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Willett, Arnold Theodore, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Aug. 15, 1883; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1911; asst. master, King's Coll. School, Sept. 1907 - July 1909, at Westminster School 1909-45; Capt., unattached (T.F.) June 4, 1914; O.C. Westminster School O.T.C.; housemaster of Home boarders 1922-25, and of Grant's 1925-35; first master of the Under School 1943-45; m. Aug. 30, 1948, Audrey Florence, 3rd daughter of George John Palmer, of Hendon Hall, Middx; d. Oct. 6, 1961.

WILLAUME, JOHN WILLIAMS, brother of Edward Willaume (qv); bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 5 [or 10] Apr 1741; adm. (aged 8) May 1749 (Gibson's); KS (Capt. ) 1753; Capt. of the School 1757; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1758, adm. pens. 24 May 1758, scholar 11 May 1759, matr. 1759; BA 1762; MA 1767; adm. Grays Inn 3 Nov 1773; of Tingrith, Beds.; m. (by 1782) Mary ---; d. 16 Jun 1810.

WILLAUME, EDWARD, eldest son of David Willaume, Tingrith, Beds., and Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Dymoke, Ampthill, Beds.; bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 7 Oct 1736; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1745/6 (Gibson's); KS 1750; Capt. of the School 1754; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1755, adm. pens. 28 May 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756; BA 1759; MA 1770; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jul 1753; ordained priest (Winchester) Dec 1760; Rector of Cranley, Surrey 23 Dec 1760-4; Rector of Great Holland, Essex 1770; Rector of Bow Brickhill, Bucks., 1 Jun 1782 – Mar 1783; Rector of Tingrith, Beds., from May 1782; Prebendary of Lincoln from 11 May 1782; m. 11 Mar 1776 Essex, dau. of Charles Blackwell, The Strand, London; d. 13 Oct 1787.

WILLAUME, CHARLES DYMOKE, brother of Edward Willaume (qv); bapt. Tingrith, Beds. 8 Mar 1738 [or 1738/9]; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1748 (Gibson's); KS 1752; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1757, scholar 11 May 1759, readm. as fellow commoner 20 Apr 1762, matr. 1758; BA 1761; of Tingrith, Beds.; m. 1st, 8 Jan 1772 Mary Hamilton, Tingrith, Beds.; m. 2nd, ---; buried Tingrith, Beds., 3 Feb 1807.

WILKINSON, WILLIAM JOHN, third son of Thomas Wilkinson, Elvet, Durham, and Jane, dau. of Richard Williamson, Kirk Ella, Yorks.; bapt. 26 Nov 1770; adm. 6 Oct 1784; KS (aged 15) 1787; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1789; BA 1793; MA 1800; ordained deacon 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York), priest 1794 (London, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Kirk Ella, Yorks., 1 Mar 1804; Rector of Little Calden, Yorks., 28 Apr 1813; Vicar of Elloughton, Yorks., 1798-1842; d. 2 Sep 1856.

Wilkinson, Edward Martin Henry, brother of David Langley Wilkinson (qv); b. 12 May 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G), KS May 1935; left July 1939; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1939, BA 1942; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut.); Dip. Ed. (Lond.) 1947; asst master King's Sch. Gloucester 1947-9, Rich­mond GS, Yorks, 1949; sen. classics master Richmond Comp. Sch. 1971; d. 17 Oct. 1995.

WILKINS, WILLIAM, son of William Wilkins, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1734; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; d. 1740. [Perhaps bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 16 Dec 1722, son of William Wilkins, and Eleanor --- (IGI)]

WILCOX, GILES, son of Jonathan Wilcox, Westminster, and Emma --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 1653 (IGI); adm.; KS 1670; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1673, aged 18; BA 1677; ordained; Rector of Alburgh, Norfolk 16 Oct 1680-2; Rector of Bixley, Norfolk 26 Oct 1682-90, when deprived as a non-juror; committed to Newgate Prison 26 Feb 1691/2; still in custody May 1692; released and re-arrested 16 Apr 1696.

WILCOCKS, JOSEPH, only surviving son of Right Rev. Joseph Wilcocks DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, and Jane, dau. of John Milner, British Consul at Lisbon; b. 4 Jan 1723/4; adm. Sep 1731; KS 1736; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1740, matr. 10 Jun 1740, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1740 – void 26 Jun 1753; BA 1744; MA 1747; lived at Barton, Northants, and afterwards at Lady Place, near Hurley, Berks.; travelled abroad; in Italy and France in 1761-2, his piety and benevolence when at Rome winning him the admiration of Pope Clement XIII, who called him “the blessed heretic”; FSA 17 Feb 1763; prepared four books of Sacred Exercises for the use of the School, published 1759; his Roman Conversations, “compiled for the use of places of education, particularly Westminster School”, written in 1763, were published in 1792-4, 2 vols.; d. unm. 23 Dec 1791. Buried under Consistory Court, Westminster Abbey. DNB (s. v. father).