WiLLSON, Joseph
WILLSON, JOSEPH. Adm. sizar (age 23) at Peterhouse,
July 3, 1794. Of Cockermouth, Cumberland. Matric. Michs.
1794, as Wilson. {T. A. Walker, 365.)
WILLSON, REGINALD JOHN. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel,
July 30, 1892. S. of S[amuel], Esq., of the old rectory,
Wimbledon Park, Surrey. [B. 1875, in London.] Matric.
Michs. 1892; B.A. 1895; M.B. and B.Chir. 1899. At Charing
Cross and King's College Hospitals. House Physician and House Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital. D.P.H., R.C.P.S.,
1902. Practised at Sutton, Surrey. Medical Officer of Health
for Alton U.D.C. Married, 1902, Louisa Mary, dau. of Thomas
Crossley. Died at Redhill, Jan. 4, 1952. {Medical Directories;
The Times, Jan. 5, 1952; Who's Who in Surrey.)
WILLSON, ST JOHN BASIL WYNNE. Adm. pens, at St John's,
Aug. II, 1887. [3rd] s of the Rev. William Wvnne (St John's CoUege, Oxford, 1854), R. of Codford St Mary, Wilts, (and
Mary Anne Alexander). B. Aug. 28, 1868, at Shackleford,
Godalming. School, Cheltenham College. Matric. Michs.
1887; Scholar, 1889; Browne medal, 1889; B.A. (Class. Trip.,
ist Class) 1890; M.A. 1894. Hon. LL.D., Bristol, 1925.
Editor of The Granta. Assistant Master at the Leys School,
Cambridge, 1891-8; at Rugby School, 1898-1905. Ord. deacon (Worcester), 1903; priest, 1904. Select Preacher at
Cambridge, 1908 and 1916. Head Master of Haileybury
College, 1905-11 ; of .Marlborough College, 1911-16. Canon of
Salisbury, 1912-16. Dean of Bristol, 1916-21. Bishop of Bath
and Wells, 1921-37. Married, Sept. 16, 1919, .•Uice Lilian Proctor, 2nd dau. of Sir George A. Wills, Bart. Edited
various classical texts. Latterly of Titan Barrow, Bathford,
Somerset, where he died Oct. 15, 1946. {Cheltenham Coll.
Reg.; Schoolmasters' Directories; Crockford; The Times, Oct. 18, 1946.)
WILLSON, VERE FRANCIS. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Sept.
24, 1874. [3rd] s. of Anthony [formerly Peacock] (s!<6 Peacock,
1830), of Raucebv, Lines, (and Mary). [B. Oct. 13, 1855.]
School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1874; B.A. 1879; M.A. 1882.
Ord. deacon (Chichester), 1879; priest, 1881; C. of St Mark's, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, 1879. C. of Rotherfield,
Sussex, 1879-81. C. of Bury St Edmunds, 1882-4. R- ot
Fulbeck, Lines., 1884-1912. Married, Aug. 7, 1884, Rose, dau. of the Rev. H. C. de St Croix. Succeeded to Rauceby Hall,
Lines., 1912. Died Mar. 16, 1917. Brother of the next.
{Eton Sch. Lists; Crockford; Burke, L.G.; The Times, Mar. 20,
1917.)
WILLSON, WALTER EDWARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 5, 1872, as Edward Walter. [2nd] s. of Anthony
[formerly Peacock], Esq. (1830, sub Peacock) (and Mary
Eliza Caroline, dau. of the Rev. Ed%vard Fane). [B. Mar. 22,
1854], at Rauceby, Lines. Bapt. Apr. 21, 1854. School,
Eton. Did not reside. Adm. at Jesus, Oct. i, 1872. Matric.
Michs. 1872. Partner in the bank of Peacock and Willson,
Newark. Of Rauceby Hall, Lines. Lieut. -Col., 3rd Battn., the Lines. Regt. J. P. for Notts. Died, unmarried. Mar. 11,
1900. Brother of the above. (Burke, L.O.; Matrics. and
Degrees, 1851-1900 calls him Wilson; Eton Sch. Lists; Army Lists.)
