WooDHousE, John
WOODHOUSE, JOHN. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 5, 1864. S of the Rev. Gervas Harvey (1819), R. of Finningley, Notts,
(and Miriam). B. there, Feb. 2, 1845. [School, King WiUiam s
College, Isle of Man.] Matric. Michs. 1864. Sometime
Assistant Master at St Thomas's College, Colombo, Ceylon;
and at the College, Chester. Died June 16, 1902, at Dmsburg,
Germany. Brother of Ger\'as (1850). (King Wtlham s Coll. Reg.)
WOODHOUSE, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Oct. 1877. Eldest
s of the Rev. John, V. of Byker, Northumberland. B. Mar.
10 1859, at Fulwood, Lanes. School, Newcastle Grammar (Mr Christopherson). Matric. Michs. 1877; B.A. 1881 Ord.
deacon (York), 1882; priest, 1883; C of Thomaby, Yorks.,
1882-5 C of Byker, Northumberland, 1886-8. V. of bt Peter's, Middlesbrough, 1888-1903. V. of Saxton with
Scartingwell, 1903-5. Brother of Alfred A. (1885), James C.
(1879) and Herbert A. (1883). Disappears from Crockford,
1906. (The Titnes, Jan. 29, 1929. records the death of his widow, aged 102.)
WOODHOUSE (post GORDON-WOODHOUSE), JOHN GORDON.
Adm (age 20) at Pembroke, Oct. i, 1890. Eldest s. of John
George, merchant, of [BurghUl Court], Hereford (and Bronte
House Liverpool), deceased (by his 2nd wife, Elinor Leece, dau. of John Drinkwater, of Moor Piatt, Lanes.). B. [Feb. 16,
1871] at Bronte, Everton, near Liverpool. [School, Charter- house.] Matric. Michs. 1890. Of Nether Lypiatt Manor,
Stroud, Gloucs. Lieut., 4th Shropshue L.L, 1894-8. D.L. for Herefordshire. Assumed the additional name of Gordon,
by deed poll, 1895. Married, July 30, 1895. Violet Kate
Eglinton, 2nd dau. of James E. A. Gwynne, of Folkington
manor, Polegate, Sussex. Died Apr. 15, I95i. (Burke, L.G.;
Kelly, Handbook.)
WOODHOUSE, JOHN THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Caius,
Dec 20 1798 S. of Robert, woollen-draper, of Norwich. B there. School, North Walsham (Mr Hepworth). Matric.
Michs. 1799; M.B. 1804; M.D. 1810. Fellow, 1804-45;
Steward and Bursar. Physician at Addenbrooke's Hospital. Practised in Cambridge. A good amateur painter; pupil of
Opie at Norwich. Of eccentric habits, with a special taste for
cock-fighting. Author, Essay on Single Vision. Died in
College, Mar. 20, 1845; buried at Chesterton. Brother of Robert (1790). (Venn, u. 134; G. Mag., 1845, i. 560.)
WOODHOUSE, LAURENCE. Adm. at King's, Oct. i, 1896. S. of the Rev. George Girdlestone (Christ Church, Oxford,
1850) V of Yealmpton, Devon. B. Aug. 10, 1873. School,
Haileybury. Matric. Michs. 1896. Sometime Assistant Master
at the King's choir School. One of the foremost sporting-
journalists of his time. Possessed of a remarkable memory,
claiming to be able to repeat extempore all Hymns A. and M.,
and all the Psahns, with their appropriate numbers. Married,
1906, Edith Millicent, youngest dau. of H. WiUan, of Hanley Court, Worcs. Died Sept. 6, i943- (Haileybury Reg.; Kings
Coll. Reg., 268; The Times, Sept. 9 and 11, 1943.)
