Westcott, Bernard
Madras, 1892-1900. R. of Crayke, Yorks., 1901-20. R. of
Deene with Deenethorpe, Northants., 1920-34. Married,
May 25, 1892, Eleanor Anastasia, dau. of the Rev. R. B.
Feast, of Christ Church, Madras. Author, Life and Letters of
Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham. Latterly of 32, Ray
Park Avenue, Maidenhead. Died Feb. 16, 1946, at Corby.
Brother of the ne.\t, of Foss (1882), Frederick B. (1877),
George H. (1882), Henry (1879) and Robert B. (1891).
[CheUenham Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Church Times, Feb. 22,
1946.)
WESTCOTT, BERNARD. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Oct. i,
1884. [6th] s. of the Rev. Professor Brooke Foss (1844),
Regius Professor of Divinity. [B. Dec. 28, i866.] School,
Cheltenham College. Matric. Michs. 1884. Went to the U.S.A.
1886. Subsequently farmed in Canada. Secretary to the
Colling^vood Ship-bulding Company, Ontario. Of CoUing- wood, Ontario. Brother of the above, etc. (CheUenham Coll.
Reg.; T.A. Walker, 578.)
WESTCOTT, BROOKE FOSS. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity,
Mar. 29, 1844. S. of Frederick Brooke [Lecturer in botany
at Sydenham College Medical School, Birmingham] (and
Sarah, dau. of W. Armitage, of Birmingham). B. [Jan. 12,
1825], in Birmingham. School, King Edward's, Birmingham. Matric. Michs. 1844; Scholar, 1846; Battle Scholar, 1846;
Browne medal (Greek ode), 1846, 1847; Chancellor's Classical
medal, 1848; Members' prize, 1847, 1849; B.A. {24th WrangUr and bracketted Senior Classic) 1848; Norrison prize, 1850;
M.A. 1851; B.D. 1864; D.D. 1870. Fellow, 1849-52. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, i860. Regius Professor of Divinity,
1870-90. Fellow of King's, 1882-90; Hon. Fellow, 1890. Hon. Fellow of Trinity, 1890. Ramsden Preacher, 1875;
Lady Margaret Preacher, 1889. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1881;
Hon. D.D., Edinburgh, 1884, and Dublin, 1888; Hon. D.D.,
Durham, 1890. Ord. deacon (Manchester), 1851 ; priest, 1851.
Assistant Master at Harrow School, 1852-70. Canon of
Peterborough, 1869-83. R. of Somersham with Pidley and
Colne, Hunts., 1870-82. Hon. Chaplain to the Queen, 1875-9.
Chaplain-in-Ordinarj', 1879-90. Select Preacher at Oxford,
1877-80. One of the Company for the Revision of the Authorised Version of the New Testament. Member of the
Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Com-ts. Canon of West- minster, 1884-90. Bishop of Durham, 1890-1901. Founder of the Cambridge Clergy Training School (later known as
Westcott House) Married, 1852, Sarah Louisa Mary, eldest
dau. of Thomas Whithard, of Kingsdown, Bristol. Author,
History of the New Testament Canon; The Bible in the Church;
The Revelation of the Risen Lord; The Historic Faith; and
many other works, all of which went through numerous
editions. Died July 27, 1901; buried at Auckland Castle,
Durham. Father of the two above and the next four.
(Crockford; D.N.B.; Who was Who; Historical Reg.; Life, by
his son Arthur.)
WESTCOTT, FOSS. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Oct. i, 1882.
[5th] s. of the Rev. Professor Brooke Foss (above), Regius
Professor of Divinity. B. Oct. 23, 1863. School, Cheltenham
College. Matric. Michs. 1882; B.A. 1885; M.A. 1889; D.D.