WILLSON, WILLIAM NORMAN. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel,
Oct. 2, 1891. S. of H[enry], M.D., of Holmwood, Oatlands
Park Road, Weybridge, Surrey. Matric. Michs. 1891 ; Scholar;
B.A. 1894; M.A. 1899. Ord. deacon (Salisbury), 1900; priest,
1901 ; C. of Holy Trinity, Weymouth, 1900-2. C. of Hilperton
with Whaddon, Wilts., 1902-5. C. of Fugglestone with
Bemerton, 1905-9. V. of Redlynch, 1909-15. V. of Lyme
Regis, Dorset, 1915-27. R. of St Martin's, Salisbury, 1927- 39. Canon of Salisbury, 1930. Lie. to ofi., dio. of Worcester,
from 1939. Of Great Malvern, in 1952. Brother of Cecil
H. H. S. (1893) and Howard S. (1887). (Crockford.)
WILLY, GEORGE. Adm. pens, (age 19) at St John's, Apr. 5, 1827. S. of Robert, of Pedwell, Glastonbury, Somerset.
School, Langport. Matric. Michs. 1827; B.A. 1831. Ord.
deacon (Bath and Wells), Apr. 22, 1832; priest, Apr. 7, 1833.
C. of Stogursey, Somerset, 1842-50 (as 'Willey'); C. of Otterhampton, 1851-62. C. of Pitcombe and Wyke Champ- flower, 1864. No further cure. Disappears from Clergy List,
1872. (Crockford.)
WILLY, ROBERT CHARLES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 2, 1836. Of Middlesex. Matric. Michs. 1836; B.A. 1840. Ord.
deacon (Lichfield), June 27, 184 1 ; priest (Hereford, Litt. dim.
from Lichfield), Mar. 20, 1842; C. of North Wingfield, Derbs.,
1843-63. V. of Ahthorpe, Northants., 1863-8. Died Oct. 22,
1868, aged 51. (Sorthants. Clergy; Crockford.)
WILLYAMS, COOPER. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, May 23,
1780. Of Essex. [S. of Capt. John, R.N. (and Anne, dau. of
Sir Samuel Goodere). B. June, 1762. School, Canterbury.]
Matric. Lent, 1782; B.A. 1784; M.A. 1789- Ord. deacon
(Gloucester), 1784. V. of Exning, Cambs., 1788-1806. R. of
WiLMOT, Edward Sacheverel
West Lynn, Norfolk, 1793-1806. Chaplain of the Boyne on the expedition to the West Indies under Sir Charles Grey and
Vice- Admiral Sir John Jervis, 1793-4. Domestic Chaplain to
Earl St Vincent, 1797. Chaplain of the Swiftsure (a vessel in
the squadron under the command of Nelson), 1798. Present
at the battle of the Nile ; his narrative, A Voyage up the Mediter- ranean in the Swiftsure, contained the first authentic account
of the battle. R. of Hardres (1806) and of Kingston, Kent,
1806-16; R. of Stourmouth, 1806-16. Married, July 20, 1801,
Elizabeth Rebecca, 3rd dau. of Peter Snell, of Whitley Court,
Gloucs., and had issue. Author also of A History of SudeUy
Castle, etc. A clever artist, illustrating his own works. Died
Julv 17, 1816 in Bernard Street, Russell Square, London.
Doubtless father of Thomas E. (1824). (Foster, Index Eccles.;
Clerical Guide; Burke, L.G.; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1816, n. 91.)
WILLYAMS, JAMES BRYDGES. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 18, 1789. [Eldest] s. of James, Esq. [banker], of Truro
(and .\nne, only dau. of William Champion, of Wormley,
Gloucs.). B. Nov. 30, 1771, in Cornwall. School, Bideford,
Devon. Matric. Michs. 1789; Scholar, 1789; B..A. 1794.
Lieut.-Col., R. Cornwall Light Infantry-Militia. J. P. and D.L. for Cornwall. Married Sarah, dau. and heiress of
Mendez da Costa, a Portuguese Jew. Author, The Influence
of Genius, a poem; Hints on Education, etc. Died, s.p., Nov.
13, 1820, at Truro. {St John's Coll. Adm., vi. 562; Burke, L.G., which gives date of birth as Jan. i, 1772; Sir W. Sterry.)
