White-Thomson, Leonard Jauncey
WHITE-THOMSON, LEONARD JAUNCEY. Adm. at King's, Oct. lo, 1883. [3rd] s. of Col. Sir Robert Thomas, K.C.B.,
of Brootnford Manor, near E.xboume, Devon (and Fanny
Julia, dau. of General Sir Henry Robert Ferguson-Davie, ist Bart.). B. Nov. 15, 1863. School, Eton. Matric. Michs.
1883; B..^. 1886; M..\. 1890; D.D. 1924. Ord. deacon
(Southwell), 1890; priest, 1891; C. of St Margaret's, Notting- ham, 1 890-1. Domestic Chaplain to Archbishop Benson,
1891-4. R. of St Martin with St Paul, Canterbury, 1894-1900.
V. of Ramsgate, 1901-7. V. of St Peter in the Isle of Thanet,
1907-9. V. of Croydon, Surrey, 1909-19. Hon. Canon of
Canterbury. 1905-18. Succeeded to Broomford Manor, Devon, on the death of his father, 1918. .Archdeacon and Canon of
Canterbury, 1918-24. Select Preacher at Cambridge, 1924
and 1927. Bishop of Ely, 1924-33. Married, Dec. 19, 1896, the Hon. Margaret Adela Trefusis, 3rd dau. of Lord Clinton,
and had issue. Died Dec. 31, 1933, at the Palace, Ely.
Brother of the next. (Crockford; Burke, L.G. ; Who was Who;
The Times, Jan. 20, 1897 and Jan. 2, 1934.)
WHITE-THOMSON, REMINGTON WALTER. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, Oct. 15, 1881. 2nd s. of Col. Sir Robert
Thomas, Lieut. -Col., K.C.B., of Broomford Manor, Exboume,
Devon (and Fanny Julia, dau. of General Sir Henry Robert
Ferguson-Davie). B. Aug. 28, 1862, in Wilton Crescent, London. Matric. Michs. i88i; (Class. Trip., Pt 1, ist Class,
1883); B.A. (Class. Trip., Pt II, ist Class) 1885; M.A. 1889.
Assistant Master at Eton (and House Master), 1885-1905.
H.M. Inspector of Secondary Schools. Married, Apr. 11, 1889,
the Hon. Theodora Mary Sclater-Booth, dau. of Baron
Basing. Died Jan. 29, 1916. Brother of the above. (Eton
Sch. Lists; Burke, L.G.; Schoolmasters' Directories.) WHITE-WHITE, FREDERICK SAMUEL. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, June 7, 1S76. [Only surviving] s. of Frederick, of
Mudeford House, Christchurch, Hants. B. [Feb. 3], 1857, at
Lymington, Hants. School, Oaklev House, Oxon. (private).
Matric. Michs. 1876; B.A. i88i; M.A. 1884. Adm. at the
Inner Temple, Oct. 11, 1878. Called to the Bar, June 21,
1882. Migrated to Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 26, 1885. [Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
WHITEAR, WILLIAM. Adm. sizar (age 19) at St John's, Mar. 28, 1757; re-adm. pens. June 11, i777- S. of William, school- master, of Hants. B. at Froxtield. School, Marlborough.
Matric. .Michs. 1757; LL.B. 1778. Ord. deacon (Chester),
Dec. 21, 1760; priest (Chichester), Sept. 19, 1762. R. of All
Saints, Hastings, 1763-79- K- of Ore, Sussex, 1772-1804.
Preb. of Chichester, 1776-1804. R. of Slinfold, 1779-1804.
Died Feb. 8, 1804, aged 66. Father of the next. [St John's Coll. Ad-.n., IV. 552; C. R. Hudleston.)
WHITEAR, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 19, 1795. Of Sussex. S. of the Rev. William (above). [B. Feb. 26, i77«,
at Hastings.] School, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. Matnc.
Michs. 1795; Scholar, 1796; B.A. {5th IVrangler) 1800; M..\.
