Waechter, Harry Sedan
WAECHTER, HARRY SEDAN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 27,
1889. [Only] s. of Max Leonard, of Terrace House, Richmond,
Surrey. B. June 6, 1871, at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Schools, Bilton Grange and Clifton College. Matric. Michs. 1889;
B.A. 1894. Managing director of Bessler, Waechter and Co.
shippers and merchants. Of Ramsnest, Chiddingfold, Surrey.
D.L., for the County of London. High Sheriff of Surrey,
1910-11. Created Baronet, Feb. 13, 1911. High Steward of Guildford, 1912. Master of the Chiddingfold Hounds, 1908
-II. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Hon. Colonel, R.F.A. (T.F.) and General Staff; C.M.G., 1919; Italian Croce
di Guerra). Member, War Office Advisory Committee of the
National Reserve. Married, July 31, 1911, Evelyn Mary
Josephine, only dau. of John d'Arcy, of Corbetstomi, Co. Westmeath, and had issue. Died May 20, 1929. (Burke, P.
and B.; Who was Who; The Times, May 22, 1929.)
WAGG, ALFRED RALPH. Adm. at King's, Oct. i, 1896. S. of Arthur, of 40, Bryanston Square, London, W. B. Mar. 4,
1877. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1896; B.A. 1899. Chair-
man of Helbert, Wagg and Co., Ltd., merchant-bankers. Of
The Hermitage, East Grinstead, Sussex, in 1952. {King's
Coll. Reg., 271; Who's Who.)
WAGG, GEORGE. Adm. pens, at Clare, June 19, 1752. B. in
Southwark. Matric. Michs. 1752.
WAGGETT, ERNEST BLECHYNDEN. Adm. pens, at Pembroke,
Oct. 9, 1884. [3rd] s. of John, M.D., of Bournemouth. B.
[Jan. 18, 1866], at Netting Hill, London. [School, Charter- house.] Matric. Michs. 1884; B.A. (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I,
1st Class) 1887; M.B. and B.Chir. 1891; M.A. 1898. At
St Bartholomew's Hospital; House Surgeon there. M.R.C.S. ; L.R.C.P., 1890. House Physician, Royal Free Hospital.
Surgeon, Throat and Ear Depts., Great Northern Central
Hospital. Practised in Wimpole Street. Served in the Great
War, 1914-19 (Major, R.A.M.C; D.S.O. 1918; mentioned
3 times in despatches). Sometime President Royal Society of
Medicine and British Medical Association (Laryngological
section). C.B.E., 1931. Married, 1893, Constance, 2nd dau. of
Quintin Twiss. Having to suffer amputation of both legs,
recorded his experiences in an article 'Criteria of Intolerable
Pain,' in the British Medical Journal, c. 1925. Author, Hand- book of the Diseases of the Nose; etc. Died Jan. 5, 1939.
{Carthusian Worthies; Medical Directories; The V.C. and
D.S.O. ; Who was Who; The Times, Jan. 6, 1939-)
WAGNER, ARTHUR DOUGLAS. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
May 14, 1842. [S. of the Rev. Henr>' MicheU (1812), V. of Brighton. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1842; Scholar, 1845;
B.A. {27th Wrangler) 1846; M.A. 1849. Ord. deacon
(Chichester) 1848; priest, 1849; C. of St Paul's, Brighton,
1848-50. P.C. of St Paul's, Brighton, 1850-1902. Chancellor
of Chichester Cathedral, 1871-7. 'A diligent parish priest. . .
adopted very advanced and ritualistic practices.' Died Jan. 14, 1902, aged 77, at Brighton. (Scott, MSS-; Crockford;
The Times, Jan. 15, 1902; Crisp, Vis. of England and Wales.)
