Wells, Arthur Spencer WELLS, ARTHUR SPENCER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 14, 1886. [Only] s. of [Sir] Thomas Spencer [ist Bart., F.R.C.S.], of 3, Upper Grosvenor Street, London (and Elizabeth Lucas, dau. of James Wright, solicitor). B. [June 25I, 1866, in London. School, Wellington College. Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1890; M.A. 1894. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 4, 1887. Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1893-5. Succeeded as 2nd Bart., 1897. Died Apr. i, 1906. (Wellington Coll. Reg.; Inns of Court; W Mord, County Families; Plarr, Lives of the Fellon's; Burke, P. and B.) WELLS, CHARLES ALEXANDER. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Oct 3 1900. [2nd s. of Thomas (and of Mrs Wells, of Grmston Lawn, Ealing.) B. Jan. 11, 1883. School, Charterhouse.] Matric. Michs. 1900; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, Hampshire Regt.; Staff Cap t.; O.B.E.; Brevet Major; mentioned twice in despatches). Died Jan. 21, 1947, at Crowborough. WELLS, CHARLES RUSH. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi, May 9, 1826. Of Monmouthshire. Matric. Michs. 1826; B.A. 1830. WELLS, CLIFFORD. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus, 1891. S. of WUliam Lewis, Esq. B. Oct. 17, 1872, in London. School, Dulwich College. Matric. Michs. 1891; B.A. 1894. Assistant Master at Wellington College, 1898-1927. Played football (rugby) for Surrey, Sussex and the Barbarians. Married (i) Oct. 14, 1909, Margery, dau. of — Barnard, of Wokingham, Berks.; (2) Sept. 3, 1918, Violet Bruce, dau. of R. Bruce Johnston, Writer to the Signet, of Edinburgh, and widow of Captain S. C. Birch, Northumberland Fusiliers. Latterly of the Dial House, Crowthome, Berks., where he died Feb. 27, 1952. Brother of the next. {Dulwich Coll. Reg.; Wellington Coll. Reg.; Schoolmasters' Directories; The Times, Feb. 29, 1952.) WELLS, CYRIL MOWBRAY. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Dec. 3, 1889. S. of William Lewis, of Hurstfield, The Avenue, Gipsy Hill, London. B. Mar. 21, 1871, in London. School, Dulwich College. Matric. Michs. 1890; Scholar; Browne medal, 1892; B.A. (Class. Trip., Pt I, ist Class) 1893; M.A. 1941. Cricket •blue,' 1891-3; football (rugby) 'blue,' 1891, 1892; played for England, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897. Played cricket for Surrey, 1892, and for Middlesex, 1895-1909. Assistant Master (and Housemaster) at Eton, 1893-1926. Of Northwick House, St John's Wood, London, in 1952. Brother of the above. (Dulwich Coll. Reg.; Schoolmasters' Directories; Who's Who.) WELLS, DAVID BOWKER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Jan. 15, 1813. S. of David. B. in London. [School, Rugby.] Matnc. Michs. 1813. Migrated to Christ's, Oct. 10, 1814; Scholar; B A. 1817; M.A. 1820. Ord. deacon (London, for Ely), Dec. 20, 1818; priest (Ely), 1819; C. of Hatley St George and East Hatley, Cambs., 1818. C.-in-charge of Tollesbury, Essex, 1833-40. C. of Shalford, 1841-2. Of Colchester (no cure), 1843-7. C. of St Mary's, Colchester, 1847-55- Author, St Paul Vindicated. Died Mar. 15, 1866, aged 70, in London. [Peile, II. 377, which gives his father as Samuel and place of birth as Ramsey, Hunts.; Rugby Sch. Reg.; Clergy List; Crockford; The Guardian, Mar. 21, 1866.) WELLS, DYMOKE. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Trinity, May 16, 1792; from Lincoln College, Oxford, whence he had matric. Feb. 14, 1791, age 18. [Eldest] s. of [the Rev.] Robert [D.D.] (1757), of Lea, Lines, (and Susannah, dau. of John Clayton, ofOwersby). B. May 12, 1772. School, Manchester Grammar. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Nov. 13, 1812. Of Grebby Hall, Lines. Married, 1793, Anne, dau. of Thomas Waterhouse, of Becking- ham Hall, Notts. Claimed the Barony of Marmion in 1819. Died, Aug. 12, 1832. Father of Edmund L. (1831) and the next. {Manchester Or. Sch. Reg.; Al. Oxon.; Inns of Court; G. Mag., 1832, 11. 286, gives date of death as Aug. 16; P. B. G. Binnall.) WELLS, DYMOKE. Adm. pens, at Queens', May 17, 1831. Of Yorks. [2nd s. of Dymoke (above). B. Feb. 24, 1804. School, Westminster.] Matric. Michs. 1831. Presented a petition to the Crown in 1839 to terminate the abeyance of the Barony of Kyme, but did not proceed further. Died, s.p., Feb. 2, 1852. Brother of the next. (Record of Old Westminsters; F. P. WTiite.) WELLS (post WELLS-DYMOKE), EDMUND LIONEL. Adm. pens, at Queens', Dec. 14, 1831. Of Middlesex. [3rd s. of Dymoke (1792), of Grebby Hall, Lines, (and Anne, dau. of Thomas Waterhouse). B. Mar. 21, 1814. School, West- minster.] Matric. Lent, 1832. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Nov. 14, 1835. Called to the Bar, Nov. 2, 1838. Assumed the additional surname of Dymoke, 1866. Of the Grange, West Molesey, Surrey. Captain, Royal Cumberland Militia. Mar- ried (i) Apr. 22, 1840, Mary Anne, dau. of Thomas Gulliers, Esq., of Stapleton Castle, Heref.; (2) July 14, 1864, Laura de Blair, dau. of Thomas Robert Jefferson, Esq., and had issue. Died June 15, 1892. (Law Lists; Inns of Court; Wells, James Walford, County Families; Burke, L.G.; Record of Old Westminsters.) WELLS, EDWARD. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct. 1899. 2nd s. of Alfred Dodd, farmer, of 'Sinodun,' Wallingford. B. Sept. 27, 1881, at Sotwell, Wallmgford. School, RossaU. Matnc. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1909. Ord. deacon (St Albans), 1905; priest, 1906; C. of Northchurch, Herts., 1905-9. C. of St James's, Watford, 1909-13. V. of Croxley Green, I9i3-I7- Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Chaplain, R.A.C.D.). V. of St James's, Watford, 1919-35- C. of Littleham with Exmouth, Devon, 1935-6. V. of Old Warden, Beds., 1936-47- R. of Marksbury with Stanton Prior, Somerset, 1947-5 2-. (Rossall Reg.; Crockford.) WELLS, ERNEST. Adm. pens, at Christ's, July 28, 1899. S. of Robert Wallis. B. [Apr. 5, 1871], at Northampton. School, Ackworth; and at Yorkshire College, Leeds. [B.A., London, 1897.] Matric. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1911. Football (assoc.) 'blue,' 1902. Assistant Master at Ackworth School, 1894-6; at Leighton Park School, Reading, 1897-9; at Bedale School, Yorks., 1902-9; at Katharine Lady Berkeley's School, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs., 1909-11; Head Master of the Grammar School, Alcester, Warws., 1911-33-. {Peile, II. 835; Schoolmasters' Directories.) WELLS, FORTESCUE. Adm. sizar at St John's, Apr. 18, 1837- Of Devon. [Younger s. of WUliam B., late of Fallapit. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1837; B.A. 1841. Ord. deacon (Peterb.), Ian. 29, 1843; priest (Exeter), Sept. 22, 1844. Chaplain, R.N.; H.M.S. Albion, 1845-56. Died Mar. 13, 1856, at Plymouth. (Eton Sch. Lists; Cler. Journal, iv. 160; Burke, L.G.) WELLS, FRANCIS ARTHUR. Adm. sizar at St John's, Oct. 21, 1880. S. of Joseph, bookseller (and Fanny Ellen). B. Feb. 12, 1862, at Winchester. School, Devon County (Mr Thompson). Matric. Michs. 