1803. Fellow, 1801-5. Ord. deacon (Chichester), Mar. 25,
1802; priest, Oct. 28, 1803. R. of Starston (and in charge of
Rushall), Norfolk, 1803-26. Married, Apr. 21, 1806, Rebecca, dau. of the Rev. Gervas Holmes. Joint author. Catalogue of
Norfolk and Suffolk Birds. His Diary of local natural history,
1809-26, was published in Trans. Norfolk and Norwich
Naturalists' Soc. ' His end was a sad one. There, had been robberies in Starston and the inhabitants organised nightly
watches in which some went out themselves and others by
deputy. Mr Whitear, as a magistrate, volunteered his
personal services. On the night of 27 November 1826 when there seems to have been special apprehension, the whole
watch were out, and firearms were taken by some of the
party. One of the watch, Thomas Pallant, in a panic amount- ing to absolute frenzy, fired, or attempted to fae, on everyone
of whom he caught sight and shot Mr Whitear, who died of
his wounds at the rectory, 13 December 1826.' Father of the
next. {St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 553.)
WHITEAR, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 17) at St John's, July 12, 1824. S. of the Rev. William (above) (and Rebecca).
B. at Starston, Norfolk. School, Ipswich.- Matric. Michs.
1825; B.A. 1830. Ord. deacon (Norwich), June 6, 1830; priest,
June 5, 1831. Of Harleston (no cure), -1841-65. Married
Mar. 7, 1834, Harriet Sarah, dau. of S. W. Thomlmson.
Disappears from Clergy List, 1883. (G. Mag., 1834, i. 55I-)
WHITECHURCH. WILLIAM FREDERICK. .\dm. pens, at
St John's, July 3, 1851. S. of William, farmer, of Hariton,
Cambs. (and Elizabeth). B. there, Jan. 28, 1832. School,
Ipswich (Rev. J. Fenwick). Matric. Michs. 1851; B.A. 1855;
M.A. 1858. Ord. deacon (Chester), Sept. 23, 1855; priest,
Sept. 21, 1856; C. of Prestbury, Cheshire, 1855-7. C. of
Aylesford, Kent, 1858-62. C. of Baldock, Herts., 1868-71. C. of Great Waldingi&eld, Suffolk, 1871-2. C. of Cassington,
Oxon., 1872-5. C of South Stoke, 1875-6. C. of Whaddon,
Bucks., 1876-81. C. of Caddington, Beds., 1881-2. C. of
Woodplumpton, Lanes., 1882-4. C. of DodderhiU, Worcs.,
1884-8. C. of Olney, Bucks., 1889-97. Disappears from Crockford, 1901.
Whitehead, Claude Maguire
WHITEFOORD, CALEB. .\dm. pens, (age 21) at Caius, Aug. 3,
1863. S. of the Rev. Caleb (Queen's College, Oxford, 1824), of
Burford, Salop. B. in Paddington. Baptised at St John's, Paddington. Educated at home. Matric. Michs. 1863.
Resided two years. Ord. deacon (Ripon), Sept. 24, 1865;
priest (Jamaica), Apr. 8, 1866. Died Aug. 5, i866, in Jamaica. {Venn, u. 363.)
WHITEFOORD, GEORGE. Adm. sizar at St John's, Dec. 31, 1817. Of Middlesex. [3rd s. of Sir John Rousselet. B. in
Westminster.] .Matric. Michs. 1818; B.A. 1823. Fellow of
Jesus, 1824. Ord. deacon (Ely, Litt. dim. from Bnstol)
Nov. 3, 1822; priest (.Norwich), May 25, 1823. R. of Wester- field, Suffolk, 1824-34. V. of Dilham with Honing, Norfolk,
1826-8. R. of Burgate, Suffolk, 1828-34. P.C of St Bennet
Fink, London, 1834-5. R. of Whitton with Thurleston,
Suffolk, 1834-5. R. of Newton, Cambs., 1835-51- Married,
Sept. 17. 1827, Arabella, dau. of George Wyndham, of
Cromer. Died Mar. 26, 1851. (Foster, Index Eccles.; Clerical Guide; G.E.C.; Clergy List.)
WHITEFORD, JAMES HARRIS GARCIA. Adm. pens, at
Corpus Christi, Oct. i, 1883. S. of James, M.D., of Greenock.
B. Sept. 25, 1864, in Edinburgh. Schools, Greenock Academy and Merchiston Castle. Matric. Michs. 1883; B..\. 1886;
D.P.H. 1900. At Edinburgh Univ.; M.B. and CM. 1891. Practised at Greenock. .Medical Officer at Greenock. Served
in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, R.A.M.C. (T.) 1914-18).
