WARTER, OFFLEY, son of Rev. Meverel Warter, Fordham, Cambs., and Ursula --- (IGI); bapt. Presbyterian Chapel, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk 28 Nov 1706 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jun 1718; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1726; BA 1730; d. 8 Apr 1732 (Hearne xi, 46). Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

WATERFIELD, ARTHUR SWAINSON, son of Edward Waterfield (qv); b. 16 Jul 1866; adm. 16 Jul 1880 (D), exhbitioner; QS 25 Sep 1881; left May 1885; Non-Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886; migr. to Merton Coll.; BA 1889; MA 1894; Assistant Master, Guildford GS 1890-2, Beverley GS 1892; ordained 1899; Curate, Bromyard, Herefs., 1899-1903; Rector of Brimfield, Herefs., 1903-26; Rector of Stockton-on-Teme, Worcs., from 1926; m. 6 Sep 1890 Laura, dau. of Thomas Botterell, Head Master Bromyard GS; d. 20 Jul 1934.

Waterfield, Donald Corrie, son of Harry Wingfield Waterfield (q.v.); b. May 10, 1900; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; left April 1917; Midshipman R.N. June 14, 1918; a teaplanter in Ceylon; Paymaster Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R. Sept. 20, 1939; Paymaster Lieut. Dec. 20, 1940; m. Aug. 10, 1923, Jean Meta, second daughter of Malcolm Langton Hepburn, M.D., of London.

WATERFIELD, SIR HENRY, third son of Thomas Nelson Waterfield (qv); b. 30 Jun 1837; adm. 22 May 1845; QS (Capt. ) 1851; left 1853; Clerk, Board of Control 1853-9; Private Secretary to Earl of Ellenborough, President Board of Control, 1858; Assistant Private Secretary to Lord Stanley, President Board of Control, 1858-9 and to Lord Stanley and Sir Charles Wood as successive Secretaries of State for India 1859-63; employed India Office 1859-1902, serving as Secretary, Statistic and Commerce Dept., 1874-9 and Secretary, Financial Dept., 1879 – Jul 1902, ret.; CB 31 Dec 1885; KCSI 3 Jul 1893; GCIE 26 Jun 1902; joint founder with William Waterfield (qv) of the Waterfield Prize Fund at the School; m. 1st, 24 Sep 1868 Katharine Jane, only dau. of George Edward Wilmot Wood (qv); m. 2nd, 23 Jun 1885 Mary Augusta, dau. of Edward Obré Shee, Newcastle, co. Down, Ireland, barrister; d. 5 Jul 1913.

Watherston, Sir David Charles, son of Charles Fell Watherston (qv); b. 26 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (KS); left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929, MA 1939; entered Malayan Civil Service 1930, seconded Col. Office 1939-44; Malayan Planning Unit 1944-5; Lieut.-Col. on staff SEAC 1945; BMA Malaya 1945-6, sec. Committee on Federation Agreement 1946-8; Sec. for Defence and Internal Security Fed. of Malaya 1948, Chief Sec. 1952-7; CMG 1953, KBE 1956; Special Counsellor Malayan High Commission UK 1957; Commission of Enquiry N. Borneo and Sarawak 1962; dir. of personnel Tube Investments Ltd 1959- 7 4; hon. DSc Aston and City Univs; hon PNM (Malaya); KStJ; Liveryman Goldsmiths' Company; m. 12 Aug. 1933 Maude, d. of William Hobkirk Noble of Kuala Lumpur; d. 16 Jan. 1977.

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.

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.

WEBB, EDMUND JAMES, second son of Rev. Benjamin Webb, Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Well Street, London, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s, ecclesiologist, and Maria Elphinstone, dau. of Rev. William Hodge Mill, Canon of Ely and Regius Prof. of Hebrew, Cambridge Univ.; b. 15 Oct 1852; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS (Capt. ) 1867; Capt. of the School 1870; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; BA 1875; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jan 1875; law student (1881 Census), writer (1901 Census); author, A History of England for the use of Schools and Colleges, 1889; m. 25 Nov 1913 Katharine, only dau. of Rev. William Fulford Adams, Rector of Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucs.; d. 17 Nov 1945.

WEBBER, EDWARD AUGUSTUS, son of James Webber (qv); b. 15 Aug 1816; adm. 9 Apr 1828; KS 1831; drowned while sailing on the Thames in a violent storm 11 Jun 1833. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey (tablet now in Dark Cloister).

WELCH, JOHN, only son of John Welch, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Frances ---; b.; adm. 19 Apr 1786; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1791; left 1795; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1795, but did not matr.; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1792.