Wren, Walter
WREN, WALTER. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Oct. 14, 1852. [2nd] s. of Richard. B. [Jan. 7, 1834], at Buntingford, Herts.
Schools, Buntingford and Elizabeth College, Guernsey.
Matric. Michs. 1852; Scholar, 1852; B.A. 1859; M.A. 1862.
Founder and Principal of the well-known 'Coaching' estabhshment named after himself. Member of the first
London County Council. M.P. for Wallingford, 1880, but lost
his seat on petition. Crippled by spinal disease from the
beginning of his College residence. Married (i) i860, Eliza,
dau. of William Cox, of Halesowen; (2) 1867, Emily, dau. of
G. VV. Horn, of Richmond. Died Aug. 5, 1898. A prize was
founded in his honour at Christ's, 1902. (Feile, 11. 526; G. T. Hales; Who was Who.)
WRENBURY, LORD (1864), see BUCKLEY, HENRY BURTON.
WRENCH, CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Feb. 28, 1822. [4th s. of Jacob George, of Grove Hill, Camberwell.] Matric.
Michs. 1822. Kept six terms. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 20, 1822. Died Aug. 21, 1824, aged 22. Brother of Jacob G.
(1811). (Peile, II. 408; Inns of Court; G. Mag., 1824, II. 284.)
WRENCH, EDWARD BRANSON. Adm. at C.wendish H., Oct.
1883. [2nd s. of Edward Mason, M.V.O., F.R.C.S., of Baslow,
Derbs. (and Anne Eliza, dau. of William Kirke). B. June 28,
1866. School, Derby.] Matric. Michs. 1883. Migrated to
Downing; M.B. and B.Chir., 1892. At St Thomas's Hospital. M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1892; L.S.A., 1891. Practising at
Bakewell, Derbs. in 1895; at Baslow, in 1900; at St John's Chapel, Co. Durham, in 1910; and at Ireshopebum, Wearhead,
in 1920. Died at Wearhead, Feb. 23, 1921. Brother of
WiUiam M. (1882). {Derby Sch. Reg.; Medical Directories;
The Times, Feb. 28, 1921.)
WRENCH, JACOB GEORGE. Adm. pens, {age 20) at Magda- lene, Feb. 23, 1811; from Balliol College, Oxford, whence he
had matric. Feb. 5, 1811, age 20. S. of Jacob George,
merchant, of [St Magnus-the-Mart>T] London. School,
Leeds. Matric. Lent, 1811. Migrated to Trinity Hall,
Mar. 29, 1813; LL.B. 1817; LL.D. 1825. Adm. ad eundem,
at Oxford, 1842. Ord. deacon (Lincoln), 1813; priest (London),
Sept. 25, 1814. R. of Stowting, Kent, 1814-35. Chaplain to the Duke of Sussex, 1815-17. Chaplain to the Embassy at
Constantinople, 1817-22. V. of Blakeney, Gloucs., 1826-34. V. of Salehurst, Sussex, 1827-60. Died July 7, i860, aged 69.
Father of the next; brother of Charles (1822). {Al. Oxon.;
Foster, Index EccUs.; CUrical Guide; Clergy List; The
Extraordinary Black Book, 1830; G. Mag., i860, n. 210.)
WRENCH, JACOB GEORGE. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 7, 1845. S. of the Rev. Jacob George (above), of Lambeth (and
Frances). B. June 22, 1826, at Camberwell, Surrey. Matric.
Michs. 1845; B.A. (12th Wrangler) 1849; M.A. 1852. Ord.
deacon (Winchester), 1850; priest, 1851; C. of Stockwell
Chapel, Kennington, Surrey, 1852. C. of Chnst Church,
Westminster, 1854. Chaplain and Assistant Master at the
Ordnance School, Carshalton, Surrey, 1855-7. C. of Sedles-
combe, Sussex, 1858-61. C. of St Botolph's, Bishopsgate,
London, 1870-2. P.C. of St James's, Clapton, Middlesex,
1872-3. Chaplain to the Mercers' Company, 1870-3. Died June II, 1873. (Clergy List; Crockford; Al. Oxon. [sub his father).)