Married, Dec. 5, 1895, Edith Mary, twin dau. of Thomas May
Thome, of Greenock. Died Mar. 26, 1927, at Greenock.
{Merchiston Castle Sch. Reg.; Medical Directories; The Standard, Dec. 9, 1895.)
WHITEHEAD, ALFRED NORTH. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
May 23, 1879. [Youngest] s. of the Rev. Alfred (Trinity
College, Dublin) [V.] of St Peter's, Isle of Thanet. B. Feb. 15, 1861, at Ramsgate. School, Sherborne. Matric. Michs. 1880;
Scholar; Abbott Scholar, 18S1 ; (4<A Wrangler, 1883); B.A.
(Math. Trip., Pt III, 1st Class) 1884; M.A. 1887; Sc.D. 1905.
Fellow, 1884. College Lecturer in Mathematics, 1884-1910.
Tamer Lecturer, 1919. Lecturer in .-Applied Maths, and
Mechanics, and (later) Reader in Geometry at University
College, London, 1911-14. Professor of .Applied Mathematics,
Imperial College of Science, 1914-24. Professor of Philosophy
at Harvard University, 1924-37- Ingersoll Lecturer, 1941.
F.R.S., 1903; F.B.A., 1931. Hon. D.Sc, Manchester; Hon. LL.D., St Andrews and Wisconsin; Hon. Sc.D.,
Harvard, Yale and Montreal. O.M., Jan., 1945. President of
the Mathematical Association, 1915-16. President of
Section 'A,' British Association, 1916. Gifford Lecturer at
Edinburgh, 1927-8. Sylvester Medal, Royal Society, 1925.
Married, Dec. 16, 1890, Evelyn, youngest dau. of Capt. A. R.
Wade, deceased, and had issue. 'Whitehead will be re- membered for bringing the spirit of Locke to life when it was
thought to be dead. But above all he will be remembered
as the latest and greatest of Cambridge Platonists.' Author, Universal Algebra; Principia Mathematica (with Bertrand
Russell); The Organization of Thought; The Principle of
Relativity; An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural
Knowledge; The Concept of Nature; Process and Reality; Science and the Modern World; Adventures of Ideas; Religion
in the Making; Symbolism; The Function of Reason; Nature
and Life. Died Dec. 30, 1947, at Cambridge, Mass. Brother of
Charies S. (1872). (Sherborne Reg.; Who's Who; Trin. Coll. Adm. gives date of birth Feb. 8; The Times, Dec. 31, 1947)
WHITEHEAD, ARTHUR. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June i,
1880. S. of James, of Brindle Lodge, near Preston, Lanes.
B. Mar. 1, 1862, at Preston. School, Clifton College. Matric.
Michs. i88o; B.A. 1884; M.A. 1887. Adm. at the Inner
Temple, Mar. 29, 1882. Called to the Bar, June 1, 1890.
Died Nov. 9, 1898. (Clifton Coll. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of
Court.)
WHITEHEAD, CHARLES SELBY. .\dm. pens, (age 19) at
Magdalene, July i, 1872. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. .-Mfred
(Trinity College, Dublin), V. of St Peter's, Thanet. School, Sherborne. Matric. Michs. 1872; B.A. 1876; M.A. i88i.
Assistant Master at Sherbome School, 1876-92. .\t the City
and Guilds CoUege, 1892-4. With the British Luxfer Prism
Syndicate, London. Died .\pr. 6, 1934, at Cambridge; buried at Hove. Brother of Alfred N. (1879). (Sherborne Reg.; City
and Guilds Coll. Keg.; The Times, Apr. 9, I934-!
WHITEHEAD, CLAUDE MAGUIRE. .-Vdm. at Clare, .Apr. 23,
1900. [S. of P., of Barton Pines, Paignton. B. Apr. 15, 1882.]
School, Repton. Matric. Michs. 1900. Went to Johannesburg.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., King's Own (R. Lancaster Regt.); D.S.O. 1919; M.C.; mentioned twice in
despatches; Chevalier, Legion of Honour). Died Mar. 18,
1944, at Bovey Tracey. (Repton Sch. Reg.; The V.C. and D.S.O.; The Times, Mar. 22, 1944.)
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