WiLKiNS, Granville Augustus
WILKINS, GRANVILLE AUGUSTUS. Matric. Non-CoU., Michs.
1889, from CA^'i:^•DISH H. S. of W., Esq., of Ashby-de-la- Zouche, Leics. B. Feb. 5, 1873, at Peterborough. School,
Ashby-de-la-Zouche. Adm. at Peterhouse, Jan. 3, 1892;
B.A. 1892; LL.B. 1893. Adm. Solicitor, Feb. 1896; practised
at Ashby-de-la-Zouche (Messrs G. A. and E. W. Wilkins).
Brother of Ernest \V. (1892). {T.A. Walker, 620; Law Lists.)
WILKINS, HENRY GRANVILLE. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 4, 1878. S. of Frederick George, bullion-broker (and Isabella). B. at Leyton, Walthamstow, Essex. Bapt.
Dec. 23, 1859. Of Essex. Did not reside.
WILKINS, HENRY ROBERT. Adm. pens, at Christ's, July i, 1841. S. of WUliam (1796). B. [June 29, 1822], in London.
School, Cambridge. Matric. Michs. 1841; B..\. 1845. Ord.
deacon, 1845; priest, 1846; C. of Famsfield, Notts., 1845-9.
V. there, 1849-74. Died Dec. 19, 1874. Brother of William B.
(1832). (Peile, II. 474; Crockford.)
WILKINS (post DE WINTON), HERBERT WILLIAM. Adm.
pens, at St John's, Feb. 6, 1836. [2nd] s. of Cann, Esq., of Clifton, Gloucs., who (with his son) assumed the name of
De Winton in 1839. B. Mar. 1816. Matric. Michs. 1836;
B..\. 1840; M.A. 1844. Died, unmarried, Nov. 15, 1880.
(Burke, L.G.; F. P.White.)
WILKINS, JOHN. Adm. sizar at Corpus Christi, Apr. 17, 1776.
Of Middlesex. \S. of John, watchmaker, of Islington. School,
St Paul's (adm." in 1762, age 8).] Matric. Michs. 1777; Scholar. (St Paul's Sch. Reg.)
WILKINS, JOHN. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Jan. 31, i88i.
[Only] s. of J[ohn], of Cromwell Road, London. School,
University College, London [and B.A. (London) 1880].
Matric. Lent, 1881; B.A. 1884. Adm. at the Middle Temple,
Apr. 17, 1884. Called to the Bar, May 4, 1887. On the North
Eastern circuit. Of i, King's Bench Walk, in 1900. {Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
WILKINS, JOHN MURRAY. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Caius,
Feb. 17, 1834. r2nd] s. of the Ven. George (1803), D.D.,
Archdeacon of Nottingham. B. at Hoveringham, Notts.
Schools, Southwell and St David's, Lampeter. Matric. Michs. 1834. Migrated to Trinity, Apr. 30, 1835; B.A. 1838; M..A.
1842. Ord. deacon (Rochester), 1839; priest (Lincoln), 1840;
C. of St Mary's, Nottingham, 1839-40. R. of Southwell,
Notts., 1840-81. Preb. of Lincoln, 1859-81. Author, Early
Church History; Church Music. Died Jan. 12, 1881, aged 64.
Brother of George D. (1831). {Boase, vi. 877; Venn, 11. 226;
Crockford; The Times, Jan. 14, 1881.)
WILKINS, JOHN SEBASTIAN. Adm. sizar at Queens', Oct. 17, 1829. Of London. Matric. Michs. ,1830; B.A. 1834. Ord.
deacon (Chester), 1834; priest (Bath and Wells), 1835; C.
of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, -1841-5. Assistant Mimster at
St James's Chapel, St Heliers, Jersey, 1845-6. C. of St
Saviour's, Chelsea, 1849-51. C. of Ball's Pond, Middlesex, 1852-5. R. of Bradfield-Combust, SuSolk, 1855-8. C. of
St James's, Pentonville, London, 1863-5. V. of Heywood, Wilts., 1865-85. Died Mar. 16, 1885, at Salisbury. (Boase,
VI. 877; Scott, MSS.; Clergy List; Crockford; The Guardian, Mar. 25, 1885.)
WILKINS, JOHN WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi,
Oct. 31, 1850. 3rd s. of Henrv, deceased, of Waltham Cross,
Herts. [B. 1829.] Matric. Michs. 1850. Migrated to Trinity
Hall, Mar. 27, 1851; (Civil Law Classes, ist Class, 1852-3).
