WiLMOT, Edward Sacheverel
1772. Fellow, 1772. Of Stainsby House, Derbs. Assumed by
Royal Licence, Dec. i, 1772, the name of Sitwell, in addition
to that of Wilmot, in pursuance of the will of his kinswoman,
Elizabeth Sitwell. Inherited Stainsby House, Derbs. High
Sheriff of Derbs., 1779. Married, 1777, Lucy, dau. of Su- William Wheler, 6th Bart. Author, religious. Died May 10,
1836, at Stainsby. Brother of Hervey (i77i); father of
Edward D. S. (1796, sub Sitwell), Hervey W. (1813, su6
Sitwell), William (1801, sub Sitwell) and Charles J. (1818, sub
Sitwell). {T. A. Walker, 329; Burke, L.G.; Eton Coll. Reg.)
WILMOT, EDWARD SACHEVEREL. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 28, 1784. [2nd] s. of Robert Meade (1750-1) [Post 2nd Bart.], of Harbledown, Kent, formerly of Chaddesden,
Derbs. {and Mary, dau. of William WooUet, of Harbledown).
B. Sept. 16, 1766, at Chaddesden. School, Rugby. Matric.
Michs. 1784; Scholar, 1784; B.A. 1788; M.A. 1791- Ord.
deacon (Lichfield), Dec. 20, 1789; priest, Dec. 19, 179°; C. of
Morley, Derbs., 1789-94- K. of Kirk Langley, 1 794-1809. R. of Yaverland, Isle of Wight, 1799-1809. Married, May i6,
1797, at Atherstone, Warws., Anne, only child of the Rev. — Chambers, of Stretton, and had issue. Died Feb. 26, 1809.
Brother of Robert (1784); father of the next. {Rugby Sch.
Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., rv. 563; Burke, P. and B.; G. Mag., 1809, I. 588.)
WILMOT, FRANCIS SACHEVEREL. Adm. pens, at St John's, Feb. 26, 1823. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Edward [Sacheverel]
(above), deceased, R. of Kirk Langley, Derbs. (and Anne
Chambers). [B. May 2, 1804.] School, Repton. Matric.
Michs. 1823; B.A. 1829. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, June 6, 1827. Called to the Bar, May 4, 1834. Captain, Derby Militia.
Married, Apr. 26, 1843, Aime, dau. of Benjamin Broomhead,
of Darley Dale. (Burke, P. and B.; St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 563; Inns of Court.)
WILMOT, HERVEY. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Peterhouse,
Mar. 9, 1771. Of Derbs. [Youngest s. of the Rev. Richard
(1721), D.D., R. of Morley and Mickleover, Derbs. (and
Dorothy, only dau. of Simon Degge, of Derby).] School,
Eton. Matric. Michs. 1771; Scholar. Died s./>. Brother of
Edward S. (1767). {Eton Coll. Reg.; T. A. Walker, 333;
Burke, L.G.)
WILMOT, JOHN BRAMSTON. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Caius,
Mar. 22, 1823. S. of Robert Montague, medical practitioner,
of Hastings. B. at Ashford, Kent. School, Ashford. Matric.
Michs. 1823; M.B. 1828; M.D. 1834. F.R.C.P. 1835.
Practised at Tunbridge Wells. Senior Physician, Tunbridge
Wells infirmary. Official Visitor to East Sussex licensed
lunatic houses. Author, On the Use of Creosote in Scorbutic
Camp Dysentery; On Blood-letting. Died Apr. 30, 1878, at Tunbridge Wells. (Venn, 11. 188; Boase, vi. 908; Medical
Directories.)
WILMOT (post EARDLEY- WILMOT), JOHN EARDLEY. Adm.
pens, (age 16) at Trinity Hall, Oct. 21, 1799. [Only] s. of
John [Eardley], Esq. (University College, Oxford, 1766) (for
whom see D.N.B.) (by his ist wife, Frances, only dau. of
Samuel Sainthill). [B. Feb. 21, 1783.] School, Harrow.
Matric. Easter, 1800. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 24, 1801. Called to the Bar, May 9, 1806. Of Berkswell Hall, Warws.
