Wheeler, Montague
WHEELER, MONTAGUE. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Oct. 1895.
[3rd] s. of Samuel, Esq., junior, of Kentwood Hill, Tilehurst,
Berks. [B. June 17, 1874.] School, Marlborough College.
Matric. Michs. 1895; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1903. An Architect;
practised in Reading. F.R.LB.A. Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (Capt., R. Berkshire Regt. (T.F.)). Mamed, June 7,
1900, Beatrice Mar>' Dennis, eldest dau. of Charles Dennis
Hoblyn, of Weybridge. Died Sept. 15, 1937, at Edgbaston.
Brother of the above. (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Univ. War
List; The Times, Sept. 16, 1937.)
WHEELER, ROBERT PAULDING. Adm. pens, at Clare,
July 6, 1848. Did not reside. S. of William Obadiah, of
Sydenham. B. [Feb. 11, 1825], in London. Schools, Oundie
and Stockport. Migrated to Christ's, Oct. 13, 1848. Matric. Michs. 1848; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1855. Ord. deacon (Ripon),
1852; priest, 1853; C. of Kirkby Overblow, Yorks., 1852-4. C. of Chatham, Kent, 1854-8. Secretary, British and Foreign
Bible Society, 1858-61, and Chaplain, R.N. School, Isleworth,
Middlesex, 1859-61. V. of Cullercoats, Northumberland,
1861-85. V. of Doddington and Hon. Canon of Newcastle-on-
Tyne, 1885-6. R. of Hazelbury-Bryan, Dorset, 1886-1900. Died Nov. 10, 1900. (Boase, vi. 839; Crockford; The Times,
Nov. 15, 1900; Peile, 11. 507-)
WHEELER, ROBERT FRANCIS VILLIERS. Adm. pens, (age 19)
at Jesus, Oct. i, 1878. S. of the Rev. Thomas. B. July 26,
1859, in Mauritius. School, Rossall (Mr James). Matric.
Michs. 1878. Assistant Master at Halliford School, Middlesex,
1884-8; at Wixenford, Wokingham, -1910-22-. Disappears
from Schoolmasters' Directories, 1928. Brother of William N. C. (1875). [Rossall Reg.)
WHEELER, ROBERT WARNER. Adm. pens, at St John's, Nov. 29, 1839. [Only] s. of Robert, of Greenfield, Edgbaston,
Warws. (and Sophia). B. Jan. 18, 1820. School, Bridgnorth
Granmiar (Dr Rowley). Matric. Michs. 1840. Migrated to
Jesus, June 3, 1841; B.A. 1845; M.A. 1848. Adm. at the
Middle Temple, Nov. 14, 1S44. Father of Frederick H. (1883).
(Inns of Court.)
WHEELER, THOMAS. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, Apr. 5, 1843. [2nd] s. of John [printer], of Manchester (and Mary).
B. there, Oct. 7, 1805. [School, Manchester Grammar.]
Matric. Easter, 1844; (Civil Law Classes, ist Class, 1845-6);
LL.B. 1853; LL.D. 1858. A solicitor at Manchester, 1827-42. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Dec. 12, 1834. Called to the
Bar, Jan. 16, 1846. Judge of Court of Record for the Hundred
of Salford, 1860-2. Sergeant-at-Law, 1861. Judge of
Marylebone County Courts, 1862-73; Judge of Circuit 43
(Brentford, Brompton and Marylebone), 1873-83- J-P- for Lanes, and Cheshire. Married Frances, dau. of John
Whittenbury, of Ardwick, Manchester. Died June 17, 1883,
in London. Father of Thomas W. (1859). (Boase, iii. 1299;
Scott, MSS.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; The Guardian,
June 20, 1883.)
WHEELER, THOMAS HENRY. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Oct. II, 1875. S. of Thomas, of Wycombe, Bucks. B. there
[June 5], 1856. School, St Leonards-on-Sea (private). Matric. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1879. F.R.G.S. Sometime British Consul
at Guatemala, where he died in Jan. 1893. (Univ. Almanack.)
