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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.

WALKER, ARTHUR, third son of William Walker, Bolling Hall, Yorks., and Keziah Wesley (IGI), dau. of Rev. John Stamp, Bradford, Yorks.; b. 19 Mar 1841; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); QS 1855; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1859 (with Dean Thomas), adm. pens. 13 Jun 1859, matr. 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Worcester); Curate, Alvechurch, Worcs., 1864-6, St. Paul’s, Hammersmith 1866-7; Vicar of Easton in Gordano, Somerset 1867-1903; Rector of Dinder, Somerset 1903-11; Prebendary of Wells 1903-11; m. 1st, 18 Jul 1866 Adelaide Augusta, eldest dau. of Ven. John Sandford, Archdeacon of Coventry; m. 2nd, 9 Jan 1881 Harriet Emma, sister of Henry Vaughan (qv); d. 30 Dec 1918.

WAKLEY, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Henry Wakley FRCS, Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, surgeon and editor of The Lancet, and Harriette Anne, third dau. of Francis Radford Blake, Rickmansworth, Herts.; b. 10 Jul 1851; adm. 31 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 1866; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1870, matr. Mich. 1870; St. Thomas’s Hospital; a serious bicycle accident interrupted his medical studies for some six years; LRCP 1883; entered the office of The Lancet as assistant to his uncle James Wakley, its then editor; Joint Editor of the Lancet with his father 1886-1907, sole Editor from 1907; m. 8 Aug 1903 Gladys Muriel, dau. of Norman Barron; d. 5 Mar 1909. DNB.

WACE, HERBERT, ninth son of Rev. Richard Henry Wace, Wadhurst, Sussex, Anglican clergyman, and Euliela, dau. of Charles Gray; b. 31 Dec 1851; adm. 26 May 1864 (James'); QS 1866; left May 1870; Writer, Ceylon Civil Service 1873; Assistant Collector of Customs, Trincomalee 1876; Assistant Government Agent, Madura 1886; Government Agent, Ratnapura 1891; Second Assistant to Colonial Secretary 1889; Commissioner of Requests, Colombo 1890; member, Ceylon Legislative Council; Government Agent, Central Provinces Jan 1900; CMG 9 Nov 1903; m. 5 Aug 1879 Mabel Frances, dau. of Edward Henry Blyth; d. at Colombo, Ceylon 28 May 1906.

UPPERTON, GEORGE, brother of Charles Stuart Upperton (qv); b. 3 Jul 1842; adm. 21 Jul 1855 (James'); QS 1856; left 1859; Ensign, 3rd Foot 27 Feb 1862; 91st Foot 3 May 1864; Lieut., 97th Foot 23 Oct 1867; ret. 20 Sep 1871; m. 29 Sep 1871 Augusta E. C., only dau. of Major-Gen. Sir John Jones KCB; d. 23 Aug 1875.

TROWER, FRANCIS EDWARD, fourth son of Capt. Frederick Courtney Trower, 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers, Park Place, Cheltenham, Gloucs., and Elizabeth Hester, dau. of Richard Gaunt; b. 3 Feb 1852; adm. from Cheltenham Coll. 26 May 1864 (James'); left Whitsun 1866; RMC Sandhurst 1869; Lieut., 95th Foot 30 Dec 1871; Capt., Derbyshire Regt., 25 Aug 1880; Maj., 21 Jul 1885; Lieut. -Col., 21 Jul 1892; retd. 27 Jul 1892; JP Pembrokeshire 1911; m. 27 Apr 1881 Emelin Theresa Elizabeth, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. Anthony Bowen Owen Stokes, St. Botolph’s, Milford Haven, Pembs.; d. 1942.

TROLLOPE, WILLIAM STAPLETON, third son of George Francis Trollope, Parliament Street, Westminster, surveyor, and Constance, dau. of William Haward; b. 31 Jul 1854; adm. 27 Jan 1868 (James'); Min. Can. 1869; left Aug 1871; adm. solicitor Apr 1878; practised in Parliament Street, Westminster; played cricket for Surrey 1877, 1880-2; d. 20 Sep 1895.

TIPPING, EDWARD ALEXANDER, third son of William Tipping MP FSA, Brasted Park, Kent, and Maria, dau. of Benjamin Walker, Leeds, Yorks.; b. 2 Oct 1852; adm. 4 Apr 1866 (James'); Min. Can. 1867; left Dec 1870; d. of scarlet fever 9 Jan 1871.