Wrey, John
WREY, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Peterhouse, June 21,
1817. [3rd] s. of the Rev. William Bourchier (Oriel College,
Oxford, 1778) [of Corffe, Barnstaple, Devon]. [B. Sept. 18,
1797.] School, Blundell's, Tiverton. Matric. Michs. 1817;
B.A. 1821; M.A. 1835. R. of King's Nympton, Devon, 1834- 40. R. of Combe-in-Teignhead, 1840-56. Married (i) 1826,
Anne Burnett, only dau. of the Rev. Thomas Yeomans, V. of
Bishop's Tawton, Devon, and had issue; (2) Nov. 6, 1866, Elizabeth Dorothea, widow of Thomas Potts, of St Mary
Church, Devon. Died Oct. 20, 1872. Brother of William L.
(1811); father of Arthur B. (1850) and the next. {Blundell's Sch. Reg.; T. A. Walker, 398; Clergy List; Burke, P. and B.)
WREY, JOHN WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, Jan. 19, 1847. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. John (above), R. of Combe-in- Teignhead, Devon (and Anne Burnett, only dau. of the Rev.
Thomas Yeomans). B. [Nov. 27, 1827], at Okehampton.
Bapt. Dec. 25, 1827. [School, Marlborough College.] Matric.
Michs. 1847; B..^. 1851; M.A. 1854. Adm. at the Inner
Temple, June 14, 1848. Called to the Bar, Nov. 17, 1852.
Died, utmiarried, June i, 1865. Brother of Arthur B. (1850).
{Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Burke, P. and B.)
WREY, ROBERT BOURCHIER. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Trinity Hall, Feb. 5, 1813; from Exeter College, Oxford, whence he
had matric. Feb. 19, 1810, age 18. [2nd s. of Sir Bourchier
(New College, Oxford, 1774). 7th Bart., of Tawstock, Devon
(by his 1st wife, Anne, dau. of Sir Robert Palk, Bart., of
Haldon, Devon). B. 1790.] Matric. Lent, 1813. Of Dalwood
Barton, Devon. J. P. for Devon. Married, 1821, Mary Anne,
dau. of Capt. James, R.N. Died, s.p., Mar. 29, 1872. {Al.
Oxon.; Burke, P. and B.)
WREY, WILLIAM LONG. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Emmanuel,
Apr. 29, 1811. Of Devon. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. B. [William
Bourchier] (Oriel College, Oxford, 1778), of Barnstaple (and
Sophia, dau. of George Bethell, of Bradford, Wilts.). [B.
1792.] Matric. Easter, 181 1. Sometime Lieut., 19th Dragoons.
Brother of John (1817). (Burke, P. and B.)
WRIDE, WILLIAM CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Mar. 8,
1827; from St Alban Hall, Oxford, whence he had matric.
July 7, 1820, age 20. [Only] s. of William, gent., of Bermond- sey, Surrey. B. there, Sept. 8, 1799. School, Greenwich
(Mr Walpole). Matric. Easter, 1827. {Al. Oxon.)
WRIGGLESWORTH, JOHN DAWSON. Adm. sizar at St
Catharine's, July i, 1789. Matric. Michs. 1789; B.A. 1793.
V. of Loddon, Norfolk, 1833-48. Died Dec. 5, 1848, aged 80, at Chesterton, Cambs. (Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List;
G. Mag., 1849, I. 213.)
WRIGGLESWORTH, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 5, 1863. S. of John. B. [Apr. i], 1838, at Halifax,
Yorks. School, Northants. (private). Matric. Michs. 1863.
WRIGHT, ALEXANDER. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Pembroke,
June 21, 1819. Eldest s. of Alexander, Esq. [senior merchant,
Bengal C.S.] (and Miss Jessop). B. at Rungpore, India.
Matric. Michs. 1819. Brother of Augustus (1821).
WRIGHT, ALEXANDER. Adm. pens, at Trinity Hall, Oct.
