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YOUNG, FREDERICK, eldest son of Anthony William Young, merchant, and Mary ---; b. 9 Jun 1842; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1861; BA 1865; MA 1874; ordained deacon 1865, priest 1866 (both London); Curate, St. George’s, Bloomsbury, London 1865-6; Chaplain, St. Jean de Luz, France 1867-8, Zante, Ionian Islands 1869-72; Vicar of North Reston, Lincs., 1872-82; Chaplain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1878-88; Curate, Swinton, Yorks., 1888-90, Keynsham, Somerset 1890-3; Rector of Llanfoist, Monmouthshire 1893-1914; m. 9 Aug 1877 Laura Frances Augusta, eldest dau. of Rev. John Edward Alexander Inge, Rector of Gayton-le-Marsh, Lincs.; d. 12 Mar 1917.

WRIGHT, SIR WILLIAM SHAW, brother of Alfred Wright (qv); b. 9 Mar 1843; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); QS 1857; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 25 May 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; one of a committee of Cambridge undergraduates who in 1863 drew up the first code of rules for Association Football; a corn merchant at Hull, Yorks.; Chairman, Hull and Barnsley Railway Co.; Chairman, Humber Conservancy Board; knighted 29 Jul 1914; JP Yorkshire North Riding 1913; m. 12 Jun 1866 Anna, second dau. of Benjamin Vipan, Sutton, Cambs.; d. 10 Nov 1914.

WRIGHT, HERBERT EDWARDS, only son of Robert Wright, Principal of Lancing GS, Sussex, and Anne, dau. of William Buck; b. 16 Aug 1848; adm. 28 Jul 1862 (James'); QS 1863; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1867 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 15 Aug 1867; BA 1871; MA 1891; adm. Inner Temple 30 Jan 1869; had a brewery at Maxton, near Dover, Kent, for some years; brewer-manager with Arnold Perrott & Co, Wickwar, Gloucs., and subsequently with Tennants Brewery, Glasgow; author, A Handbook for Young Brewers, 1877; m. 20 Feb 1873 Jessie Anne, eldest dau. of George Keningdale Cook, Hammersmith, Middlesex; d. 2 Feb 1907.

WRIGHT, ALFRED, eldest son of Sir William Wright, Kt, Sigglesthorne Hall, Yorks., Chairman, Hull Dock Company, and his first wife Jane, dau. of William Shaw, Woodfield House, Huddersfield, Yorks.; b. 3 Apr 1842; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); m. 26 Sep 1877 Annie, second dau. of W. Anthony Young, Abbey Park, Louth, Lincs. [Perhaps of Bessingby Hall, Yorks., d. 1898 ?]

WINTER, WILLIAM, son of William Esdaile Winter, Meads Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, solicitor, and Frances Anne, dau. of William Jameson, Fen Court, London; b. 24 Apr 1843; adm. 24 Sep 1857 (James'); left Whitsun 1862 (with Dean Thomas); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Dec 1861; BA 1866; adm. solicitor Easter 1869; practised in London, firm Winter & Co., Bedford Row; m. 12 Sep 1871 Jessie Maria, sister of Sir Francis Aubrey De Vere Williams Maclean (qv); killed while climbing in the Alps, near Meiringen, Switzerland 22 Aug 1905.

WINTER, ARTHUR HENRY, brother of William Winter (adm. 1857, qv); b. 4 Dec 1844; adm. 26 Jan 1858 (James'); QS 1859; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1863, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1863; BA 1867; MA 1873; played cricket for Cambridge 1865-7, for Gentlemen v. Players 1866, and for Middlesex 1866-7; ordained deacon 1871, priest 1872 (both Lichfield); Curate, Worfield, Shropshire 1871-3, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire 1873-5, Cholderton, Wilts., 1875; Vicar of Weedon Beck, Northants 1875-82; Rector of Gransden Parva, Cambs., 1882-99; Rector of Papworth Everard, Cambs., 1899-1902; m. 26 Jul 1871 Barbara Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Cornelius Farnworth Broadbent, Vicar of Worfield, Shropshire; d. 31 Dec 1937.

WILSON, WILLIAM HENRY CHARLES, second son of Edward Thomas Wilson, Middle Temple, barrister; b. 29 Jul 1852; adm. 28 Jan 1867 (James'); left Aug 1870; London Univ.; adm. Middle Temple 2 Nov 1871, called to bar 6 Jun 1874; North-Eastern Circuit; subsequently member, London Stock Exchange; m. 27 Apr 1877 Ada Caroline, only dau. of Charles Joseph Corbett, Thames Ditton, Surrey; d. 14 May 1910.

WILLS, WILLIAM PERCY COGAN, only son of William Wills, Uxbridge, Middlesex, solicitor, and Julia --- (1881 Census); b. 26 Jul 1861; adm. 27 May 1875 (James'); left Aug 1878; adm. solicitor Nov 1883; practised in Uxbridge, Middlesex; m. 1st, 15 Jan 1890 Ellen Eliza, only dau. of Henry Charman, Uxbridge, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 27 Oct 1920 Louisa, widow of W. Mansfield Gardiner, Uxbridge, Middlesex; d. 12 Jan 1925.

WILLIAMSON, JOHN, son of John Williamson, Colinette Road, Putney, Surrey, and Ann Salmon, dau. of William Nye, Worcester Park, Surrey; b. 17 Dec 1867; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (J); left Dec 1884; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; LRCP 1892; MB London 1893; MD 1895; medical practitioner at Epsom, Surrey; Medical Officer of Health, Epsom, from 1901; m. 20 Oct 1906 Dorothy, dau. of William Heaton Jacob, Sinclair Gardens, West Kensington; d. 29 Jun 1932.

WILLIAMS, SEYMOUR YEATS, second son of Philip Penry Williams (qv); b. 31 Mar 1844; adm. 22 Jan 1858 (James'); QS 1859; left 1 May 1863; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1863; BA 1867; MA 1873; ordained deacon 1869, priest 1870 (both Hereford); Curate, Caynham, Shropshire 1869-73, Greet, Shropshire 1873-4; d. unm. 1 Feb 1919.