Wade, John Roland, son of George Alfred Wade, of Twickenham, by Emily, daughter of John Benn, of Morley, Yorks; b. Oct. 11, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1909; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; Abbott Scholar, bracketed, 1910; 2nd class Classical Tripos, pt. 1, 1912; 1st class Historical Tripos, pt. 2, 1913; B.A. 1912; a clerk in the War Office Oct. 5, 1914, a principal clerk Aug. 1921; asst. secretary 1936; asst. Under Secretary of State and Director of Establishments 1939; retired 1953; financial director of Remploy Ltd. 1954-60; C.B. June 11, 1942; m. July 3, 1928, Penelope Dorot hy, youngest daughter of James Haig Ferguson, M.D., F.R.C.P., of Edinburgh; d. 15 Jan. 1984.
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WADE, WILLIAM, son of Maj. William Wade, officer of Dragoons in Cromwellian Army, and ---, dau. of Rev. Henry Stonestreet, Rector of South Heighton, Sussex; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1686; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1690, aged 18, scholar 24 May 1691, matr. 1690; 6th in “ordo” 1693/4; BA 1693/4; MA 1697; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1696, Major Fellow 23 Apr 1697 – c. 1714, Tutor 1700-1; signed petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley 1710; ordained; Canon of Windsor from 10 Feb 1719/20; m. Frances ---; d. 6 Feb 1732/3.
WAGENER, PETER, son of Henry Wagener, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS 1694; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1698, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1698, aged 17, scholar 28 Apr 1699, matr. 1698; BA 1701/2; MA 1710; ordained deacon 25 Oct 1702, priest 28 Oct 1702 (both London); went to America as minister to Maryland Jan 1702/3; beneficed in Virginia 1705; Rector of Stisted, Essex, from 6 Jan 1707/8; m. 16 Dec 1708 Mary Elizabeth Paurings (or Baurings ?), St. Clement Danes, London; buried Stisted, Essex 25 Sep 1742.
WAINWRIGHT, JOHN, son of Rev. Thomas Wainwright DCL, Chancellor, Chester Cathedral, and Rebecca Jackson; b.; adm.; QS 1703; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1708, matr. 7 Jun 1708, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1708 – void 1716; BA 1712; MA 1715; adm. Inner Temple 1708, called to bar 18 Jun 1716; migr. to Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jun 1720; a Commissioner of Bankrupts to 1725; Secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales [but not so listed by Sainty]; Third Baron of the Exchequer (I) from 26 Jun 1732; Busby Trustee 24 Feb 1729/30; m. Oct 1726 Anne, dau. of Sir John Parsons MP, Alderman and Lord Mayor of London; d. 15 Apr 1741.
WAINWRIGHT, THOMAS, brother of John Wainwright (qv); b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 9 Jun 1710, aged 18, Westminster Student from 18 Dec 1710, Tutor 1717-20; BA 1714; MA 1717; d. unm. 9 Mar 1721, . Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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.
Wakely, Kenneth George, son of Brig. William Hugh Denning Wakely (qv); b. 7 Jan. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (QS); left July 1957; RMA Sandhurst 1957, Queen’s Medal 1959; 2nd Lieut. Queen’s Roy. Surrey Regt. 1959, Lieut. 1961, Capt. Dec. 1964, retd. Aug. 1970; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1971; industrial relations consult. Engineering Employers’ Fedn. 1970-3; training man. Cape Industries 1973-8; personnel man. Exchange Telegraph Co. 1978-84; man. consult., John Courtis and Partners 1986-9; Ferdinand Pieroth Wines, sales consult. 1990-8; South West Trains, station man. 2004-15; m. 8 May 1965 Susan Margaret Ubsdell, sec., d. of Maj. Edward Thurlow Hope Ubsdell SLI, of New Milton, Hants; d. 13 Mar. 2023.
WAKLEY, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Henry Wakley FRCS, Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, surgeon and editor of The Lancet, and Harriette Anne, third dau. of Francis Radford Blake, Rickmansworth, Herts.; b. 10 Jul 1851; adm. 31 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 1866; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1870, matr. Mich. 1870; St. Thomas’s Hospital; a serious bicycle accident interrupted his medical studies for some six years; LRCP 1883; entered the office of The Lancet as assistant to his uncle James Wakley, its then editor; Joint Editor of the Lancet with his father 1886-1907, sole Editor from 1907; m. 8 Aug 1903 Gladys Muriel, dau. of Norman Barron; d. 5 Mar 1909. DNB.
WALBRYGE, EDMUND; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).
WALKER, ALEXANDER, son of George Walker, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1730/1; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1740, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1740, scholar 10 Apr 1741, matr. 1740; BA 1743/4; MA 1747; of Barbados, West Indies.