WRENCH, PETER ELWYN (or ELWIN). Adm. sizar at St
John's, May 13, 1841. S. of Peter Elwyn, yeoman. B. June
25 1822 at Hindringham, Norfolk. School, Holt. Matric.
Michs. 1841. Migrated to Christ's, Dec. 8, 1842; B.A. 1845; M.A. 1849; B.D. i8s6. Ord. deacon (Chester), 1846; pnest
1847; C. of St Peter's, Blackburn, Lanes., 1846-8. C. of
Easby, Yorks., 1848. C. of Stand, Lanes., 1848-51. C. of
Overton, 1851-2. C. of WTiitwell, 1852. V. of St George's, Truro, ComwaU, 1852-86. C. of Bayston Hill, Salop, 1880.
C. of Hokne, Hunts., 1880-1. C. of Chearsley, Bucks., 1881.
C of Tuxford, Notts., 1881-2. R. of Portnacrois with
Glencreran, Argylls., 1882-97. Died Oct. 10, 1897, at
Frasnacloich, Ledaig. {Peile, 11. 480; Crockford; Boase,
Collect. Cornub.; Boase, Biblio. Cornub.)
WRENCH, The Rev. THOMAS ROBERT. M.A. 1825, incorp.
from Oxford. [S. of James, gent., of London.] Matnc. from
Queen's College, Oxford, Nov. 13, 1784, age 20; B.A. (Oxford)
1788- U..\. (Oxford) 1792. V. of Shipton-Bellinger, Hants.,
1789-93. R. of St Michael's, Comhill, London, 1793-1836.
Died Sept. 29, 1836, aged 73- Doubtless father of the next. {Al. Oxon.; Clerical Guide; G. Mag., 1836, 11. 663; Madge, Hampshire Inductions.)
WRENCH, THOMAS WILLIAM. .A.dm. pens, at Corpus
Christi, June 22, 1824. Of Surrey. [Doubtless s. of the Rev. Thomas Robert (above).] Matric. Michs. 1824; B.A-
1828; M.A. 1831. Ord. deacon (London), Dec. 21, 1828;
priest, June 6, 1830. R. of St Michael's, Comhill, London, 1836-75. Died June 21, 1875- [Boase, vi. 960; Crockford.)
Wrey, Henry Bourchier
WRENCH, WILLIAM MERVYN. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1882.
S. of Edward Mason, F.R.C.S., of Baslow, Derbs. B. there,
Nov. I, 1863. School, Derby. Matric. Michs. 1882. Resided
one year. At St Thomas's Hospital. Died May 6, 1890, at Baslow. Brother of Edward B. (1883). {Derby Sch. Reg.; Venn, 11. 459.)
WRENFORD, ARTHUR LEONARD. Adm. pens, at Jesus,
Oct. 1900. [Eldest] s. of W. L., Esq. [William Leonard,
barrister, of Wootton rectory, Canterbury]. B. .\pr. 25, 1881,
in West Kensington. School, Dover CoUege (Rev. W. C.
Compton). Matric. Michs. 1900. Second Lieut., the Worcs.
Regt., 1903; Lieut., 1907. Served with the West African
Frontier Force in Northern Nigeria. In the Great War, 1914-
19 (Major, Worcestershire Regt.; attached Royal Inniskilling FusiUers; Lieut.-Col., E. Lanes. Regt.; wounded; mentioned
in despatches); killed in action. Mar. 21, 1918. {Dover Coll.
Reg.; Army Lists; Univ. War List.)
WRENFORD, HUGH JOHN WOLLASTON. Adm. pens, at
St John's, Aug. 2, 1899; a choral student. S. of the Rev. WiUiam Henry (Trinity CoUege, Dublin), V. of Shaldon,
Devon [died Nov. 20, 1889] (and Fanny Kate Warlow).
B. Sept. 23, 1881, at St Shaldon vicarage. Schools, St
Edmunds, Canterbury [and Clergy Orphan]. Matric. Michs.
1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1912. Ord. deacon (Bristol), 1904;
priest, 1905; C. of St Paul's, Swindon, 1904-16. V. of St Simon's, Bristol, 1916-41. V. of Burrington, Devon, 1941-8.
