Walter, Francis
WALTER, FRANCIS. Adm. pens, at Trinity Hall, Feb. lo,
1876. [6th] s. of John, Esq., M.P. (Exeter College, Oxford,
1836), of Bearwood, Berks, (by his ist wife, Emily Frances,
eldest dau. of Major Henry Court, of Castlemans, Berks.).
School, Eton. Matric. Mirhs. 1876. Of Islip, Oxon. An
artist. Married Florence, dau. of Frederick Shelley. Half-
brother of N'orman (1882). {Eton Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G.)
WALTER, The Rev. FREDERICK MORTON. Adm. sizar at
St John's, Feb. i, 1834; a ' Ten-year man ' ; in Priest's Orders. Of Devon. Matric. Lent, 1844; B.D. {Stat. Eliz.) 1844. Adm.
ad eundem, at Oxford, 1847. Ord. deacon (Chester); priest
(London); C. of St James, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1830-4.
C. of St Saviour, Dartmouth, Devon, 1834-6 V. of St Petrox,
Dartmouth, 1836-83. Kept a private school at South Town,
Dartmouth. Died Apr. 5, 1883. (.4/. Oxon.; Crockford;
The Guardian, Apr. 18, 1883.)
WALTER, GEORGE. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, Feb. 17,
1829. S. of John .\mherst [farmer]. B. [June 6, 1812], at
Bobbing, Kent. School, Kent, private. Matric. Michs. 1829.
Migrated to Sidney, July 26, 1830; B.A. 1835.
WALTER, HENRY. Adm. pens, at St John's, Mar. i, 1802. Of Lines. [Eldest s. of the Rev. James (1777)- B. Jan. 28, 1785,
at Louth.] School, Brigg. Matric. Michs. 1802; Scholar,
1802; B.A. {znd Wrangler and 2nd Smith's prize) 1806; M.A. 1809; B.D. i8i6. FeUow, 1806-24. Ord. deacon (Norwich)
May 28, 1809; priest (Bristol, for Ely) Mar. 23, 1810. Professor
of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics, at the Hon. Com-
pany's East Indian College, Haileybury, 1806-30. F.R.S., 1819. Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Northumberland,
with whom he travelled abroad in 1817. R. of Hazelbury-
Bryan, Dorset, 1821-59. Married, June 3, 1824, Emily Anne, dau. of William Baker, of Bayfordbury. Distantly related to
Jane .\usten, who writes of him as being reputed 'the best
Classic in the University.' Author, A History of England (7 vols.), etc. Edited the works of William Tyndale for the
Parker Society. Died Jan. 25, 1859, at Hazelbury-Bryan; buried there. M.I. Bequeathed the Oriental portion of his
library to St John's College. Brother of Edward (1819) and
Weever(i8i4). (Sf/oAn'sCoH.^tims., iv. 539; P. B.C. Binnall; Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries; D.N.B.; G. Mag.,
1859, I. 326.)
WALTER, JAMES. Adm. sizar (age 18) at Corpus Christi,
Apr. 5, 1777. Of Kent. [S. of WUliam Hampson, Esq., of
Shipboume (and Susannah Weaver, of Maidstone). School,
Tonbridge.] Matric. Michs. i777; Scholar; B.A. {11th
Wrangler) 1781. Fellow, 1783. Assistant Master at Louth
Grammar School, 1783-7. Head Master of the Free Grammar
School at Brigg, 1787-9- R- of Market-Rasen, 1789-1845. Lecturer at Barrow-on-Humber, 1828. Married, c. 1784,
Frances Walter (his cousin). Died Feb. 8, 1845, at Market
Rasen. Father of Edward (1819), Weever (1817) and the
above; brother of Weaver (1763)- {Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; Lamb.)
WALTER, JAMES CONWAY. Adm. pens, at Clare, July 5,
1849. S. of the Rev. Edward (1819). B. at Langton, Lines.
Matric. Michs. 1849; Scholar. Migrated to St Catharine's, Mar. 22, 1850; B.A. 1853. Ord. deacon (Chichester) 1855;
priest, 1856; C. of Patcham, Sussex, 1855-7. C. of Holy
Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 1858-65. C. of St Patrick's, Hove,
1865-9. \'- of St Andrew's, Langton (Woodhall Spa) and Kirkstead, Lines., 1869-89. R. of Langton, 1890-1913.
