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Willett, Walter Glynne Austen, brother of Victor John Austen Willett (q.v.); b. Jan. 19, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left Dec. 1893; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 25, 1894).

Willett, Victor John Austen, eldest son of Edmund Austen Willett, of Whitwell, Isle of Wight, by Marion, daughter of Edward Covey, M.R.C.S., of Basingstoke, Hants; b. Jan. 19, 1873; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left July 1891; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 15, 1891); B.A. 1894; a member of the Okanagan Mission, British Columbia; m. June 4, 1898, Marjory Lucy Mary, youngest daughter of Frederic Willett (q.v.); d. at Kelowna, Dec. 17, 1958.

WILLETT, THOMAS, eldest son of Rev. Waring Willett, St. Margaret’s Churchyard, Westminster, Minor Canon of Westminster Abbey, and Hannah ---; bapt. St. Mary, Marylebone Road 21 Apr 1773 (IGI); adm. 15 Jan 1783; KS (aged 12) 1785; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1789, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1789; migrated to Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 6 May 1791; BA 1796; MA 1797; Assistant Master, Loughborough House Sch., Surrey; living 1801 (will proved PCC 12 Feb 1847, Loughborough House, Surrey).

Willett, John Abernethy, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. June 14, 1872; adm. April 1884 (R); left July 1890; Univ. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 11, 1890; B.A. and M.B. 1894; M.A. and M.D. 1906; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1899; practised in London; Capt. R.A.M.C. (T.F.) April 1, 1916; served in Mesopotamia and France in Great War I; d. May 6, 1932.

WILLETT, HERBERT BURROWS, eldest son of Alfred Willett FRCS, Wimpole Street, London, and Rose Ellen, only dau. of Sir George Burrows, Bart. , MD FRS, President, Royal College of Physicians; nephew of Frederic Willett (qv); b. 25 Apr 1870; adm. 26 Jan 1883 (J); left Jul 1888; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1888; played hockey v. Cambridge 1890, 1891; BA 1891; adm. solicitor May 1895; practised in London; JP Sussex; m. 19 Apr 1900 Isobel, dau. of James Matthews Duncan, Brook Street, Hanover Square, London.

WILLETT, FREDERIC, son of William Catt (afterwards Willett), Portland Place, Brighton, Sussex, and Elizabeth, fourth dau. of William Verrall, Southover, Lewes, Sussex; b. 16 Jun 1838; adm. 29 Jan 1852 (as Frederic Catt) (G); QS 1853; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1857, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1857; BA 1861; MA 1864; ordained deacon (Rochester) 1861, priest (Lichfield) 1862; Curate, St. Peter, Wolverhampton, Staffs., 1861-5; Vicar of West Bromwich, Staffs., 1865-81; Curate in charge, Scaynes Hill, Lindfield, Sussex 1881-4; assumed surname of Willett in lieu of Catt 27 Jun 1863; author, Osney Foss, 1908; m. 6 Apr 1869 Mary, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. John Nock Bagnall, Lichfield, Staffs.; d. 5 Jun 1939.

Willett, Frederic Wilfrid Bagnall, son of Frederic Willett (q.v.); b. March 3, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left April 1894; 2nd Lieut. Sussex Regt. May 15, 1897; Lieut. Feb. 22, 1899; Capt. June 1, 1905; Major Sept. 1, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 14, 1921; retired Jan. 10, 1922; served in South Africa 1900-2, and in Great War I 1914-9; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, 1917, and May 22, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m. July 23, 1904, Kathleen Maud, eldest daughter of Matthew George Megaw, of Warninglid, Sussex; d. 1951.

Willett, Bernard Hastings, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Dec. 29, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1899, matric. Michael­mas 1899; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1901; asst. master at Charterhouse School 1904-45; served in France in Great War I; Lieut. R.G.A. (S.R.) July 1, 1917, employed R.E.; m. April 23, 1919, Muriel, youngest daughter of Ethelbert Hosking, M.R.C.S., of Turner's Hill, Sussex; d. March 14, 1949.

WILLETT, AUGUSTUS SALTREN, eldest son of John Saltren Willett, Torrington, Devon, and Elizabeth Percy, sister of John Holt White (qv); b. 25 Oct 1817; adm. 26 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); left Whitsun 1832; RMC Sandhurst; Cornet, 17th Lancers 9 Dec 1836; Lieut., 31 Dec 1839; Capt., 11 Jun 1842; Maj., 28 May 1852; served in the Crimea; d. unm. at Balaclava, of cholera, 22 Oct 1854. [Father a Proctor, Court of Arches (occurs 1831) ?] [son of John Salter Willett (qv) ?] [related to Clevland family : check]

Willett, Arnold Theodore, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Aug. 15, 1883; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1911; asst. master, King's Coll. School, Sept. 1907 - July 1909, at Westminster School 1909-45; Capt., unattached (T.F.) June 4, 1914; O.C. Westminster School O.T.C.; housemaster of Home boarders 1922-25, and of Grant's 1925-35; first master of the Under School 1943-45; m. Aug. 30, 1948, Audrey Florence, 3rd daughter of George John Palmer, of Hendon Hall, Middx; d. Oct. 6, 1961.