Wylde, James Truro Augustus, 1942-1987
Wylde, James Truro Augustus, son of Geoffrey Spencer Wylde, artist, and Nancy Ella, d. of Herbert King of Coggeshall, Essex; b. 16 July 1942; adm. Sept. 1955 (G); left July 1960; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1960 (demy); Chancellor’s Essay Prize 1962; d. Dec. 1987.
Wylde, Everard William, 1847-1911
WYLDE, EVERARD WILLIAM, eldest son of William Henry Wylde CMG, Chiswick, Middlesex, Senior Clerk, Foreign Office, and Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Richard Massy; b. 28 Apr 1847; adm. 2 Nov 1860 (G); Min. Can. 1862; left Aug 1864; entered Foreign Office as Junior Clerk 25 May 1868; Assistant Clerk, 2 Apr 1889; acting Secretary of Legation, Brussels 6 Nov 1889; British Delegate to Slave Trade Conference, Brussels 6 Nov 1889; Senior Clerk 1 Jan 1894; retd. 1 Dec 1899; CMG 1 Jan 1891; m. 10 Sep 1872 Florence Julia, eldest dau. of Rev. Lewis Evans, Sandbach, Cheshire; d. 2 Apr 1911.
Wyld, William Thomas, 1805-1873
WYLD, WILLIAM THOMAS, third son of George Wyld (qv); b. 5 Jul 1805; adm. 13 Jan 1818 (G); left Christmas 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1823; BA 1827; MA 1831; ordained; Rector of Blunsdon St. Andrew, Wilts., from 12 Feb 1834; Rector of Woodborough, Wilts., from 25 Feb 1835; d. 18 Mar 1873.
Wykeham-Martm, Cornwallis Philip, 1909-2002
Wykeham-Martin, Cornwallis Philip, son of Maj. Robert Fiennes Wykeham-Martin MBE RE and Julia Elizabeth, d. of George Elliot; b. 1 Aug. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (G); left Dec. 1926; RE 1940-6 (Maj.), US Medal of Freedom Apr. 1946; building trade, FIBE 1952, MCIOB 1981; m. 1st 25 Apr. 1942 Barbara Cecily, d. of Robert Stoney Oliphant-Sheffield of Broadfield House, Cumberland; 2nd 22 Oct. 1955 Rose Mary, d. of Percy Shute Lawrie, of Lindfield, Sussex; d. 30 Dec. 2002.
Wright, Paul Herve Giraud, 1915-2005
Wright, Sir Paul Hervé Giraud, son of Richard Hervé Giraud Wright, sec. White's Club, and Ellen Margaret, d. of Lewis William Mercier; b. 12 May 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1932; John Lewis Partnership 1933-9; KRRC 1939-45 (Maj.), HQ 21 Army Group 1944-5, despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; contested (L) NE Bethnal Green 1945; asst dir. of public relations NCB 1946-8; dir. of public relations Festival of Britain 1948-51; Press Officer UK delegation to United Nations, New York, 1951; OBE 1952; entered HM Foreign Service 1953; 1st Sec. The Hague 1956; Counsellor 1957, Head of FO Information Policy Dept; CMG 1960; Counsellor and Chargé d' Affaires Cairo 1960-1; Counsellor UK delegauon to NATO, Paris, 1961-4; Dir.-Gen. British Information Services New York 1964-8, Minister (Information) Washington DC 1965-8; HM Ambassador to the Congo (now Zaire) 1968-71; HM Ambassador to Lebanon 1971-5; KCMG June 1975; special representative of the Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs 1975-8; chairman Irvin (GB) Ltd 1979-88; FRSA; a Busby Trustee 1977-; Pres. Elizabethan Club 1988-; author of A Brittle Glory (autobiog.) 1986; m. 23 May 1942 Beatrice Frederika Rathbone MP, widow of Flt Lieut. John Rankin Rathbone RAVFR MP, and d. of Frank Roland Clough of Boston, Mass., USA; d. 10 June 2005.
WRIGHT, JAMES, son of Robert Wright, Harlesden, Middlesex, High Bailiff, Bloomsbury County Court, and Elizabeth Wrightson, Staines, Middlesex; nephew of John Wright (adm. 1845, qv); b. 23 Sep 1867; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (G); left 1883; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Oct 1885; BA 1888; MA 1892; adm. solicitor Dec 1892; Registrar, Bloomsbury County Court; Registrar, Brentford and Uxbridge County Courts Dec 1922-; m. 12 Nov 1899 Dorothy, dau. of John Howard, Harlesden, Middlesex; d. 19 Feb 1942.
Wright, Henry Noel Payton, 1871-1898
Wright, Henry Noel Payton, son of Edwin Payton Wright, of Brunswick Square, London, by Amy, daughter of Francis Thomas Dollman, F.R.I.B.A., of Gloucester Crescent, Regents Park, London; b. Jan. 1, 1871; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (G); left April 1888; d. 1898.
Wright, Charles Beaufoy, 1863-?
WRIGHT, CHARLES BEAUFOY, third son of Edward John Wright MD MRCS LSA, Clapham, Surrey, and Rose Mary, dau. of Thomas Trew, St. Peter’s, Thanet, Kent; b. 12 Jul 1863; adm. 28 May 1875 (G); Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1882.
Wrangham, Walter Francis, 1829-1893
WRANGHAM, WALTER FRANCIS, eldest son of Digby Cayley Wrangham MP, Serjeant-at-Law, Wilton Crescent, London, and Amelia, second dau. of Walter Ramsden Fawkes (qv); b. 15 Sep 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1842 (G); went to Eton Coll.; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 May 1848; BA 1852; MA 1855; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Nov 1852, called to bar 17 Nov 1859; Western Circuit; of Hotham House, Yorks.; JP [Yorkshire ?]; m. 9 Jul 1868 Fanny, only dau. of John Grimston, Neswick Hall, Yorks.; d. 12 Dec 1893.
Worsley, Henry Gildart, 1848-1929
WORSLEY, HENRY GILDART, son of Pennyman Warton Worsley (qv), and his first wife; b. 12 Feb 1848; adm. 23 Jun 1859 (G); left Christmas 1862; Ensign, King’s Own Borderers 13 Feb 1866; Lieut., 8 Dec 1869; Capt., 15 Aug 1877; ADC to Brig. -Gen. Pakenham; Maj., 25 Mar 1885; retd., hon. rank Lieut. -Col., 17 Feb 1886; JP Yorkshire North Riding; m. 24 Apr 1884 Maria Georgina, eldest dau. of J. G. Hyde, Winchester, Hampshire; d. 1 Oct 1929.