WEKES, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
WELBOURNE, ROBERT, son of Robert Welbourne, Westminster; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1708; QS 1709; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1713, matr. 23 Jun 1713, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1713 – void 10 Jul 1731 (expiry year of grace as R, Wendlebury from 1 Jul 1730); BA 1717; MA 1720; adm. Inner Temple 12 Feb 1716/7; ordained deacon (London) 18 Feb 1721/2, priest (Oxford) 20 May 1722; Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 1730; Rector of Bletchley, Bucks., 15 Mar 1741/2-4; Rector of Lowick, Northants 31 Aug 1744-61; bequeathed a collection of Greek and Roman coins to Christ Church, Oxford; buried Wendlebury, Oxfordshire 11 Oct 1764, unm.
WELBOURNE, WILLIAM, brother of Robert Welbourne (qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1713; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 7 Jul 1714 (as Welburne), aged 17, scholar 1716; BA 1718.
WELBY, ARTHUR EARLE, third son of Sir William Earle Welby, Bart., MP, and Wilhelmina, only dau. of William Spry LLD, Governor of Barbados; b. 22 Aug 1815; adm. 28 Jan 1828 (Stikeman's); left Dec 1829; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1835; University Coll. Durham; BA 1846; ordained deacon 1847, priest 1848; Rector of Newton, Lincs., 1848-58; Rector of Holy Trinity, Hulme, Lancs., from 1858; m. 13 May 1843 Julia Catherine, dau. of Capt. George Macdonald, 17th Foot; d. 26 Nov 1884.
WELCH, JOHN, only son of John Welch, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Frances ---; b.; adm. 19 Apr 1786; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1791; left 1795; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1795, but did not matr.; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1792.
WELD, GEORGE HENRY, son of William Weld, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 25 Feb 1803; adm. 15 Sep 1817 (G); left 8 Feb 1819; articled to Joseph Jessopp, Waltham Cross, Essex, attorney 28 Aug 1821, transferred to Samuel Weld, Saville Place, New Burlington Street, London 21 Jan 1826; adm. attorney, King’s Bench 4 May 1827, and Common Pleas 23 Nov 1830; practised at Woolwich, Kent; m. 20 Feb 1830 Mary Caroline Breeze (IGI); d. 13 Feb 1850.
WELD, JOSEPH; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1665; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1668, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1668, scholar 1669, matr. 1668; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674 – c. 1684, Tutor 1676-81; ordained deacon 21 May 1676, priest 22 Dec 1678 (both London); Vicar of Ware, Herts., 10 Dec 1681-2; Vicar of Masham with Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., 5 Apr 1682-8; Vicar of Haydor with Kelly, Lincs., from 1688; d. 1726. [Perhaps bapt. Bracon Ash, Norfolk 29 Dec 1651, son of Gascoigne Weld, and Anne Hall (IGI)]
Weld, Philip Saltonstall, son of Philip Saltonstall Weld, newspaper publisher and yachtsman, of Gloucester, MA, USA, and Anne, d. of Samuel Dennis Warren of Essex, MA, USA; b. 7 July 1938; adm. Apr. 1955 (G); left July 1955 and returned to Milton Acad., MA, USA; Harvard Univ., MA, USA, AB 1960; a newspaper reporter and ed. in Chicago, IL, USA; m. 1st, 21 Sept. 1963 (div. 1981) Elizabeth, d. of Frederick Winburn New, attorney, of Savannah, GA, USA; m. 2nd, 7 Nov 1981 Anita Dagmara, d. of Karlis Peteris Birnbaums, Riga, Latvia; d. 13 June 1988.
WELD, THOMAS, sixth son of Sir John Weld, Willey, Shropshire, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir George Whitmore, Lord Mayor of London; bapt. Jul 1657; adm.; KS 1673; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1676, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1676, aged 18, scholar 1677, matr. 1676; BA 1679/80; MA 1683; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1682 – c. 1690; Lieut., Independent Co. Foot 26 Jun 1685; Capt., 14th Foot 24 Aug 1685; re-commissioned on regiment being re-formed 28 Feb 1698 [check]; retd. before 1694 [check]; buried Bridgnorth, Shropshire 23 May 1700.
WELD-FORESTER, HON. EMELIUS JOHN, fifth son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 10 Feb 1815; adm. 27 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Dec 1832; Lieut., 9 Apr 1838; Capt., 23 May 1845; Maj., 26 Sep 1857; half-pay 5 Mar 1858; Lieut. -Col., 10 Nov 1868; retd., hon. rank of Col., 1 Jul 1881; served in Afghan War 1838-42; d. unm. 29 Jan 1899.