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WINSTANLEY, ARCHIE JAMES, brother of Howard Percy Winstanley (qv); b. 3 Nov 1866; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G); left Aug 1883; d. 20 Dec 1960.

WINGFIELD, WILLIAM FREDERICK, second son of John Wingfield (adm. 1770, qv); b. 1 Feb 1814; adm. 16 Jun 1825 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; ordained deacon 8 Oct 1837, priest 21 Oct 1838 (both Canterbury); Curate, St. Peter’s, Isle of Thanet 1837, St. Mark’s, North Audley Street, London 1843; Vicar of Bleasdon, Lancs., 1844; Roman Catholic convert 1845; MD Pisa; [became a barrister ? : check]; author, A Tour in Dalmatia, Albania and Montenegro, 1859; m. 2 Nov 1844 Charlotte, second dau. of Sir George Nicholls, Kt, Hyde Park Street, London, Secretary to Poor Law Commission; d. 2 Aug 1874.

WINGFIELD, JOHN HOPE, eldest son of John Wingfield (adm. 1770, qv); b. 11 Nov 1810; adm. 27 Jun 1821 (G); Ensign, 15th Foot 17 May 1831; Lieut., 4 Oct 1833; Capt., 18 Jan 1839; Maj., 11 Nov 1851; Lieut. -Col., 19 Feb 1858; Col., East Yorks. Regt., 28 Jun 1862; Major-Gen., 28 Jun 1868; Lieut. -Gen., 19 May 1880; retd. 1 Jul 1881, with hon. rank of Gen.; d. 3 Feb 1890.

WINGFIELD, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, son of John Wingfield (adm. 1770, qv); b. 22 Dec 1818; adm. 9 Sep 1831 (G); adm. Gray’s Inn 21 Apr 1835, called to bar 18 Nov 1840; d. 14 May 1844.

Winckworth, William Norman, brother of Lewis Herbert Winckworth (q.v.); b. Feb. 9, 1870; adm. Sept. 16, 1884 (G); left April 1888; played football (Assoc.) for England against Wales 1892, and against Ireland 1893; in business in Calcutta 1894-1914; joined the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in Nov. 1914; served in France in Great War I; m. Nov. 2, 1916, Mary Russell, only daughter of John Morrice Watson, of Dundee; d. Nov. 9, 1941.

WINCKWORTH, LEWIS HERBERT, eldest son of Lewis Winckworth, Abingdon Street, Westminster, solicitor, and Fanny Marcia, only dau. of William Henry Powell MD, Fareham, Hampshire; b. 13 Mar 1864; adm. 27 Jan 1879 (G); left Aug 1881; adm. solicitor Jul 1887; practised in London; m. 10 Jul 1894 Ruthella Theodora, elder dau. of Rev. Herbert Clementi-Smith, Holland Park Avenue, Kensington, Middlesex, Chaplain to the Mercers’ Co.

Winckworth, John Wadham, son of Wadham Bruce Winckworth (qv); b. 3 Apr. 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (G); left July 1934; Faraday House Electrical Engineering Coll. 1934-8; RE 1939-45 (Maj.); MIEE 1952, FlnstE 1962, CEng MIMechE 1969; contract man. and dir. Spearing & Partners, engineers, 1946-61; project man. W. S. Atkins & Partners, consulting engineers, 1961-7; retd to Alderney 1967, elected to States of Alderney 1971, Vice-Pres. 1977-86; OBE 1988; m. 12 Dec. 1940 Rosalind Daphne, d. of Noel Macgrigor Phillips of Temple Sowerby Manor, Westmorland; d. 14 Aug. 2004.

Winckworth, Douglas Stuart, brother of Archibald Norman Winckworth (qv); b. 22 Nov. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (G); left July 1939; RNVR in WW2 (Lieut.); a chartered accountant, ACA 1948, FCA; chief accountant Benoni Textile Mills, Transvaal, 1959-64; sec. Anglo-Transvaal Invest­ment Co. 1965-74; financial dir. Sealandair Travel Agency Benoni 1974-; m. 12 Dec. 1945 Frances Neden, d. of John Henry Mader of Johannesburg; d. 30 Mar. 2006

Winckworth, Douglas Powell, brother of Lewis Herbert Winckworth (q.v.); b. May 19, 1872; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (G); left July 1890; adm. a solicitor May 1895, firm, Free and Winckworth, New Broad Street, London; m. July 31, 1901, Edith Frances, fifth daughter of Joseph Henry Prosser Staples, M.D., of London; d. Sept. 14, 1904.