WEBB, CLEMENT CHARLES JULIAN, brother of Edmund James Webb (qv); b. 25 Jun 1865; adm. 22 Sep 1876 (J), exhibitioner 1879; QS 1880 (the last “Liberty Boy”); Mure Scholar 1882; Capt. of the School 1883; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1884, matr. 10 Oct 1884; 2nd cl. Cl. Mods 1886, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1888; BA 1888; MA 1891; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 1889-1920, Tutor 1890, Senior Dean 1894-7, Vice-Pres. 1898-9; Senior Proctor 1905-6; Tutor in Philosophy to Non-Coll. students 1907-20; Oriel Professor of Christian Philosophy, Oxford Univ. 1920-30; Fellow, Oriel Coll. 1922-30, Hon. Fellow from 1930; LLD St. Andrew’s 1922; FBA 1927; DD Glasgow 1937; author, A History of Philosophy, 1911, and other works; a Governor of the School from 1905; Busby Trustee May 1914; m. 15 Aug 1905 Eleanor Theodora, dau. of Rev. Alexander Joseph, Rector of St. John’s, Chatham, Kent; d. 5 Oct 1954.

WEBB, CHARLES THOMAS, son of James Webb, Brimscombe, Stroud, Gloucs., and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. Stroud, Gloucs. 21 Aug 1799 (IGI); adm. 19 Feb 1811; KS (aged 14) 1815; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1819, adm. pens. 20 May 1819, scholar 1820, matr. 1819.

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.

WAVERLEY, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1625, adm. scholar 1626, matr. Easter 1626; 5th in “ordo” 1629/30; BA 1629/30; MA 1633.

Watts-Tobin, Richard John, son of Oscar Watts-Tobin MRCS LRCP, gen. med. practitioner, of Fulham, and Ethel Watts FCA, d. of John Watts, police officer; b. 17 Mar. 1934; adm. Sept. 1946 (R), (KS) Sept. 1948; left July 1952; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1952 (open schol. 1951), matric. 1954, BA 1957 (1st class hons Math. Trip. Pt 1, Wrangler Pt 2), res. student 1957, Rouse Ball student 1960, MA PhD 1961; Mullard res. Fellow Selwyn Coll. Camb. 1961; MRC scientific staff 1961-; Fellow Churchill Coll. Camb. 1964; lecturer in Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Lancaster 1967, sen. lecturer 1977-96; MInstP; author of papers on superconductivity theory and theory of electroactive polymers; m. 1963 Mary Elizabeth Ann Watts-Tobin MB BCh, med. practitioner, sister of Martin Lewin Blake Pritchard (qv); d. 26 Apr 2016.

WATTS, MARTIN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1624, adm. scholar 1625, matr. Easter 1625.

WATTES, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-3 (Chapter Muniments).

WATT, JAMES, eldest son of Alexander Pollock Watt, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, literary agent, and Bertha, dau. of John Strahan, Tain, Perthshire; b. 12 Mar 1867; adm. 27 May 1880 (G), exhibitioner; QS 1881; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1885 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 2 Oct 1885, matr. 1885; BA 1888; MA 1892; Assistant Master, Bradfield Coll. 1890-1903; Second Master, Royal Naval Coll., Osborne (later at Dartmouth), from 1903; MVO 2 Aug 1910; bequeathed to the School his portrait as a QS by John Pettie RA; d. 8 May 1929.

WATSON, SAMUEL, son of James Watson, St. Andrew’s, Holborn; b.; adm. 9 Sep 1776; KS (aged 13) 1777; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1781, matr. 30 Jun 1781, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1781 – void by marriage 13 Oct 1787; BA 1785; MA 1792; BD and DD 1806; ordained; Vicar of Whitchurch, Bucks., 22 Dec 1810-2; Rector of Gravesend, Kent, from 18 Jul 1811; Senior Chaplain, Ordnance Dept., Woolwich, from 1 Jul 1812; m.; d. 9 Apr 1837.

WATSON, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1610, Westminster Student Jan 1610/1-20, Faculty Student from 1620; BA 1614; MA 1617; d. 1635.