WiLBRAHAM, FRANCIS HENRY RaNDLE
WILBRAHAM, FRANCIS HENRY RANDLE. Adm. pens, at
Peterhouse, Oct. 22, 1840. [4th] s. of Handle, Esq. (Chnst
Church, Oxford, 1790), of Rode Hall, Lawton, Cheshire.
B. Jan. 6, 1819. Matric. Michs. 1840; B.A. 1845. Adm. at
Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 6, 1843- Called to the Bar, Mays, 1848.
A Conveyancer. Of Cresswellshawe, Alsager. J. P. for
Cheshire. Captain of Congleton Rifles, 1861. Married,
July 15, 1856, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of John Barnard, Esq.,
of Ham Common, Surrey and had issue. Died Jan. 28, 1900.
Brother of the above, (r. A. Walker, 471, gives mamed
1858; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar; Burke, L.G.)
WILBRAHAM, GEORGE. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 17) at Trinity,
Oct. 13, 1758. [Eldest] s. of Roger (Hart Hall, Oxford, 1734- 5) of Nantwich, Cheshire (by his 2nd wife, Mary, dau. of
Thomas Hunt, of MoUington, Oxon.). School, Chester.
Matric. Michs. 1758. M. P. for Bodmin, 1789-90- Of Nantwich
and Delamere Lodge, Cheshire. High SheriS of Cheshure,
1791. Married, Oct. 13, i774. Maria, 2nd dau. of William Harvey, of Chigwell, Essex. Died Dec. 4, 1813. Brother of
Roger (1760); father of the next. (Burke, L.G.; Return of M.P.s.)
WILBRAHAM, GEORGE. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity,
Feb 13, 1796. [Eldest] s. of George (above), of Delamere Lodge, Cheshire (and Maria, dau. of William Harvey). B.
Mar 8, 1779. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1796. Of
Delamere House, Cheshire. M.P. for Stockbndge, Hants.,
1826-31; for Cheshire, 1831-2; for South Cheshire, 1833-41.
High SheriS of Cheshire, 1844. F.R.S., 1821. Married,
Sept 3, 1814, Lady Anne Fortescue, 3rd dau. of Hugh, ist Earl Fortescue. Died Jan. 24, 1852. Father of the next
three. {Rugby Sch. Reg.; Boase, iii. 1344; Burke, L.G.;
Return of M.P.s.)
WILBRAHAM, GEORGE FORTESCUE. Adm. pens, (age 18)
at Trinity, May 14, 1834. [Eldest] s. of George (above) (and
Lady Anne Fortescue, dau. of the ist Earl Fortescue). B.
[Aug 4 1815], at Delamere House, Cheshire. School,
Harrow.' Matric. Michs. 1834; B.A. 1838; M.A. 1841. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Mar. 20, 1838. Called to the Bar,
June 9 1843. Of Delamere House, Cheshire. J. P. for
Cheshire. High Sheriff, 1858. Died Apr. 27, 1885. Brother of
the next two. [Harrow Sch. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of Court;
Foster, Men at the Bar.)
WILBRAHAM, HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, Oct. 6,
1841 [4th] s. of George (1796) (and Lady Anne Fortescue,
3rd dau. of Hugh, ist Earl Fortescue). B. [July 25, 1825], at
Delamere House, Cheshire. School, Harrow. Matnc. Michs.
1842; Scholar, 1845; B.A. {7th Wrangler) 1846; M.A. 1849.
Fellow, 1848. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. n, 1848. Called to the Bar, May 8, 1851. A Conveyancer; Of Overdale,
Cheshire Registrar of the Court of Chancery for the Lanca- shire and Manchester district. Married, Dec. 13, 1864, Mary
lane dau. of Christopher Marriott, and had issue. Died
Feb. '13, 1883. Brother of the above and the next. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
WILBRAHAM, HUGH. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Jan. 20, 1847.
[sth s of George (1796), of Delamere House, Northwich.
B Dec. 2, 1828. School, Rugby.] Matric. Michs. 1847. Of
oid Head House, Westport, Co. Mayo. J. P. for Co. Mayo;
High Sheria, 1885. Married, June 2, 1868, Lady Manan
Browne, dau. of the 2nd Marquess of Sligo, and had issue.
