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.

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.

WALKER, ARTHUR, third son of William Walker, Bolling Hall, Yorks., and Keziah Wesley (IGI), dau. of Rev. John Stamp, Bradford, Yorks.; b. 19 Mar 1841; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); QS 1855; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1859 (with Dean Thomas), adm. pens. 13 Jun 1859, matr. 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Worcester); Curate, Alvechurch, Worcs., 1864-6, St. Paul’s, Hammersmith 1866-7; Vicar of Easton in Gordano, Somerset 1867-1903; Rector of Dinder, Somerset 1903-11; Prebendary of Wells 1903-11; m. 1st, 18 Jul 1866 Adelaide Augusta, eldest dau. of Ven. John Sandford, Archdeacon of Coventry; m. 2nd, 9 Jan 1881 Harriet Emma, sister of Henry Vaughan (qv); d. 30 Dec 1918.

WALKER, ASHLEY, brother of Arthur Walker (qv); b. 22 Jun 1844; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1858; left Whitsun 1862; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1862; migr. to Magdalene Coll., Cambridge, matr. Lent 1863; played cricket v. Oxford 1864-6 and for Yorkshire 1863-70; Second Prem. Assistant, Royal Coll., Colombo, Ceylon Aug 1876 – Jul 1877, acting First Prem. Assistant Jul 1877-9, First Prem. Assistant Jul – Aug 1879; acting Inspector of Schools, Ceylon Aug 1879 – Oct 1890, Inspector of Schools Oct 1890 – Aug 1894, Sep 1895 – Jul 1901; acting Director of Public Instruction, Ceylon Aug 1894 – Sep 1895; ret. Jul 1901; m. 22 Sep 1876 Rachel Eveline Ely, sister of Edward Upton Strick (qv); d. 26 May 1927.

WALKER-HENEAGE, GEORGE HENEAGE, eldest son of George Wyld (qv); b. 17 Jul 1799; adm. 30 May 1809; KS 1812; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student; assumed surname of Walker-Heneage in lieu of Wyld 20 Aug 1818; BA 1821; MA 1823; MP (Cons) Devizes 1838-57; DL JP Wiltshire, High Sheriff 1829; Chief Proclamator, Court of Common Pleas, and hereditary Chief Usher, Court of Exchequer Nov 1822 – Jun 1852, when post abolished; m. 7 Aug 1824 Harriet Sarah, eldest dau. of William Webber, Binfield Lodge, Berks.; d. 21 Sep 1875.

WARD, SIR HENRY GEORGE, only son of Robert Ward (afterwards Plumer-Ward) MP, Clerk of the Ordnance, Gilston Park, Herts., barrister, politician and novelist, and his first wife Catherine Julia, dau. of Christopher Thompson Maling, West Herrington, co. Durham; b. 27 Feb 1797; adm. 14 Jun 1808; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1810; went to Harrow Sch.; attaché, British Legation, Stockholm 1816, The Hague 1818, Madrid 1819; Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico Oct 1823-7; MP (Whig) St. Albans 1832-7, Sheffield 1837- May 1849; Secretary to the Admiralty 1846 – May 1849; High Commissioner, Ionian Islands May 1849 – Apr 1855; Governor of Ceylon May 1855 – Jun 1860; Governor of Madras from Jun 1860; GCMG 1849; author, Mexico in 1825-7; m. 8 Apr 1824 Emily Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Edward Swinburne, Bart.; d. from cholera at Madras, India 2 Aug 1860.

WARD, ROBERT, of Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1620, matr. 12 Oct 1621, aged 19, Westminster Student to death; BA 1624; MA 1627; d. 1631 (will proved Oxford, 7 Jul 1631).

WARD, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS 1670; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1673, adm. pens. 31 May 1673, scholar 1674, matr. 1673; BA 1676/7; MA 1680; ordained deacon and priest (London) 21 Dec 1679; Rector of Willian, Herts., from 1683; d. 8 Jun 1725, aged 68.

GREGORY, FRANCIS, son of Francis Gregory, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and Anne Smart, Wendlebury, Oxfordshire; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1636 (Francis Nash Gregory), 1637; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1641, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1641, scholar 1642, matr. Easter 1642; BA 1644/5; MA 1648; DD Oxford 22 Sep 1661 (then of St. Mary Hall, Oxford); an Usher at the School c. 1650; Head Master, Woodstock Grammar School 1654, subsequently Head Master Witney Grammar School; ordained; Rector of Wick Rissington, Gloucs. 1670; Rector of Hambleden, Bucks. , from 8 Jul 1671; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II 1672; author of a Greek-Latin lexicon, 1654, and of two other books for the use of Westminster School, also of several theological treatises; m. five times, his fifth wife, who he m. 28 Oct 1679 (IGI), being Mary, dau. of John Wallis, London, citizen and goldsmith ; d. Jun 1707. DNB.

HARRIS, HENRY, son of William Harris, Middlesex; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 12) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224).