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Weigall, Denny Brome (known at school as Anthony Denny Brome Weigall), son of Arthur Edward Pearse Weigall, Inspector-Gen. of Antiquities Egyptian Govt, and his first wife Hortense, d. of Oscar Schleiter of Chicago; b. 29 Dec. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left Apr. 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1933, MA 1959; apprentice BBC 1933, junior res. engineer 1935; AMIEE 1941; chief engineer Malayan Broadcasting Corpn 1941-2; tech. adviser on broadcasting Min. of Information 1943-6; head of Planning and Installation Dept. BBC Radio 1948, chief engineer external broadcasts 1962, asst Dir. of Engineering 1963, dep. Dir. 1967, retd 1971; CBE 1969; m. 30 Nov. 1940 Mary Stanley, d. of Stanley Allen Coad MD, med. practitioner, of Southborough, Kent; d 3 Aug. 1995.

Webbe, Maurice Edward, son of Septimus Webbe, of London, by Jessie Ward, daughter of J. W. Bloomfield, of Harling, Norfolk; b. Aug. 13, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left Easter 1913; a professional instructor of lawn tennis; m. Oct. 8, 1931, Margaret, daughter of Lieut. ­ Col. George Ordc Bigge, R.E. of Stone-in-Oxney, Kent; d. 1962.

WEBB, JOHN ERNEST ROBERTSON, son of John Craske Webb MD MRCS LSA, Lower Belgrave Street, Eaton Square, London, and Alicia J. S. Robertson (IGI); b. 20 Feb 1864; adm. 4 Jun 1877 (H); left May 1881; bequeathed £250 to the School; d. 16 Jan 1934.

Whittow, Anthony, son of William Summers Whittow, of Porton, Wilts, by Louisa Fowles; b. March 28, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); migrated up Rigaud's, Jan. 1895; left July 1896; a merchant at Colombo, Ceylon; m. June 4, 1910, Lillias Baird, third daughter of Richard Walter Tweedie, of Linden Gardens, Bayswater, London; d. Sept. 8, 1940.

Watt, Kenneth Strahan, son of John Hansard Strahan Watt (qv); b. 21 Dec. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1928; Hertford Coll. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931; Dip. Anthropology 1932; RA 1940-4 (Capt.), wounded (N. Africa); entered civil service 1944, represented Min. of Pensions at War Pension Appeal Tribunals; 1st Sec. Standing Advisory Committee on Artificial Limbs 1946; Min. of Pensions 1947, later DHSS; MBE 1969, retd; m. 25 Feb. 1957 Alice Elizabeth, sis­ter of Richard John Bell Glanville (qv); d. 14 Nov. 1995.

Watson, William Henry Clemson, son of Alexander Watson, of Croydon, Surrey, by Eliza­beth Anne, daughter of William Henry Clemson, of Manchester; b. July 11, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left July 1909; served in the R.N.A.S. in Great War I; landed at the Dardanelles April 1915; was wounded May 1915 and invalided out of the service.

Watson, Eric Edward Constable, son of Charles Watson, of Bayswater, London; b. June 25, 1891; adm. Jan. 14. 1904 (H); left Easter 1909; pupil apprentice, G. W. R. Swindon; served in France during Great War I 1914-8; O.C. 26th L. R.W.Co. R.E.; with the Inter-Allied Rly. Commission, Cologne, 1919-22; m. Sept. 4, 1915, Gwenllian Frances Tudor, eldest daughter of Frederic White, barrister, of Chelsea; d. June 1969.

Watson, Douglas Ian, son of Sir Duncan Watson MIEE, Central Electricity Board, and Ella Mary, d. of William Edward Orchard; b. 3 Jan. 1912; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1928; d. after a road accident 16 Sept. 1933.

Watrous, Seward Eliot, son of Francis Melzar Watrous, US Bar, of Newhaven, Conn., and Veronica Theresa, d. of Thomas Seward of Johannesburg; b. 11 Aug. 1921; adm. Jan. 1933 (H); left Apr. 1938; RA 1940-5 (Maj.), GSO3 Malta 1942-3, GSO2 Force 266 1943-4; political adviser BMM Albania 1944; joined External Service BBC 1945, programme organiser Albanian and Bulgarian Services; seconded Colonial Office 1950, head of Emergency Information Services Malaya 1951; asst head BBC Asian Services 1955-6, Arabic Services 1956, head of Afri­can, Caribbean and Colonial Services 1958; chief asst BBC talks and features 1968-70, head of Overseas Regional Services 1970-3; man. dir. Watrous & Co. 1973; m. 19 Apr. 1952 Bridget, d. of Lieut.-Col. Clifford W. Cronin of Tiverton, Devon; d. 21 May 1984.

WATKIN-WILLIAMS, ROBERT THESIGER, eldest son of Sir Charles James Watkin-Williams, Kt, Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice, and his second wife Charlotte, sister of Sir Herbert William Lush-Wilson (qv); b. 7 Jan 1867; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (H); left May 1884; adm. solicitor Nov 1889; Master in Chancery Division, Supreme Court; JP Devon 1917; m. 22 May 1897 Mary, third dau. of George Thornton Skilbeck, St. Issy, Cornwall.