Whitfeld, Henry
WHITFELD (or WHITFIELD), HENRY. Adm. sizar (age 17) at
Pembroke, Mar. 24, 1758. S. of Henry, librarian, of Ply- mouth. B. there. Matric. Michs. 1758; B.A. (4th Wrangler;
3nd Chancellor's medal) 1762; M.A. 1765; D D. 1777. Fellow,
1763. F.R.S., 1786. R. of Wexham, Bucks. R. of St Mar-
garet's, Lothbury, London, 1768-1813. Died in 1813. Father of the next. (Hennessey; F. P. White.)
WHITFELD (or WHITFIELD), HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 16)
at Pembroke, June 18, 1785. Eldest s. of the Rev. Henry
(above). R. of St Margaret's, Lothbury. B. at Eltham, Kent. Bapt. Aug. 16, 1769, at Eltham. [School, Charterhouse.]
Matric. Michs. 1787; Scholar; B.A. 1790. Died at his father's house. Mar. 26, 1791. {Al. Carthus.; F. P. White.)
WHITFELD, HENRY JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Magdalene,
Mar. 27, 1826, as John Henry. S. of John Clarke (i799> sub
Clarke), Professor of Music at Cambridge, of Hereford (and
Susannah Grainger). B. 1808. School, Shrewsbury. Matric.
Michs. 1826; B.A. 1830. Migrated to Downing, 1843; M.A.
1843. V. of Granborough, Bucks., 1845-55. Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Momington. Resided for some time
at Penzance. Author, Scilly and its Legends; Rambles in
Devonshire. Chaplain at Scutari, 1854-5; died there June 17,
1855. {Clergy List; Boase, Biblio. Cornub.; Collect. Cornub.;
G. Mag., 1855, II. 328; Shrewsbury Reg.)
WHITFELD, HERBERT. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 31, 1877.
S. of George, of Hamsey House, near Lewes, Sussex. B.
Nov. 15, 1858, at Lewes. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1877;
B.A. 1881. Cricket 'blue,' 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881; football
(assoc.) 'blue,' 1879, 1880 and 1881. Played for England,
1879. A local Director of Barclay's Bank, at Lewes. Married, Oct. 30, 1900, Muriel Frances, dau. of Capt. T. W. Sulivan,
R.N. Died May 6, 1909, at Chailey, Sussex. Uncle of George
S. (1897). {Eton Sch. Lists; The Times, May 8, 1909.)
WHITFELD, JOHN. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Corpus Christi,
Nov. 3, 1767. Of Herts. [School, Harrow.] Matric. Michs.
1767. {Harrow Sch. Reg.; Whitfield.)
WHITFELD, JOHN CLARKE (1799), see CLARKE.
WHITFELD, WILLIAM BRETT. Adm. pens, at St John's, Mar. 29, 1787. Of Sussex. [Only s. of Francis, banker, of
Lewes (and Elizabeth, dau. of waiiam Brett). B. Sept. 11,
1769.] School, Ashford, Kent. Matric. Michs. 1787; Scholar,
1787; B.A. {gth Wrangler) 1791; M.A. 1794; B.D. 1801.
Fellow, 1795-1824; Senior Bursar, 1814-15. Ord. priest
(Chichester), Dec. 21, 1793. R. of Lawford, Essex, 1822-47.
Died Sept. 26, 1847. {St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 554; Clergy List; Foster, Index Eccles. (Whitfield).)
WHITFELD, WILLIAM HENRY. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 7, 1876. S. of William, of Ashford, Kent. B. there,
Oct. 15, 1856. School, Chatham House, Ramsgate. Matric.
Michs. 1876; Scholar, 1878; B.A. {i2th Wrangler) 1880; M.A.
1884. Sometime tutor at Cavendish H. On the staff of The
Field. Of Royston, Herts., in 1906. {Camb. Yearbook; Who's Who.)
WHITFIELD, see also WHITFELD.
WHITFIELD, CHARLES FREDERIC. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 6, 1879. S. of James, iron-monger (and Ann). B. Apr.
