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.

WARREN, HENRY, brother of Richard Warren (adm. 1773, qv); b. 4 Sep 1772; adm. 4 Dec 1780; KS 1787; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1790, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1790, scholar 6 May 1791; BA 1794; MA 1797; ordained deacon 21 Feb 1796, priest 21 Jan 1797 (both Bangor); Prebendary of Bangor from 11 Sep 1797; Vicar of Farnham, Surrey, from 16 Aug 1799; Rector of Ashington, Sussex, from 26 Jan 1797; m. 24 Jun 1799 Eliza, youngest dau. of John Mason, Camberwell, Surrey; d. 21 Jun 1845.

Waterfield, Sir Alexander Percival, son of William Waterfield (q.v.) by his second wife; b. May 16, 1888; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; Mure Scholar 1904; Capt. of the School 1906; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon., 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; Public School Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1907; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1909; Hertford Scholar 1909; prox. acc. Craven Scholar 1909; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1911; B.A. and M.A. 1943; hon. LL. D. Wesleyan Univ., Ohio, U.S.A.; a second-class clerk in the Treasury 1911, a principal clerk 1919; Treasury Remembrancer and acting principal asst. secretary in Ireland 1920-2; member of the Overseas Settlement Board 1936; of the Palestine Partition Commission 1938; First Civil Service Commissioner 1939; one-man commission on Wages and Salaries in Malta 1957; retired 1951; C.B. Jan. 1, 1923; knighted 1951; K.B.E. June 3, 1952; m. Oct. 16, 1920, Doris Mary, daughter of Otto Siepmann, of Godalming, Surrey; d. 1965.

Waterfield, William Francis Herschel, son of William Waterfield (q.v.), by his second wife; b. June 1, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1909; Lieut. R.G.A. Oct. 23, 1918; served in France June 1917 - Feb. 1919; an astronomer; F.R.A.S.; m. April 4, 1913; Aimee Marguerite, second daughter of Commander James Hazel, R.N., of Steventon, Berks; d. as the result of a motoring accident at Bloemfontein, May 14, 1933.

Waters, John Francis, only son of John Waters, of Hiogo, Japan, by Emma Maria, daughter of William Lines, of Birkenhead, Cheshire; b. July 21, 1876; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 26, 1889; Captain of the School 1894; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1895, matric. Michaelmas 1895; B.A. 1900; a clerk in the Secretary's Dept. Inland Revenue Office; d. Aug. 16, 1920.

WATKINS, HENRY, son of Richard Watkins (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, matr. 16 Dec 1684, aged 18, Westminster Student 15 Dec 1684 – Jul 1713, Faculty Student from 18 Jul 1713; BA 1688; MA 1691; Secretary to Earl of Strafford when Ambassador to the United Provinces Apr 1711 – Mar 1712; Secretary to Duke of Ormonde Mar 1712; Judge Advocate to Army in Flanders; MP Brackley 20 Apr 1714 – 1715; Secretary to Earl of Arran, Chancellor, Oxford Univ., from 1722; d. unm. 25 Mar 1727. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

WATKINS, RICHARD, son of Rev. Henry Watkins DD, Vicar of Sutton under Brailes, Warwicks., and Anne, widow of Richard Love; b.; adm.; KS 1637; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1640, matr. 4 Jun 1641, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA 1644; MA 1647 (incorp. Cambridge 1650); submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 1648 (Burrows, 154, 158); ordained; Vicar of Ambrosden, Oxfordshire 1655-9; Rector of Whichford, Warwicks., from 1659; Rector of Bourton on the Hill, Gloucs., from 5 May 1679; wrote an account of the recovery of Anne Green, who had been hanged at Oxford 14 Dec 1650, entitled Newes from the Dead, 1651, to which were appended poems on the subject by various Oxford scholars; m. Elizabeth Hyckes; d. 11 Feb 1707/8.

WATKINS, ROBERT; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1631, but was never adm.

WATSON, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1610, Westminster Student Jan 1610/1-20, Faculty Student from 1620; BA 1614; MA 1617; d. 1635.

WATSON, SAMUEL, son of James Watson, St. Andrew’s, Holborn; b.; adm. 9 Sep 1776; KS (aged 13) 1777; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1781, matr. 30 Jun 1781, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1781 – void by marriage 13 Oct 1787; BA 1785; MA 1792; BD and DD 1806; ordained; Vicar of Whitchurch, Bucks., 22 Dec 1810-2; Rector of Gravesend, Kent, from 18 Jul 1811; Senior Chaplain, Ordnance Dept., Woolwich, from 1 Jul 1812; m.; d. 9 Apr 1837.