M.P. for North Warws., 1832-43. Created Bart., 1821.
Lieut.-Govemor of Van Dieman's Land, 1843-7. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1829. F.R.S., 1812; F.L.S. Married (1) May
21, 1808, Elizabeth Emma, 4th dau. of Caleb Hillier Parry,
M.D., of Bath, and had issue; (2) Aug. 30, 1819, Eliza, eldest
dau. of Sir Robert Chester, of Bush Hall, Herts., and had
further issue. Author, An Abridgment of Blackstone's Com- mentaries. Died Feb. 3, 1847, at Hobart Town, Tasmania.
Father of Robert C. C. E. (1840). {Harrow Sch. Reg.; Inns of
Court; Burke, P. and B.)
WILMOT, JOHN JAMES TALL (1846), see WILLMOTT.
WILMOT, JOSEPH PRATT. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity,
Mar. 27, 1818. [Eldest] s. of Thomas [of Coundon, Warws.].
B. at Coundon. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1818; B.A.
1822; M.A. 1825. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May 31, 1821. Called to the Bar, Feb. 8, 1828. Deputy-Registrar of the Manchester district court of Bankruptcy. Died in, or before,
1861. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
WILMOT, MATTHEW. Adm. sizar (age 17) at Trinity, Jan. 31,
1755. S. of Pynson (Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1721), of
Dudley, Worcs. School, Dudley. Matric. Lent, 1755; B.A.
1759. Died at Halesowen, Sept. 3, 1771. Brother of the next.
WILMOT, PYNSON. B.A. 1767, incorp. from Oxford; M.A. from
Queens', 1767. [S. of the Rev. Pynson (Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1721), of Dudley, Worcs.] Matric. from St Edmund
Hall, Oxford, June 4, 1747, age 16; B.C.L. (Oxford) 1754.
V. of Halesowen, Worcs. Died at Worcester, Oct. 3, 1789.
Brother of the above. (Al. Oxon.; Musgrave.)
WiLSHERE, Charles Willes
WILMOT, ROBERT. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 28, 1784. [Eldest] s. of Robert Meade, Esq. (1750-1) [later Bart.], of Harbledown, Kent, formerly of Chaddesden, Derbs. (and
Mary, dau. of Williemi Woollet, of Harbledown). B. June 5,
1765. [School, Repton.] Did not reside. Matric. from
University College, Oxford, Nov. 11, 1784. Lieut. -Col.,
Derbyshire Yeomanry. High Sheriff of Derbs., 1803-4. Succeeded his father as 3rd Bart., Sept. 9, 1793. Married
(i) Mar. 29, 1796, Lucy, eldest dau. of Robert Grimston, of Neswick, Yorks., and had issue; (2) May 26, 1817, Bridget,
widow of Major-General Daniel Crauford, and dau. of Henry
Holland, of Hans Place, Chelsea, and had further issue.
Resided latterly at Kemp Town, Brighton, where he died,
July 13, 1842. Brother of Edward S. (1784). (Repton Sch.
Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 563; Al. Oxon.; Burke, P. and
B.)
WILMOT, ROBERT CHARLES CHESTER EARDLEY. Adm.
pens, (age 18) at Caius, Mar. 26, 1840. [7th] s. of Sir John
Eardley (1799), Bt. of Berkswell Hall, Warws. (by his 2nd
wife, Elisa, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Chester, of Bush Hall,
Herts.). B. [June 4, 1822], at Leamington. Schools, Rugby
and Charlton Kings. Matric. Michs. 1840. Clerk to the
Executive Council of Van Dieman's Land, 1855-64, and Secretary to the Board of Directors of convict prisons until
1892. Married, Dec. 4, 1849, Jeannie Louisa Stewart, dau. of
J. Dunn, of Van Dieman's Land, and had issue. Latterly of 32, Tedworth Square, London. Died May 24, 1910, in London.
(Rugby Sch. Reg.; Venn, 11. 250; Burke, P. and B.)
WILMOT, ROBERT DEEDES. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 4, 1820. S. of Dr [Robert Montagu] Wilmot, of Hawkhurst,
Kent (and Mary Deedes). [B. Apr. 15, 1801.] School, Eton.