21, i86i, at Wigan, Lanes. Bapt. July 10, 1861. School,
Manchester Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1879; B.A. 1883. Adm.
Solicitor, 1885; practised in Manchester (Messrs Allen,
Whitfield and Hodgson). (Law Lists (not in 1930).)
WHITFIELD, CHARLES HUBERT. Adm. pens, at Pembroke,
Oct. 8, 1886. Eldest s. of Hubert, merchant, deceased, of
Beechcroft, Moseley, Birmingham. [B. May 6, 1868, at
Acock's Green, Warws. School, Malvern College.] Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889; M.A. 1893. Ord. deacon (Liverpool),
1891; priest, 1892; C. of St Helens, Lanes., 1891-3. C. of
Burghfield, Berks., 1894-5. V. of Moreton-Morrell, Warws.,
1895-7. V. of Grazeley, Berks., 1897-1904. R. of Elston,
Notts., 1904-22 and V. of Sibthorpe, 1917-22. R. of Knipton
with Harston, Leics., 1922-36. Hon. Canon of Leicester,
1929-36. R. of Chettle, Dorset, 1936-42. Married (i) Fanny
Charlotte, 2nd dau. of Arthur Harvey Thursby, of Culver-
lands, Berks.; (2) July 30, 1924, Amy, dau. of the Rev.
Robert Washington, of Hawton rectory, Notts. Disappears
from Crockford, 1947; Brother of Harold A. (1895). (The
Times, Aug. 4, 1924.)
WHITFIELD, EDWARD ALLEN. Matric. Non-CoU., from Ayerst H., Michs. 1885; B.A. 1891. Ord. deacon (Lichfield),
1893; priest, 1894; C. of St James's, West Bromwich, 1893-5. C. of Balsall Heath, Worcs., 1895-1900. C. of Selly Oak,
1900-2. C. of St Michael's, Coventry, 1902-3. C. of Sutton Coldfield, 1903-10. V. of Vowchurch (with Turnastone from
1920), Heref., 1910-35. Disappears from CrocA/orii, 1936.
Whitford, The Rev. Robert Wells
WHITFIELD, ERNEST SALISBURY BUTLER. Adm. pens, at
Corpus Christi, Jan. 13, 1892. Of Surrey. S. of the Rev.
Frederick, V. of St Mary's, Hastings. B. Dec. 19, 1872, at
Wimbledon, Surrey. School, St Leonard's-on-Sea. Matric. Lent, 1892; B.A. 1894; M..\. 1905. Ord. deacon (London),
1897; priest, 1898; C. of Christ Church, Chelsea, 1897-8. C. of Neasden with Kingsbury, Middlesex, 1898-1906. V. of
St Luke's, Deptford, Kent, 1906-13. Perm, to off., dio. of
Southwark, 1913-18; at Christ Church, Crouch End, 1918-19;
at Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, 1919-20. C. of St Andrew's, Holbom, 1920-9. Perm, to off., dio. of London, from 1929.
Married, Mar. 24, 1898, Mary Gunsley, dau. of the Rev.
William Ayerst. Of 15, Wickham Road, Brockley, in 1940.
Died 1942-3. (Crockford; The Times, Mar. 29, 1898.)
WHITFIELD, HAROLD ARTHUR. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct.
1895. S. of Hubert, merchant, of Birmingham. B. July 7,
1876, at South Yardley, Warws. School, Norwich. Matric.
Michs. 1895. Brother of Charles H. (1886).
WHITFIELD, HENRY. Adm. (age 18) at King's, a scholar from Eton, July 7, 1796. [S. of Robert, of lo, George Street, Minories, London (and Sarah). B. at Thornton, Yorks.]
Bapt. Dec. 16, 1776. Captain of 'Montem' at Eton; also at Merchant Taylors'. Matric. Michs. 1796; B.A. i8oi;
M.A. 1804. Fellow, 1799-1816. 'Entered a house at Bethnal
Green, for the reception of lunatics,' Apr. 17, 1799- Author, Two letters from Satan to Buonaparte. Died in Mar. 1816, at
Cambridge. (Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; Eton Coll. Reg.; Biog. Diet, of Living Authors states that he was a son of the
Rev. Henry Whitfeld (1758), R. of Lothbury.)
