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Woollcombe, Henry, 1813-1885

  • GB-2014-WSA-18596
  • Person
  • 1813-1885

WOOLLCOMBE, HENRY, son of Rev. Henry Woollcombe, Rector of Ashbury, Devon, and Jane Frances, dau. of Rear-Adm. Sir Thomas Louis, Bart.; b. 26 Mar 1813; adm. 18 Jan 1826 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1827; Capt. of the School 1830; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1831, matr. 21 May 1831, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 2nd cl. Mathematics 1834; Johnson Theological Scholar 1835; BA 1834; MA 1837; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Apr 1836; ordained deacon 10 Jun 1838, priest 26 May 1839 (both Oxford); Curate, Sheepwash and Highampton, Devon 1838-44; Prebendary of Exeter 8 Dec 1843; Rector of Kingsteignton, Devon 1844-58; Vicar of Heavitree, Devon 1858-69; Canon Residentiary of Exeter 1861; Archdeacon of Barnstaple Oct 1865; m. 14 May 1846 his cousin Jaquete Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Charles Belfield Louis, Royal Navy; d. 4 Jun 1885.

Wren, Christopher Michael, Sir, 1632-1723

  • GB-2014-WSA-01498
  • Person
  • 1631-1723

WREN, SIR CHRISTOPHER, son of Very Rev. Christopher Wren, Dean of Windsor, and Mary, dau. of Robert Cox, Fonthill Abbey, Wilts.; bapt. 10 Nov 1632; adm. 1641; left 1646; Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 25 Jun 1649 (or 1650); BA 18 Mar 1650/1; MA 1653; DCL 1661; LLD Cambridge 1662; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 1653-7; Professor of Astronomy, Gresham Coll., London 1657-61; Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford Univ. 5 Feb 1660/1- 9 Mar 1673; initiated experiments on the cause of the variations of the barometer; conducted research into anatomy and medical subjects; drew up the preamble to the first charter of the Royal Society 1660; one of the Council named in the second charter of the Royal Society 22 Apr 1663; FRS 20 May 1663 (original Fellow); one of the three Commissioners named by Charles II in October 1666 to consider rebuilding the city of London after the Great Fire; Surveyor of the King’s Works Mar 1668/9-1718; knighted 20 Nov 1673; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1676; President, Royal Society 30 Nov 1680 – 30 Nov 1682; Comptroller of Works, Windsor Castle 1684-1716; MP Plympton 1685-7, Windsor Jan 1688/9 – unseated 14 May 1689, Mar 1689/90 – unseated 17 May 1690, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Nov 1701-2; Surveyor of St. Paul’s Cathedral from 1675; Surveyor, Greenwich Hospital 1696-1716; Surveyor to the Fabric, Westminster Abbey, from 1699; architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral, many London city churches and halls of City livery companies, Temple Bar, the Monument, Greenwich Hospital, Chelsea Hospital, the Sheldonian Theatre and Old Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford, and Neville’s Court and the Library, Trinity Coll. Cambridge; made extensive alterations and additions at Hampton Court, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace and Westminster Abbey; purchased Wroxall Abbey estate, Warwickshire, for his son 1713; m. 1st, 27 Dec 1669 Faith, dau. of Sir Thomas Coghill, Kt, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 24 Feb 1676/7 Hon. Jane Fitzwilliam, sister of Hon. Charles Fitzwilliam (qv); d. 25 Feb 1722/3. Buried St. Paul’s Cathedral. DNB.

Wrottesley, Edward John, 1814-1901

  • GB-2014-WSA-18684
  • Person
  • 1814-1901

WROTTESLEY, EDWARD JOHN, only son of Cdr. Edward Wrottesley, Royal Navy, and Anne, dau. of Rev. Thomas Tringham; grandson of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. (qv); b. 9 Nov 1814; adm. 26 May 1826 (Stikeman's); KS 1829; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1833, but went to University Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833; BA 1838; MA 1855; ordained deacon 1838, priest 1840 (both Chester); Curate, Newton Heath, Lancs., 1838-41; Perpetual Curate of Tettenhall, Staffs., 1841-62; Curate, Totteridge, Herts., 1862-3; Vicar of Brewood, Staffs., from 1863; Prebendary of Lichfield from 1895; m. 8 Apr 1847 Mariana Eugenia, dau. of John Jeffreys, Fynone, Swansea, Glamorgan; d. 19 Jan 1901.

Wyatt, Arthur Montagu, 1810-1874

  • GB-2014-WSA-18697
  • Person
  • 1810-1874

WYATT, ARTHUR MONTAGU, son of Arthur Wyatt, Mitchell Troy, Monmouthshire, land agent to Duke of Beaufort, and Arabella Montagu Higgenson (IGI) [presumably dau. of William Higginson, Bristol (IGI)]; b. 11 May 1810; adm. 26 Sep 1825 (Singleton's); left Midsummer 1827; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. sizar 28 May 1839; ordained deacon (St. Davids) 11 Sep 1833, priest (Lichfield) 25 May 1834; Perpetual Curate of Perry Bar, Birmingham, Warwicks., 14 Jul 1834; Vicar of Penrose, Monmouthshire, 1847-66; Vicar of Raglan, Monmouthshire, from 1866; m. 11 May 1840 Ann Elizabeth, dau. of William Buck, Monmouth; d. 9 Jun 1874.

Young, Frederick, 1842-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-18827
  • Person
  • 1842-1917

YOUNG, FREDERICK, eldest son of Anthony William Young, merchant, and Mary ---; b. 9 Jun 1842; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1861; BA 1865; MA 1874; ordained deacon 1865, priest 1866 (both London); Curate, St. George’s, Bloomsbury, London 1865-6; Chaplain, St. Jean de Luz, France 1867-8, Zante, Ionian Islands 1869-72; Vicar of North Reston, Lincs., 1872-82; Chaplain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1878-88; Curate, Swinton, Yorks., 1888-90, Keynsham, Somerset 1890-3; Rector of Llanfoist, Monmouthshire 1893-1914; m. 9 Aug 1877 Laura Frances Augusta, eldest dau. of Rev. John Edward Alexander Inge, Rector of Gayton-le-Marsh, Lincs.; d. 12 Mar 1917.

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