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UNIACKE-PENROSE-FITZGERALD, SIR ROBERT UNIACKE, BART., eldest son of Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald (formerly Penrose), Corkbeg Island, co. Cork, Ireland, and Frances Mary, dau. of Rev. Robert Austin LLD, Prebendary of Cloyne; b. 10 Jul 1839; adm. 26 May 1853 (G); Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Jan 1859, matr. Lent 1859; won the University Pairs with James Penrose Ingham (qv) 1860; rowed v. Oxford 1861, 1862; LLB 1863; LLM 1872; travelled in India and Tibet 1863-7; MP (Conservative) Cambridge 1885-1906; assumed additional surname of Uniacke 26 Jun 1896; created baronet 4 Aug 1896; President, Yacht Racing Association; of Corkbeg Island, co. Cork; DL JP co. Cork; Busby Trustee 25 May 1889; m. 13 Sep 1867 Jane Emily, eldest dau. of Gen. Sir William John Codrington GCB; d. 10 Jul 1919.

UPPERTON, CHARLES STUART, son of Robert Upperton, Brighton, Sussex, solicitor; b. 5 Feb 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1842 (Scott's); QS 1843; rowed v. Eton 30 Jul 1846; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1847, adm. pens. 13 May 1847, scholar 1848, matr. 1847; BA 1851; MA 1854; ordained deacon 1852, priest 1853 (both Chester); Curate, St. Mary the Virgin, West Derby, Liverpool 1852-8; Perpetual Curate of Burton, Chester 1858-67; Vicar of Ince, Cheshire 1867-86; Hon. Canon, Chester, from 1880; Vicar of Tarvin, Cheshire 1886-96; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Benson Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell; d. 5 Dec 1916.

UPPERTON, CLEMENT, brother of Charles Stuart Upperton (qv); b. 11 Mar 1834; adm. 3 Jun 1847 (Scott's); QS 1849; left 1853; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1853; BA 1858; MA 1865; adm. Middle Temple 14 May 1857; adm. solicitor, Hilary 1865; practised in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, firm Baker Folder & Upperton; m. 19 Dec 1871 Emily, widow of James Lillyman Martel Lees, and dau. of John Brady MD MRCS LSA MP, Ely, Cambridgeshire; d. 12 Apr 1918.

VANE, SIR HENRY, eldest son of Sir Henry Vane, Kt MP, Treasurer of the Household and Secretary of State, Hadlow, Kent, and Raby Castle, co. Durham, and Frances, dau. of Thomas Darcy, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex; bapt. 26 May 1613; at schoool under Osbaldeston (Wood, Athenae Oxon., iii, 578); became a puritan at age of 15; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, adm. fellow commoner, aged 16, but did not matr., as he objected to taking the oath; went to New England to obtain freedom of worship 1635; Governor of Massachusetts 1636-7; became entangled in doctrinal controversies and returned to England; Joint Treasurer of the Navy Jan 1639- Dec 41; MP Hull 1640-53; knighted 23 Jun 1640; showed Pym his father's notes of Strafford's advice to Charles I at the Council meeting of 5 May 1640; one of the originators of the bill for the abolition of episcopacy 1641; one of the committee appointed to vindicate the privileges of Parliament on the arrest of the five members; a leader of the war party in the House of Commons; Treasurer of the Navy (for Parliament) Aug 1642 - Dec 1650; conducted the negotiations with the Scots 1643; the virtual leader of the House of Commons after Pym's death; proposed and carried the establishment of the Committee of both Kingdoms 1644; one of the Parliamentary Commissioners at Uxbridge 1645; rejected Charles I’s overtures in 1644 and 1646; a Commissioner to treat with the army at Wycombe 1647; distrusted by the Presbyterians and the Levellers; took no part in Charles I’s trial; member of Council of State 14 Feb 1649; active member of the government 1649-53; a Commissioner for settling Scottish affairs 1651; quarrelled with Cromwell over the expulsion of the Long Parliament 1653; retired to Lincolnshire and refused a seat in the Little Parliament; imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle as a result of the publication of his book Healing Question, propounded and resolved, 1656; MP Whitchurch in Richard Cromwell’s Parliament; assisted in the abolition of the Protectorate; Commissioner of the Navy and manager of foreign affairs in the restored Long Parliament; unsuccessfully endeavoured to reconcile Parliament and the army; became distrusted by all parties; expelled from the House of Commons 9 Jan 1660; partially excluded from the Act of Indemnity; imprisoned in the Tower of London, and subsequently transported to the Scilly Isles; tried for high treason in Court of King’s Bench, and sentenced to death 11 Jun 1662; an able statesman of enormous industry, but although his devotion to the public service and his freedom from corruption were well known, his religious enthusiasm and his subtlety in speculative matters exposed to him to the charge of being a fanatic and an unscrupulous schemer; author, The Retired Man’s Meditations, 1655, and other works; m. 1 Jul 1640 Frances, dau. of Sir Christopher Wray, Bart., Barlings, Lincs.; executed on Tower Hill 14 Jun 1662. DNB.

