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HERBERT, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and 2nd Earl of Montgomery (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Enfield, Middlesex 28 May 1622 (IGI); at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by the KSS in 1633 for Charles I on his return from Scotland and on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jul 1635, aged 13; MA 1636; MP Monmouthshire Oct 1640 – 16 Sep 1642; d. unm.

WYNDHAM, HON. PERCY CHARLES, second son of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (qv); b. 23 Sep 1757; adm. 17 Oct 1765; KS (Capt. ) 1769; Capt. of the School 1773; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, but did not matr.; Chancery Registrar, Jamaica 1763 (still 1780); Secretary and Clerk of the Courts, and Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, Barbados May 1763 - 1820; MP Chichester 11 Mar 1782-4, Midhurst 1790-6; d. unm. 5 Aug 1833.

WYCHE, SIR CYRIL, second son of Right Hon. Sir Peter Wyche, PC, Kt, English Ambassador at Constantinople, and Jane, dau. of Sir William Meredith, Kt, Wrexham, Denbighshire; b.; a godson of Cyril Loukaris, Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, after whom he was named; adm.; KS in 1649; contributed a copy of verses to Lacrimae Musarum, 1649; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Nov 1650; BA 17 Feb 1652/3; MA 1655; DCL 1665; LLD Dublin 1692; adm. Gray’s Inn 1 May 1657, called to bar 15 Jun 1670; knighted at The Hague May 1660; one of the Six Clerks in Chancery 28 Jan 1662-75; MP Callington May 1661 – Jan 1678/9, East Grinstead Feb – Mar 1680/1, Saltash 1685-7, Preston 1702-5; Chief Secretary to Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieut. Ireland 1677-82, and to Henry Sidney, Lord Lieut. Ireland, Sep 1692 – Jul 1693; MP (I) Dublin University 17 Sep 1692 – 26 Jun 1693; Privy Councillor (I) 1692; one of the Lord Justices of Ireland 1693-5; a Commissioner for Irish Forfeitures 1700; FRS 20 May 1663, President 30 Nov 1683 – 30 Nov 1684; lic. to m. 1st, 2 Aug 1663 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Jermyn, Rushbrooke, Suffolk; lic. to m. 2nd, 29 Jul 1684 Susanna, dau. of Sir Herbert Perrott, Kt, MP, Haroldstone, Pembs., and dau. of Sir Francis Norreys, Kt, Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire; m. 3rd, 15 May 1692 Mary, eldest dau. of George Evelyn, Wotton, Surrey; d. 29 Dec 1707. DNB.

WROTTESLEY, HENRY, son of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Oct 1772; adm. 31 Jan 1782; KS (Capt. ) 1786; Capt. of the School 1790; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 22 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 25 Jun 1803; BA 1795; MA 1798; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1793, called to bar 26 Nov 1798; member, Corporation of Cursitors Dec 1794 (still Law List 1822); Commissioner of Bankrupts 1799 (occurs in annual lists 1801 to death); Solicitor, Board of Control Feb 1806 – Aug 1811; MP Brackley from 28 Dec 1810; d. unm. 17 Feb 1825.

WINDSOR, HON. DIXIE, second son of Thomas Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth PC, and his second wife Ursula, youngest dau. of Sir Thomas Widdrington, Kt, Sherburn Grange, Northumberland; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1691; 7th in “ordo” 1694/5; BA 1694/5; MA 1698; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1697, Major Fellow 6 May 1698 – c. 1706; MP Cambridge University 1705-27; Storekeeper of the Ordnance Office 28 Jun 1712 – Mar 1717; Busby Trustee 8 Mar 1711/2; m. Dorothy, sister of Bertram Stote (qv); d. 20 Oct 1743.

WILLIAMS, OWEN, eldest son of Thomas Williams MP, Llanidan, Anglesey, solicitor and copper mine proprietor, and Catherine, dau. of John Lloyd, Llanfihangel Tre’r Beirdd, Anglesey; bapt. 19 Jul 1764; adm. 16 Sep 1776; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1782, but was never adm.; MP Great Marlow from 1796; of Temple House, Berks., and Craigydon, Anglesey; m. 18 Jul 1792 Margaret, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. 23 Feb 1832.

