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WEIR, ARCHIBALD ALFRED EGLES, eldest son of Rev. Archibald Weir DCL, Enfield, Middlesex, and Cassandra Rebecca, eldest dau. of Alfred Jones, Highbury, Middlesex; b. 27 May 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1871 (James'); Min. Can. 1875; left Dec 1875; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 May 1877; BA 1880; MA 1885; long distance amateur bicycle champion 1878; rode v. Cambridge 1878, 1879; adm. Inner Temple 1881; a writer and journalist; author, The Historical Basis of Modern Europe, 1886, and other works; m. 1st, Anne, dau. of Edward Christian Ritter PhD; m. 2nd, 7 Sep 1897 Amelia Wathen, youngest dau. of James Cooper, Gray’s Inn, barrister; d. 26 Dec 1935.

WEBSTER, ERNEST RANDOLPH, son of Rev. Samuel King Webster, Vicar of Ingham, Lincs., and Rose Anna, dau. of John Saunders, Doctors’ Commons, London; b. 8 Jul 1854; adm. 2 Oct 1866 (James'), BB; QS 1868; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1872 (with Triplett), adm. sub-sizar 11 Jul 1872, sizar 1875, matr. 1872; BA 1876; MA 1887; ordained deacon 1879, priest 1880 (Winchester); held several curacies; Rector of Rettendon, Essex, from 1905; m. 19 Dec 1905 Amy Sophie, eldest dau. of Frederick Beesly MICE, civil engineer; d. 2 Sep 1912.

WEBB, WILLIAM BERESFORD, son of Charles Locock Webb QC, barrister, Bencher Middle Temple, and Sarah Ann --- (IGI); b. 7 Dec 1855; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (James'); left Christmas 1872; employed London Stock Exchange; accountant (1881 Census, then unm. ).

WEBB, PHILIP GEORGE LANCELOT, brother of Edmund James Webb (qv); b. 4 Aug 1856; adm. 30 Sep 1867 (James'), exhibitioner 1870; QS 1871; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1875, matr. 20 May 1875; BA 1879; MA 1890; Higher Division Clerk, Patent Office 1880; Private Secretary to Comptroller-Gen., 1883-8; Chief Clerk 1898; Assistant Comptroller of Patents 1920-1; served during First World War as Establishment Officer, Ministry of Munitions 1915-6 and Deputy Controller of Petrol, Board of Trade 1916-9; CBE 1 Jan 1918; CB 1 Jan 1919; Hon. Secretary, Handel Society 1882-1934, Keats-Shelley Memorial Association 1922-32; author, Poems, 1927, and other works; d. 5 May 1937.

WEBB, EDMUND JAMES, second son of Rev. Benjamin Webb, Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Well Street, London, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s, ecclesiologist, and Maria Elphinstone, dau. of Rev. William Hodge Mill, Canon of Ely and Regius Prof. of Hebrew, Cambridge Univ.; b. 15 Oct 1852; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS (Capt. ) 1867; Capt. of the School 1870; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; BA 1875; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jan 1875; law student (1881 Census), writer (1901 Census); author, A History of England for the use of Schools and Colleges, 1889; m. 25 Nov 1913 Katharine, only dau. of Rev. William Fulford Adams, Rector of Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucs.; d. 17 Nov 1945.

WEARE, EDWIN THOMAS CLINTON, only son of Thomas William Weare (qv), and his first wife; b. 12 Feb 1859; adm. 16 Jun 1870 (James'); left May 1874; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 10 May 1879; of Hampton House, Hereford; d. 15 Oct 1921.

WATSON, HENRY WILLIAM, eldest son of Henry William Watson, Burnopfield, co. Durham, surgeon [check], and Mary Elizabeth --- (IGI); b. 19 Nov 1854; at Durham Sch. 1867-70; adm. 6 Feb 1871 (James'); left Christmas 1871; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1875; “ironmaker and smelter” (1881 Census, then unm. ); a coalowner; d. at Lampasas, Texas, USA 16 Jul 1891.

WATSON, HENRY MARSHALL; b. 7 Jun 1845; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (James'); left Whitsun 1861.

WASON, RIGBY, eldest son of Peter Rigby Wason MP, Corwar, Ayrshire, barrister, and Euphemia, dau. of P. McTier, farmer; b. 17 Jul 1844; adm. 17 Oct 1859 (James'); Ensign, 16th Foot 28 Apr 1863; Lieut., 24 Aug 1866; 1st Dragoon Guards 30 Oct 1867; d. 25 Nov 1870.

WASON, LEIGHTON SANDYS, eldest son of Rigby Melvill Wason, London, solicitor, and Hannah Urquhart; b. 31 Dec 1867; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (J); left Dec 1883; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1889; BA 1893; Ely Theol. Coll. 1893; ordained deacon (Ely) 1894, priest (St. Albans) 1898; Curate, Elmswell, Suffolk 1894-7, St. Andrew’s, Plaistow, Essex 1897-8, St. Michael’s, Shoreditch, London 1898-1904; Vicar of Cury cum Gunwalloe, Cornwall 1905 – 27 May 1919, when he was deprived on his refusal to abandon certain practices of ritual.