VULLIAMY, BENJAMIN LEWIS, eldest son of Benjamin Louis Vulliamy, watch and clockmaker, Pall Mall, London; b. 12 Oct 1815; adm. 26 Apr 1825 (Singleton's); Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1836; watch and clock-maker, Pall Mall; d. 23 May 1895 [but not in 1881 Census].

VULLIAMY, GEORGE JOHN, brother of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (qv); b. 19 May 1817; adm. 13 Feb 1826 (Singleton's); Min. Can. 1832; articled to Joseph Bramah & Sons, engineers 1833; in architectural office of Sir Charles Barry 1836-41; travelled abroad; employed until 1861 in the office of his uncle Lewis Vulliamy, architect; ARIBA 1838; FRIBA 1856; Superintending Architect, Metropolitan Board of Works 15 Mar 1861 - May 1886; designed the pedestal and sphinxes for Cleopatra’s Needle on the Thames Embankment; m. 2 Apr 1851 Eliza, widow of Matthew King, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, and second dau. of Cdr. Samuel Charles Umfreville, Royal Navy; d. 12 Nov 1886. DNB.

WALDEGRAVE, JAMES, 2nD EARL WALDEGRAVE, eldest son of James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave PC KG, Ambassador at Paris, and Mary, second dau. of Sir John Webb, Bart., Hatherop, Gloucs.; b. 14 Mar 1714/5; adm. Feb 1723/4; left 1725; went to Eton Coll.; styled Viscount Chewton 1729-41; succ. father as 2nd Earl Waldegrave 11 Apr 1741; a Lord of the Bedchamber 13 Dec 1743 – 18 Dec 1752; an intimate friend and adviser of George II; Lord Warden of the Stannaries 16 Apr 1751-6; Governor and Keeper of the Privy Purse to George, Prince of Wales, and to Prince Edward 18 Dec 1752 – Oct 1756; Privy Councillor 20 Dec 1752; a Teller of the Exchequer from 5 Feb 1757; employed by George II as an intermediary with his Ministers, and was finally compelled by him to accept the office of Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, but his tenure was only for five days, 8-12 Jun 1757; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1749; FRS 14 Dec 1749; KG 30 Jun 1757 (invested); his Memoirs were published in 1821; m. 15 May 1759 Maria (subsequently wife of HRH William Henry, Duke of Gloucester), natural dau. of Hon. Sir Edward Walpole KB; d. 28 Apr 1763. DNB.

WASON, JAMES, brother of Rigby Wason (qv); b. 29 May 1847; adm. 28 Sep 1861 (James'); left Whitsun 1864; adm. solicitor Mich. 1869; practised at Liverpool; m. Minna Holland; d. 3 Oct 1896.

WASON, RIGBY, eldest son of Peter Rigby Wason MP, Corwar, Ayrshire, barrister, and Euphemia, dau. of P. McTier, farmer; b. 17 Jul 1844; adm. 17 Oct 1859 (James'); Ensign, 16th Foot 28 Apr 1863; Lieut., 24 Aug 1866; 1st Dragoon Guards 30 Oct 1867; d. 25 Nov 1870.