Woody ATT, George
WOODVATT, GEORGE. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Nov. ii,
1847; Fell.-Com., 1848. S. of the Rev. Edward (Brasenose
College, Oxford, 1815), of 24, The Promenade, Cheltenham.
Matric. Michs. 1847; B.A. 1852. Ord. deacon (Worcester),
1859; priest, i860; C. of Salf ord- Priors, Warws., 1859-60.
P.C. of Radstone, Northants., 1862-8. V. of Warton, Wanvs.,
1868-9. V. of Wichnor, Staffs., 1872-83. V. of Repton, 1883- 97. Lie. Pr., dio. of Lichfield, 1897. Resided latteriy at
Brighton, where he died May 21, 1903, aged 76. {T. A.
Walker, 494; Clergy List; Crockford; Cambridge Chronicle, May 29, 1903.)
WOODYEARE, JOHN FOUNTAIN. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Feb. 12, 1827, as Fountain John. [Eldest] s. of Fountain
John Elwin [who had assumed the name of Woodyeare,
1812], of Crookhill, Rotherham, Yorks. (and Frances, dau. of
John Woodyeare, of Crookhill). [B. there. May 11, 1809.
School, Charterhouse.] Matric. Michs. 1827; B.A. 1831.
Ord. deacon (Lincoln), Sept. 1832; priest (York), 1835. Of
Crookhill. Domestic Chaplain to the Dowager Countess of
Cavan, from 1851. Married (i) Aug. 8, 1843, Mary Jane, dau.
of Wilham Phillips, and had issue; (2) Emily Anne, dau. of
the Rev. John D'Arcy Jervis Preston, of Askham Bryan. Died July 25, 1880, at Crookhill. (List of Carthusians;
Peile, II. 425; Crockford; Clergy List; Changes of Name;
Walford, County Families; The Guardian, July 28, 1880; Burke, L.G.)
WOOLCOCK, CLOBERY SILLY. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Apr. 10, 1834. Of Tregony, Cornwall. Matric. Michs. 1834;
B.A. 1838. Ord. deacon (Norwich), Mar. 11, 1838; priest
(Lincohi), 1839. C. of St Austell, Cornwall, -1841-2. C. of
Ladock, 1843-6. P.C. of Charlestown, 1846-61. Disappears
from Crockford, 1865. [Collect. Cornub., 48; Clergy List.)
WOOLCOTT, JOHN [ROWDEN]. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Oct. 18, 1877. S. of John [possibly F.R.C.S., of Maidstone,
Kent]. B. [Aug. 11, 1858], at Hastings. School, Christ's Hospital. Matric. Michs. 1877; B.A. 1881. Assistant Master
at Harrison College, Barbados, 1881-7. Died Jan. 13, 1887,
at Roseau, Dominica. {Christ's Hospital Exhibitioners; Medical Directories.)
WOOLER, ARTHUR. Matric. pens, from Ayerst H., Oct. 21, 1889.
WOOLER, WILLIAM UPTON. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 1, 1867; re-adm. sizar Oct. 10, 1867. S. of William Moore,
surgeon (and Anne). B. [Feb. 13, 1848], at Dewsbury,
Yorks. Bapt. Mar. 15, 1848. School, Sedbergh. Matric.
Michs. 1867; B.A. 1871; M.A. 1879. Ord. deacon (Ripon),
1874; priest, 1875; C. of St Mary's, Leeds, 1874-6. C of Armley, Leeds, 1876-9. V. of Thurgoland, Yorks., 1879-1909.
V. of West Wycombe, Bucks., 1909-23. Author, History of
West Wycombe. Married Jane Eliza — . Died Oct. 25, 1923.
(Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Crockford.)
WOOLF, HERBERT GREENOUGH. Adm. (age 18) at Trinity
Hall, Oct. 1885. S. of — , Esq., deceased, of Southport.
Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889. Called to the Bar, Inner
Temple, Nov. 4, 1894. Lieut., R. Irish Fusiliers (militia),
1895. Served in the South African War, 1899-1902. Served
in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, 4th S. Staffs. Regt.;
mentioned in the Secretary of State's List for 'valuable
services'). Died Oct. 12, 1946, aged 79, at Woking. (Army Lists; War Services of Officers of the Army; The Times, Oct. 13, 1946.)
WOOLF, LEONARD SIDNEY. Adm. sizar at Trinity, Sept. 30,
1899. S. of Sidney [Q.C.], of Lexham, Colinette Road,
Putney. B. [Nov. 25], 1880, in London. School, St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1899; Scholar, 1900; B.A. (Class. Trip., Pt I,
ist Class) 1902. In the Ceylon Civil Service, 1904-11. Editor of the International Review, 1919; of the International
section of the Contemporary Review, 1920-1; Literary Editor
of The Nation, 1923-30; Jt. Editor of the Political Quarterly,
1931-53-- Founded the Hogarth Press, 1917. Married, Aug. 10, 1912, Virginia (the authoress), dau. of Sir LesUe
Stephen. Author, Imperialism and Civilization; Mandates
and Empire; The Village in the Jungle; The War for Peace; etc.
Of 24, Victoria Square, London, S.W., in 1953. (Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 12, 1912.)
WOOLFE (or WOLFE), ROBERT BARBOR. Adm. sizar (age 18)
at Trinity, Dec. 18, 1793. S. of Benjamin, of Dilhorne,
Staffs. School, Dilhorne. Matric. Lent, 1798; B.A. 1798, as
Robert Barbor Wolfe; M.A. 1814. R. of Cranleigh, Surrey,
1812-43. One of the detenus at Verdun; published an account
of his experiences. Died Oct. 2, 1843. (G. Mag., 1843, 11. 661 ;
Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List.)
WOOLLCOMBE, PhILIP
WOOLFIELD, BENJAMIN ADDINELL. Adm. pens, at St
John's, July 3, 1851; re-adm. July 8, 1852. S. of Henry, factor, of Cohnore Lodge, Warws. (and Rachel). B. at
St George's, Birmingham. Matric. Michs. 1852.
WOOLL, CHARLES WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 3, 1868. S. of Susan Thurston. B. Dec. 12, 1849, at
Upwell, Norfolk. Bapt. Mar. 13, 1852. School, Oundle.
Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1880. Ord. deacon
(Worcester), 1874; priest, 1875; C. of St Clement's, Birming- ham, 1874-6. C. of Fairfield, Lanes., 1876-84. V. of Ditton,
near Widnes, 1884-1910. Married, Feb. 29, 1876, Charlotte
EUzabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Storey, of Brunswick House,
North Walsham, Norfolk. Died, May 12, 1910; buried at
UpwelJ. (Crockford; The Guardian, Mar. 8, 1876; The Times, May 16, 1910.)
WOOLLAM, WILFRED BEET. Matric. Non-CoU., Lent, 1879-
S. of Thomas, Esq., of Bumgreave Road, Sheffield. B. Apr.
II, 1856. School, Weslev College, Sheffield. Adm. pens, at
Peterhouse, Oct. i, i88o;B.A. 1883; M.A. 1890; LL.M. 1898. (T. A. Walker, 562.)
WOOLLASTON, THOMAS SAMUEL. Adm. sizar at St John's (age 19), June 2, 1836. S. of John, farmer, of Beoley, Worcs.
B. there. School, CHfton (Rev. J. J. Coles). Migrated (age 19)
to Caius, Oct. 17, 1836. Matric. Michs. 1836. Migrated
thence to Peterhouse, Feb. 11, 1837; Scholar; Browne
Scholar, 1837; B.A. (10th Classic) 1840; M.A. 1843. Fellow of
Peterhouse, 1841-67; Senior Dean, 1849-51; Senior Proctor,
1859-60. Adm. ad eundem, at Oxford, 1843. Ord. deacon
(Ely), June 5, 1842; priest, 1845; C. of East Tuddenham with
Honingham, Norfolk, 1843-7. C. of Porlock, Somerset, 1867.