WOODHOUSE, REGINALD ILLINGWORTH. Adm. pens, at
St John's. Apr. 19, 1873- [3rd] s. of George Edward imng- worth maltster and brewer (and Hannah Elizabeth), a. at
HUton, Dorset. Bapt. Aug. 21, 1854- Matric. Michs. 1873;
BA 1877- M.A. 1883. Ord. deacon (London, for Canterbury),
1878; priest (Canterbury), 1879; C. of Holy Trinity, Becken- ham 1879-80. C. of Kensington, 1880-7. V. of St Luke s,
Bromley Common, 1887-94. R. of Merstham, Surrey, 1894-
1922 Married, June 5, 1888, Gertrude, 4th dau. of the Rev C B. A. G. Hulton, R. of Emberton, Bucks. Author, Life
of Cardinal Morton; Life and Poetical Works of James Wood- house; Merstham Parish Registers. Died Nov. 13, 1922, at
Reigate. (Eagle, xuii. 50; Crockford.)
WOODHOUSE, ROBERT. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Caius, May 20,
1790. S. of Robert, woollen-draper, of Norwich (and — , dau. of the Rev J Alderson, non-conformist minister, of
Lowestoft), is. [Apr. 28, 1773]. at Norwich. School, North Walsham. Matric. Michs. 1791; Scholar; B.A. (Senior
Wrangler and ist Smith's prize) i795; M.A. 1798. FeUow,
1798-1823 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, 1820-2; Plumian Professor, 1822-7. First Superintendent of the
University Observatory. F.R.S., 1803. ' He had an unportant share in his earUer years as a teacher at Cambridge m
bringing to the notice of his countrymen the development m
mathematical analysis which had taken place on the Conti- nent He was the first in England to explain and advocate
the notation and methods of the calculus.' Mamed, Feb. 20,
1823 Harriet, dau. of WiUiam Wilkins, architect, of Norwich
and had one son. Author, Principles of Analytical Calcula- tions etc. A contributor to the Monthly Review. Died
Dec. 23, 1827, at Cambridge. Brother of John f. (1798);
father of the next. (Venn, 11. 119. and MS. note; D.N.B.;
Hist. Reg., 83; Gunther, Early Science m Cambridge, 64; Cambridge Chronicle, Dec. 28, 1827.)
WooDiN, Leopold Daniel
WOODHOUSE, ROBERT. Adm. pens, at Trinity Hall, May 31,
1843. [Only] s. of Robert, Esq. (above), late of Cambridge
Observatory (and Harriet, dau. of William Wilkins). B. 1825.
Matric. Michs. 1843; Scholar, 1845; B.A. 1847; M.A. 1850.
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 29, 1847. Called to the Bar, June 13, 1851. Of Longmead, Writtle, Essex. J. P. for Essex. Father of the next. (Law Lists; Inns of Court;Yo%teT, Men at the Bar.)
WOODHOUSE, ROBERT. Adm. pens, at Trinity, July 11, 1872.
[Only] s. of Robert (above), of Writtle, Essex (and EUen H.
Alderson). B. Feb. 4, 1854, in London. School, Winchester.
Matric. Michs. 1872; B.A. 1876. A banker at Braintree,
Essex (Messrs Sparrow, Tufnell and Co., incorporated into
Barclay's Bank). Of Orford House, Ugley, Essex, and 13, Mount Street, London, W. D.L. for Essex. Served in the
South African War, 1898-1902. In the Great War, 1914-19
(Major, Essex Yeomanry). Married, 1887, Cecilia, dau. o£ Graham Menzies, of Haliburton, Perths. (Winchester Coll.
Reg.)
WOODHOUSE, THOMAS EDWARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 29, 1872. S. of Thomas Jackson, engineer (and Maria).
B. at Leamington, Warws. Bapt. May 5, 1848. Matric.
Michs. 1872. Perhaps the man of these names, whci was at
St Bee's in 1869 and B.A., Trin. CoU., Dublin, 1893; M.A.