1880; B.A. 1884. A 'Coach' for Army can- didates; one of his pupils was Prince Prajatipok, later King of Siam, who passed into Woolwich with distinction. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Hampshire Regt. (T.F.); served in France and Flanders; Instructor, 4th Army School of Instruction, and in the Army general and commercial College at Cologne). Lecturer in the Mathematical Depart- ment of University College, Nottingham, 1920-6. Married, 1891, Rose Katharine, dau. of Archdeacon Hugh Jones. Died Aug. 15, 1926. (Eagle, xlv. 49.) WELLS, FREDERICK FORTESCUE. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, July 3, 1844. [3rd] s. of [Capt.] WUliam [R.N.] (and Lady Elizabeth, of Huntercombe House, Maidenhead). B. Jan. 7, 1826, in London. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1844. {Rugby Sch. Reg.) WELLS, GEORGE. Adm. pens, (age 21) at Caius, June 27, 1849. [Youngest] s. of John, Esq., of London. B. in the parish of St Margaret's, Westminster. School, King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1849; Scholar; B.A. 1853; M.A. 1856. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 30, 1853. Called to the Bar, Apr. 30, 1856. Equity Draftsman and Conveyancer. Tutor m equity to the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple. Married and had issue. Died Apr. 30, 1878. {Venn, 11. 290; Law Lists; Inns of Court.) WELLS, GIFFARD. Adm. sizar at St John's, July 21, 1819. S. of Jonah Smith, stock and share-broker, of Islington, Middlesex. B. Oct. 22, 1802. Schools [Tonbridge, West- minster, and] Merchant Taylors'. Matric. Michs. 1820. Migrated to Sidney, Jan. 22, 1822; B.A. 1824; M.A. 1827. Ord. deacon (Salisbury) 1825; priest. Mar. 25, 1827. Head Master of Stourbridge School and P.C. of St Thomas, Stour- bridge, Worcs., 1833-55. Subsequently of Stoke, near GuUdford, where he died Aug. 3, 1876. (Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; Boase, vi. 823; Crockford.) WELLS, HARRY MORLAND. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Mar. 2, 1859. [Youngest] s. of F[rederick] 0[ctavius], E.I.C.S. (and Maria Alicia, dau. of Col. Richard Scott, E.I.C.S.). [B. Mar. 16, 1841, in India.] Schools, Westminster and Cheltenham College. Matric. Michs. 1859; B.A. 1863. Ord. deacon (Bath and Wells) 1864; priest, 1865 ; C. of Alford, Somerset, 1864-6. C. of Hatfield, Herts., 1867-8. C. of Ayot St Peter, 1868-9. C. of Knighton, Leics., 1870-1. R. of Denton, Hunts., 1871-5. V. of Prestwood, Bucks., 1875-92. Lie. Pr., dio. of Oxford, 1892-1930. Married, Feb. 12, 1871, Frances EUen Paterson, eldest dau. of Joseph Busk, Esq., of Codicote Lodge, Welwyn. Resided latteriy at 17, Queen's Gate, London, S.W. Died Feb. 7, 1932, in London; buried at Benington, Herts. (Record of Old Westminsters; Cheltenham Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Walford, County Families; The Times, Feb. 9, 1932.) WELLS, JAMES. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 2, 1813. Of Hunts. Did not reside. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, July 28, 1813. S. of Admiral Thomas. B. Sept. 15, 1793, at Holme, Hunts. Matric. Michs. 1813. Died in 1816. Brother of Thomas J. (1805). (King's Coll. Reg.; Eton Sch. 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