1879. [4th] s. of Edward Martin, of Spring Mount, Bacup,
Lanes. Matric. Michs. 1879; B.A. and LL.B. 1883; M.A. and
LL.M. 1887. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 18, 1880. Adm.
Solicitor, 1885; practised at Bacup and at St Anne's-on-Sea. Clerk to the Rossendale Justices and Registrar of the
Rawtenstall County Court. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Cheshire Regt. and R. Welsh FusiUers). Died Aug. 17,
1925, aged 64, at Keswick. (Scott, MSS.; Law Lists; Inns
of Court; Univ. War List; The Morning Post, Aug. 24, 1925.)
WRIGHT, ALFRED GEORGE WILLIAM. Adm. at Pembroke,
Oct. 1897. Eldest s. of Alfred, gent., of Bessingby Hall,
Bridlington, Yorks. B. July 26, 1878, at Verulam, Natal.
School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 1897. Second Lieut.,
R.G.A. (Militia) 1900; Captain, 1906. Served in the Great
War, 1914-19 (Lieut.-Col., R.F.A. (T.F.); T.D.). Of
Bessingby Hall, Bridlington, Yorks. Married, Jan. 18, 1906,
Bridget, only dau. of William Knight White, of Leahurst,
Tickhill, Yorks., and had issue. Died Sept. 2, 1923. {Shrews-
bury Sch. Keg.; Army Lists; Univ. War List; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Times, Sept. 3, 1923.)
WRIGHT, ALFRED MARTIN. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi,
Oct. I, 1870. Of Lanes. [S. of E. M., of Manchester. B. 1851.
School, Durham.] Matric. Michs. 1870. {Durham Sch. Reg.;
Matrics. and Degrees, 1851-1900, erroneously gives his
College as Queens'.)
WRIGHT, ALICK ALLAN GARDINER. Adm. sizar at St
John's, June r6, 1894. S. of William, stamp-distributor [died May 20, 1873] (and IsabeUa McCallum). B. Dec. 17,
Wright, Arthur
1872, at Portsoy, Banffshire. School, Milne's Institution, Fochabers, and at King's College, Aberdeen; M.A., Aberdeen, 1894. Matric. Michs. 1894. Joined the Bombay Education
Service, 1898, as Headmaster of the Poona High School;
Principal of Elphinstone High School, 1899; Educational
Inspector, Sind, 1900; Director of Public Instruction, Central
Provinces, 1910; retired, 1916. Resided latterly at Baillies
Wells, Bieldside, Aberdeens., where he died Nov. 6, 1919.
{India Office Lists; The Times, Nov. 10, 1919.)
WRIGHT, ALMROTH EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct . 8,
1886. [2nd] s. of [the Rev.] Charles Henry Hamilton (Trin.
Coll., Dublin), of 33, Mespil Road, Dublin (and — , dau. of Nils W. Almroth, Governor of the Swedish Royal Mint).
B. Aug. 10, 1861 at Richmond, Yorkshire. Educated abroad
and at Trinity College, Dublin; (M.B. and B.Chir., 1883;
M.D. 1889.) Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1888. Adm. at the
Middle Temple, Jan. 29, 1884. Studied bacteriology in the
laboratories of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.
University Demonstrator in Pathology at Cambridge, 1887-9. Professor of Physiology at Sydney University, Australia,
1889-92; Professor of Pathology at the Army Medical School,
Netley, 1892-1902. Member of the Indian Plague Committee,
1898-1900. Originator of anti-typhoid inoculation. During
the South African War, 1898-1902, tested the results of his
laboratory work by immunising troops with most satisfactory
results. Pathologist to St Mary's Hospital, 1902; a special Department was created under his direction, 1908, later
entitled the Institute of Pathology and Research. Professor
of Experimental Pathology, Univ. of London. Served in the
Great War, 1914-19 (Col., A. M.S.; mentioned 3 times in
despatches); as Consulting- Physician to the British Forces, reduced the British Army and afterwards the French and
Belgian Armies to the lowest typhoid rate ever attained.