Died July 19, 1890. Brother of the two above. (Rugby Sch.
Reg.; Burke, L.G.)
WILBRAHAM, The Hon. REGINALD FRANCIS BOOTLE. Adm.
pens, at Trinity, Oct. i, 1894. [4th and youngest] s. of
Edward [Bootle], Earl of Lathom (Christ Church, Oxford,
1856), of Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lanes. B. [July 26],
1875,' at Ormskirk. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1894. Sometime Lieut., Rhodesia Regt. Married, Dec. 18, 1903,
Lillian Mary, 2nd dau. of Major William Lyster Holt. Died,
s.p., June 21, 1912. (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, P. and B.)
WILBRAHAM, ROGER. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Trinity,
Nov. 15, 1760. [2nd] s. of Roger (Hart Hall, Oxford, i734-5), of Nantwich, Cheshire (by his 2nd wife, Mary, dau. of
Thomas Hunt, of MoUington, Oxon.). School, Chester.
Matric. Michs. 1760; Scholar, 1762; B.A. (4/A Wrangler) 1765;
M.A. 1768. Fellow, 1767. Adm. at the Inner Temple, May 25,
1763. F.R.S., 1782. M.P. for Helston, Cornwall, 1786-90; for Bodmin, 1790-6. Author, An attempt at a glossary of
words used in Cheshire, 1820. Died Jan. 1829, in London.
Brother of George (1758). (Inns of Court; Return of M.P.s.;
Boase, Collect. Cornub.)
WILBRAHAM, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age i8) at Pembroke,
June 9, 1804. [2nd] s. of [Edward] (Univ. College, Oxford,
1777), of Horsley [and Cirencester], Gloucs. B. there. Matric.
Michs. 1804; Scholar; B.A. 1808; M.A. 1814. Died Apr. i,
1815, at Falmouth, on returning from Malta, aged 29.
(G. Mag. 1815, I. 47I-)
WiLCOCKSON, John Howson
WILBY, THOMAS. Adm. sizar (age 26) at St John's, June 5, 1782. S. of Thomas. B. [Mar. 15, 1756], at Carlinghow,
Batley, Yorks. Matric. Michs. 1782; Scholar, 1784; B.A.
(i8th Wrangler) 1788; M.A. 1791. 'Very deaf, which handi-
capped him in the Acts and Opponencies of the Tripos.' (Gunning). Ord. deacon (Peterb.), July 12, 1789; priest,
Dec. 20, 1789; C. of King's Cliffe, Northants., 1789-91. R. of
Claxby with Normanby-le-Wold, Lines., 1819-20. Married,
June 29, 1791, Mrs Lydia Wigginton, of King's Cliffe. Died
Mar. 24, 1832, at BoUam House, near Retford. (St John's Coll. Adm.; Northants. Clergy; G. Mag., 1832, i. 473; Gunning, 1. 88.)
WILBY, WILLIAM JOSEPH. Adm. a scholar at St Catharine's, June 19, 1873. S. of Benjamin Franklin. B. May, 1854, at
Castletown, Isle of Man. School, King William's College, Isle of Man. Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1880. Ord. deacon
(Chester), 1878; priest, 1879; C. of St John's, Birkenhead, 1878-9. Chaplain, R.N.; H.M.S. Champion, 1880-4; Adwe,
1886-7; Carysfoot, 1887-91; Cambridge, 1891-3; Narcissus,
1893-4; Endymion, 1894-5; St Vincent, 1895-8; Jupiter,
1898-1900; R.M.L.I. at Gosport, 1900-4. R. of Homersfield with St Cross, Suffolk, 1904-27. Married, Dec. 21, 1880,
Davena Gertrude, dau. of the late D. Green, of Liverpool.
Died Feb. 21, 1027. (King William Coll. Reg.; Crockford;
The Guardian, Ja'n. 5, 1881; The Times, Feb. 23, 1927.)
