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Wild, Robert,
GB-2014-WSA-01476 · Person · 1609-1679
GB-2014-WSA-18128 · Person · 1894-1915

Wilcox, Kenneth Theodore Dunbar, only son of the Rev. Alfred George Wilcox, Vicar of St. George's, Battersea, Surrey, temp. Chaplain to the Forces; b. Dec. 24, 1894; adm. May 4, 1905 (H); K.S. 1909; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1913, matric. Michael­ mas 1913; enlisted in P.S. Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 13, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 8th (Serv.) Batt. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. Oct. 17, 1914; went out to the western front Oct. 8, 1915; killed in action at Château Lahnkof, near Ypres, Nov. 8, 1915.

Wilcox, Giles, 1653-?
GB-2014-WSA-18127 · Person · 1653-?

WILCOX, GILES, son of Jonathan Wilcox, Westminster, and Emma --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 1653 (IGI); adm.; KS 1670; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Dec 1673, aged 18; BA 1677; ordained; Rector of Alburgh, Norfolk 16 Oct 1680-2; Rector of Bixley, Norfolk 26 Oct 1682-90, when deprived as a non-juror; committed to Newgate Prison 26 Feb 1691/2; still in custody May 1692; released and re-arrested 16 Apr 1696.

Wilcocks, Joseph, 1724-1791
GB-2014-WSA-18126 · Person · 1724-1791

WILCOCKS, JOSEPH, only surviving son of Right Rev. Joseph Wilcocks DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, and Jane, dau. of John Milner, British Consul at Lisbon; b. 4 Jan 1723/4; adm. Sep 1731; KS 1736; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1740, matr. 10 Jun 1740, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1740 – void 26 Jun 1753; BA 1744; MA 1747; lived at Barton, Northants, and afterwards at Lady Place, near Hurley, Berks.; travelled abroad; in Italy and France in 1761-2, his piety and benevolence when at Rome winning him the admiration of Pope Clement XIII, who called him “the blessed heretic”; FSA 17 Feb 1763; prepared four books of Sacred Exercises for the use of the School, published 1759; his Roman Conversations, “compiled for the use of places of education, particularly Westminster School”, written in 1763, were published in 1792-4, 2 vols.; d. unm. 23 Dec 1791. Buried under Consistory Court, Westminster Abbey. DNB (s. v. father).

Wilbraham, Randle, 1801-1887
GB-2014-WSA-019593 · Person · 1801-1887

WILBRAHAM, RANDLE, eldest son of Randle Wilbraham (adm. 1784, qv), and his first wife; b. 1 Mar 1801; adm. Christmas 1814; left 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Feb 1820; DL Cheshire, JP Cheshire 1827; High Steward of Congleton; m. 12 Nov 1833 Sybella, dau. of William Egerton, Gresford, Denbighshire; d. 10 Mar 1887.

Wilbraham, Randle, 1773-1861
GB-2014-WSA-18125 · Person · 1773-1861

WILBRAHAM, RANDLE, second son of Richard Wilbraham (afterwards Wilbraham-Bootle) MP, Rode Hall, Cheshire, and Mary, dau. of Robert Bootle, Lathom House, Lancs.; b. 10 Jan 1773; adm. 14 Jan 1784; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Oct 1790; Grand Tour (Germany, Italy, Near East) 1793-8; JP Cheshire; High Steward of Congleton; m. 1st, 5 Dec 1798 Letitia, dau. of Rev. Edward Rudd, Rector of Haughton-le-Skerne, co. Durham; m. 2nd, 9 Feb 1808 Sybella, youngest dau. of Philip Egerton, Low Oulton, Cheshire; d. 12 Jan 1861.

Wilbraham, Peter, 1726-?
GB-2014-WSA-18124 · Person · 1726-?

WILBRAHAM, PETER, third son of Ralph Wilbraham, Dorfold, Cheshire, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 17 Apr 1726 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Feb 1740/1 (Playford's); left 1742; adm. Middle Temple 5 Jul 1742. [Perhaps Lieut., 37th Foot 15 May 1749 (from half-pay), Capt. -Lieut., 18th Foot 30 Oct 1755]

GB-2014-WSA-18123 · Person · 1865-?

WILBE, RICHARD HAYDOCK WIFFIN, son of Richard Haydock Wilbe MD MRCS LSA, Queen’s Road, St. John’s Wood, and Elizabeth --- (1881 Census); b. 18 Jun 1865; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (G); left May 1881; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS 1886; LRCP 1887; MB Durham 1887; MD 1889; medical practitioner in London (still in Medical Directory 1899).