WHEELER, THOMAS LUCAS. Adm. Fell.-Com (age 18) at Trinity, Nov. i, 1776. S. of Daniel, of Honiton, Devon.
School, Wandsworth, London. Matric. Michs. 1776. There is
a portrait of him (1778) by John Downman, in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
WHEELER, THOMAS WHITTENBURY. Adm. pens, (age 20) at
Trinity H.vll, Oct. 1859. [Only] s. of Thomas (1843),
LL.D. (and Frances, dau. of John Whittenbury, of Ardwick).
B. Apr. 28, 1839. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1859;
B.A. 1863; M.A. 1878. .\dm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 20,
1861. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1865. On the Northern
Circuit: a Special Pleader. Revising Barrister, i868. Junior
Counsel to the Post Of&ce, 1873-86. Q.C., 1886. Bencher,
1894. County Court Judge (Circuits 5 and 38), 1905-18. Married, July 15, 1865, Henrietta, youngest dau. of Edward
L. Ogle, M.D., of London. Author, The Law of Dilapidations,
etc. Died Apr. 3, 1923, at Walmer, Kent. (Record of Old
Westminsters; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the
Bar; Who was Who; The Times, Apr. 4, 1923.)
WHEELER, WILLIAM HERBERT. Adm. at Clare, Oct. 3,
1885. [S. of William Henry, Esq., of Boston, Lines. B.
May II, 1867. School, Cheltenham College.] Matric. Michs.
1885; B.A. 1888. A civil engineer. A.M.I.C.E. Drowned,
June 28, 1896, in a yachting accident on a voyage from the
Humber to the Wash. (Cheltenham Coll. Reg.)
WHEELER, WILLIAM NEIL CAMPBELL. Adm. pens, at
King's, Oct. 9, 1875. S. of the Rev. Thomas, R. of St
Stephen's, Salford, Manchester. B. 1856. School, Rossall. Matric. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1880; M.A. 1884. Ord. deacon
Whelpton, Edward Smith
(Salisbury), 1880; priest, 1881; C. of Bradford-on-Avon, WUts., 1880-6. C. of Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon,
1886-1907. Died Jan. 6, 1907. Brother of Robert F. V.
(1878). (Rossall Reg.; King's Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Camb. Chronicle, Jan. 18, 1907.)
WHEELEY, CHARLES SAUNDERS. Adm. pens, at Clare,
May 12, 1848. [Only s. of William, of Llanfoist, Abergavenny,
Mon. B. Apr. 1831. School, Cheltenham College.] Matric.
Michs. 1849; LL.B. 1855. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 26, 1853. Called to the Bar, Apr. 30, 1858. Died July 22, 1889,
at Wandsworth Common. (Cheltenham Coll. Reg.; Law Lists;
Inns of Court; Univ. Almanack.)
WHEELWRIGHT, CHARLES APTHORP. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, Oct. 13, 1804. S. of Charles Wright, of Islington,
London. School, Reading. Matric. Michs. 1805; Scholar,
1806; B.A. 1809; .M.A. 1812. Ord. deacon (London), Sept. 23,
1810. V. of Castle Bytham and R. of Little Bytham, Lines.,
1811-58. Preb. of Lincoln, 181 1. Domestic Chaplain to the
Dowager Lady Lilford. R. of Tansor, Northants., 1811-58. Author, Poems original and translated. Died Nov. 1858.
(Boase, vi. 840; Northants. Clergy; Clergy List.)
WHEELWRIGHT, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Jesus, Oct. 28, 1818.
S. of C[harles] Apthorpe, Esq. B. at Newington, Middlesex.
WHEELWRIGHT, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Magda-
lene, May 13, 1836. S. of William, of Erdington, near
Birmingham (and Sarah Handley). School, Birmingham.
Matric. Michs. 1836. Migrated to Peterhouse, Jan. 30, 1837;
38^^ Wrangler, 1840 (but 'would not take his degree'). At
Howeley Iron Works, Tipton, 1841; in an engineer's office, 1844. Resident Civil engineer at the harbour of refuge,
St Catherine's Bay, Isle of Wight. Died Oct. 17, 1849.
