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WRIGHT, SIR WILLIAM SHAW, brother of Alfred Wright (qv); b. 9 Mar 1843; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); QS 1857; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 25 May 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; one of a committee of Cambridge undergraduates who in 1863 drew up the first code of rules for Association Football; a corn merchant at Hull, Yorks.; Chairman, Hull and Barnsley Railway Co.; Chairman, Humber Conservancy Board; knighted 29 Jul 1914; JP Yorkshire North Riding 1913; m. 12 Jun 1866 Anna, second dau. of Benjamin Vipan, Sutton, Cambs.; d. 10 Nov 1914.

WRIGHT, SAMPSON FIELDING CRESWICKE, only son of Sir Sampson Wright, Kt, Police Magistrate, Bow Street, London, and Sarah Simes (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields, London 28 Aug 1766 (IGI); adm. 19 Apr 1773; KS (Capt. ) 1780; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1784, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1784, scholar 8 Apr 1785; BA 1789; MA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Jul 1783, called to bar 27 Jun 1789; d. 26 Apr 1804, aged 37.

WRIGHT, LAWRENCE, son of John Wright, Essex; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1652, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1652; 5th in “ordo” 1655/6; BA 1655/6; MA 1659; MD 1666; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1656 – c. 1667, Tutor 1660-4.

WRIGHT, HERBERT EDWARDS, only son of Robert Wright, Principal of Lancing GS, Sussex, and Anne, dau. of William Buck; b. 16 Aug 1848; adm. 28 Jul 1862 (James'); QS 1863; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1867 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 15 Aug 1867; BA 1871; MA 1891; adm. Inner Temple 30 Jan 1869; had a brewery at Maxton, near Dover, Kent, for some years; brewer-manager with Arnold Perrott & Co, Wickwar, Gloucs., and subsequently with Tennants Brewery, Glasgow; author, A Handbook for Young Brewers, 1877; m. 20 Feb 1873 Jessie Anne, eldest dau. of George Keningdale Cook, Hammersmith, Middlesex; d. 2 Feb 1907.

WRIGHT, HENRY, son of George Wright, Paddington, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1687, matr. 15 Jul 1687, aged 20, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1687 – void 1713; BA 1691; MA 1694; Assistant Master, Oakham Sch. 1700-2, Head Master from 1702; ordained; Rector of Asfordby, Leics., from 29 Jun 1723; d. 1724.

WRIGHT, FRANCIS; b.; adm.; KS ; failed to obtain election to either university 1616.

WRIGHT, CHARLES, of Surrey; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1651, adm. pens. 9 May 1651, scholar 1651, matr. Easter 1652; 2nd in “ordo” 1654/5; BA 1654/5; MA 1658; DD 1671; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1656 – c. 1671, Tutor 1660, Junior Bursar 1665-7; Junior Taxor 1661; Proctor 1669; Professor of Arabic, Cambridge Univ., from 1702; ordained; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, from 1669; m. 23 Feb 1670/1 Ann Eades, Holy Trinity, Cambridge; d. 13 Nov 1711.

WORTLEY, THOMAS, son of Robert Wortley, Staffs.; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) in 1655; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1656, adm. pens. 14 May 1656, scholar 1656, matr. Easter 1659; BA 1659/60; MA 1663.

WORTHEN, JOHN, son of Thomas Worthen, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS 1675; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1681, adm. pens. 17 May 1681, aged 18, scholar 1682.

WORSLEY, RALPH, second son of Rev. James Worsley, Rector of Stonegrave, Yorks., and Dorothy, sister of Ralph Pennyman (qv); bapt. 7 Jul 1765; adm. 3 Feb 1778; KS 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1784, scholar 8 Apr 1785; BA 1788; MA 1792; ordained deacon 20 Jul 1788, priest 11 Oct 1789 (both York); Perpetual Curate of St. Olave’s, York, from 1790; Rector of Little Ponton, Lincs., 1791-1829; Rector of Finchley, Middlesex, from 24 Apr 1794; Canon of Ripon 1792, Sub-Dean 1801; m. 23 Dec 1795 Elizabeth, second dau. of Thomas Gildart, Finchley, Middlesex; d. 23 Mar 1848.