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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.

WALKER, ALEXANDER, son of George Walker, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1730/1; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1740, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1740, scholar 10 Apr 1741, matr. 1740; BA 1743/4; MA 1747; of Barbados, West Indies.

Waley, Guy Felix, only son of John Felix Waley, of London, barrister-at-law, by Ethel Esther, daughter of Daniel Schloss, of London; b. May 10, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (G); K.S. (non­-resident) 1911; Mure Scholar 1914; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1915, but did not matric.; 2nd Lieut. 11th Batt. Royal Warwicks Regt. Oct. 4, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served in France and was severely wounded at Arras April 1917; Military Intelligence Dept. Sept. 1918; discharged on account of his wounds March 1919; in the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Sept. 1919; m. Nov. 7, 1923, Anne Elizabeth, only daughter of Henry Newton Dickson, C.B.E., D.Sc., of Reading, Berks; d. Sept. 20, 1959.

WALCOT, JOHN, brother of Charles Walcot (adm. 1748, qv); bapt. 20 Nov 1740; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1749 (Grant's); Post Office Agent for the Packets at Dover and Yarmouth c. 1762-98; Accountant-General, Post Office 1766-70; m. 1st, Eliza, widow of Capt. Charles Coleby, Royal Navy; m. 2nd, 25 Sep 1805 Isabella Douglas, widow [or Jemima, dau. of Adm. Sir James Douglas, Bart., Royal Navy : check]; d. 1819. [perhaps John Walcot, will proved PCC 27 Jul 1820]

WALCOT, CHARLES, son of John Walcot MP, Walcot, Shropshire, and Mary, dau. of Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart., MP; bapt. 22 Mar 1738; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1756; MP Weymouth 30 Apr 1763-8; Clerk to Accountant-General, Post Office (occurs 1774-83); Controller of Penny Post, Post Office; of Bitterley Court, Shropshire; High Sheriff, Shropshire 1782; m. 17 Jul 1764 his cousin Anne, sister of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv); buried Bitterley, Shropshire 27 Sep 1799.

WALBRYGE, EDMUND; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

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.

Wakely, William Hugh Denning, brother of Leonard John Dean Wakely (qv); b. 20 Feb. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (G); left July 1930; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1934; 2nd Lieut. RE Jan. 1932, Lieut. Jan. 1935, Capt. Jan. 1940; GSO 1 MELF, despatches (Middle East) June 1942; Maj. July 1946; psc; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 1953, Col. 1959, Brig. 1963; retd Apr. 1964; m. 21 Dec. 1937 Diana Mary, d. of Lieut.-Col. Richard Montague Raynsford DSO DL, of Milton Manor, Northants; d. 26 Sept. 1979.

Wakely, Leonard John Dean, son of Sir Leonard Day Wakely KCIE CB, Dep. Under Sec. of State India Office, and Florence Dean, d. of William Titley; b. 18 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (G); left 1928; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931 (1st class hons Mod. History), MA 1945; passed into ICS 1932; SOAS Lond. 1932-3; Asst Commr Punjab 1933; Asst Supt Simla Hill States 1935; SDO Rajanpur 1936; Under Sec. Punjab Govt 1937-8; successively Under Sec. Defence Co­ord. and Dep. Sec. Defence and Legislative Depts, Govt of India 1938-47; MBE 1942, OBE 1945; Dominions Office 1947; Sen. Sec. Office of UK High Commr in S. Africa 1950-2; Dep. High Commr Madras 1953-7, Ghana 1957-60; Head of Constitutional Dept CRO 1960-2; Dep. High Commr Canada 1962-5; CMG 1965; HM Ambassador Rangoon 1965-7; 111. 10 Nov. 1938 Margaret Houssemayne, d. of Lieut.-Cdr Charles Wills Tinson OBE RN; d. 24 June 1994.

Wakely, Kenneth George, son of Brig. William Hugh Denning Wakely (qv); b. 7 Jan. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (QS); left July 1957; RMA Sandhurst 1957, Queen’s Medal 1959; 2nd Lieut. Queen’s Roy. Surrey Regt. 1959, Lieut. 1961, Capt. Dec. 1964, retd. Aug. 1970; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1971; industrial relations consult. Engineering Employers’ Fedn. 1970-3; training man. Cape Industries 1973-8; personnel man. Exchange Telegraph Co. 1978-84; man. consult., John Courtis and Partners 1986-9; Ferdinand Pieroth Wines, sales consult. 1990-8; South West Trains, station man. 2004-15; m. 8 May 1965 Susan Margaret Ubsdell, sec., d. of Maj. Edward Thurlow Hope Ubsdell SLI, of New Milton, Hants; d. 13 Mar. 2023.