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 23, 1854. Called to the Bar,
June 6, 1857. On the Oxford Circuit. Equity Draftsman and
Conveyancer. (Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.)
WILKINS, NATHANIEL GEORGE. Adm. sizar at St John's, Oct. ■6, 1859. S. of Nathaniel Stephen, cloth-drawer (and
Mary Ann). B. in Stepney, Middlesex. Bapt., July 13, 1834.
Matric. Michs. 1859; B.A. 1863; M.A. 1868; LL.M. 1877;
LL.D. 1884. Ord. deacon (Lichfield), 1863; priest, 1864;
C. of Northwood, Staffs., 1863-4. C. of Hornchurch, Essex,
1864-6. C. of .-Uton, Hants., 1867-9. Chaplain at the
English Church in Hanover, 1870-95. R. of Stourmouth,
Kent, 1895-1912. Married, June 25, 1867, Emma, eldest dau.
of W. J. Bayles, of Newington, Surrey. Latterly of 38,
Whitstable Road, Camterbury, where he died Jan. 8, 1919,
aged 84. (Crockford; The Ecclesiastical Gazette, July 9, 1867;
The Guardian, Jan. 16, 1919.)
WILKINS, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Mar. 22, 1850. S. of Richard. B. [Nov. 13, 1830], at Stanwick, Northants.
Schools, Aspley, Beds., and Coventry. Matric. Easter, 1850.
Migrated to Magdalene, Apr. 24, 1852; B.A. 1854. Ord.
deacon (Salisbury), i860; priest (Exeter), 1861; C. of St
James's, Exeter, 1860-5. C. of Swanmore, Isle of Wight, 1865-6. Lived subsequently at Swanmore, and disappears
from Crockford, 1883. [PeiU, 11. 514.)
Wilkinson, Alfred
WILKINS, THOMAS. B.A. 1804; incorp. from Oxford, 1804;
M.A. from King's, 1804. [S. of James, gent., of Charlton, Somerset.] Matric. from VVorcester College, Oxford, July 7,
1788, age 24; B..\. (Oxford), 1792. Head Master of Bath Free grammar School. Domestic Chaplain to the Dowager
Countess of Cardigan. V. of Weston, 1808-24 and R. of
Charlcombe, 1811-24. DiedApr.24. 1824, at Weston vicarage. Father of Edward (1815). (.4/. Oxon.; G. Mag., 1824, 11. 92.)
WILKINS, THOMAS HODSOLL. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel,
May 13, 1842. Matric. Michs. 1842; B..\. 1846. Ord. deacon,
1848; priest, 1849; C. of Slipton, Northants., 1849-53.
Chaplain of Thrapston Union, 1852-60. Chaplain at Darm- stadt, 1861-7. Latterly of Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, Devon.
Disappears from Crockford, 1881. (Clergy List.)
WILKINS, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Caius, July 5,
1796. [Eldest] s. of William, architect, of Norwich. B. there
[Aug. 31, 1778]. School, Norwich (Mr Forster). Matric.
Michs. 1796; B.A. (6th Wrangler) 1800; M.A. 1805. FeUow,
1803. University Travelling Bachelor (Greece and Italy),
1801-5. Master of the Perse School, 1804-6. The architect.
A.R.A., 1824; R.A., 1826. F.R.S., 1831. F.S.A., 1800.
Carried out a Greek design for Downing College, 1807-11.