WAGNER, GEORGE. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 6, 1786. Of Middlesex. [2nd s. of George, Esq., of Pall Mall, London,
and Lee, Kent (and Mary Wilhelmina, dau. of Henry Goade,
of Windsor). B. Aug. 6, 1764.] School, Brighthelmstone [and
Westminster]. Matric. Lent, 1787. Ord. deacon (Chester,
LUt. dim. from Chichester) 1787; priest (Chichester) Oct. 18,
1788. R. of Mursley, Bucks., 1790-1831. Died, unmarried,
Oct. 25, 1831. {Record of Old Westminsters {' dded 1836'); 5/
John's Coll. Adm., iv. 533; Clerical Guide; Misc. Gen. et Her. N.S., in.)
WAGNER, GEORGE. Adm. pens, at Trinity, July 21, 1836.
[Eldest s. of the Rev. Melchior, of St James's, Piccadilly, London. B. Jan. 8, 1818. School Eton.] Matric. Michs.
1838; B.A. 1842; M.A. 1845. Ord. "eacon (Gloucester, Litt. dim. from Chichester) 1842. C. of Dallington, Sussex, 1845-8.
P.C. of St Stephen's, Brighton, 1851-7. In his early years lived at Hurstmonceaux Place, Sussex. Died Feb. lo, 1857,
at Valetta, Malta. {Boase, in. 1125; Eton Sch. Lists; Clergy
List; Walford, County Families; G. Mag., 1857, i. 368; J. N.
Simpkinson, Memoir of Rev. G. Wagner; Sir W. Sterry.)
WAGNER, HENRY MICHELL. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, July 6, 1812. S. of [Melchior] Henry (and Anne E., dau.
of Rev. H. NichoU). Bapt. Dec. 15, 1792, in Westminster.
Matric. Michs. 1812; B.A. 1816; M.A. 1819. Fellow, 1815-24.
Tutor to the Duke of Wellington's two sons, 1817-24- Ord. deacon, 1823; priest, 1824. V. of Brighton with West
Blatchington, 1824-70. Treasurer of Chichester Cathedral,
1834-70. Married (i) 1823, Caroline Douglas; (2) Mary Anne— . Died in 1870. Father of Arthur D. (1842). {Boase, vi. 750;
C. R Hudleston; King's Coll. Reg., 14; Clergy List; Crisp, Vis. of England and Wales; Walford, County Families.)
WAGNER, JOHN HARRISON. Adm. at Trinity Hall, 1882.
[Eldest] s. of J., Esq., of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Matric. Michs. 1882; B.A. 1885. Adm. at the Inner Temple,
Wailes, Arthur George
Jan. 18, 1883. Called to the Bar, Jan. 28, 1887. Of Oakdene,
Ditton Hill, Surbiton. Died Nov. i, 1938, aged 75; buried at
Long Ditton. {Law Lists; Inns of Court; The Times, Nov. 2, 1938.)
WAGSTAFF, ALGERNON DE L'ISLE. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Oct. I, 1884. Eldest s. of John, estate-agent, of Highbury, London (and Maria Georgina). B. Oct. 12, 1865, at Deptford.
School, Merchant Taylors'. Matric. Michs. 1884; B.A. (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, ist Class) 1887. Died Jan. 23, 1898, at
Highbury. {Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.)
WAGSTAFF, ARTHUR EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Nov. 9, 1864. S. of the Rev. Charles (next). B. Jan. 5, 1847,
at Aberdeen. School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 1865;
B.A. 1869; M.A. 1874. Of Icknield Street, Dunstable. Died
Dec. 3, 1897. {Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; Trin. Coll. Adm. calls his father Charles R.)
WAGSTAFF, CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 22, 1833.
[.\t King's Coll., Aberdeen, 1829-33; M.A. 1833.] Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A. 1837; M.A. 1840. Ord. deacon (Chester),
1837; priest, 1838; C. of Preston, Lanes., 1837-9. C. of
.■\rundel, Sussex, 1839-44. C. of St .Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen, 1844-50. V. of Studham, Beds., 1850-90. Died in
Sept. 1890, aged 76. Father of the above. {Crockford; The Guardian, Sept. 17, 1890; C. J. Fordyce.)
WAGSTAFF, CHARLES JOHN LEONARD. Adm. pens, at
Emmanuel, Sept. 30, 1894. S. of the Rev. J[ohn], V. of
Christ Church, Macclesfield. B. Mar. 3, 1875. School,
Macclesfield Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A. (i6<A
Wrangler) 1897; (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, 1st Class, 1898); M.A.
