Wheatstone, Sir Charles WHEATSTONE, Sir CHARLES. Hon. LL.D., 1864. [S. of W., music-seller, of Gloucester. B. Feb. i8o2.1 Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1862. F.R.S., 1836. Knighted, 1868. Musical instrument-maker in London, 1824-9; patented the con- certina, 1829. Inventor of the stereoscope, 1838. Professor of Experimental Physics at King's College, London, 1834. Partner with Sir W. F. Cooke, 1837; they patented the magnetic-needle telegraph, 1837 and invented the single- needle apparatus, 1845. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, 1855. Died Oct. 19, 1875, in Paris. {Boase.iu. izgy, D.N.B.; Proc. Royal Soc. 24 (1876), xvi.) WHEDDON, SAMUEL GLOVER. Matric. Non-CoU., Easter, 1885. WHEELDON, HERBERT ARTHUR. Matric. Non-Coil., Easter, 1885 ;Mus.Bac., 1890. [B. at Derby, June 6, 1864.] F.R.C.O., 1889. Organist at Ripon, 1882-5; at Eastbourne, 1889-90; at Ipswich, 1891-3; in London, 1897-1907; at St Saviour's, Upper Chelsea, from 1896; at the Metropolitan Church, Toronto, 1907-13; lived latterly in New York and in Cali- fornia, 1943. Published many organ pieces. {International Cyclopaedia of Music and Musicians.) WHEELDON, JOHN. Adm. sizar (age 20) at St John's, June 2, 1755. S. of William, of Staffs. School, Burton-on-Trent. Matric. Michs. 1756; B.A. 1759; M.A. 1762. Ord. deacon (Lincoln), May 21, 1758; priest, June 10, 1759; C. of St Ives, Hunts., and Master of the Grammar School, 1758. Preb. of Lincoln, 1 772-1800. R. of Wheathampstead and C. of Harpendeu, Herts., 1773-1800. Married, Oct. 1772, Mary Green, niece of Dr John Green, Bishop of Lincoln. Author, The Life of Bishop Taylor; A new Delineation of Job's ancient Abode, etc. Died July 26, 1800, aged 65, at Wheathampstead. M.I. there. Father of the next. (St John's Coll. Adm., iii. 639-) WHEELDON, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi, Mar. 13, 1792. Of Hunts. [S. of the Rev. John (above). School, Rugby.] Matric. Michs. 1792; Scholar, 1793; B.A. 1796; M..\. 1799. P.C. of Market Street, Herts., 1808-44. Married, Sept. 1800, — , dau. of Mr Pickford, 'an eminent waggon- master,' of Market Street. Died Apr. 4, 1844, aged 70. {Rugby Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm.. iii. 639 {sub his father); Clergy List.) WHEELER, ALFRED. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 3, 1885. S. of Elijah, merchant [bedding-manufacturer], of Stoke Newington, London (and Harriet Elizabeth Priest). B. Oct. 27, 1865, at Stoke Newington. Schools, Stamford Hill and City of London (Mr G. Todd). Matric. Michs. 1885; B.A. 1888; M.-'V. 1893. Ord. deacon (Durham), 1890; priest (Adelaide), 1891; C. of St James's, West Hartlepool, 1890-1. P.-in-charge of St Paul's, Narracoote, Adelaide, Australia, 1891-5; Inc. of Christ Church, Strathalbyn, 1895-9. Minor Canon and Precentor of Melbourne Cathedral, 1899-1908. Inc. of .\11 Saints, Geelong, 1908-37. Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, 1914-37. Married, 1893, Fanny Cynthia Polhill and had issue, one dau. Composed anthems, etc. Latterly of 10, Stephen Street, Geelong, where he died Mar. 28, 1949. (Crockford; Who's Who; information from his daughter.) WHEELER, DAVID. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi, May 15, 1875. B. Mar. 22, 1851, at Islington, Middlesex. School, Islington Proprietary. Matric. Easter, 1875; Scholar, 1876; B.A. i88i; U..\. 1884. Ord. deacon (Ripon), 1880; priest (Huron for Ripon), 1881; C. of St Andrew's, Leeds, 1880; Assoc. Secretary, S.P.A.S. for diocs. of Durham, Newcastle- on-Tyne and Ripon, 1881-7. Disappears from Crockford, 1888. WHEELER, EDWARD VINCENT. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity, Feb. 25, 1850. [Only] s. of Vincent Wood, of Newn- ham Court, VVorcs. (bv his 2nd wife, Frances, 2nd dau. of James Graham, of Ludlow). B. Mar. 23, 1831, at Newnham Court. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1850. Of KyTCWOod House, Tenbury. J. P. for Worcs., Salop and Heref.; D.L. for Worcs. and Heref.; High SheriS of Worcs., 1857. Married, May 27, 1854, Mariaime, only dau. of the Rev. James Volant Vashon, R. of Salwarpe, Worcs. Died July 5, 1885. Father of the next and of James V. (1880). {Rugby Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G.) WHEELER, EDWARD VINCENT VASHON. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 31, 1877. [Elder] s. of Edward Vincent (above), of Kyrewood House, Tenbury, Worcs. (and Marianne, only dau. of the Rev. James Volant Vashon). B. there [June 3], 1858. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1877; LL.B. 1881; LL.M. 1884. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 7, 1878. CaUed to the Bar, 1881. On the Oxford Circuit. Major, Worcs. Rifle Volunteers, 1888; Lieut.