1894; LL.D., 1898, and ord. deacon (Bishop of Guiana), 1871;
priest, 1876; C. of St Simon's, De Kinderen, Demerara, 1871-2. C. of Braunstone, Leics., 1874-6. V. of Wimbish,
Essex, 1876-9. Chaplain at Hamburg, 1898-1903. R. of
Whitwell, Rutland, 1893-1915. Disappears from Crockford,
1918. WOODHOUSE, VIVIAN MACKAY. Adm. (age 18) at Trinity
Hall, Oct. 1886. [Youngest] s. of H. R. (1840), of i, Wyndham
Place [later of the Precincts, Canterbury]. School, King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1886. Adm. Solicitor, 1892;
practised in Leicester (Messrs Salusbury and Woodhouse).
Married, June 20, 1888, Helen Maria, 3rd dau. of the Rev.
Philip Wood Loosemore, R. of St Peter's with Holy Cross, Canterbury. Brother of Arthur L. A. (1871). (Law Lists; The
Guardian, July 4, 1888.)
WOODHOUSE, WALTER WEBB. Adm. sizar at Queens',
Apr. II, 1834. Of Worcs. [S. of John, of Ashby-de-la- Zouch, Leics. (and Dorothy).] Matric. Michs. 1834; B.A.
1838; M.A. 1841. C. of St Clement's, Ipswich, 1844-7; R- there, 1847-65. R. of Pakefield, Sufiolk, 1865-7. V. of Matlock Bath, Derbs., 1867-9. V. of Sandown, Isle of Wight,
1869-71. Married Laura — . Latterly of Budleigh Salterton,
Devon. Died Mar. 8, 1897, aged 83, at Weston-super-Mare. (Crockford; The Times, Mar. 13, 1897; Clergy List.)
WOODHOUSE, WILLIAM. Adm. sizar (age 18) at St John's, Jan. 5, 1752. S. of the Rev. William, of Cambs. (1726) [V. of
Dunton, Beds.]. B. at [Guilden] Morden. School, Market
Street, Herts. Matric. Lent, 1752; B.A. 1757. Ord. deacon
(Lincoln), Dec. 18, 1757; priest, Oct. 18, 1778. C. of Dunton,
Beds., 1757. (St John's Coll. Adm., 111. 612.)
WOODHOUSE, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 22,
1879. S. of John, of Pitsmoor, near. Sheffield. B. there,
June 19, i860. School, Cambridge (private). Matric. Michs.
1879.
WOODHOUSE, WILLIAM GEORGE. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 9, 1886. S. of Edmund, planter, of Colombo (and
Marasena Jedr6 Ukku). B. Nov. 29, 1867, at Rambodde,
Ceylon. School, St Thomas's College, Colombo. Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889; M.A. 1910; LL.M. 1916. Entered the
Ceylon Civil Service, 1892 ; Acting District Judge at Tongalla,
1897; Acting PoUce Magistrate at Galle, 1901; District
Judge at Negombo and Batticaloa, 1905; at Mataia, 1912;
at Kurunegala, 1913; retired, 1927. Adm. at the Middle
Temple, Oct. 20, 1909. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1916.
(Ceylon Civil List; Law Lists; G. Woodhouse.)
WOODIFIELD, MATTHEW. Adm. pens, (age 19) at St John's, Jan. 23, 1822. S. of Matthew, Esq., of Durham. School,
Durham. Matric. Michs. 1822.
WOODIN, FREDERICK. Adm. pens, at Downing, Apr. 22,
1873. Matric. Michs. 1873. One of these names was Captain in the Sussex Artillery Volunteers, 1879. (Army Lists.)
WOODIN, LEOPOLD DANIEL. Adm. (age 18) at Trinity Hall,
Oct. 1 886. [S. of Daniel, Esq., of Bridley Manor, Worplesdon,
Surrey.] A Ward in Chancery. School, Harrow. Matric.
Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889; M.A. 1893. Adm. at the Middle
Temple, Apr. 26, 1893. CaUed to the Bar, June 17, 1896. On
the Midland Circuit. Of 2, Mitre Court Buildings, Temple.
Died Dec. 7, 1941, at Newquay, Cornwall. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Law Lists; The Times, Dec. 10, 1941.)
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