Wegg, William WEGG, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 22) at Caius, Jan. 17, 1838. S. of Henry, Esq., of London. B. at Greenwich. School, private. Matric. Lent, 1838; M.B. and Med.Lic. 1843; M.D. 1848. L.R.C.P., 1843; F.R.C.P., 1851. Practised in London. Physician to the Westminster general dispensary, 1850, and to St George's and St James's dispensary, i860. Censor, R.C.P., 1 867-9. Treasurer of the Royal Medical Chirurgical Society, 1873-81. Author, medical. Died Dec. 3, 1893, m London; Father of the next and Hugh N. (1900). {Venn, u. 242; Boase, vi. 817; Medical Directories.) WEGG, WILLIAM HENRY JERVIS. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1893. [Eldest] s. of Wilham (above), of Hertford Street, London, W. (and Mary Ann Rickards). B. [Oct. 28], 1876, in London. Schools, Winchester College, and Twyford, near Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1895; B.A. 1898. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, Nov. 18, 1901. On the Western Circuit. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Second Lieut., R.G.A.). Of Hertford Street, Mayfair, W. Married, Mar. 18, 1901, Winifred Mary, dau. of Henry M. Rigg, Esq., of BexhUl. Author, Antwerp, I477-I559; The Decline of Antwerp under Philip of Spain. Died Dec. 13, 1940. Brother of Hugh N. (1900). {Venn, 11. 545; Univ. War List; Law Lists.) WEGUELIN, CHRISTOPHER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Mar. 11, 1857. [Eldest] s. of Thomas Matthias, of Goldings, near Hertford (by his ist wife, Charlotte, dau. of A. H. Poulett- Thomson). B. Sept. 30, 1838, at Marlow, Bucks. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1857; B.A. 1861. Lieut., Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 1863-73. M.P. for Youghal, Co. Cork, 1868-9 (when his election was declared void). Partner in the firm of Thomson, Bonar and Co., merchants, of London. A director of the Bank of England, 1867-81. Lieutenant for the City of London. Died Sept. 6, 1881. {Harrow Sch. Reg.; Boase, m. 1255; Walford, County Families; Return of M.P.s.) WEGUELIN, JAMES CRAWFORD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 14, 1842. S. of Lieut. -Col. Thomas Matthias (for whom see D.N.B.). B. Feb. 16, 1824. Schools, Rugby and Charter- house [' expelled from Charterhouse for smoking and running away']. Matric. Michs. 1842; B.A. 1847. Half-uncle of the above. {Rugby Sch. Reg.; R. L. Arrowsmith.) WEGUELIN, WILLIAM ANDREWS. Adm. pens, (age 19) at St John's, Feb. 3, 1827. Of Sussex. Matric. Michs. 1827. Migrated to Emmanuel, Jan. i8, 1828; B.A. 1831; M.A. 1835. Ord. deacon (Chichester) Dec. 11, 1831. R. of South Stoke, Sussex, 1832-56. Married (i) 1831, Emma Hartley; (2) 1840, Harriet, dau. of the Rev. William Penny, of Essex. Died June 8, 1892, aged 84, at Haywards Heath. (Scott, MSS.; Clergy List; The Guardian, June 15, 1892.) WEIDEMANN, GEORGE FRANCIS RODERER. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Oct. 10, 1837. S. of the Rev. George S., of Dent, Yorks. Matric. Michs. 1838; (23rd Wrangler, 1841); B.A. 1842. Fellow, 1842-5. In Holy Orders. Professor at Bishop's College, Calcutta, 1844-52. Drowned, aged 33, Apr. 3, 1852, at Calcutta, while crossing the river Hooghly during a storm. {Boase, vi. 817; Scott, MSS.; G. Mag., 1852, 1. 631; History of St Cath. Coll., which calls him 'Windeman'; V. Hodson.) WEIGALL, EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Queens', May 6, 1826. Of London. Matric. Michs. 1826; B.A. 1830; M.A. 1833. Ord. deacon (Chester) 1830; priest, 1831. C. of Bollington, Cheshire, 1847-8. P.C. of Hurdsfield, 1848-57. P.C. of Buxton, Derbs., 1857-65. Disappears from Clergy List, 1868. (Crockford.) WEIGALL, GERALD JOHN VILLIERS. Adm. pens, at Em- manuel, Apr. 30, 1889. [3rd] s. of H[enry], Esq., of South- wood, St Laurence, Ramsgate (and Lady Rose Sophia Mary Fane, dau. of the nth Eari of Westmoriand). [B. Oct. 19, 1870. School, Wellington College.] Matric. Easter, 1889. Cricket 'blue,' 1891, 1892. Played for Kent, 1891-1903. A member of the London Stock Exchange. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Kent Cyclist Batt.). Married, 1897, Josephine, dau. of Capt. W. R. Harrison, R.A., and had issue. Died May 17, 1944, in Dublin. {Wellington Coll. Reg.; Burke, F. and B.; The Times, May 19, 1944.) WEIGHELL, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 23) at Pembroke, July 7, 1826. Eldest s. of Bartholomew, farmer, of Whaston, Yorks. B. at Kirkby Ravensworth, Yorks. Matric. Michs. 1826; B.A. 1832. V. of Marsworth, Bucks., 1837-45. R. of Ched- dington, 1846-53. P.C. of Pightlesthome, 1854. Disappears from Clergy List, 1855. Father of the next. WEIGHELL, WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus, Dec. i, 1864. S. of the Rev. John (above), deceased. B. June 20, 1846, at Cheddington, Bucks. Schools, Clergy Orphan, Canterbury, and Bedford Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1865; Scholar; B.A. 1871. Cricket 'blue,' 1866, 1868, 1869; Weir, Henry played for Sussex, 1868-78. Royal Humane Society's medal, 1883. Ord. deacon (Durham) 1879; priest, 1880; C. of Lead- gate, Co. Durham, 1879-81. C. of St Margaret's, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1881-3. V. of Rougham, 1883-91. R. of OxhUl, Warws., 1891-4. R. of Amberley, Sussex, 1895-6. V. of Chiltington, 1896-8. V. of Shilton, Oxon., 1898-1905. Died Oct. 29, 1905. {Reg. of Clergy Orphan Sch.; Crockford; Church Times, Nov. 10, 1905.) WEIGHTMAN, HUGH. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Sept. 3. 1835. [Eldest s. of William Alexander, of Southborough, Tunbridge Wells. B. Mar. 10, 1815. School, Mill Hill.] Doubtful if resided. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Dec. 10, 1836. Matric. Lent, 1837; B.A. 1840; M.A. 1843. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 22, 1838. Called to the Bar, May 5, i843- On the Oxford Circuit. Ord. deacon (Canterbury), 1850; priest, 1851; C. of St George-the-Martyr, Canterbury, 1850-1. C. of Emmanuel Church, Bolton-le-Moors, Lanes., 1853-4. C. of Burnley, 1855-7. C. of St George's, Hanover Square, London, 1858-61. Joined the Roman Cathohc Church. Perhaps Assistant Master at Oundle in 1861; but see the next. Re- sumed practice at the Bar, 1862. Sentenced to six months' hard labour for stealing books from the Inner Temple library, 1873. Went to the U.S.A. in 1873. Disbarred, July, 1874. Author, Medical Practitioners' Legal Guide; Letter to W. E. Gladstone on Clerical Disabilities; Law of Marriage; etc. Died before 1901. {Mill Hill Sch. Reg.; Boase, iii. 1256, which gives died 1873, and vi. 818; Inns of Court; Crockford; Clergy List; Bristol Mirror, May 24, 1862.) WEIGHTMAN, HUGH. Adm. sizar at St John's, July 3, 1850. S. of Hugh, schoolmaster, of Grassthorpe, Notts, (and Dorothy). B. at Mamham. Bapt. Feb. 22, 1824. [School, Sleaford.] Matric. Michs. 1850; B.A. 1854; M.A. 1858. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) May 18, 1856; priest, Nov. 29, 1857. Perhaps Assistant Master at Oundle School in 1861, but see the above. {Crockford's Scholastic Direct.) WEIGHTMAN-SMITH, GEORGE (1892), see SMITH. WEINBERG, GEORGE IVAN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 13, 1893. S. of Julius, of Fembrae, Dundee. B. [Apr. 11], 1875, at Dundee. School, Glenalmond. Matric. Michs. 1893. A merchant in Dundee. Sometime of Broughty Ferry, Angus. Latterly of Witley Court, Wobum Place, London, W.C. Died July 8, 1950, at Caversham, Reading. {Glenal- mond Reg.; The Times, July 11, 1950.) WEIR, CHARLES SIMS. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, May 3. 1837. [2nd] s. of John, of the Weir, Lanarks. [and of 7, Mecklenburgh Square, London] (and Mary James, dau. of John Sims, Esq.). B. 1820, at Lanark. School, Midhurst, Sussex. Matric. Michs. 1837. Migrated (age 18) to Trinity, Oct. 15, 1839; B.A. 1841; M.A. 1844. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 13, 1841. Called to the Bar, June 11, 1844. Equity Draftsman and Conveyancer. Succeeded his brother at the Weir, 1845. A director of the Royal Caledonian asylum, 1847. {T. A. Walker, 458; Walford, County Families; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.) WEIR, GEORGE ALEXANDER. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 29, 1895. S. of Archibald [M.D. (Edin.)], of St Mungo's, Malvern, Worcs. B. Dec. i, 1876, at Malvern. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1895; B.A. 1898. In the Army. Served in South African War, 1899-1901 (mentioned in despatches twice). Captain, 3rd Dragoon Guards; Major, 1912. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Colonel, 3rd Dragoon Guards; Temp. Brig. -Gen., 1915; wounded; C.M.G., 1919; D.S.O., 19:5; Brevet Colonel, 1918; mentioned four times in despatches; Officer, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Italy); French Croix de Guerre; Brigade Com- mander, 84th Infantry Brigade in Salonika, 1915-18; Brigade Commander, igth Infantry Brigade, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1918, and 13th Cavalry Brigade, 1918). Major-General, 1927; Lieut. -General, 1933; General, 1937- Retired, 1938. C.B., 1923; K.C.B., 1934. Married, Jan. 20, 1917, Margaret Irene, dau. of Robert More, of Bexhill, and had issue. Of Link Lodge, Malvern Link. Died Nov. 15, 1951. Brother of Henry B. (1899) and Hugh H. (1894). {Army Lists; The V.C. and D.S.O.; Who's Who; The Times, Dec. 16, 1951.) WEIR, HENRY. Adm. pens, at Caius, Mar. 24, i843. S. of Grindley, of Berwick-on-Tweed. B. there [Nov. 13, 1817]. School, Berwick-on-Tweed Grammar; and at Edinburgh University. Matric. Michs. 1843; Scholar; B.A. 1847; M.A. 1850. Tutor in the family of J. M. Seveme, of Thenford Park, Northants. Head Master of Berwick-on-Tweed Grammar School, 185 1-3; Classical Master at Edinburgh Academy, 1853-81. Afterwards for some years a private tutor in London. Married, 1859, Jessie, dau. of William Graham, LL.D., of Edinburgh. Died Dec. 3, 1904, at Chiswick. {Venn, II. 261 and add.) 396