-CoL, 1895; Col., 1898. Succeeded to Wheeler, Leonard the Newnham Court estates, 1885. J. P. and D.L. for Worcs.; High Sheriff, 1893; High Sheriff of Shropshire. Sen,'ed in the Great War, 1914-19 (Hon. Colonel, Worcestershire Regt. (TF)- O.B.E. 1918). Chairman of the Worcs. County Council, 1927-30. Married, Oct. 27, 1892, Elizabeth Ellen Winwood, youngest dau. of Sir William Smith, 3rd Bart., of Eardiston, Worcs., and had issue. Died May 21, i933- Brother of James V. (1880). {Law Lists; Army Lists; Burke, L.G.; Foster, Men at the Bar; The Times, May 24, 1933.) WHEELER, EDWIN. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Apr. 11, 1837. Matric. Michs. 1837; Scholar, 1838; B.A. 1841. Ord. pnest (Worcester), 1842; C. of St Thomas's, Birmingham, 1842-3. C. of Saffron Walden, Essex, 1847-8. Married, Mar. 19, 1841, Georgiana, dau. of Charles Heathcote Tatham, Esq., Warden of Greenwich Hospital. Disappears from Crockford, 1850. {Peile, II. 459; Henry Curtis; G. Mag., 1841, 534; Clergy List.) WHEELER, FRANCIS DARKINS. Adm. at Clare, June 6, 1872. [S. of the Rev. Thomas A. B. Oct. 3, 1852.] School, Bristol Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1872; Minor Scholar; B.A. 1876; M.A. "1879; LL.M. 1885; LL.D. 1891. Head M^ter of Bracondale School, Norwich, 1881-1911. Author of school text-books on entomology. Married Mary Jane, dau. of W. H. Dakin. Disappears from Schoolmasters' Directories, 1933. {Who's Who in Norfolk.) WHEELER, FREDERICK HERBERT. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus, Oct. 1883. [2nd] s. of Robert Warner (1839), of Upper Nor^vood, Surrey. B. [Sept. 8, 1863], at Leamington, Warws. School, Clifton College. Matric. Michs. 1883; B.A. i886; M.A. 1895. .A.dm. at Lincoln's Inn, Oct. 12, 1886. Called to the Bar, July 3, 1889. On the South-Eastem Circuit. Died shortly before 1908. {Clifton Coll. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; F. Brittain.) WHEELER, GODFREY. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Magdalene, Aug. 2, 1862. [Eldest] s. of James, lawyer, of 4, Ladbrook Gardens, Kensington Park, London. School, private. Matnc. Michs. 1862; B.A. 1866; LL.M. 1898. Adm. at the Inner Temple, May 7, 1864. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1869. Of 5, Victoria Street, Westminster. {Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.) WHEELER, HENRY. .\dm. pens, at Christ's, Aug. 21, 1889. S. of Dr Henry. B. [June 2, 1870], at Clifton. Schools, Pnory House, Clapham Common and private. Matric. Michs. 1889. Entered the I.C.S. 1889; Under Secretary, Govt, of Bengal, 1897-8; Junior Secretary, Board of Revenue, 1901-3; Secretary, Salt Committee, 1903-4; Deputy Secretary, Government of India (Finance Depart.), 1907-8. Secretary of the Royal Commission on Decentralisation, 1908-9. Finan- cial Secretary, Government of Bengal, 1909-12; Home Secretary, Government of India, 1912-16. Member of Executive Council of Bengal, 1917-22. Governor of Bihar and Orissa, 1922-7. Member of Council of India, 1927-37. CLE., i9io;C.S.L, 1914; K.C.I.E., 1918; K.C.S.I., 1921. Chairman of Committee to examine procedure of Government of India's Secretariat under the new constitution, 1935. Married, .\pr. 12, 1909, at Simla, Marjory, dau. of Sir Harold Stuart, and had issue. Latterly of 77, Ashley Gardens, Westminster. Died June 2, 1950. {India Office Lists; Who's Who; The Times, June 5, 1950.) WHEELER, JAMES VOLANT. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June i, 1880. [2nd] s. of Edward Vincent (1850), of Kyrewood House, Tenbury, Worcs. (and Marianne, only dau. of the Rev. James Volant Vashon, R. of Salwarpe). B. [July 9], 1861, at Tenbury. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1880; LL.B. 1884; LL.M. 1888. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 3, 1881. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1888. On the Oxford Circuit. Of Astley Abbots, Bridgnorth. J. P. for Worcs. and Salop.; High Sheriff of Salop. Married, Feb. 14, 1895, the Hon. Sybil Grace Tyrwhitt, youngest dau. of Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt, 3rd Bart., and had issue. Died at Bitterley Court, Salop, where he then resided, Apr. 15, 1939- Brother of Edward V. V. (1877). {Eton Sch. Lists; Law Lists; Burke, L.G.; The Times, Apr. 17, 1939-) WHEELER (or WHELER), JULINES [HERING]. Adm. pens. (age i8) at St John's, .May 21, 1764- S. of John, gent., of Wilts. B. at Broad Hinton, Wilts. School, Mariborough. Matric. Michs. 1764. Ord. deacon (London), May 26, 1771; priest (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Salisbury), June 14, 1772- {St John's Coll. Adm., iii. 697.) WHEELER, LEONARD. .A.dm. at Trinity Hall, Oct. 1897. S. of Samuel, junior, of Sunnyside, Craven Road, Reading. [B. Apr. 30, 1879.] School, Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1897; B.A. 1903. Farmed at New Brunswick, Canada, for a short time, but returned to England in 1903. Adm. solicitor, 1909. Of 33 Prince of Wales Mansions, London, S W. Died Apr. 12, 1951. Brother of the next. {Marlborough Coll. Reg.) 423