WROTTESLEY, HON. WALTER, fifth son of John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (qv); b. 8 Apr 1810; adm. 17 Jan 1821 (Best's); left Bartholmewtide 1827; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Jun 1827; BA 1831; MA 1836; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 1831-43; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Apr 1831, called to bar 29 Jan 1836; equity draftsman and conveyancer; m. 22 Jun 1843 Marianne Lucy, only dau. of Col. Clement Archer, 16th Lancers; d. 2 May 1872.

WROTTESLEY, HON. EDWARD BENNET, sixth son of John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley (qv); b. 26 Jul 1811; adm. 18 Jan 1822 (Best's); KS 1826; rowed v. Eton 27 Jul 1829; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1830, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1830, scholar 1831, matr. 1830; migr. to New Inn Hall, Oxford, matr. 7 Feb 1833; a wine merchant, firm Tanqueray & Co., Pall Mall, London; DL Staffordshire; JP Surrey 1863; m. 8 Jan 1846 Ellen Charlotte, dau. of George Rush, Elsenham Hall, Essex; d. 20 Jan 1892.

WOOD, WILLIAM; b. 5 Apr 1808; adm. 20 Sep 1821 (Best's).

WOOD, JOHN RYLE, eighth son of Samuel Wood, Prestbury, Cheshire; b. 5 Jun 1806; adm. 14 Sep 1818 (Best's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1824; BA 1827; MA 1828; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1839-44; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Dec 1825; ordained deacon (Ely) 1829, priest (Chichester) 1830; Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Cambridge 1832, William IV 3 Jan – Jun 1837, and to Queen Adelaide 20 Jun 1837; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria from 20 Jun 1837; Prebendary of Worcester from 23 Oct 1841; Vicar of St. John’s, Worcester 1841-81; Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester, from 1872; Proctor in Convocation for Dean and Chapter of Worcester 1874, 1880; m. 7 Nov 1843 Marianne Elizabeth, sister of Edward Winnington-Ingram (qv); d. 16 Nov 1886. [Was his mother Sarah, dau. of John Ryle, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manufacturer ?]

WOOD, GEORGE EDWARD WILMOT, son of Rev. James Suttell Wood, York, and Mary Elizabeth Catharine, dau. of Robert Darvall; b. 24 Aug 1806; adm. 31 May 1820 (Best's); KS 1821; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1825, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1825, scholar 1826, matr. 1825; MB 1831; LM 1834; MD 1836; FRCP 1837; practised at Winchester, Hampshire; m. 25 Apr 1839 Henrietta Frances, sister of William Philip Pinckney (qv); d. at St. Germain, France 9 Sep 1864.

WILLAN, WILLIAM; b. 18 Dec 1807; adm. 27 Jan 1818 (Best's); left 1822; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1822-3; adm. solicitor; practised in Herefordshire; d. 30 Jan 1838. [Perhaps bapt. Wichenford, Worcs., 20 Dec 1807, son of John Willan, and Hannah --- (IGI)]

WARREN, WILLIAM, brother of John Warren (adm. 1811, qv); b. 1 Aug 1803; adm. 22 Jan 1818 (Best's); left Bartholomewtide 1818; Jesus Coll. Cambridge; BA 1826; MA 1829; ordained deacon 13 Oct 1827, priest 17 Feb 1828 (both Bangor); Perpetual Curate of Llanfihangel and Llanfinan, Anglesey 18 Feb 1828-32; Rector of Wroot, Lincs., 13 Oct 1832-76; m. 11 Apr 1844 Ann Sarah, eldest dau. of Rev. George Bethell, Rector of Worplesdon, Surrey; d. 29 Dec 1877.

WAKEFIELD, JOHN HOWARD, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (qv); b. 2 Jun 1803; adm. 29 Apr 1816 (Best's); KS 1818; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1822, adm. pens. 18 May 1822, but did not matr. or reside; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1822; Ensign, 17th Native Infantry 11 Jul 1823; Lieut., 13 May 1825; Brevet Capt., 11 Jul 1838; Capt., 9 Jul 1840; Brevet Maj., 11 Nov 1851; Capt., 3rd European Regt., 15 Nov 1853; retd. as Lieut. -Col., 1 Jan 1857; m. at Bareilly, India 9 Jan 1832 Maria Suffolk, “a converted Hindu”, dau. of the Wuzar of Bussahor; d. 25 Jun 1862.

VERNON, Egerton Venables; b. 12 May 1893; adm. 29 Mar 1815 (Best's); d.

VANE, FREDERICK HENRY, second son of Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane, Bart., and Hannah, dau. of John Bowerbank, Johnby, Cumberland; b. 10 May 1807; adm. 9 Nov 1818 (Best's); left 10 Feb 1819; went to Eton Coll.; Cornet, 12th Lancers 9 Apr 1826; Lieut., 18 Dec 1827; ret. 1829; served in Portugal 1827; plaintiff in 1872 in Vane v. Vane, the leading case on concealed fraud under the Statutes of Limitation; m. 4 Jun 1859 Rosalinda, dau. of John Moore, Prospect Hill, Galway, Ireland; d. 13 Dec 1894.