WILCOCK, ALFRED WILLIAM. Adm. sizar at Queens', Apr. 24, 1843. Matric. Michs. 1843; B.A. 1847; M.A. 1850. Ord.
deacon (Exeter), 1847; priest, 1848; C. of Kingston, Devon,
1849-51. C. of Illingworth, Yorks., 185 1-2. Assistant
Hospitaller at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1852-80 and Reader at Christ Church, Newgate Street, London, 1852-84.
Disappears from Crockford, 1885.
WILCOCK, ARTHUR GEORGE ERNEST. Adm. at Caius,
Oct. I, 1892. S. of Henry, merchant, of Fairfield, Manchester
(and EUen Anderson). B. [June 6], 1875, at Ashton-under- Lyne. School, Sandringham, Southport. Matric. Michs.
1892. At St George's Hospital; Physician and House Surgeon there. L.M.S.S.A., 1916. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1923;
Medical Of&cer at Linford sanatorium, Ringwood, Hamp-
shire. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., R.A.M.C).
Of Ringwood, in 1948. Brother of the next. (Kenn, 11. 528; Medical Directories.)
WILCOCK, HERBERT. Adm. at Caius, Oct. 1, 1896. S. of
Henry, merchant, deceased (and Ellen Anderson). B. [July 8],
1877, at Ashton-under-Lyne. Schools, Sandringham, South-
port and Sedbergh. Matric. Michs. 1896. In business for some time. Of Bentley House, Clungunford, Salop, in 1909.
Brother of the above. (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Venn, 11. 550.)
WILCOCK, JAMES (1770), see WILLCOCK.
WILCOCKS, HARRY CHESTER. Matric. Non-CoU., Easter, 1887.
WILCOCKS, HORACE STONE. Adm. pens, at St John's, Nov. i, 1855. [2nd] s. of James Blackmore, solicitor, of Stoke, Devon
(and Mary). B. at Exeter. Bapt. Feb. 7, 1835. Matric.
Michs. 1855; B.A. 1859; M.A. 1862. Ord. deacon (Manchester),
June 19, 1859; priest (Exeter), i860; C. of Heywood, Lanes.,
1859-60. C. of St James, Devonport, 1860-5- C. of St Peter's, Plymouth, 1865-73. V. of St James-the-Less, Plymouth,
1873-5. Having let the vicarage, had a dispute with the
Bishop of Exeter as to residence, and resigned; held no
further preferment. Married, Sept. 4, 1865, Caroline Elizabeth,
only dau. of Francis F. Jemmett, of Stoke Damerel, Devon.
Died Oct. 24, 19 12, at Mannamead, Plymouth, aged 78.
(Eagle, xxxvi. 221; Scott, MSS.; Crockford.)
WILCOCKS, THOMAS AUSTEN JEFFRY. [Treffry in Admission
Book.] Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi, Oct. 10, 1842. Matric. Michs. 1842.
WILCOCKS (or WILCOX), WILLIAM WRIGHT. Adm. pens, at
Caius, 1789, as Wilcox. S. of William, of Norwich. School,
Bungay, Suffolk. Scholar, 1789-90. Migrated (age 18) to
Trinity, May 15, 1790. Matric. Michs. 1790; B.A. 1794; M.A. 1820. Ord. deacon (Norwich), Sept. 21, 1794; priest,
Mar. 2, 1806. V. of Barney, 1806-46 and R. of Puddmg
Norton, Norfolk, 1807-46. Died May 18, 1846. (Venn, 11. 118
(as Wilcox); Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List.)
WILCOCKSON, JOHN HOWSON. Adm. (age 19) at Caius,
Oct. I, 1879. S. of — , deceased [and Mrs Wilcockson, of Brookhouse Hall, Caton, Lancaster]. B. [May 16, 1859], at
Preston, Lanes. School, Giggleswick. Matric. Michs. 1879;
B.A. 1883; M.A. 1888. Ord. deacon (Chester), 1883; pnest,
1884; C. of Altrincham, 1883-5. P.C of Weston Point,
Cheshire, 1885-93. V. of Henbury, 1893-1904. V. of Tarym,
1904-23. Married, Sept. 23, 1884, Helena Mary, eldest dau.
of W. Jackson, M.R.C.S., of Bolton-le-Sands. Died Sept. 26,
1923. (Giggleswick Sch. Reg.; Venn, 11. 438; Crockford.)
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