1920. Hon. Fellow, 1919. Hon. D.D., Oxford, 1920. Ord.
deacon (Durham), 1886; priest, 1887; C. of St Peter's, Bishop Wearmouth, 1886-9. S.P.G. Missionary at Cawnpore, 1889-
1905. Bishop of Chota Nagpur, 1905-19; Bishop of Calcutta
and Metropolitan of India, 1919-45. Hon. Canon of St
George's Cathedral, Jerusalem, 1920. Acting Chaplain,
St Paul's School, Darjeeling, 1945-6. Hon. C.F., 1947. During his tenure of the Metropolitanship the Church of
India, Burma and Ceylon became a self-governing branch of
the Anglican Communion. President of the Indian Missionary
CouncU. Died Oct. 19, 1949, at Darjeeling. Brother of
Arthur (1879), etc. (T. A. Walker, 567; CheUenham CoU.
Reg.; Crockford; Who's Who; The Times, Oct. 20, 1949.)
WESTCOTT, FREDERICK BROOKE. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
May 31, 1877. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Professor Brooke Foss
(1844), of 6, Scroope Terrace, Cambridge. B. Dec. 16, 1857,
at Harrow. School, Cheltenham CoUege. Matric. Michs. 1877;
Bell Scholar, 187S; Scholar, 1879; B.A. (Senior Classic) 1881;
Members' prize, 1881; M.A. 1884; B.D. 1910; D.D. 1913.
Fellow, 1882-8. Ord. deacon (Durham), 1884; priest (Can-
terbury) 1885. -Assistant Master at Rugby School, 1884-92. Head Master of Sherborne School, 1892-1908. Chaplain to
the Bishop of Durham, 1901. Preb. of Salisbury, 1900-9.
Canon- Residentiary of Norwich, 1909-18. Chaplain-in-
Ordinary to King Edward VII, 1910-18. Archdeacon of
Norwich, 1910-18. Died Feb. 24, 1918, in Norwich. Brother
of Arthur (1879), etc. (Cheltenham CoU. Reg.; Crockford;
Schoolmasters' Directories; The Times, Feb. 26, 1918.)
Western, Charles
WESTCOTT, GEORGE HERBERT. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse,
Oct. I, 1882. [4th] s. of the Rev. Professor Brooke Foss
(1844). B. .\pr. 18, 1862. School, Marlborough College.
Matric. Michs. 1882; Scholar, 1883; B.A. 1885; M..A. 1889;
D.D. 1914. Ord. deacon (Salisbury), x886; priest, 1887.
Assistant Master at Marlborough College, 1886-9. S.P.G.
Missionary at Cawnpore, 1889-1910. Fellow of Allahabad
University, 1894. Hon. Canon of Lucknow, 1906-10. Bishop
of Lucknow, 1910-28. Author, Kabir and the Kabir Panth.
Died, suddenly, Jan. 16, 1928, at Allahabad. Brother of
Arthur {1879), etc. (MarUmrough Coll. Reg.; T. A. Walker,
567; Crockford; IruLia Office Lists; Who was Who, which
erroneously gives year of death as 19x6; Cambridge Review,
Jan. 1928.)
WESTCOTT, HENRY. Matric. Non-CoU., Michs. 1879. S. of the Rev. Professor Brooke Foss (1844). B. Feb. 9, 1861, at
Harrow. School, Marlborough College. Adm. pens, (age 20)
at PE.MBROKE, Oct. II, 1880; B.A. 1883; M..^.. 1888. Ord.
deacon (Durham), 1884; priest, 1885; C. of St Barnabas,
Sunderiand, 1884-5. C. of MUlfield, Co. Durham, 1886-7.
C. of Kendal, 1887-90. C. of St Andrew's, Bishop Auckland, 1891-8. Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham, 1898-1903.
V. of Tweedmouth, Northumberland, 1903-6. R. of Little
Fransham, Norfolk, 1906-7. Died Aug. i, 1907. Brother of
Arthur (1879), etc. (Marlborough CoU. Reg.; Crockford.)
WESTCOTT, RICHARD. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Pembroke,
May 9, 1856. S. of P., surgeon, of Martock, Somerset. Matric.