R. of Farleigh Hungerford with TeUisford, Somerset, 1948-52-. {Reg. of Clergy Orphan Sch.; Crockford.)
WREY, ARTHUR BOURCHIER. Adm. pens, (age 19) at
Trinity, Mar. 16, 1850. [3rd] s. of [the Rev.] John (1817)
(and Anne Burnett, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Yeomans,
V. of Bishop's Tawton, Devon). B. [Apr. 17, 1831], at
Ashburton, Devon. School, Marlborough CoUege. Matric.
Michs. 1850; B.A. 1854; M.A. 1857. Ord. deacon (Rochester),
1855; priest, 1856; C. of Great Berkhamsted, 1855-8. C. of
Buckingham, 1859-62. V. of Knowl HUl, Berks., 1862-4. R. of Ashby Parva, Leics., 1864-70. V. of Morval, ComwaU,
1870-6. V. of Mary Church, with CoffinsweU, Devon, 1876-
1905. Married (i) Jan. 18, 1859, Helen, dau. of the Rev.
Thomas Philpotts, Hon. Canon of Truro, and had issue;
(2) Aug. 24, 1881, Claudine Maud, dau. of Charles Twining,
Q.C., and had further issue. Died Sept. 28, 1918, at Torquay.
Brother of John W. (1847). {Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Crock- ford; Burke, P. and B.)
WREY, BOURCHIER WILLIAM TOKE. Adm. pens, (age 20) at
T^NiTV, Oct. 22, 1849. [2nd] s. of [the Rev. Su-] Henry Bourchier [9th Bart.] (BalUol CoUege, Oxford, 1815) (and
EUen Maria, dau. of Nicholas RandaU Toke, of Godington,
Kent). B. [Aug. 7, 1830], at Tavistock, Devon. School,
Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1849. Ord. deacon (Lichfield), 1854;
priest, 1855; C. of Handsworth, Staffs., 1854-6. C.-in-charge of Warmsworth, Yorks., 1856-7. C. of Salcombe, Devon,
1857-8. C. of Harracott, 1859-62. R. of Combe-m-Teign- head, 1864-1906. Married, Sept. 8, 1859, .-Vnne CaroUne, dau. of Thomas Crosthwaite, of FitzwUham Square, DubUn.
Resided latteriy at Torquay, where he died June 13, 1918.
Father of Henry B. (1882). (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Burke, P. and
B.; The Guardian, June 20, 1918.)
WREY, GEORGE EDWARD BOURCHIER. .\dm. pens, at
Trinity, July 19, 1869. [Only] s. of George Bourchier of [Vidona, .\ustralia and] Clevedon Lodge, Reading (and
Sarah, dau. of Col. John Cuninghame, of Caddel, Ayrshu-e). B. Mar. 9, 1851, at Melbourne, .A.ustraUa. School, Aldeburgh,
SuffoUi (private) [and Harrow]. Matric. Michs. 1869; B.A.
1873 Adm at the Inner Temple, Apr. 7, 1873. Of Thornton,
KUmamock, Ayrshire. Married, Feb. 24, 1S86, his cousm,
Anne Maud, dau. of the Rev. .\rthur Bourchier (1850), V.
of St Mary Church, Devon, and had issue. Died Aug. 9,
1926. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Burke, P. and B.)
WREY HENRY BOURCHIER. .A.dm, pens, at Christ's, May 13, 1882. [2nd] s. of the Rev. Bourchier WiUiam Toke (1849),
of Combe rectory, Teignmouth (and Anne Caroline, dau. of
Thomas Crosthwaite). B. [Jan. 13, 1863], in Dublm. School,
Newton Abbot College. Did not reside. Ord. deacon
(Lichfield), 1893; priest, 1894; C. of St Andrew's, Wolver- hampton, 1893-5. C. of Malvem Link, Worcs., 1895-1901. C of Northfield with Bartley Green, 1901-4. C. of Chnst
Church, Rushall, 1904-8. C. of Stockton Salop, 1908-10. C of Shaldon, Devon, 1910-16. R. of Ideford, 1916^36.
Married, Sept. 11, 1895, Helen Esm^, dau. of Frederick CE.
Griffin, of Gorsty Hayes Manor House, TettenhaU, Staffs., and had issue. Died May 2, 1936. (Peile, 11. 690; Crockford; Burke, P. and B.)
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