WARTER, OFFLEY, son of Rev. Meverel Warter, Fordham, Cambs., and Ursula --- (IGI); bapt. Presbyterian Chapel, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk 28 Nov 1706 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jun 1718; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1726; BA 1730; d. 8 Apr 1732 (Hearne xi, 46). Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
WASHBOURNE, CHARLES, son of Rev. Thomas Washbourne DD, Rector of Dumbleton, Gloucs., and Prebendary of Gloucester, and Dorothy, dau. of Samuel Fell (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Sep 1668 – void 1677; BA 1671; MA 1674; Vicar of Long Preston, Yorks., from 1677; buried 8 Sep 1703.
WASHER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Washer, London, and Catherine, third dau. of Sir Robert Bolles, Bart.; b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1700, matr. 25 Jun 1700, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1700 – void 27 Jan 1714 (expiry year of grace as V. Snodland from 31 Aug 1713, sic); Vicar of Snodland, Kent, from 1712 [check]; d. 1748 (will proved PCC 27 Jul 1748).
Waterfield, Sir Alexander Percival, son of William Waterfield (q.v.) by his second wife; b. May 16, 1888; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; Mure Scholar 1904; Capt. of the School 1906; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon., 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; Public School Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1907; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1909; Hertford Scholar 1909; prox. acc. Craven Scholar 1909; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1911; B.A. and M.A. 1943; hon. LL. D. Wesleyan Univ., Ohio, U.S.A.; a second-class clerk in the Treasury 1911, a principal clerk 1919; Treasury Remembrancer and acting principal asst. secretary in Ireland 1920-2; member of the Overseas Settlement Board 1936; of the Palestine Partition Commission 1938; First Civil Service Commissioner 1939; one-man commission on Wages and Salaries in Malta 1957; retired 1951; C.B. Jan. 1, 1923; knighted 1951; K.B.E. June 3, 1952; m. Oct. 16, 1920, Doris Mary, daughter of Otto Siepmann, of Godalming, Surrey; d. 1965.
WATERFIELD, ARTHUR SWAINSON, son of Edward Waterfield (qv); b. 16 Jul 1866; adm. 16 Jul 1880 (D), exhbitioner; QS 25 Sep 1881; left May 1885; Non-Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886; migr. to Merton Coll.; BA 1889; MA 1894; Assistant Master, Guildford GS 1890-2, Beverley GS 1892; ordained 1899; Curate, Bromyard, Herefs., 1899-1903; Rector of Brimfield, Herefs., 1903-26; Rector of Stockton-on-Teme, Worcs., from 1926; m. 6 Sep 1890 Laura, dau. of Thomas Botterell, Head Master Bromyard GS; d. 20 Jul 1934.
Waterfield, Donald Corrie, son of Harry Wingfield Waterfield (q.v.); b. May 10, 1900; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; left April 1917; Midshipman R.N. June 14, 1918; a teaplanter in Ceylon; Paymaster Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R. Sept. 20, 1939; Paymaster Lieut. Dec. 20, 1940; m. Aug. 10, 1923, Jean Meta, second daughter of Malcolm Langton Hepburn, M.D., of London.
Waterfield, Edward Hope, son of William Waterfield (q.v.), hy his first wife; b. Aug. 12, 1876; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1889; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1895, matric. Michaelmas 1895; B.A. 1899; I.C.S. (Bombay) 1899; arrived in India Nov. 24, 1900; Asst. Coll. and Magis. 1900; District and Sessions Judge Dec. 1919; m. Jan. 19, 1903, Winifred Gane, youngest daughter of the Rev. Charles Bradford Wardale, Vicar of Bowes, Yorks; d. March 22, 1925.
WATERFIELD, HARRY WINGFIELD, eldest son of Edward Waterfield (qv); b. 29 Dec 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (D), exhibitioner; QS 1879; Capt. of the School Sep 1882-3; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1883 (with Triplett), adm. sub-sizar 5 Oct 1883, matr. 1883; BA 1886; MA 1890; Assistant Master, Bradfield Coll. 1888-96; ordained deacon 1900, priest 1901 (both Rochester); Curate, Mortlake, Surrey 1900-2; head Master, Temple Grove Sch., East Sheen, Surrey (later at Eastbourne, Sussex) 1902-35, Chaplain 1935-45; Chaplain, Bayham Abbey, Sussex, from 1945; m. 30 Jul 1896 Maria Winifred, youngest dau. of Rev. George Armitage, Vicar of St. Luke’s, Gloucester; d. 16 Mar 1951.
WATERFIELD, SIR HENRY, third son of Thomas Nelson Waterfield (qv); b. 30 Jun 1837; adm. 22 May 1845; QS (Capt. ) 1851; left 1853; Clerk, Board of Control 1853-9; Private Secretary to Earl of Ellenborough, President Board of Control, 1858; Assistant Private Secretary to Lord Stanley, President Board of Control, 1858-9 and to Lord Stanley and Sir Charles Wood as successive Secretaries of State for India 1859-63; employed India Office 1859-1902, serving as Secretary, Statistic and Commerce Dept., 1874-9 and Secretary, Financial Dept., 1879 – Jul 1902, ret.; CB 31 Dec 1885; KCSI 3 Jul 1893; GCIE 26 Jun 1902; joint founder with William Waterfield (qv) of the Waterfield Prize Fund at the School; m. 1st, 24 Sep 1868 Katharine Jane, only dau. of George Edward Wilmot Wood (qv); m. 2nd, 23 Jun 1885 Mary Augusta, dau. of Edward Obré Shee, Newcastle, co. Down, Ireland, barrister; d. 5 Jul 1913.
WATERFIELD, THOMAS NELSON, eldest son of William Waterfield, Barton Street, Westminster, accountant in Exchequer Bill Pay Office, and Elizabeth Weekes Patey; b. 22 Jul 1799; adm. 14 Jun 1811; KS 1814; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1817, adm. pens. 16 May 1817, scholar 1818, matr. 1817; Junior Clerk, Board of Control 1818; Assistant Clerk (by 1830); Senior Clerk, Secret and Political Dept., 1839; Private Secretary to Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (qv); in charge of Records, Cannon Row, Westminster 1858-61; ret. 1861; m. 17 Jun 1826 Elizabeth, sister of William Benthall (qv); d. 7 Sep 1862.