WHITFIELD, JAMES GIBSON. Adm. at Clare, Oct. 4, 1895.
[S. of James, of Milton Grange, Moseley, Birmingham. B.
Mar. 2, 1877.] School, Bromsgrove. Matric. Michs. 1895;
B.A. 1898; M.A. 1902. Adm. Solicitor, 1901. Registrar of the
Archdeaconry of Birmingham. Practised in Birmingham
(Messrs Taunton and W-Tiitfield). Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (Capt., R. Warwickshire Regt. (T.F.); Major, Special
List (Cmdt., Reception Camp)). Of 44, Waterloo Street,
Birmingham, in 1946. (Bromsgrove Reg.; Law Lists.)
WHITFIELD, JOSEPH LOUIS. Matric. Non-Coll., Michs. 1897;
B.A. 1900; M.A. 1905. [S. of H. W. Bom in 1876. Educated
at Oscott (R.C.) College.] Ord. R.C. priest, 1904. On the
staff and Bursar at St Edmund's House, Cambridge, 1904-8.
In charge of Boxmoor Mission, 1908-10. Vice-Rector of
Oscott College, 1910-14. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (C.F., with the 1st Brigade and 56th Division, in France;
D.S.O., 1918; mentioned twice in despatches). Master of
St Edmund's House, Cambridge, 1918-21. R. of Chelmsford,
1921-2. R. of Southend, 1922-46-. (The Catholic Who's Who; The V.C. and D.S.O.)
WHITFIELD, MATTHEW WALTON. Adm. pens, at Sx John's, Apr. 27, 1869. S. of Matthew (and Mary Thornton). B.
May 22, 1850, at Hull. Bapt. June 15, 1850. School, Rossall. Matric. Michs. 1869; Scholar, 1871; B.A. (16th Wrangler)
1873; M.A. 1876. Assistant Master at Windermere College,
1873; at Norwich Grammar School, 1875; at Durham School,
1876-1901. Assistant Lecturer at Durham University, 1877-
1901. Latterly of 5, Sydenham Villas, Spring Bank, Hull. Died in 1921. (Durham Sch. Reg.; Rossall Reg.)
WHITFIELD-THACKERAY, SAMUEL (1867), see THACKRAH.
WHITFORD, REGINALD HENRY. Adm. at Pembroke, Oct.
1894. 2nd s. of Edward, deceased, solicitor, of St Columb,
Cornwall. B. there, Dec. 28, 1874. School, Sherborne.
Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A. 1897. Ord. deacon (Ely), 1898;
priest, 1899; C. of Downham, Cambs., 1898-1900. C. of St German's, Roath, Cardiff, 1901-17. C. of Southboume,
Sussex, 1917-21. V. of St Raphael, Clifton, 1921-32. Died
Apr. 10, 1932. (Crockford; The Times, Apr. 12, 1932.)
WHITFORD, The Rev. ROBERT WELLS. M.A., 1838, incorp.
from Oxford. [Eldest s. of Edward, gent., of London.]
Had matric. from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Dec. 16, 1825,
age 21; B.A. (Oxford) 1830; M.A. (Oxford) 1832. Ord. deacon
(Lincoln), 1831; priest, 1832; C. of Gosberton, Lines., 1831-4. C. of Kingsdown, Kent, 1834. C. of Wool, Dorset, 1835-7.
C. of Brasted, Kent, 1838-9. Chaplain, H.E.I.C.S., 1839-51.
C. of Blackpool, Lanes., 1851-5. C. of Ifield and Milton-next- Gravesend, Kent, 1855-7. C. of Appledore, Devon, 1857.
C. of Dinton, Wilts., 1858. Chaplain at Leipzig, 1870-4.
C.-in-charge of Lyminster, Sussex, 1877-8. Died Dec. 10,
1879. (Al. Oxon.; Clergy List; Crockford.)
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