WoLLEY, Charles
WOLLEY (post WOLLEY-DOD), CHARLES. Adm. at King's.
a scholar from Eton. [Presidentof Pop'], Dec. 27, 1844. S. of the Rev. John Francis Thomas, formerly Hurt (1815) [V.] of
Beeston, Notts., who had taken the name of Wolley, by Royal
Licence and by sign manual, under the will of his father-in-
law, Sept. 28, 1827. B. Mar. 21, 1826, at Matlock, Derbs.
Matric. Lent, 1845; B..\. 1849; M.A. 1852. Fellow, 1847.
Ord. deacon, 1854. Assistant Master at Eton, 1850-78. Of
Edge Hall, Malpas, Cheshire, and Allen HiU, Derbs., J. P.
Took the name of Dod, in addition to that of Wolley, by
Royal Licence, Apr. 8, 1868. A notable agriculturist.
Married, Mar. 21, 1850, Frances Lucy, dau. of the Rev. Pelly
Parker, R. of Hawton, Notts., and granddau. of Thomas
Crewe Dod of Edge Hall, and had issue. Died June 14, 1904.
Brother of the next and of John (1842). {King's Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Burke, L.G.)
WOLLEY, EDWARD. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, Apr. 4,
1850. [4th] s. of [the Rev.] John F. T. [Francis Thomas,
formerly Hurt (1815), who had assumed the name of Wolley]
[V.] of Beeston, Notts. B. there [Nov. 10, 1831]. School,
Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1850. Lieut., 51st Light Infantry.
Died in India c. 1857. Brother of the above and John (1842).
{Rugby Sch. Keg.; Burke, L.G.)
WOLLEY, HENRY FRANCKLYN. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel,
July 3, 1858. S. of Henry, of Bath. B. July i, 1839. Schools,
Elizabeth College, Guernsey and Cheltenham College.
Matric. Michs. 1858; B.A. 1862; M.A. 1866. Ord. deacon
(Canterbury), 1867; priest, 1868; C. of Beckenham, Kent,
1867-8. C. of Shortlands, 1868-70; V. there, 1870-1913. Hon. Canon of Canterbury, 1903. Latterly of Eastdale,
Fife Road, East Sheen, Surrey, where he died Nov. 13, 1915.
{Cheltenham Coll. Reg.; Crockford; The Times, Nov. 16, 1915.)
WOLLEY, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 2, 1842. [Eldest
s. of the Rev. John Francis Thomas, formerly Hurt (1815),
V. of Beeston, Notts, (who had taken the name of Wolley,
in compliance with the will of his father-in-law) (and Mary, dau. of .\dam WoUey, of Allen Hill and Matlock, Derbs.).
B. May 13, 1823.] [School, Eton.] Matric. 1842; B.A. 1846;
M.A. 1850. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Nov. 6, 1846. Died,
s.p., 1859. Brother of Charles (1844) and Edward (1850).
(Eton Sch. Lists; Inns of Court; Burke, L.G.; Sir W. Sterrj'.)
WOLLEY, JOHN FRANCIS THOMAS (1815), see HURT.
WOLSELEY, Sir GARNET JOSEPH. Hon. LL.D. 1874- [Eldest
s. of Major Garnet Joseph, 25th Borderers (and Frances .A.nne,
dau. of William Smith, Esq., of Golden Bridge House, Co.
Dublin). B. June 4, 1833.] Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1874.
Hon. LL.D., Trin. Coll., Dublin. G.C.M.G.; K.C.B. 1874;
G.C.B. 1880. K.P. 1885. P.C. 1890. Capt. 1855; Major,
1858; Lieut.-Col. 1859; Col. 1865; Major-General, 1874;
Lieut. -Gen. 1878; General, 1882; Field-Marshal, 1894. Served in the Burmese War, the Crimea, the Indian Mutiny,
and the Chinese War; commanded the Ashanti Expedition,
1878. Governor of the Gold Coast, 1873. High Commissioner
of CjTJrus, 1878. Governor of Natal and the Transvaal, 1879.
Adjutant-General, 1880. Commander-in-Chief of the forces
in Egypt, 1882. Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Ireland,
1890. Commander-in-Chief, 1895. Created a Peer, 1882;
Viscount, 1885. Married, June 4, 1867, Louise, dau. of
Alexander Erskine, Esq. Author, The Soldier's Pocket Book for Field Service; Life of the Duke of Marlborough, etc. Died
Mar. 26, 1913, at Mentone. (Burke, P. and B.; G.E.C.; Who
was Who; D.N.B.; The Times, Mar. 26, 1913.)
