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WAKLEY, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Henry Wakley FRCS, Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, surgeon and editor of The Lancet, and Harriette Anne, third dau. of Francis Radford Blake, Rickmansworth, Herts.; b. 10 Jul 1851; adm. 31 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 1866; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1870, matr. Mich. 1870; St. Thomas’s Hospital; a serious bicycle accident interrupted his medical studies for some six years; LRCP 1883; entered the office of The Lancet as assistant to his uncle James Wakley, its then editor; Joint Editor of the Lancet with his father 1886-1907, sole Editor from 1907; m. 8 Aug 1903 Gladys Muriel, dau. of Norman Barron; d. 5 Mar 1909. DNB.

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.

WELLS, HARRY MORLAND, sixth son of Frederick Octavius Wells, EICS Bengal, and Maria Alicia, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Richard Scott, EICS Bengal; b. 16 Mar 1841; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); at Cheltenham Coll. 1856-9; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1859; BA 1863; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Alford, Somerset 1864-6; held other curacies; Rector of Denton with Caldicot, Hunts., 1871-5; Vicar of Prestwood, Bucks., 1875-92; m. 14 Feb 1871 Frances Ellen Paterson, dau. of Joseph Busk, Codicote Lodge, Welwyn, Herts.; d. 7 Feb 1932.

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.

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

WACE, HERBERT, ninth son of Rev. Richard Henry Wace, Wadhurst, Sussex, Anglican clergyman, and Euliela, dau. of Charles Gray; b. 31 Dec 1851; adm. 26 May 1864 (James'); QS 1866; left May 1870; Writer, Ceylon Civil Service 1873; Assistant Collector of Customs, Trincomalee 1876; Assistant Government Agent, Madura 1886; Government Agent, Ratnapura 1891; Second Assistant to Colonial Secretary 1889; Commissioner of Requests, Colombo 1890; member, Ceylon Legislative Council; Government Agent, Central Provinces Jan 1900; CMG 9 Nov 1903; m. 5 Aug 1879 Mabel Frances, dau. of Edward Henry Blyth; d. at Colombo, Ceylon 28 May 1906.

STENNING, CHARLES HORACE, brother of George Covey Stenning (qv); b. 21 Oct 1848; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (James'); QS 9 Oct 1863; left 10 May 1867; a banker at Rye, Sussex, firm Curteis Pomfret & Co., until its amalgamation with Lloyds’ Bank, of which he became the local manager; Alderman, East Sussex County Council; JP Sussex; m. 2 Feb 1876 Carlota Rosa, eldest dau. of Charles Hill FSA, West Hoathly, Sussex; d. 4 Jul 1908.

STANHOPE, CHARLES WILLIAM SPENCER, son of Charles Spencer Stanhope (qv); b. 30 May 1841; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); QS 1856; left 1859; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Apr 1860; BA and MA 1866; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 1866, priest (Chester) 1868; Curate, Ashbourne, Derbs., 1866-8, Bishops Hatfield, Herts., 1868-71; Vicar of Crowton, Cheshire, from 1871; m. 28 Sep 1875 Rosalie, fourth dau. of Robert Mason, Aigburth, Lancs.; d. 24 Sep 1895.

SHAPTER, THOMAS BLACKALL, eldest son of Thomas Shapter MD FRCP, Exeter, Devon, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Rev. Samuel Blackall, Prebendary of Wells, Rector of North Cadbury, Somerset; b. 2 May 1844; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1858; left 9 May 1862; emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he practised as a solicitor; subsequently a medical practitioner in New York; d. at Philadelphia, USA 8 Dec 1891.

SHAPTER, LEWIS, brother of Thomas Blackall Shapter (qv); b. 26 Jul 1848; adm. 24 Jan 1862 (James'); QS 1863; left Jan 1867; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jan 1867, matr. Mich. 1867; BA 1871; MB 1873; MD 1877; medical practitioner in Exeter; Physician to Devon and Exeter Hospital; m. 3 Sep 1877 Charlotte, youngest dau. of Capt. Edgar Bayly, 12th Foot; d. 13 Nov 1890.