WINDSOR, HON. DIXIE, second son of Thomas Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth PC, and his second wife Ursula, youngest dau. of Sir Thomas Widdrington, Kt, Sherburn Grange, Northumberland; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1691; 7th in “ordo” 1694/5; BA 1694/5; MA 1698; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1697, Major Fellow 6 May 1698 – c. 1706; MP Cambridge University 1705-27; Storekeeper of the Ordnance Office 28 Jun 1712 – Mar 1717; Busby Trustee 8 Mar 1711/2; m. Dorothy, sister of Bertram Stote (qv); d. 20 Oct 1743.

WINTERINGHAM, CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm.; KS 1669; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1672, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1672, scholar 1673, matr. 1675/6; 2nd in “ordo” 1675/6; BA 1675/6; MA 1679; an Usher at the School; buried St. Peter and St. Kevin, Dublin, Ireland 30 Jan 1687/8.

Wood, Arthur Edward Francis, son of the Rev. Hugh Wood, Vicar of Whitchurch, Bucks, by Emily Josephine, daughter of Edward Solly, of Sutton, Surrey; b. Jan. 18, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1903; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1908, matric. Michael­mas 1908; Stewart of Rannoch Scholar, Greek and Latin, 1909; joined the Indian Police 1910; superintendent Nov. 1925; 2nd Lieut. Indian Cavalry May 26, 1915, attached 28th Light Cavalry Jan. 22, 1918; Capt. May 14, 1919; released in 1920; m. July 10, 1923, Vera May, daughter of L. Gustav Schwabe, of Chelsea.

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.

WOOD, THOMAS, son of Thomas Wood, Hackney, Middlesex, Clerk of the Spicery to James I, and Susan Cranmer; bapt. 22 Jul 1607; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1627, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1627 – still 1638, matr. 1627; BA 1631; MA 1634 (incorp. Cambridge 1638); BD 1641; DD 13 Mar 1641/2; ordained; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles I 1635; Rector of Whickham, co. Durham 1635-51, ejected, but restored 1660; Prebendary of Durham from 10 Dec 1660; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II 1660; Dean of Lichfield Feb 1663/4-71; consecrated Bishop of Cioventry and Lichfield 2 Jul 1671; neglected his duties and lived in a mean way at Hackney; suspended by Archbishop Sancroft for refusing to return to his diocese; a benefactor to Christ Church, Oxford; m. Grace, dau. of Sir James Clavering, Bart.; d. 18 Apr 1692.

WOODMAN, THOMAS BARTHOLOMEW, only son of John Woodman, Cleveland Row, St. James’s, London, Steward to Duke of Bridgewater, and Ann, only sister of Warren Hastings (qv); b.; adm. 13 Feb 1767; KS (aged 12) 1772; Capt. of the School 1776; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1777, adm. pens. 28 May 1777, scholar 15 May 1778; BA 1781; MA 1784; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1779; ordained deacon 1796, priest 1796 (both Bristol, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Ivinghoe, Bucks., Jan 1797-1803; Rector of Wingrave, Bucks., 20 May 1803-4; Prebendary of York 21 Jul 1807; Rector of Daylesford, Worcs., from 8 Nov 1814; Vicar of Brackley, Northants, from 13 Feb 1815 [or from Dec 1803 ?]; Chaplain to Duke of Clarence (the future William IV); m. 22 Jul 1811 Louise, second dau. of Baron von Chapuset, Stuttgart, Germany; d. 30 May 1825.

WOOLLCOMBE, HENRY, son of Rev. Henry Woollcombe, Rector of Ashbury, Devon, and Jane Frances, dau. of Rear-Adm. Sir Thomas Louis, Bart.; b. 26 Mar 1813; adm. 18 Jan 1826 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1827; Capt. of the School 1830; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1831, matr. 21 May 1831, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 2nd cl. Mathematics 1834; Johnson Theological Scholar 1835; BA 1834; MA 1837; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Apr 1836; ordained deacon 10 Jun 1838, priest 26 May 1839 (both Oxford); Curate, Sheepwash and Highampton, Devon 1838-44; Prebendary of Exeter 8 Dec 1843; Rector of Kingsteignton, Devon 1844-58; Vicar of Heavitree, Devon 1858-69; Canon Residentiary of Exeter 1861; Archdeacon of Barnstaple Oct 1865; m. 14 May 1846 his cousin Jaquete Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Charles Belfield Louis, Royal Navy; d. 4 Jun 1885.

WORTHEN, JOHN, son of Thomas Worthen, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS 1675; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1681, adm. pens. 17 May 1681, aged 18, scholar 1682.

WRIGHT, CHARLES, of Surrey; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1651, adm. pens. 9 May 1651, scholar 1651, matr. Easter 1652; 2nd in “ordo” 1654/5; BA 1654/5; MA 1658; DD 1671; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1656 – c. 1671, Tutor 1660, Junior Bursar 1665-7; Junior Taxor 1661; Proctor 1669; Professor of Arabic, Cambridge Univ., from 1702; ordained; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, from 1669; m. 23 Feb 1670/1 Ann Eades, Holy Trinity, Cambridge; d. 13 Nov 1711.