WELD-FORESTER, GEORGE CECIL, 3rd BARON FORESTER, second son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 10 May 1807; adm. 20 May 1818 (Packharness'); left Bartholomewtide 1822; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 27 May 1824; Lieut., 1 Aug 1826; Capt., 6 Jul 1832; Maj., 9 Nov 1846; Lieut. -Col., 19 Sep 1848; Col., 25 Nov 1854; Major-Gen., 29 Jan 1863; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Oct 1871; Gen. (retd. ) 1 Oct 1877; MP (Conservative ) Wenlock 17 Jun 1828 - 10 Oct 1874; “father” of the House of Commons 1873-4; Groom of the Bedchamber Feb 1830 – c. Feb 1831; Comptroller of the Household Mar – Dec 1852, Feb 1858 – Jul 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; succ. brother as 3rd Baron Forester 10 Oct 1874; for many years a well-known figure in London society; m. 8 Nov 1862 Hon. Mary Ann Ricketts, widow of Col. David Ochterlony Dyce-Sombré MP, and third dau. of Edward Jervis Ricketts, 2nd Viscount St. Vincent; d. 14 Feb 1886.
WELD-FORESTER, ORLANDO WATKIN, 4TH BARON FORESTER, fourth son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 18 Apr 1813; adm. 10 Jun 1825 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Sep 1831, matr. Mich. 1833; MA 1835; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1836, priest 21 May 1837 (both Lincoln); Rector of Dunton, Bucks., 22 May 1837; Rector of Broseley, Shropshire 1841-59; Prebendary of Hereford 1847-74; Rector of Doveridge, Derbs., 1859-67; Rector of Gedling, Notts., 1867 – Nov 1887; Chancellor and Canon Residentiary of York 1874-91; succ. brother as 4th Baron Forester 14 Feb 1886; author, Letters and Sermons, and other works; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1840 Sophia Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Norman, Melton Mowbray, Leics.; m. 2nd, 5 Oct 1875 Emma Maria, eldest dau. of William Tollemache; d. 22 Jun 1894.
WELFITT, TIMOTHY; b.; adm.; KS ; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I written by the KSS on his return from Scotland in 1633 (British Library, Royal MSS); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 May 1635; BA 1638/9; MA 1642; DD 1661; ordained; Rector of Rand, Lincs. 1664; Rector of Grindleby, Lincs., 1664 (disp. to hold with R. Rand); Rector of South Kelsey, Lincs., 1668 (disp. to hold with R. Rand); Prebendary of Lincoln from 10 May 1672; m. 1st, by 1647, Susanna ---; m. 2nd, Eleanor ---; d. 7 Feb 1685/6, aged 64.
Welham, George Sidney, son of George William Welham, of Brixton, Surrey, by Alice, daughter of William Linacre, of Great Yarmouth; b. May 12, 1879; adm. April 28, 1892 (H); left April 1896; Charing Cross Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1903; practised in London; m. June 1924 Edith Mary, daughter of Frank Besley, of Barnstaple, Devon; d. Dec. 24, 1943.
WELLES, ---; b.; adm.; QS 18 Dec 1553 (Chapter Muniments).
WELLES, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-3 (Chapter Muniments).
WELLESLEY, AUGUSTUS COLLEY DE VERE, fourth son of Richard Wellesley MP, Commissioner, Stamp Office, and Jane, dau. of George Chambers; b. 15 Apr 1831; at King’s Coll. Sch. 1840; adm. 13 Feb 1843 (Benthall's); Clerk, Home Office; of Clover Hill, co. Antrim; musician and composer; m. 12 Aug 1854 Clara, younger dau. of Richard Ashmore, Belfast, Ireland; d. 2 Jan 1873.
WELLS (or WELLES), CORNELIUS; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1562, adm. scholar 1565, matr. Mich. 1564; BA 1567/8; MA 1571; BD 1578; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1570 – c. 1578; ordained deacon (Ely) 31 Dec 1569; Vicar of Masham with Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., 8 Feb 1578; d. 1600.
Wells, Charles Graham, brother of John Bayford Wells (q.v.); b. Jan. 8, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (A); left March 1902; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Oct. 1, 1914; temp. Lieut. Dec. 8, 1915; served in France from May 1915 until he was wounded at Ypres Nov. 5, 1915; Adjt. Spec. Brigade Depot July 1916 - Nov. 1918; acting Capt. Aug. 1917; demob. Dec. 1919; an inspecting engineer.
WELLS, EDWARD, son of Rev. Edward Wells, Vicar of Corsham, Wilts., and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Whitborne, Vicar of Croscombe, Somerset; b. 27 Dec 1667; adm.; KS 1680; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1686, matr. 17 Dec 1686, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1686 – void 1704 (expiry year of grace as R. Cotesbach from 26 Mar 1701/2), Tutor 1691-1702, Catechist 1702-3; BA 1690; MA 1693; BD and DD 1704; delivered the first Fell oration at Christ Church 10 Jul 1694 (Thompson, Christ Church, 99); ordained; Rector of Cotesbach, Leics., from 2 Jan 1701/2; Rector of Bletchley, Bucks., from 28 Mar 1716; quarrelled with his patron and former pupil Browne Willis (qv), and slandered him from the pulpit; a mathematician, geographer and divine; author, A Treatise of Ancient and Present Geography, 1701, and numerous other works; d. 11 Jul 1727. DNB.