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WODEHOUSE, JOHN, 1st BARON WODEHOUSE, son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart., MP, and Letitia, eldest dau. of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., MP; b. 4 Apr 1741; adm. Oct 1748 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1758; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; Col. East Norfolk Militia 7 Jun 1774, witth rank of Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; succ. as 6th baronet 2 May 1777; . of Kimberley, Norfolk; MP Norfolk 1784 – 26 Oct 1797; created Baron Wodehouse 26 Oct 1797; m. 30 Mar 1769 Sophia, only dau. of Hon. Charles Berkeley, Bruton Abbey, Somerset; d. 29 May 1834.

WINGFIELD, ROWLAND, elder son of Borlase Wingfield, Preston, Shropshire, and Ellen, sister of Sir Rowland Hill, Bart.; b.; adm. Shrewsbury Sch. 1737; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1742/3 (Watts'); left 1746; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1746; adm. Inner Temple 31 Oct 1749 (delivered up bond 22 Apr 1755); of Onslow, Shropshire; High Sheriff, Shropshire 1753; m. 23 Jun 1764 Mary, sister of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); d. 10 Aug 1818.

WILSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1750/1 (Watts').

WILLIAMS, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); left 1740.

WEBLEY, EDWARD, son of Henry Webley, Tidenham, Gloucs.; b. 22 Apr 1723 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) May 1739 (Watts'); Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1741; migr. to Jesus Coll., adm. pens. 31 Oct 1743, scholar 1743, matr. 1743; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1745, called to bar 28 Jun 1750; Chief Justice of Jamaica; member of Assembly, Jamaica; m. Mary Ashton; d. in Jamaica 20 Oct 1777.

WARREN, ERASMUS, only son of Rev. Robert Langhorne Warren, Vicar of Dedham, Essex, and Perpetual Curate of St. Mary’s, Hampstead, Middlesex, and ---, sister of Sir William Bunbury, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1751 (Watts'); KS 1755; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1759, scholar 2 May 1760, matr. 1760; BA 1763; MA 1766; ordained deacon 19 Sep 1762, priest 18 Mar 1764 (both London); Perpetual Curate of St. Mary’s, Hampstead, Middlesex, from 1762; Rector of Bromley Magna, Essex Feb 1767; m. 14 Feb 1764 Ann Carbonnel, Crutched Friars, London; d. 30 Nov 1806.

WALLER, WILLIAM, son of Charles Waller, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); KS 1744; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1748, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1748, scholar 14 Apr 1749, matr. 1748; BA 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jul 1748, called to bar 20 Nov 1754, Bencher 14 Dec 1782; Commissioner, Stamp Office 1776-83; one of Warren Hastings’s attorneys or trustees in England; of Chesterton, Hunts.; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Eldred Lancelot Lee, Coton Hall, Alveley, Shropshire, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn; d. 13 Dec 1786. [mother perhaps Elizabeth Waldron (IGI)]

WALL, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1746 (Watts'); left 1747.

VANE, HON. FREDERICK, brother of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv); b. 26 Jun 1732; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Watts'); KS 1746; still at school 1749; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jan 1749/50, matr. 1750; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with Senior Proctor in exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750; MP co. Durham 1761-74; Deputy Treasurer, Chelsea Hospital; of Sellaby, co. Durham; m. 1st, 15 Jun 1758 Henrietta, sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); m. 2nd, 1796 Jane, dau. of Arthur Lysaght, and niece of John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle (I); d. 28 Apr 1801.

TEMPEST, JOHN, only son of John Tempest MP, Wynyard, co. Durham, and Frances, eldest dau. of Richard Shuttleworth MP, Gawthorpe, Lancs.; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1749/50 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Oct 1758; MP Durham from 1768; m. 25 May 1767 Anne, dau. of Joseph Townsend MP, Honington, Warwickshire; d. 13 Aug 1794.