Actively associated in methods of treating war wounds which
ended in the Dakin-Carrel system, and the extensive removal
of damaged tissues. F.R.S., 1906. Hon. Fellow of Trinity
College, Dublin. Hon. F.R.C.P., Ireland. Knighted, 1906;
C.B. 1915; K.B.E. 1918. Hon. D.Sc, Dublin and Leeds;
Hon. LL.D., Edinb., 1927, etc. Gold medal of the Medical
Society of London, 1920. M.D., Univ. of Paris, 1924.
Married, 1899, Jane Georgina, eldest dau. of R. Mackay
Wilson, of Coolcarrigan, Co. Kildare, and had issue. Author,
System of Anti-Typhoid Inoculation; Principles of Microscopy;
Studies in Immunisation; Technique of the Teat and Capillary
Glass Tube; The Unexpurgated Case against Women Suffrage;
Prolegomena to the Logic that searches for Truth; Treatment of
War Wounds; etc. Died Apr. 30, 1947, at his home at
Famham Conmion, Bucks. {Who's Who; Inns of Court; The Times, May i, 1947.)
WRIGHT, ARTHUR. Adm. pens, at St John's, Dec. 19, 1848. [2nd] s. of the Rev. Thomas Bailey (1808), V. of Wrangle,
Lines, (and Henrietta Weekes). B. there [1831]. Bapt. Mar. 6,
1831. School, Grantham (Rev. J. W. Inman). Matric. Michs.
1849; Scholar; B.A. 1853; M.A. 1856. Ord. deacon (Lincoln),
Dec. 21, 1854; priest, Dec. 23, 1855; C. of S. Ormsby with
Driby, Lines., 1853-7. V. of Welton-le-Marsh, 1857-71. R. of
Gunby, 1866-71. R. of Toynton, 1871-3. R. of Coningsby,
1873-1913. Preb. of Lincoln, 1875-1920. J. P. for Parts of
Lindsey, 1879. R. of Low Toynton, 1913-20. Married,
June 7, i860, Harriet Maria, 3rd dau. of James Hairby,
M.D., of Hundleby, Lines., and had issue. Author, In Memoriam Franklin. Editor of the Lincoln Diocesan Calendar,
1866-1905. Died Aug. 7, 1920. {Crockford; Who was Who; The Guardian, June 13, i860.)
WRIGHT, ARTHUR. Adm. pens, at Caius, Oct. 3, 1854. S. of
the Rev. James (1826), P.C. of Latchf ord, Cheshire. B. there
[July 3], 1836. School, Warrington. Matric. Michs. 1854; Scholar; B.A. 1859; M.A. 1863. Ord. deacon (Chester), i860;
priest, 1861; C. of Sutton St George, Prestbury, Cheshire,
1860-2. C. of St John's, Birkenhead, 1862-5. C. of Orford,
Suffolk, 1865-6. P.C. of St Anne's, Birkenhead, 1868-9. R. of Tilston, Cheshire, 1869-83. R. of Pulverbatch, Salop,
1883-1908. Married, Emma Editha, dau. of Thomas Wright,
Esq., of Foulksrath Castle, Kilkenny. Author, The Pre- Millenium Advent viewed in the Light of the Gospel. Died
Feb. 28, 1909, at Llwynteg, Merioneths. (Venn, 11. 321; Crockford.)
WRIGHT, ARTHUR. Adm. pens, at Clare, Oct. 15, 1861.
[S. of S., of Hitchin, Herts. B. June 7, 1842. School,
Marlborough College.] Matric. Michs. 1861; B.A. 1865; M.A.
1870. Ord. deacon (Peterb.), 1865; priest, 1866; C. of St
Mary's, Peterborough, 1865-8. C. of St Margaret's, Kmg's
Lynn, 1868-71. C. of St Mary's, Peterborough, 1871-2. C. of The Lye, Worcs., 1872-3. V. of Stamber Mill, 1873-94- Died Sept. 3, 1894. {Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Cambridge Chronicle, Sept. 14, 1894.)
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