Matric. Michs. 1820; B.A. 1824; M.A. 1827. Ord. deacon
(Chichester), June 29, 1823; priest, Aug. 24, 1824. V. of
Kennington, 1835-75 and R. of Fawkenhurst, Kent, 1843-75.
Married, Aug. 6, 1838, Jane, dau. of Charles Turner, A.R.A.
Disappears from Clergy List, 1876. {Crockford; Sir W. Sterry.)
WILMOT-WARE, REGINALD JOSEPH. Adm. pens, at Peter- house, Oct. I, 1882. S. of the Rev. Wilmot Westmoreland,
(1851, sub Ware), R. of Bamburgh, Yorks. and of Durweston,
Dorset. B. May 24, 1863. Schools, Harper's, Sherborne and Oakham. Matric. Michs. 1882; B.A. 1885. Ord. deacon
(York), 1886; priest (Ripon), 1890; C. of Bamburgh, Yorks.,
1886-7. C. of Richmond, Yorks., 1887-9. C. of Catterick,
1889-91. C. of Stoke-Lacy and Moreton Jeffries, Heref.,
1891-9. V. of Shinfield, Berks., 1900-5. Died in 1905. Brother of Wilmot W. (1880, sub Ware). (Sherborne Reg.
(5u6Ware); T. A. Walker, 566 and MS. note; Crockford (Ware).)
WILMOTT, ALFRED JOHN. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Sept.
30, 1894. [S. of John Moore, of Mere, Wilts, (and Ann Down). B. there Mar. 8, i860. School, Homerton College.] Matric.
Michs. 1894; B.A. (Hist. Trip., ist Class) 1897; M.A. 1901.
Lecturer at Homerton College, and Deacon of Emmanuel
Congregational Church, Cambridge. Resided at 3, St
Barnabas Road, Cambridge. Married, Oct. 25, 1884, Hannah,
dau. of George Butler, of Stepney. Died Feb. 8, 1923, while
cycling to Homerton College. (Scott, MSS.; Cambridge Chronicle, Feb. 14, 1923.)
WILMOTT, EDWARD WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 22) at
Jesus, Jan. 1, 1870. S. of Edward, Esq. B. at Lewes, Sussex. School, Enfield. Matric. Lent, 1870; B.A. 1873;
M.A. 1876. Ord. deacon (Ely), 1895; priest, 1896; C. of
Dunstable, Beds., 1895-9. V. of Baulking with Woolstone,
Berks., 1899-1900. C. of Basingstoke, 1900-3. C. of Witham,
Essex, 1903-8. V. of Cornish Hall End, 1908-21. R. of
Stanningfield and Bradfield Combust, Suffolk, 1921-6. V. of
Poslingford, 1926-8. Married, June 20, 1899, Margaret
Sophia Cleverly, youngest dau. of Lieut.-Col. B. G. Lake, of The Priory, Orpington. Died May 31, 1928. (Scott, MSS.;
Crockford; The Times, June 2, 1928.)
WILSDEN, J. S. (1855), see PICKLES.
WILSDEN, L. W. (1886), see PICKLES.
WILSFORD, JOHN. Adm. sizar (age 17) at St Catharine's, May 30, 1768. B. at Doncaster. Matric. Michs. 1769; B.A.
1772; M.A. 1775. Fellow, 1772. Ord. deacon (Peterb.), 1773;
priest, 1774. Died, Nov. 1806, 'in Yorks.' (Northants. Clergy; G. Mag., 1806, II. 1083.)
WILSHERE, CHARLES WILLES. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Apr. 12, 1833. [3rd s. of Thomas, of Hitchin, Herts, (and
Lora, dau. of Charles Beaumont, of Hartford Hill, Hunts.).
B. Feb. 20, 1814.] Matric. Michs. 1833. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 26, 1836. Succeeded to the Frythe, Welwyn, Herts.,
on the death of his brother, 1867. J.P. and D.L. for Herts.
Married, Aug. 25, 1840, Elizabeth Marie, dau. of William
Meeke Farmer, and had issue, 4 daughters. Died Sept. 29,
1906. (Inns of Court; Burke, L.G.)
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