Author, Letters from the Highlands; Highland Forays; The
Genuineness of the Book of Daniel, etc. Died Mar. 19, 1913,
aged 82. [Crockford; The Times, Mar. 22, 1913.)
WALTER, JOHN AMHERST. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse,
May 24, 1864. [Only] s. of WiUiam, Esq., of Rainham, Kent.
B. 1843. Matric. Michs. 1864; B.A. 1868; M.A. 1871. Adm.
at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 29, 1868. Called to the Bar, June 6, 1872. Ord. deacon (Canterbury) 1873; priest, 1875; C. of
St Lawrence's, Isle of Thanet, 1873-5. C. of St Mark's, West
Hackney, 1875-7. C. of St Paul's, Chatham, 1878-9. C. of Ash-next-Sandwich, 1880-5 C. of Sheemess, 1885-9. Availed
himself of the provisions of the Clerical Disabilities Relief Act
(1870), July 13, 1893. Died, 'the last sur\dvor of the family,' Dec. 20, 1932, at St Leonards-on-Sea; buried at Rainham.
{T. A. Walker, 524; Crockford; Law Lists; Foster, Men at the
Bar; The Times, Dec. 23, 1932.)
WALTER, LOUIS HEATHCOTE. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 25, 1894. S. of Henry Dods, of 50, Victoria Street,
London. B. Oct. 1, 1870, in London. Schools, University
College School; and at King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1901. Associate member of the
Institution of Electrical Engineers (.\.M.I.E.E.). For some
years assistant to Sir Hiram S. Maxim; associated with the
inventors of the Bellini-Tosi system of directive wireless
telegraphy and introduced it into England, 1907. Married,
1900, Rose Mabel, youngest dau. of Captain Edward Williams,
Walters, Arthur Melmoth
6oth Regt. Author, Directive Wireless Telegraphy, etc.
Editor of Science Abstracts. Died in Sept. 1922. (Univ. Coll.
Sch. Keg.; Who was Who.)
WALTER, NORMAN. Adm. at King's, Jan. 26, 1882. [7th] s. of John, [M.P.],of Bearwood, Berks, (by his 2nd wife, Flora,
dau. of James Monro Macnabb). [B. Apr. i, 1863.] School,
Wellington College. Matric. Lent, 1882. Died, unmarried,
Feb. 19, 1885, at Santa Barbara, California. Half-brother of Francis (1876). {Wellington Coll. Reg.; Burke, L.G.)
WALTER, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Oct. 7, 1814. Matric. Lent, 1815; B.A. 1819. C. of Woodford, near
Daventry, Northants., 1820-46. V. there, 1846-51. Died Nov. 8, 1851, aged 66. Father of Arthur (1849). {Northants.
Clergy; G. Mag., 1851, 11. 665.)
WALTER, RICHARD TERTIUS. Adm. pens, (age 18) at
Trinity Hall, May 10, 1872. S. of J. W., Esq., of Stoke-sui- Hambdon, Somerset. Matric. Michs. 1872; B.A. 1876. Adm.
Solicitor, July 1879; practised at Ilminster and Stoke sub-
Hambdon; also at 17, Clement's Inn, London. {Law Lists.)
WALTER, WEAVER. Adm. sizar (age 16) at Christ's, June 13, 1763. S. of William. [William Hampson,] of Shipboume,
Kent. B. at Tonbridge. School, Tonbridge. Matric. Michs.