Designed Haileybury College for the- East India Company, 1806; the Doric entrance to the lower Assembly rooms at
Bath, 1808; the bridge of King's College, 1818, and the Hall,
Provost's Lodge, Library, and stone screen of the front
court, 1822; 'these buildings conceived in a bastard Gothic style, sAured for their designer further instructions, happily
unfulfilled, to gothicise James Gibbs's classic building on the west side of the court.' Built the New Court of Trinity, and the new buildings at Corpus in the same style. University
College, Gower Street, one of his greatest works, was designed
1827-8; St George's Hospital, 1827-8, and the National Gallery, 1832-8. Professor of Architecture at the Royal
Academy, 1837. Resided for many years at 36, Weymouth
Street, London, and latterly in Cambridge. Married, 1811,
Alicia, dau. of Matthew Murphy, of Ravendale, Lines.
Author, Antiquities of Magna Graecia; Atheniensia, or
Remarks on the Buildings of Athens; The Civil Architecture of
Vitruvius, etc. Died Aug. 31, 1839, at his residence, Lensfield,
Cambridge, on his 6ist birthday; buried under the sacrarium
of the chapel of Corpus, which he had erected. Father of the
next and of Henry R. (1841); brother of George (1803).
(Venn, 11. 130; G. Mag., 1839, 11. 426; D.N.B.)
WILKINS, WILLIAM BUSHBY. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Caius,
June 29, 1832. [Eld.] s. of William (above), architect. B. [Sept.
18, 1813] in London. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs.
1832; B.A. 1836; M.A. 1839. Adm, at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 17, 1837. Called to the Bar, Nov. 24, 1840. Equity Draftsman and
Conveyancer. Ord. deacon, 1846; priest (Worcester), 1848;
C. of .\therstone, Warws., 1847-53. C. of St Mary's, Lichfield, 1853-7. Married, Apr. 17, 1856, Fanny Hutchesson, dau. of Dr Henry Davies, of Portland Place, London. Died Apr. 27,
1857. Brother of Henry R. (1841). (List of Carthusians;
Venn, u. 220; Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
WILKINS, WILLIAM HENRY. Adm. at Clare, Oct. 4, 1884.
[S. of Charles, farmer, of Gumey Court, Somerset, and
Mortimer, Berks, (and Mary Ann Keel). B. Dec. 23, i860.
Educated privately, and then employed in a bank at Brighton
before admission.] Matric. Michs. 1884; B..A.. 1887; M.A.
1899. Private Secretary to the Earl of Dunraven, Under-
Secretary for the Colonies, 1885. Author (under the pseudo-
nym of De Winton) of St Michael's Eve; The Forbidden
Sacrifice; and (with Julia Chetwynd), John Ellicombe's Temptation; The Holy Estate, a study in morals. Joint author.
The Green Bay Tree, a satire on Cambridge life. Edited
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton, a memoir founded on
her letters and autobiography. Author of the following
biographical works: The Love of an Uncrowned Queen, Queen
Sophie Dorothea Consort of George I; .4. Queen of Tears,
Mrs Fitzherbert and George IV, etc. Died, unmarried,
Dec. 22, 1905, in London. [Who was Who; D.N.B.)
WILKINSON, ALFRED. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Caius, Oct.
1829. S. of William, Esq., cabinet-maker, of Highbury, London. B. there, Dec. 29, 1810. School, Mill Hill. Matric.
Michs. 1829. Migrated to Jesus, Dec. 26, 1829; B.A. [nth
Wrangler) 1833; M.A. 1836. Ord. deacon (Bath and Wells),
1834; priest (Bristol), 1836; C. of Winterboume-Zelstone, Dorset, 1834-41. P.C. of Downside, Somerset, 1841-7. P.C.
of Teddington, Middlesex, 1847-57. C. of Kingsdon, Somer-
set, 1857-61. P.C. of Poole, Dorset, 1861-8. .Married, July 4,
1837, Caroline A. Blunt, of WaUop, Hants. Died July 16,
1868; buried at Winterbourne-Zelstone. Father of James B.
(1868). (Mill Hill Sch. Reg.; Venn, 11. 208; Inns of Court; P. E. Towell.)
WILKINSON, ALFRED. Adm. pens, at Clare, June 30, 1851.
[S. of John, cloth-merchant, of Leeds. School, Leeds Grammar.] .Matric. .Michs. 1851. Died in 1858. (Leeds Gr. Sch. Adm. Booh.)
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