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WEBB, PHILIP GEORGE LANCELOT, brother of Edmund James Webb (qv); b. 4 Aug 1856; adm. 30 Sep 1867 (James'), exhibitioner 1870; QS 1871; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1875, matr. 20 May 1875; BA 1879; MA 1890; Higher Division Clerk, Patent Office 1880; Private Secretary to Comptroller-Gen., 1883-8; Chief Clerk 1898; Assistant Comptroller of Patents 1920-1; served during First World War as Establishment Officer, Ministry of Munitions 1915-6 and Deputy Controller of Petrol, Board of Trade 1916-9; CBE 1 Jan 1918; CB 1 Jan 1919; Hon. Secretary, Handel Society 1882-1934, Keats-Shelley Memorial Association 1922-32; author, Poems, 1927, and other works; d. 5 May 1937.

WEBB, EDMUND JAMES, second son of Rev. Benjamin Webb, Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Well Street, London, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s, ecclesiologist, and Maria Elphinstone, dau. of Rev. William Hodge Mill, Canon of Ely and Regius Prof. of Hebrew, Cambridge Univ.; b. 15 Oct 1852; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS (Capt. ) 1867; Capt. of the School 1870; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; BA 1875; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jan 1875; law student (1881 Census), writer (1901 Census); author, A History of England for the use of Schools and Colleges, 1889; m. 25 Nov 1913 Katharine, only dau. of Rev. William Fulford Adams, Rector of Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucs.; d. 17 Nov 1945.

WEARE, EDWIN THOMAS CLINTON, only son of Thomas William Weare (qv), and his first wife; b. 12 Feb 1859; adm. 16 Jun 1870 (James'); left May 1874; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 10 May 1879; of Hampton House, Hereford; d. 15 Oct 1921.

WATSON, HENRY WILLIAM, eldest son of Henry William Watson, Burnopfield, co. Durham, surgeon [check], and Mary Elizabeth --- (IGI); b. 19 Nov 1854; at Durham Sch. 1867-70; adm. 6 Feb 1871 (James'); left Christmas 1871; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1875; “ironmaker and smelter” (1881 Census, then unm. ); a coalowner; d. at Lampasas, Texas, USA 16 Jul 1891.

WATSON, HENRY MARSHALL; b. 7 Jun 1845; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (James'); left Whitsun 1861.

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.

WASON, LEIGHTON SANDYS, eldest son of Rigby Melvill Wason, London, solicitor, and Hannah Urquhart; b. 31 Dec 1867; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (J); left Dec 1883; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1889; BA 1893; Ely Theol. Coll. 1893; ordained deacon (Ely) 1894, priest (St. Albans) 1898; Curate, Elmswell, Suffolk 1894-7, St. Andrew’s, Plaistow, Essex 1897-8, St. Michael’s, Shoreditch, London 1898-1904; Vicar of Cury cum Gunwalloe, Cornwall 1905 – 27 May 1919, when he was deprived on his refusal to abandon certain practices of ritual.

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.

WALKER, HARRY, brother of Arthur Walker (qv); b. 30 Oct 1846; adm. 3 Jun 1858 (James'); QS 1862; cox of eight in races v. Eton 2 Aug 1861, 1 Aug 1862; Hon. Secretary, Elizabethan Club 1864; left Whitsun 1865; d. unm. in Canada 1886.

WALKER, ASHLEY, brother of Arthur Walker (qv); b. 22 Jun 1844; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1858; left Whitsun 1862; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1862; migr. to Magdalene Coll., Cambridge, matr. Lent 1863; played cricket v. Oxford 1864-6 and for Yorkshire 1863-70; Second Prem. Assistant, Royal Coll., Colombo, Ceylon Aug 1876 – Jul 1877, acting First Prem. Assistant Jul 1877-9, First Prem. Assistant Jul – Aug 1879; acting Inspector of Schools, Ceylon Aug 1879 – Oct 1890, Inspector of Schools Oct 1890 – Aug 1894, Sep 1895 – Jul 1901; acting Director of Public Instruction, Ceylon Aug 1894 – Sep 1895; ret. Jul 1901; m. 22 Sep 1876 Rachel Eveline Ely, sister of Edward Upton Strick (qv); d. 26 May 1927.