WETENHALL, EDWARD, son of Francis Wetenhall, Tixall, Staffs.; b. 7 Oct 1636; adm.; KS 1651; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 Mayy 1655, scholar 1655, matr. Easter 1658; BA 1658/9 (incorp. Oxford 18 Jun 1661); migr. to Lincoln Coll. Oxford 1660; MA 10 Jul 1691; BD 1669 (incorp. Cambridge 1670); DD Dublin 1674 (ad eundem Oxford); ordained; Chaplain, Lincoln Coll.; Perpetual Curate of Combe Long, Oxfordshire 1661; Vicar of St. Stephen’s, St. Albans, Herts., 1661-3; Prebendary of Exeter 11 Jun 1667-74; Master of Cathedral Sch., Exeter 1667-72; Master of Blue Coat Sch., Dublin May 1672-6; Curate, St. Werburgh’s, Dublin 1676-9; Prebendary of St. Patrick’s, Dublin 23 Jul 1674; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin 1675; consecrated Bishop of Cork and Ross 23 Mar 1678/9; translated to Kilmore and Ardagh 18 Apr 1699; FRS 4 Jul 1683; held an OW dinner at Cork 8 Apr 1696; author of a Greek and Latin Grammar, of An Earnest and Compassionate Suit for Forbearance, 1691, and other works; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, Philippa, sixth dau. of Sir William D’Oyly, Bart.; d. 12 Nov 1713. Buried South Transept, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

Wetenhall, Roger Wetenhall Daniels, son of Rev. Frank Whitworth James Daniels, Rector of Wheatley, Notts, and Mary Geraldine, d. of Cecil Algernon Salisbury Wetenhall of Stanwick, Northants; b. 17 Aug. 1903; adm. Sept. 1917 (KS); left Aug. 1922; sales man. Anglo-American Oil Co. 1927; Freeman Skinners' Company 1928; Freeman City of London; RASC 1939-5 (Maj.), served N. Africa and Italy; took surname Wetenhall by Deed Poll 22 Mar. 1960; m. 14 June 1941 Barbara Katherine Laura, d. of John Neville St George Curwen, solicitor, of Papcastle, Cockermouth, Cumberland.

WETHERELL, RICHARD, fourth son of Very Rev. Nathan Wetherell DD, Dean of Hereford and Master of University Coll. Oxford, and Richarda, dau. of Alexander Croke, Studley Priory, Oxfordshire; b. 1773; adm. 7 Feb 1786; KS 1788; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1791; BA 1795; MA 1798; ordained; Rector of Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucs., from 1798; Rector of Wick Rissington, Gloucs., 28 Nov 1809-10; Rector of Notgrove, Gloucs., from 9 Feb 1810; m. 1st, 23 Nov 1796 Caroline, only child of Charles May, Pashley House, Sussex; m. 2nd, Sarah Maria, widow of Capt. --- Duff, and dau. of J. Gray; d. 22 Jan 1858.

WHATELY, CHARLES, eldest son of Rev. Thomas Whately, Vicar of Cookham, Berks., and Isabella Sophia, second dau. of Sir William Weller Pepys, Bart., Master in Chancery; b. 17 Jul 1815; adm. 23 Sep 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1829; left 1833; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1833; BA 1837; MA 1840; ordained deacon 29 Jul 1838 (Ripon for Lichfield), priest 1839 (Hereford); Rector of Rise, Yorks., 1839-50; Rector of Taplow, Bucks., 1850-90; m. 4 Dec 1855 Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Twemlow, Betley Court, Staffs.; d. 5 Mar 1895.

WHEATLEY, THOMAS, son of Zabulon Wheatley, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1648; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1651, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1651, scholar 1651, matr. Mich. 1651; the sum of £5 was granted to him by the Governors of the School “towards buying of books and releeving him in his greate necessities” 23 Oct 1652.

WHEELER, JOHN, son of Edmund Wheeler, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, and Blanche, sister of Stephen Luddington (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 – Mar 1715, Tutor 1709, Faculty Student 24 Mar 1715 – c. 13 Nov 1749; BA 1706; MA 1709; MB 1712; MD 1718; “an eminent physician at Chester”.

WHEELOCK, JEFFERY, only son of Anthony Wheelock (qv); b.; adm. 21 Jun 1776; KS (aged 14) 1777; in school list Jul 1779; Cornet, 15th Dragoons 24 Sep 1779; Lieut., 29 Sep 1781; Capt., 28 May 1790; Maj., 93rd Foot 30 Oct 1793; served in Flanders 1793; d. 15 Jan 1794.

WHELER, JOHN, son of John Wheler, Evesham, Worcs.; b.; adm. 21 Jan 1772; KS (aged 13) 1772; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1776, matr. 25 Jun 1776, but resigned from his Westminster Studentship 27 Jan 1777, before being admitted, as he had married his bed maker; 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines 17 Dec 1777; 1st Lieut., 18 Aug 1779; half-pay 1 Sep 1783; tried at Old Bailey 30 Oct 1793 (as John Wheeler) for theft of watch belonging to David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield (qv), from College dormitory at Westminster on 12 Oct; Wheler stated in evidence that he had found the watch in St. James’s Park and was acquitted; a witness stated that he was then in a “deplorable condition”; probably John Wheeler (spelled thus) who was found guilty of bigamy and sentenced to transportation for seven years at the Old Bailey 24 Oct 1798, then aged 38, his first marriage having been to Mary Goodall at St. James’s, Piccadilly, on 5 Dec 1776 (his surname given in register as Wheler), and his second, bigamous, marriage having been to Elizabeth Watkins at St. Bride’s, Fleet Street 22 Apr 1798.

WHINYATES, THOMAS, son of Charles Whinyates, Westminster, Richmond Herald, and Amy, third dau. of Thomas Parker, Abbotsleigh, Devon; bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 2 Jan 1716/7; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1727; Min. Can. 1731; KS 1732; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1736, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1736, scholar 6 May 1737, matr. 1736; BA 1739/40; ordained deacon (Ely) Sep 1740, priest (Winchester) 14 Aug 1741; Rector of Charleton, Devon, from Jul 1742; m. 22 Aug 1751 (IGI) Margaret, eldest dau. of Rev. John Salter, Rector of Stoke Fleming, Devon; buried Charleton, Devon 17 Aug 1783.

Whiskard, John Mason, brother of Richard Geoffrey Whiskard (qv); b. 28 Feb. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); left July 1942; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942; RNVR 1944-6 (Lieut. ); asst. man. OUP Calcutta, India 1947-50; pers. asst. to the Publisher to the Univ. 1950-2; production man. Overseas Education Dept. 1952-6; Gilmour & Dean, printers, Glasgow 1956-65, dir. 1961-5; man. dir. Three Birds Press Abingdon, Oxon., 1965-9; a financial consult. 1969-89; governor, Glasgow Sch. of Art 1960-5; m. 26 June 1952 Elizabeth Dorothy, d. of Lieut. -Col. Edward Darby Jackson DSO OBE, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire; d. 10 July 1991.