Michs. 1856; Scholar; B.A. i86o. Died Aug. 3, 1913, aged 76,
at New Wandsworth. (The Times, Aug. 5, 1913.)
WESTCOTT, ROBERT BASIL. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 15,
1891. [7th and youngest] s. of the Rt. Rev. Brooke Foss
(1844), Bishop of Durham. B. Oct. 14, 1871, at Peterborough.
School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1891; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1898.
Ord. deacon (Durham), 1896. With the University Mission to
Delhi, 1896-1900. Died of cholera, July 31, 1900, at Delhi.
Brother of Arthur (1879), etc. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; The Times, Aug. 7, 1900.)
WESTCOTT, THOMAS. B.A. 1805, incorp. from Oxford; M.A.,
from Christ's, 1805. [S. of Thomas, gent., of Kenn, Devon.] Matric. from BalMol College, Oxford, Nov. 9, 1796, age 18;
B.A. (Oxford) 1800. R. of Stoke-in-Teignhead, Devon,
1810-34, and V. of St Nicholas, 1810-34. Died .Aug. 6, 1834, at Ringmore, near Teignmouth. (Al. Oxon.; PeiU, 11. 345;
Foster, hulex Eccles.; G. Mag., 1834, 11. 551.)
WESTCOTT, WILLIAM HENRY. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1888. S. of William. B. Aug. i6, 1857, at North Molton,
Devon. Matric. Michs. 1888; B.A. 1891.
WESTERMAN, EDWARD. Adm. sizar at Queens', May 14, 1851. Matric. Michs. 1851; B.A. 1855; M.A. 1858. Ord.
deacon, 1855; priest, 1856; C. of Bury, Lanes., 1856-8. V. of
Elton, 1858-90. Died Dec. 25, 1890, aged 59. (Clergy List; Crockford; The Guardian, Jan. 7, 1891.)
WESTERMAN, JAMES. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Magdalene,
Aug. 25, 1786. S. of Thomas, of Leeds. School, Leeds.
Matric. Michs. 1787; B.A. 1791; M.A. 1795. Fellow, 1794.
C. of Finchingfield, Essex, 1794-1810; V. there, 1810-41.
Died Aug. 31, 1841, aged 72. (Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy
List; G. Mag., 1841, 11. 552.)
WESTERMAN, JOHN EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1889. S. of David William. B. Aug. 8, 1870, at Leicester.
Matric. Michs. 1889; B..\. 1892. Ord. deacon (Southwell),
1894; priest, 1895; C. of St Aikmund's, Derby, 1894-6. C. of Luton, Beds., 1896-8. V. of E. Hyde, 1898-1943. Died Jan. 2,
1943, in London. (Crockford; The Times, Jan. 5, 1943.)
WESTERN, ALFRED EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 18, 1892. S. of Edward Young [solicitor], of 36, Lan- caster Gate, London. B. [July 9], 1873, in London. School,
Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1892; Scholar, 1894;
B.A. (7th Wrangler) 1895 ; (Maths. Trip., Pt II, ist Class, 1897) ;
2nd Smith's prize, 1897; M.A. 1899; Sc.D. 1910. Adm. Solicitor, 1900; practised at 35, Essex Street, Strand (J.
Western and Sons). Member of Council and Librarian,
London Mathematical Society, 1900; Treasurer, 1913-48. Of
Grayshott, Hindhead, Surrey, in 1946. Brother of Frederick
J. (1898). (Marlborough CoU. Reg.; Law Lists.)
WESTERN, CHARLES. Adm. FeU.-Com. at Queens', May 28, 1765. Of Essex. [Eldest surviving s. of Thomas (1731), of
Rivenhall (and Anne Callis). B. 1747-] Of Rivenhall. Mar-
ried Frances Shirley, dau. of William BoUan, of London.
Died July 24, 1771, aged 24. Father of the next and of
Shirley (1784); brother of Thomas W. (1766). (Burke, P. and B.)