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Worlock, Gerald Langton, brother of Frederick George Warlock (q.v.); b. Dec. 18, 1887; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left July 1906; a clerk with Messrs. Robinson Fisher and Harding, King Street, St. James's, since 1909; enlisted in the H.A.C. Sept. 5, 1914, and served in France Dec. 27, 1914 - June 16, 1915, when he was wounded; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Royal Berks Regt. Nov. 16, 1915; served in France May 1916 - March 27, 1918, when he was again wounded; retired with rank of Capt. March 1920; M.C. Nov. 26, 1917; an antique dealer and valuer; Lieut. R.A.O.C. April 8, 1940; Capt.; m. Jan. 26, 1929, Kathleen Margaret, daughter of Ernest Popplewell Pullan, of Blackheath, Kent; d. 1966.

Worlock, Frederic George, son of Thomas Worlock, of St. Johns Wood, by Sophia Eliza­beth, daughter of Walter Thornhill, of Paddington; b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1905; an actor, first appeared at the Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, Feb. 17, 1908, in Much Ado about Nothing; has since played mainly in the U.S.A.; a regular film­ actor at Hollywood from 1939; a member of the Benson company 1905-10; enlisted in 14th Batt. London Regt. (London Scottish) Nov. 9, 1914; temp. Capt. in the same, Nov. 30, 1915; wounded March 28, 1917; M.C. Nov. 26, 1917; m. 1st Feb. 11, 1911, Olive, daughter of Robert Noble, of Liverpool; 2nd Elsie Ferguson, actress, daughter of Hiram Benson Ferguson, of New York; d. 1973.

WORKMAN, JOHN, brother of Caesar Workman (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 15 Feb 1733 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1744/5.

WORKMAN, CAESAR, son of William Workman, and Susanna --- (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 10 Mar 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1744/5. [note will William Workman, Castle Yard, Holborn, proved PCC 11 Sep 1746]

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM JOHN, son of John Cawood Wordsworth FRCS, Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, and Mary Anne, eldest dau. of William Chasseaud, Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey; b. 27 Apr 1857; adm. 30 May 1872; left Dec 1876; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; LRCP 1887; medical practitioner at Mansfield, Notts. (still in Medical Directory 1899).

Wordsworth, Jonathan Fletcher, son of Andrew Siegfried Wordsworth, asst. master at the Sch., later at Bryanston Sch., of Childe Okeford, Dorset, and Helen, d. of Stephen Fletcher of Salisbury, Wilts; b. 28 Nov. 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (G); left July 1951; Brasenose Coll. Oxf., matric. 1952, BA 1955 (1st class hons Eng. Lang. & Lit. ); sen. Hulme res. schol. 1955, MA 1958; Fellow of Exeter Coll. 1957-80; visiting assoc. Prof. Cornell Univ. 1966-7 and 1970; Chatterton lecturer Brit. Academy 1969; lecturer, Romantic Studies, and Fellow of St Catherine’s Coll. Oxf., 1980; Prof. of English Literature, Univ. of Oxf. 1996-2000; hon. sec. trustees of Dove Cottage Grasmere; chmn. Wordsworth Trust 1976-2002, Pres. 2002-; author of The Music of Humanity 1969 and editions of Wordsworth studies and texts; m. 1st, 26 June 1958 (div. 1984) Ann Wordsworth, Fellow of St Hugh’s Coll. Oxf., d. of William Sherratt of Goathland, Yorks; 2nd, 1984 Lucy Newlyn DPhil, Prof. English Language and Literature, Oxford; 3rd, 1998 Jessica Prince; d. 21 June 2006.

Wordsworth, Giles Geoffrey Frere, brother of Jonathan Fletcher Wordsworth (qv); b. 10 May 1934; adm. May 1948 (G); left July 1952; a journalist; Northern Daily News, Ontario, Canada, later Daily Mirror, London; m. 15 Sept. 1961 Princess Jeanne Marie Carolina Annunziata Rospigliosi, d. of Prince William Rospigliosi of M’Sasa, S. Rhodesia; d. 29 Feb. 1992.

WORDSWORTH, GEORGE; b. Westminster 21 Mar 1837; adm. 11 Feb 1850 (Scott's).

Wootton, Thomas Christopher, son of Frank Stanley Wootton, solicitor, of Lee, Kent, and May, d. of Christopher Rowbotham of Grove Park, Kent; b. 14 Dec. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1930; a chartered accountant, ACA 1935; British Nylon Spinners, Pontypool; m. 14 Dec. 1940 Mary Elizabeth, d. of C. E. S. Mason of Blackheath.