(T. A. Walker, 456; G.Mag., N.S., .xxx, 670.)
WHELDON, WYNN POWELL. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 8, 1900. S. of the Rev. Thomas Jones, Calvinistic Methodist
minister, of Argoed, Bangor, North Wales (and Mary Elinor
Powell). B. Dec. 22, 1879, at Bronygraig, Festiniog. [Schools,
Friars, Bangor and Oswestry High; also at the University
College of North Wales.] Matric. Michs. 1900; B.A. and
LL.B. 1903; M.A. 1920. Hon. LL.D., Univ. of Wales. Adm.
a solicitor, 1907; practised at 63, Queen Victoria Street,
London, and at Bangor. Served in the Great War, 1914-19
(Major, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; wounded; D.S.O., 1918;
mentioned in despatches). Secretary and Registrar of the
University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1920-33. Deputy
Chairman of Boundary Commission for Wales. Permanent
Secretary, Welsh Department, Board of Education, 1933-45. Knighted, 1939. K.B.E., 1952. Married, July 31, 1915, Megan,
dau. of Hugh Edwards, of London, and had issue. Of Canon-
bury, Prestatyn, N. Wales, in 1952. (Univ. War List; Who's
Who.)
WHELER, CHARLES GRANVILLE. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 4, 1782. [S. of Charles (and Mary Budgin).] B. in Durham. Matric. Michs. 1782; Scholar, 1782; B.A. 1786;
M.A. 1791. Under Master of King Edward VI School,
Morpeth, 1787-93 and 1808-13. Ord. deacon (Durham),
Sept. 20, 1817; priest, Sept. 19, 1818. Chaplain to the
Durham County gaol, until 1849. Married, Sept. 22, 1788,
Esther Saint, widow, of Morpeth. Died Jan. 31, 1849 aged
84. M.I.in the churchyard of St Oswald's, Durham. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 549; Durham Ord. Book.)
WHELER, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Clare, July 15, 1752- [5th s.
of Sir William, 5th Bart. (Magdalen College, Oxford, 1720),
of Leamington Hastings, Warivs. (and Penelope, dau. of
Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart.). B. at Leamington [Hastings],
Nov. 25, 1734. School, Rugby.] Matric. Michs. 1753;
LL.B. 1759. R. of Mareham-le-Fen, Lines. Sometime Chaplain to the H.E.I. Company and at Poplar Chapel. Preb.
of Westminster, 1797-1818. Died, unmarried, Feb. 14, 1818,
at Brighton; buried at Preston, Sussex. M.I. there. Brother
of Charles (1748). (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Hennessey; G. Mag.,
1818, I. 467; Howard and Crisp.)
WHELPDALE, WILLIAM. Adm. sizar (age 18) at St John's, June 12, 1790. S. of Thomas, Officer in the Army (and Jane
Green). B. at Penrith, Cumberland. Bapt. Sept. 23, 1771-
Scholar, 1790. School, Eton. Kept 3 terms by residence.
' He was admitted to St John's on the recommendation of the Earl of Lonsdale, who was to be responsible for his bills but
when he removed his name, c. 1 792 he owed bills to the College
and the tradesmen of £267. 6s. 3d. Repeated application up
to 1804 was made to the Earl of Lonsdale, but in vain.' Of Penrith. Died at Annan, June, 1832. (Eton Coll. Reg.;
St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 549; R. A. Austen- Leigh ; C. R. Hudleston; Cumberland Racquet, June 19, 1832.)
WHELPTON, EDWARD SMITH. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel,
Jan. 25, 1876. Matric. Michs. 1876; B.A. 1880; M.A. 1884.
At St Thomas's Hospital. M.K.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1894. Practised at Beckenham, Kent. Died Mar. 19, 1934, at
Beckenham. (Medical Directories: The Times, Mar. 21, 1934.)
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