTON HENRY, son of Samuel Webbe, organist, London and Liverpool, and Diana --- (IGI); b. 28 Feb 1810; adm. 20 Feb 1823 (G); left Christmas 1824; known in adult life as Egerton Webbe; writer on musical subjects and author of sonnets; d. 1840.

Weigall, David Henry, son of Rev. Anthony Fitzroy Weigall, Vicar of Rushmere, Suffolk, and Margery Roseveare, nursing sister, d. of Leslie Roseveare, civil engineer, of Plymouth, Devon; b. 19 Dec. 1941; adm. Jan. 1955 (G); left Dec. 1959; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1968; asst. master, The Perse Sch. Camb. 1966-71; lecturer in modern history, CCAT Camb. 1971-; an author and ed.; m. 3 Sept. 1970 Sara Elizabeth Payne, journalist and author, d. of Robert Payne, publisher, of Painswick, Gloucs; d. 13 Dec. 2003.

WELD, GEORGE HENRY, son of William Weld, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 25 Feb 1803; adm. 15 Sep 1817 (G); left 8 Feb 1819; articled to Joseph Jessopp, Waltham Cross, Essex, attorney 28 Aug 1821, transferred to Samuel Weld, Saville Place, New Burlington Street, London 21 Jan 1826; adm. attorney, King’s Bench 4 May 1827, and Common Pleas 23 Nov 1830; practised at Woolwich, Kent; m. 20 Feb 1830 Mary Caroline Breeze (IGI); d. 13 Feb 1850.