1901. Assistant Master at Bradford Grammar School, 1899-
1903 ; at Oundle School, 1904-9 ; Head Master of Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hampstead, 1910-19; of King Edward VII
School, King's Lynn, 1920-39. Married, Aug. 7, 1913,
Marjorie, eldest dau. of George C. Bloomer, of Bradford and
Worthing, and had issue. Author, Properties of Matter;
Electricity, etc. Of Rookhope, Arundel, Sussex, in 1952.
(Scott, MSS.; Schoolmasters' Directories; Who's Who; The Times, Aug. 12, 1913.)
WAGSTAFF, DANIEL. Adm. pens, (age 23) at Trinity, Nov. 23,
1791; from Lincoln College, Oxford, whence he had matric.
Mar. 23, 1787, aged 18; B..\. (Oxford) 1791. S. of Josiah, of
Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham. School, Newcastle-on-
Tyne. Incorp. B..\. 1793. C. of Harby, Eastwell and Goadby
Marwood, Leics. C. of Scalford, Leics., 1803-41. Died Dec.
17, 1841, aged 74. {Al. Oxon.; G. Mag., 1842, 1. 335, gives Wagstaffe.)
WAGSTAFF, WILLIAM HENRY. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse,
Oct. I, 1885. S. of WilUam H., Esq., of 12, Aberdeen Park,
Highbury, London. B. Mar. 27, 1867. School,City of London.
Matric. Michs. 1885; Scholar; B.A. {igth Wrangler) i888;
M.A. 1892. Assistant Master at the City of London School for
I year; at King Edward's School, Birmingham, for 3 years;
at Wellington College, 1893-1903; Head Master of the Central
Foundation School, Cowper Street, London, 1903-17.
Professor of geometry at Gresham College, 1894-1941. Of Aberdeen Park, Highbury, in 1946. Died Oct. 15, 1951.
{T. A. Walker, 584; Wellington Coll. Reg.; Schoolmasters' Directories; The Times, Oct. 18, 1951.)
WAGSTAFFE, THOMAS. Adm. sizar (age 19) at Christ's, May 15, 1758. S. of Avery. B. at St Neots, Hunts. School,
Biggleswade. Matric. Michs. 1758; Scholar, i759; B.A.
{Hott. Wrangler, yd) 1762; M.-A.. 1765. Ord. deacon (Lincohi)
Feb. 1762; priest, Sept. 1763; C. of Wood Walton and Raveley,
Hunts., 1762-3. C. of Brampton, 1763. R. of Barley, Herts.,
1779-1800. Married ' a dau. of Mr Underwood, nephew of the
Bishop of Ely.' Died Aug. 6, 1800. (P«7e,ii.266;Clutterbuck, Herts., III. 388.)
WAHAB, CHARLES JAMES. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus,
Oct. 1886. S. of Charles James, Esq., C.E. B [Feb. 18, 1867],
in Edinburgh. School, Loretto (Mr E. P. Frederick). Matric.
Michs. 1886. Second Lieut., .\rgyll and Sutherland High-
landers, 1889. Served in the S. .A.frican War, 1898-1901; attached Remount Depot. Retired as Captain. Held several
Civil Service appointments and later took up farming. {Loretto Reg.; Army Lists.)
WAHBY, BEHDJET. Matric. Non-CoU. Michs. 1899. At
St George's hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1907. At the School of Medicine, Cairo, in 1920. {Medical Directories.)
WAILES, ARTHUR GEORGE. Adm. pens, at Caius. Dec. 10,
1857. S. of Francis, barrister-at-law, of [Beacon Banks, Husthwaite], Easingwold, Yorks. B. Feb. 17, 1840, in
London. Schools, Repton and King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1858; B.A. 1862. Bought a property at
Rathmore, near Kilkenny, Ireland. Died Oct. 11, 1870.
{Repton Sch. Reg., which gives died Sept., 1870; Venn 11.
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