WALLER, WILLIAM, only son of William Waller (adm. 1738/9, qv); b. 23 Jan 1757; adm. 13 Feb 1766; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, but resigned Westminster Studentship 18 Dec 1775 before being adm.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Nov 1780; m. 8 Feb 1790 (IGI) Marcella Araminta Mitchell. [Wife probably dau. of Thomas Mitchell (IGI)] [wife’s will proved as widow PCC 11 Aug 1836]

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)]

WALLYN, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments).

WALTON, PHILIP, son of William Walton, London and Streatham, Surrey, merchant, and Philippa, dau. of John Purchis MD; b.; adm.; KS 1725; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1729, scholar 17 Apr 1730, matr. 1729; BA 1732/3; MA 1736; DD 1759; ordained deacon (Bristol) 26 Dec 1737, priest (London) 18 Mar 1737/8; Rector of Mickleham, Surrey, from 6 Feb 1744/5; Vicar of Dorking, Surrey, 7 Mar 1744/5-66; Chancellor of Salisbury from 16 Jan 1756; Prebendary of Winchester from 3 Jul 1756; Vicar of Odiham, Hampshire, from 27 Apr 1766; Vicar of Alton, Hampshire, from 26 Nov 1766; m. 12 Aug 1755 Emma, dau. of Rev. John Gilbert, Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Plymouth, Devon, and sister of Most Rev. John Gilbert LLD, Archbishop of York; d. Apr 1771.

WARD, MICHAEL, only son of Michael Ward, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs., and Hannah, dau. of Rev. George Roades, Vicar of Leek, Staffs.; b. 7 Dec 1681; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1699; left 1701; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. sizar 11 Jul 1698, but did not reside until 1701, matr. 1701; LLB 1704 (incorp. Oxford 1705); ordained; Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., from 1713; Rector of Leigh, Staffs., from 1723; m. 1st, 31 Jan 1707/8 Elizabeth Green; m. 2nd, 10 Jan 1714 Sarah, dau. of Rev. John Spateman, Rector of Yoxhall, Staffs.; d. 11 Sep 1744.

WARD, THOMAS, son of Ven. Thomas Ward [DCL ?], Salisbury, Wiltshire, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, [and Dorothea ?]; b.; adm.; BB in 1698; KS 1700; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1705, matr. 21 Jun 1705, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1705 – void 1713, Tutor 1712; BA 1709; MA 1 Feb 1711/2; [ordained deacon (Oxford) 29 Dec 1712, priest (Winchester) 12 Jul 1713 : Rector of Wilby, Northants 19 Aug 1713-28; Rector of Blisworth, Northants, from 14 Mar 1723/4; Rector of Bygrave, Herts., from 28 Nov 1728; m.; buried 5 Dec 1762] [check].

WARMESTRY, GERVASE, second son of William Warmestry, Principal Registrar, Diocese of Worcester, and Cicely, dau. of Thomas Smith, Cuerdley, Lancs.; b. 1604; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1621, matr. 24 Jul 1624, Westminster Student to 1636/40; BA 1625; MA 1628; adm. Middle Temple 18 Nov 1628; Principal Registrar, Dioces of Worcester (in succession to father); a Latin poet; author Virescit Vulnere Virtus, England’s Wound and Cure, 1628; also contributed a Latin poem to Camdeni Insignia, 1624; m. Isabella, eldest dau. of Sir William Leigh, Longborough, Gloucs.; d. 28 Apr 1641. DNB.

Willett, Arnold Theodore, brother of Herbert Burrows Willett (q.v.); b. Aug. 15, 1883; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1911; asst. master, King's Coll. School, Sept. 1907 - July 1909, at Westminster School 1909-45; Capt., unattached (T.F.) June 4, 1914; O.C. Westminster School O.T.C.; housemaster of Home boarders 1922-25, and of Grant's 1925-35; first master of the Under School 1943-45; m. Aug. 30, 1948, Audrey Florence, 3rd daughter of George John Palmer, of Hendon Hall, Middx; d. Oct. 6, 1961.

WILLIAMS, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1579 (Chapter Muniments 39716).

WILLIAMS, GEORGE JAMES, fourth son of William Peere Williams MP, Gray’s Inn, London, barrister, Chancery Reporter, and Anne, second dau. of Sir George Hutchins, Kt, Greville Street, Holborn, King’s Serjeant; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1727; Min. Can. 1732; KS 1733; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1737, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1737; adm. Inner Temple 13 Nov 1739; Inspector-Gen., Inland Excise Duties 1751 (still 1769, not 1780); Deputy Cofferer, Royal Household Nov 1761 – Jul 1765; Joint Receiver of Revenues, Virginia 1 Sep 1772 (still 1780); Receiver-Gen., Excise 8 Nov 1774-81; Paymaster to Forces, Nova Scotia (occurs 1780); FSA 15 Nov 1781; known as “Gilly” Williams; an intimate friend of George Selwyn, Richard Edgcumbe and Horace Walpole; m. 13 Jun 1751 Diana, illegitimate dau. of Hon. Peregrine Bertie, and step-daughter of William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry (Notes and Queries clxxiii, 206); d. 28 Nov 1805. DNB.