WOLSELEY, SPENCER WILLIAM. Adm. FeU.-Com. at St
John's, Nov. 9, 1820. Eldest s. of Sir Charles [7th] Bart., of Wolseley, Staffs, (by his ist wife, Mary, dau. of the Hon.
Thomas CUfEord, of Tixall, Staffs.). [B. Oct. I799-] School,
Camberwell. Died Dec. 18, 1832, aged 35, in Milan. (Burke,
P. and B.; G. Mag., 1833, i. 94; D.N.B.)
WOLSTENHOLME, EDWARD PARKER. Adm. pens, (age 19)
at Trinity, Mar. 20, 1843. [Only] s. of Edward Breton [of
Holly Hill, Sussex (and Arabella Catherine, dau. of the Hon.
Edward Ward)]. B. [Sept. 11, 1824], at Castle Ward, Co.
Down. School, HaUfax, Yorks. Matric. Michs. 1843; Scholar,
1846; B.A. {ioth Wrangler) 1847; M.-'V. 1850. Rowing 'blue,'
1846, 1847. Adm. at Lincohi's Inn, Oct. 20, 1847. Called to the Bar, Nov. 22, 1850. Conveyancing Counsel to the Court
of Chancery, 1877. Treasurer of the Bar Conmiittee, 1884.
Author, The Conveyancing and Settled Land Acts. Died May 7,
1908, in London. (Book of Blues; Law Lists; Inns of Court;
Foster, Men at the Bar; Waif ord. County Families.)
WOLSTENHOLME, HENRY JAMES. Adm. at Christ's, July 16, 1895. Hon. M.A. 1895. S. of the Rev. Robert, Independent
minister. B. Feb. 13, 1846, at Lees, near Oldham. Schools,
Belper, Silcoates House, Wakefield and Spring Hill College,
Birmingham (afterwards Mansfield College, Oxford) ; and at
the University of Leipzig, 1872. Lecturer in German at
WoMBWELL, Stephen Frederick
Bedford College, London, and at Newnham College, Cam- bridge. Of 5, Oxford Road, Cambridge, where he died Dec. 8,
1917. {Peile, II. 801; Camb. Daily News, Dec. 11, 1917-)
WOLSTENHOLME, HUGH. Adm. sizar (age 17) at Trinity,
Oct. 25, 1797. S. of Geoffrey, of Horsley-Gate, Derbs. School, Sheffield Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1798; B.A. 1802.
WOLSTENHOLME, JOSEPH. Adm. pens, at St John's, July i,
1846. S. of Joseph, warehouseman [a Non-conforming minister], of Cheetham, Lanes, (and EUzabeth Clarke). B.
Sept. 30, 1829, at Eccles. Bapt. Nov. i, 1829. School,
Wesley CoUege, Sheffield. Matric. Michs. 1846 (signing his
name Woolstenholme) ; B.A. drd Wrangler) 1850; M.A. 1853.
FeUow, 1852. Sc.D., 1883. Fellow of Christ's, 1852-69; Praelector, 1855; Steward, 1856; Tutor, 1869. Senior Proctor,
1870-1. Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Indian
Engineering CoUege, Cooper's Hill, 1871-89- Married, July 27, 1869, Therese, dau. of Johann Kraus, of Zurich, and had
issue. Author, Wolstenholme's Problems, etc. Died Nov. 18, 1891, at Cambridge. {Boase, in. 1461; EagU, xvii. 67; PetU, II. 500; D.N.B.)
WOLSTON, CHARLES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 17, 1850. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Thomas (1814) (and Mary Ann).
B. July 25, 1830, at Charleton, Devon. [School, Exeter.]
Matric. Michs. 1850; LL.B. 1857. Ord. deacon (Worcester),
Feb. 18, 1858; priest, Sept. 25, 1859; C. of Cradley, Worcs., 1858-60. C. of .\shbury, Berks., i860. C. of Chitteme,
Wilts., 1860-1. C. of Tedbum St Mary, Devon, 1861-2. C. of
Hatherleigh, 1862-3. R. of Torbryan, 1863-1903. Mamed,
Oct. 17, 1865, Ellen Sophia, dau. of J. N. Stevenson. Died
Sept. II, 1903. Father of Montague C. R. (1894). (Eagle, XXV. 208; Crockford.)
