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WILSON, ARTHUR CHARLES, eldest son of James Arthur Wilson (qv); b. 20 mar 1826; adm. 18 Sep 1837 (Benthall's); left May 1839; went to King’s Coll. London; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1844, Canoneer Student 1845-54; BA 1848; MA 1851; BD 1866; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Oxford); Fellow, Lancing Coll. 1850-69; Second Master, Lancing Coll. 1851-60 [check date]; Master, Chigwell GS, Essex 1868-70; Head Master, Basingstoke GS, Hampshire 1870-3; Rector of Dunston, Lincs., 1873-6; Vicar of Nocton, Lincs., from 7 Jul 1876; m. 27 Jun 1854 Mary Henrietta, third dau. of Sir Robert Alexander Chermside MD KCH FRCP; d. 30 Oct 1880.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, SIR WATKIN, BART., eldest son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 22 May 1820; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1837; Cornet, 1st Life Guards 19 Jul 1839; Lieut., 27 Sep 1842; retd. 7 Jul 1843; succ. father as 6th Baronet 6 Jan 1840; MP (Cons) Denbighshire from 1841; ADC (Volunteers) to Queen Victoria 1881; member, Society of Dilettanti 1883; Busby Trustee 20 May 1879; used to come to the School on St. David’s Day until the last year of his life to ask for an “Early Play” and to tip all the Welsh boys (and “Monos”) a sovereign each; m. 28 Apr 1852 his cousin Mary Emily, youngest dau. of Right Hon. Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn PC KCB GCH, diplomat; d. 9 May 1885.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, HERBERT WATKIN, son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 29 Aug 1822; adm. 20 Apr 1833 (Benthall's); Ensign, 10th Foot 5 Jul 1839; Lieut., 24 Sep 1841; Capt., 7th Foot 28 Apr 1846; Maj., 1 Apr 1853; retd. with rank of Lieut. -Col., 9 Jun 1854; MP Montgomeryshire from Oct 1850; m. 26 Jul 1855 Anna, dau. of Edmund Lloyd, Cefn, Denbighshire; d. 22 Jun 1862.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, CHARLES WATKIN, son of Charles Watkin Willianms-Wynn (adm. 1784, qv); b. 4 Oct 1822; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839, Canoneer Student 1839-53; BA 1843; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Apr 1843, called to bar 6 May 1846; North Wales Circuit; Revising Barrister; Recorder of Oswestry 1880; MP (Cons) Montgomeryshire Jul 1862-80; DL JP Montgomeryshire; member, Society of Dilettanti 1871; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1874; m. 18 Aug 1853 Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont, youngest dau. of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers; d. 25 Apr 1896.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS LOCKYER, eldest son of George Thomas Williams, Lymington House, Somerset, barrister, and Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Smith MP, Putney Hill, Surrey; b. 31 Jan 1823; adm. 7 Jun 1836 (Benthall's); KS 1837; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1841, adm. pens. 21 May 1841; BA 1846; Assistant Master, Cheltenham Coll. 1847-9; ordained deacon 1847, priest 1848 (both Gloucester); Curate, Tetbury, Gloucs., 1847-9; Perpetual Curate of Porthleven, Cornwall 1851-89; m. 21 Jun 1847 Emma Sarah, dau. of Frederick Rushbrook, Cambridge; d. 2 Apr 1919.

WILLIAMS, FREDERICK GEORGE ADOLPHUS, brother of Thomas Lockyer Williams (qv); b. 18 Sep 1825; adm. 29 Jan 1838 (Benthall's); QS 1840; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1844, adm. pens. 16 May 1844; BA 1848; adm. Inner Temple 9 Nov 1848, called to bar 30 Apr 1852; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Dec 1856; equity draftsman and conveyancer; Chancery Reporter for Incorporated Council of Law Reporting; m. 28 Dec 1865 Mary Katherine, third dau. of James Leman, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, solicitor; d. 15 Apr 1889.

WICKHAM, WILLIAM, son of Henry Lewis Wickham (qv); b. 10 Jul 1831; adm. 19 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); QS 1846; left Whitsun 1847; New Inn Hall, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1850; BA 1854; MA 1857; adm. Inner Temple 20 Nov 1854, called to bar 6 Jun 1857; MP (Conservative) East Hampshire from 1892; DL Hampshire, High Sheriff 1888, JP 1866; Vice-Chairman, Hampshire County Council, from 1889; member Society of Dilettanti 1894; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1884; edited The Correspondence of the Right Hon. William Wickham from 1794, 1870; m. 9 May 1860 Sophia Emma, youngest dau. of Henry Francis Shaw-Lefevre; d. 16 May 1897.

WELLESLEY, AUGUSTUS COLLEY DE VERE, fourth son of Richard Wellesley MP, Commissioner, Stamp Office, and Jane, dau. of George Chambers; b. 15 Apr 1831; at King’s Coll. Sch. 1840; adm. 13 Feb 1843 (Benthall's); Clerk, Home Office; of Clover Hill, co. Antrim; musician and composer; m. 12 Aug 1854 Clara, younger dau. of Richard Ashmore, Belfast, Ireland; d. 2 Jan 1873.

WEARE, SIR HENRY EDWIN, brother of Thomas William Weare (qv); b. 27 Aug 1825; adm. 3 Jul 1837 (Benthall's); QS 1840; left Oct 1841; Ensign, 32nd Foot 29 Oct 1841; Lieut., 22 Dec 1843; Capt., 26 May 1848; exchanged into 50th Foot 18 Aug 1848; Maj., 22 Dec 1854; Lieut. -Col., 6 Jun 1856; Col., 10 Apr 1863; Major-Gen., 9 Nov 1868; ret. as Lieut. -Gen., 12 Aug 1881; served in Punjab campaign 1848, Crimean War 1854-5 (severely wounded at battle of the Alma 20 Sep 1854) and New Zealand War 1863-6; mentioned in despatches LG 10 Oct 1854, 14 May 1864, 12 Apr 1865; CB 5 Jul 1865; KCB 30 May 1891 [check]; m. 16 Jul 1850 Charlotte Georgiana, only dau. of Rev. Charles Oxenden, Rector of Barham, Kent; d. 31 Dec 1898.

THOMAS, SIR GODFREY JOHN, BART., eldest son of Rev. Sir John Godfrey Thomas, Bart., and his second wife Elizabeth Anne, widow of Lieut. -Col. George Grey, and dau. of Rev. John Vignoles, Cornahir House, co. Westmeath, Ireland; b. 16 Jun 1824; adm. 26 Jan 1838 (Benthall's); succ. half-brother as 8th baronet 6 Feb 1852; JP Sussex; m. 23 Oct 1853 Emily, eldest dau. of William Chambers, Hafod, Cardiganshire; d. 13 Jul 1861.