R. of Exford, 1867-9. Died June 19, 1869. Memorial figure in a window of Hildersham Church, Cambs. (T. A. Walker,
456 and MS. note; Venn, 11. 238; Crockford; Clergy List; Al. Oxon.)
WOOLLCOMBE, CARTHEW REYNOLDS. Adm. pens, at Corpus
Christi, Julys, 1840; re-adm. Oct. 28, 1848. Adm. previously at Lincoln College, Oxford, June 14, 1839, age 19. [Eldest s.
of the Rev. William (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1801),
V. of Christow, Devon. School, Blundell's, Tiverton.] Matric.
Michs. 1840. (Blundell's Sch. Reg.; Al. Oxon.)
WOOLLCOMBE, CHARLES. Adm. pens, (age 22) at Jesus,
July 1,1814. Of Devon. S. of Charles, surgeon. B. at Exeter.
School, Exeter (private, Mr Ley). Matric. Lent, 1816. One
of these names (not of Oxford) was C. of Minster and
Forraburv, Cornwall, 1841-6. Disappears from Clergy List, 1868.
WOOLLCOMBE, FREDERICK PETER. Adm. pens, at St
John's, June 5, 1840. Of Essex. [2nd] s. of Robert, Lieut., R.A., of Woolwich [and of Winscott, Okehampton, Devon]
(and Elizabeth, dau. of Bonamy Dobree, of Guernsey). Bapt.
Feb. 27, 1822. [School, Blundell's, Tiverton.] Matric. Michs.
1840. Died, s.^., 1856. (Reg. of Blundell's Sch.; Bmke, L.G.)
WOOLLCOMBE, GEORGE ARTHUR LEY. Adm. pens, at
Christ's, Jan. 30, 1882. [Only] s. of the Rev. George Ley (Balliol College, Oxford, 1847), R- of St Mewan, Cornwall (and
Edith, younger dau. of Henry Lambe, of Truro). B. [Feb. 4,
1864], at Truro. Schools, Sherborne and Landewednack.
Matric. Michs. 1882; B.A. 1886; M.A. 1891. Of Hemerdon
House, Plympton, Devon. J. P. for Devon. Married, Aug.
1911, Edith lone, only dau. of Henry Hodge, R.N., of
St Austell, Cornwall. Died Feb. 17, 1947, at Hemerdon
House. (PeiU, 11. 686; Burke, L.G.; The Times, Feb. 19, 1947.)
WOOLLCOMBE, JOHN VIVIAN. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi,
Oct. 1, 1900. S. of the Rev. William P[enrose] (Christ Church,
Oxford, 1846), V. of Loudwater, Bucks. B. there, Feb. 18,
1881. School, High Wycombe. Matric. Michs. 1900; B.A.
1903; M.A. 1911. Ord. deacon (Newcastle-on-Tyne), 1905;
priest, 1906; C. of Allendale, Northumberland, 1905-8. C. of Barrow-in-Fumess, 1908-12. C. of Holy Trinity, Brompton,
1912-14. Organising Secretary, C.C.C.S. (N.W. district),
1914-19. V. of Loudwater, Bucks., 1919-29. Perm, to off., at
St John's, Palmer's Green, 1929-32; C. there, 1932-4- V. of Dawley, Middlesex, 1935-51-. Married, June 27, 1916,
Edith Vera, youngest dau. of Charles Royal Dawson, of Ealing. (Crockford.)
WOOLLCOMBE, PHILIP. Adm. (age 18) at King's, a scholar from Eton, Dec. 10, 1769. [3rd] s. of John (Exeter College,
Oxford, 1741), High Sheriff, of Ashbury, Devon (and Mary,
dau. of Jeffery Morth, of Talland, Cornwall). B. [Nov. 17,
1750], at Ashbury. Matric. Michs. 1769; B.A. 1774; M.A.
1777. Fellow, 1772-94. Ord. deacon (Peterb.), 1773- Practised as a physician at Exeter. Died, s./>., in 1794. (Eton
Coll. Reg.; Burke, E.G.; Northants. Clergy.)
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