WOLSTON, CHRISTOPHER. Adm. pens, (age 19) at St John's, May 26, 1813. [Eldest] s. of John, Esq. [of Staverton and
Torbryan, Devon and] of Middlesex (and Catharine, dau. of
Roger Prideaux, of West .Mvington). B. Jan. 12, i794-
Matric. Michs. 1813; B.A. 1817; M.A. 1821. .\dm. ad eundem,
at Oxford, i860. Ord. deacon (Exeter), Aug. 31, 1817; pnest,
Sept. 6, i8i8;C. of Bickington, Devon, 1817. R. of Torbryan,
1828-63. Died May 28, 1863. Brother of Thomas (1814);
Uncleof Charies (above). (Al. Oxon.; Crockford; F. P. White.)
WOLSTON, MONTAGUE CLARK REIBEY. Adm. pens, at
Corpus Christi, Oct. i, 1894. S. of the Rev. C[harles]»(i85o), of Tomewton, near Newton Abbot [and R. of Torbryan].
B. June 15, 1874, at Torbryan rectory. Matric. Michs. 1894. Of 10, Tideswell Road, Putney, 1937.
WOLSTON, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 17) at C.mus, June 30,
1814. S. of John, of [2, Little Smith Street], Westminster.
B. there. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1815; B..A.
1819. Ord. deacon (Exeter), July 11, 1824; pnest, Oct. 30
1825. C. of Withycombe-Raleigh, Devon, 1824-7. C. of
Charleton, 1827-31. C. of Southleigh, 1831-41. No cure,
1842-56. Chaplain of St Thomas's Umon, Exeter, 1857-79- Succeeded his father as Lord of the manor, and patron of
Torbryan. Resided latterly at Heavitree, Exeter. Died
Nov. 21, 1885. Father of Charles (1850); brother of Christo- pher (1813). {Record of Old Westminsters; Venn, 11. 165.)
WOMBWELL, Sir GEORGE, Bart. Adm. FeU.-Com. at Trinity,
Oct. 2, 1786. [Only] s. of Sir George [ist] Bart, (and Susanna, dau. of Sir Thomas Rawlinson). B. [Mar. 14] 1769. [School,
Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1786; M.A. 1790. Had succeeded as
2nd Bart., Nov. 2, 1780. Of Wombwell, Yorks. High Sheriff
of Yorks., 1809. Married (i) July 19, 1791. Anne, 2nd dau. of
Henry, 2nd Earl Fauconberg, and had issue; (2) c. 1813, Eliza,
youngest dau. of T. E. Little, of Hampstead, and had further issue Died Oct. 28, 1846. Father of the next. (Eton Sch.
Reg.; Burke, P. and B.; G.E.C.; G. Mag., 1847, i. 83.)
WOMBWELL, HENRY WALTER. -Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Nov 18, 1813. L^nd s. of Sir George, 2nd Bart. (1786) (above)
(by his ist wife. Lady Anne, dau. of the 2nd Earl of Faucon- berg). B. May 24, i795-] School, Eton. Matric. Easter, 1814 Sometime commissioned in the Coldstream Guards. Died
Feb. 17, 1835, in Paris. (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, P. and B.; G. Mag., 1835, I. 447.)
WOMBWELL, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Jesus, Apr. 26,
1809. S. of John, Esq., deceased. B. in the parish of bt
George-the-Martyr, London. School, private. Doubtful if resided.
WOMBWELL, STEPHEN FREDERICK. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Oct. 1889. [2nd] s. of Sir George [4th] Bart., of Newburgh,
Easing^vold, Yorks. (and Lady JuUa Sarah Alice VUliere, eldest dau. of George A. F., 6th Earl of Jersey). B. Feb 19,
1867 School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1889; B..V 1892. Lieut., Yorks. Hussars Yeomanry-Cavalry, 1897. Served in the S. African War, 1898-1901 (Lieut., Imperial Yeomanry);
died Feb. i, 1901, of enteric fever at Vryburg. (Burke, P. and
B.; Arm\ Lists; Charterhouse Reg.)
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