1763; Scholar, 1764; B.A. 1767; M.A. 1770. Fellow, 1776-
1802; Praelector, Junior Dean, and Steward, i8oo-i. Ord.
deacon (Durham) Sept. i, 1776; priest, Sept. 22, 1776. Under-
usher at Newcastl'j-on-Tyne Grammar School, 1767-78 and
afterwards took pupils at Penshurst. R. of Brisley and
Gately, Norfolk, 1801-14. Died Jan. 2, 1814, aged 67, at Brisley. Brotherof James(i777). {Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; Peile,
II. 276; Durham Ord. Book; G. Mag., 1814, i. 199.)
WALTER, WEEVER. Adm. pens, at St John's, Jan. 5, 1814. 4th s. of the Rev. James (1777), of Brigg, Lines. B. there,
Jan. 29, 1797. Matric. Michs. 1814; Scholar, 1814. Migrated
to Sidney, Jan. 21, 1817; B..'\. {28th Wrangler) 1818; M.A. 1821. Ord. deacon (Ely, Litt. dim. from London) Apr. 15,
1821; priest (London, for Bristol) June 17, 1821. R. of
Gate-Burton, Lines., 1828-35. V. of Bonby, 1835-60. Canon
of Lincoln, 1846. Married (i) July i, 1822, Liliass, dau. of
Spencer Cochrane, of Mirfield; (2) Oct. 8, 1845, Susan Coutts,
dau. of Capt. James Hall. Author, Letters from the Continent,
etc. Died Jan. 12, i860. Brother of Edward (1819) and
Henry (1802). {Boase, iii. 1181; Clerical Guide; Foster,
Index Eccles. ; Crockford; Lincoln Diocesan Mag., June, 1939.)
WALTER, The Rev. WILLIAM. B.A. 1807, incorp. from Oxford;
M.A. from Peterhouse, 1807. [S. of the Rev. John (.All Souls
College, 1761), of Monkleigh, Devon.] Matric. from Exeter
CoUege, Oxford, May 31, 1794, age 17; B.A. (Oxford) 1798.
V. of Abbotsham, Devon, 1807-44 and R. of Bideford, 1812-
44. Died Apr. 2, 1844, aged 68. (T. A. Walker, 382; At.
Oxon.; Clergy List.)
WALTER, WILLIAM LOUIS. Matric. Non-Coil., Michs. 1895.
[S. of William, piano-manufacturer, of Charlotte Street, London (and Sarah Maria). School, University CoUege
School, London; and at King's College, London (B.A 1890)
and Kiel, Germany.] Migrated to St John's, Oct. 19, 1896; B.A. 189S; Scholar, 1899; (Theol. Trip,, Pt. II, ist Class,
1899); M.A. 1902. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1899; priest, 1900; C.
of Little Wilbraham, Cambs., 1899-1902. Lecturer and
Chaplain of St Aidan's College, Birkenhead, 1902-4; Vice- Principal, 1904-11. Lecturer at Liverpool University, 1905-
II. R. of Sutton-MandevUle, WUts., 1911-51-. {Univ. Coll.
Sch. Reg.; Crockford.)
WALTERS, ALEXANDER RADCL'inFFE. Adm. at Clare, June 16, 1885. [S of John, M.B., of Church Street, Reigate,
Surrey (and Mary Allan Geddes). B. Dec. i, 1867. School,
Winchester.] Matric. Michs. 1885. At the London Hospital;
House Physician. L.S.A., 1891; M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1892.
Practised at Reigate, Surrey. Senior Surgeon, East Surrey
Hospital. Author, History of the Surrey Benevolent Medical
Society, etc. Of i. Alders Court, Alders Road, Reigate, in
1948. {Winchester Coll. Reg. ; Medical Directories.)
WALTERS, ARTHUR MELMOTH. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 16, 1883. [2nd] s. of William Melmoth [solicitor], of
Purberry Shot, Ewell, Surrey. B. there, Jan. 26, 1865.
School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1883; B.A. 1886; M.A.
1890. Football (assoc.) 'blue,' 1884-7. Played nine times for England in international matches. He, with his brother,
P. M., of Oxford, were famous when Association football was
beginning to develop as a public entertainment. .A.dm.
Solicitor, Nov. 1889; practised in London (Messrs Walters
and Co., 9, New Square, Lincoln's Inn). Sometime President of the Law Society. A director of the London Guarantee and
Accident Co., and of the Phoenix Assurance Co. Married,
1892, Amy Constance Parbury, 3rd dau. of G. W. Parbury,
of Ifield, Crawley, and had issue. Registrar of Charterhouse,
1910-38. Died May 2, 1941, at Holmwood, Surrey; buried at Coldharbour, near Dorking. {Law Lists; The Times, May
5, 1941-)
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