WHITWORTH, FRANCIS, brother of Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth (I) (qv); b. 9 May 1684; adm.; KS 1701; Secretary, Island of Barbados, from 1719; MP Minehead from May 1723; Surveyor-Gen. of HM Woods and Forests, South of the Trent, from 6 Apr 1732; of Leybourne, Kent; m. 2 May 1719 (IGI) Joan Wyndham, Clearwell, Newland, Gloucs.; d. 6 Mar 1741/2.

WHITWORTH, CHARLES, 1ST BARON WHITWORTH (I), second son of Richard Whitworth, Blowerpipe and Adbaston, Staffs., and Anne, dau. of Rev. Francis Mosley, Rector of Wilmslow, Cheshire; bapt. 14 Oct 1675; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1694, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1694, aged 18, scholar 5 Apr 1695; BA 1699/1700; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1700 – c. 1708 [check]; adm. Middle Temple 30 Oct 1694; [perhaps Clerk, Board of Trade c. 1696 – 11 Mar 1701]; entered diplomatic service under wing of George Stepney (qv); British representative at Diet of Ratisbon, 28 Feb 1702; Envoy Extraordinary to Russia 2 Sep 1704 – May 1710; Ambassador to Vienna 1711; British Plenipotentiary at Congress at Baden 30 Apr 1714; Envoy Extraordinary to Berlin 1716-7, 1719-22; Envoy Extraordinary to the Hague 1718; created Baron Whitworth (I) 9 Jan 1720/1; one of British plenipotentiaries at Congress of Cambrai Feb 1721/2; MP Newport (IOW) from 1722; his Account of Russia as it was in the year 1710 was published by Horace Walpole at his Strawberry Hill press in 1758; m. Magdalena Jacoba, Comtesse de Vaulgremont; d. 23 Oct 1725. Buried South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

TULK, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, eldest son of John Augustus Tulk, Richmond, Surrey, and Betty Carr (IGI); b. 3 Jun 1786; adm.; KS 1801; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1805, adm. pens. 27 May 1805, scholar 18 Apr 1806; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Mar 1807; assisted in foundation of a society for the publication of Swedenborgís writings in 1810, serving on its committee to 1843; presided at Hawkstone meeting of Swedenborgians in 1814 and other years; MP Sudbury 1820-6, Poole 1835-7; FRS 14 Nov 1822; FSA by 1831; contributed to Intellectual Repository and New Church Advocate; author, Spiritual Christianity, and other works; m. 21 Sep 1807 Susannah, only child of Marmaduke Hart, London and Hampstead, Middlesex, merchant; d. 16 Jan 1849. DNB.

TOWNSEND-FARQUHAR, SIR ROBERT TOWNSEND, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, Bart. (qv); b. 14 Oct 1776; adm. 6 Jun 1787; KS 1789; Writer, EICS Madras 10 Sep 1793; Assistant to Accountant, Board of Revenue 1796; Assistant to Resident, Amboyna (now Ambon, Indonesia) and Banda 1797, Deputy Commercial Resident 1798, Commercial Resident 1798-1802; Commissioner for adjusting British claims in the Moluccas 1802; Lieut. -Gov., Prince of Wales Island 1804-6; Governor of Mauritius 1810-23, where he successfully suppressed the slave trade; created baronet 21 Aug 1821; assumed additional surname of Townsend 19 Jul 1824; MP Newton (Lancs. ) Feb 1825-6, Hythe from 1826; Director, East India Co., 1826-8; author, Suggestions for counteracting any injurious effects upon the population of the West Indian colonies from the abolition of the Slave Trade 1807; m. 10 Jan 1809 Maria Frances Geslip, second dau. of Joseph Francis Louis de Latour, firm Francis Latour & Co, agents, Madras; d. 16 Mar 1830. DNB.