WILLYAMS, JAMES NEYNOE VIVIAN. Adm. pens, (age 19) at
Trinity, .May 10, 1842. [Eldest] s. of Humphry, of Car-
nanton, St C'olumb, Cornwall (and Ellen Frances, dau. of General William Bridges Neynoe, of Castle Neynoe, Co.
Sligo). B. [Apr. 10, 1823], at Truro. School, Eton. Matric.
Michs. 1842. Lieut., Royal Miners' Artillery. Died, s.p., July 22, 1861. {Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, L.G.; Vivian,
Visitations of Cornwall, which says that he died in 1864.)
WILLYAMS, THOMAS EGERTON. Adm. pens, at Corpus
Christi, Dec. 21, 1824. Of Kent. [Doubtless s. of the Rev.
Cooper (1780).] Matric. .Michs. 1825; B.A. 1829; M..A.. 1832.
Ord. deacon (London, Litt. dim. from Canterbury), Dee. 20,
1829; priest. Dee. 19, 1830. C. of Ball's Pond, Islington, Middlesex, -1841-6. Held no further cure. Died Dec. 6, 1882,
aged 75, in London. [Crockford; The Guardian, Dec. 13, 1882.)
WILMAN, FRANCIS. Matric. Non-CoU., Easter, 1886.
WILMAN, JAMES HERBERT. Adm. pens, at Downing, Oct. 5,
1893. B. June 21, 1875. School, Giggleswiek. Matric. Michs.
1893. (Giggleswiek Sch. Reg.)
WILMER, BRADFORD. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Nov. 16, 1826. S. of [Dr] Bradford, of Coventry (by his 3rd wife, Selina, dau.
of Charles Rattray). [B. May, 1808. School, Rugby.] Matric.
Lent, 1827; B.A. 1831. Travelled extensively in Egypt and
the Levant in search of MSS., wearing Turkish costume for
reasons of safety. Of Reydon Hall, Wangford, Suffolk.
Married Miss Frances Chudleigh Worthington, dau. of
Thomas Giles Worthington, of Milverton, Somerset, and
had issue. Died May 21, 1886. Brother of the next two.
{Rugby Sch. Reg.; Peile, u. 424; Foster and Green, History of the Wilmer Family.)
WILMER, DAVID. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Mar. 27, 1822. [Eldest surviving] s. of [Dr] Bradford, of Coventry (by his
3rd wife, Selina, dau. of Charles Rattray, of Daventry).
[B. Aug. 12, 1804.] School, Rugby. Matric. .Michs. 1822.
Kept eight terms. Married Isabella, dau. of Captain Pon- sonby, R.N. Resided at Highgate, Middlesex. Died in 1870. Brother of the above and the next. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Peile,
II. 408; Foster and Green, History of the Wilmer Family.)
WILMER, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Christ's, May 29, 1832. [4th s. of Dr Bradford (by his 3rd wife, Selina Rattray). Bapt.
at St Michael's, Coventry, Mar. 14, 1810. School, Charter-
house.] Did not reside. Married Charlotte — , a German lady.
Died, s.p., at Frankfurt, Feb. 20, 1880. Brother of the above
and of Bradford (1826). (Sir W. Sterry; Foster and Green,
History of the Wihner Family; Peile, u. 444; List of Carthu- sians; R. L. Arrowsmith.)
WILMER, THOMAS GEORGE (1827), see GOSSIP.
WILMER, WILMER (1821), see GOSSIP.
WILMORE, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 21) at St John's, Apr. 6, 1824. Of Worcestershire. Educated privately at Pershore. Matric. Michs. 1824.
WILMOT, see also EARDLEY-WILMOT.
WILMOT (post WILMOT-SITWELL), EDWARD SACHEVEREL.
Adm. pens, (age 17) at 1'eterhouse, .May 5, 1767. [2nd] s.
of the Rev. Richard (1721), D.D., R. of Morley and Mickle- over, Derbs. (and Dorothy, dau. of Simon Degge, of Derby).
B. 1749. School, Eton. Matric. Lent, 1769; Scholar; B.A.
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