Weston, Henry Austin
WESTON, HENRY AUSTIN. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Pembroke.
Jan. 2, 1863. Youngest s. of John Clarke, mercer, of Kingston,
Surrey. B. there. Matric. Michs. 1863. C. of Long Preston,
Leeds, 1868-71. (Clfrgy List.)
WESTON, HENRY PERKINS. Adtn. FeU.-Com. (age 18) at
Em.manuel, Feb. 21, 1767. [Eldest] s. of Henry, Esq. [of
Chertsey and West Horsley, Surrey] (and Anne Copper- thwaite). B. at Chertsey. School, Eton. Married (i) Marianne,
dau. of Sebastian Bergier de Rovereaz (died Mar. ii, 1789);
(2) Apr. 2, 1790, Jeanne Marie, dau. of Joseph Samuel Bergier
du Mont, of Lausaime, and had further issue. Died Mar. 4,
1826. Father of Charles H. S. (i799)- {Eton Coll. Reg.;
Burke, L.G.)
WESTON, JOHN STILES. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, June 4,
1850. Of Middlesex. [S. of Ambrose, of 30, Hamilton Terrace,
St John's Wood. B. Nov. 18, 1831. School, Rugby.] Matric.
Michs. 1850; B..\. 1854. Cricket 'blue,' 1851, 1852. Ord. deacon (Gloucester), Dec. 21, 1856; C of Monmouth, 1856-8. Died Dec. 26, 185S. Doubtless brother of William (1843).
{Rtigby Sch. Keg.; Clergy List.)
WESTON, MILES BRANTHWAYT. Adm. pens, at Corpus
Christi, Apr. 8, 1842. Of Oxon. Matric. Michs. 1842.
WESTON, The Rev. ROBERT [CULPEPER]. Adm. sizar at
St John's, Nov. 18, 1843; a 'Ten-year man.' S. of Robert, Esq., of Ponders End, Middlesex (and Eleanor). B. at
Edmonton. Bapt. Dec. 24, 1817. C. of Darlaston, Staffs.
C. of Bewdley, Worcs., 1850. C. of St George's, Leeds, 185 1-7. P.C. of Bushngthorpe, Leeds, 1860-2. P.C. of
Thorpe Hesley, Yorks., 1862-5. P-^- of Emmanuel Church,
Bolton-le-.\Ioors, 1865-87. Disappears from Crockford, 1889.
WESTON, ROPER. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity Hall,
Oct. 15, 1849. [2nd] s. of Roper, Esq., of Weymouth (and
Elizabeth, dau. of John Purcell, of Kilcomey, Co. Cork).
Matric. Michs. 1849; Scholar, 1850; B.A. 1854; M.A. 1857.
Adm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 25, 1854. Called to the Bar,
Jan. 26, 1837. Died Oct. 20, 1857. Brother of WUliam H. P.
(1846). (Inns of Court; Buike, L.G.)
WESTON, SAMUEL RYDER. Adm. pens, (age 16) at St John's, Apr. 12, 1763. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. John (Exeter College,
Oxford, 1736) [R. of St Leonard's, Exeter] (and Frances). B. there. [Bapt. Apr. 21, 1747, in St Laurence.] School,
Eton. Matric. Michs. 1763; B.A. 1767; M.A. 1770; B.D. 1778.
Fellow, 1769-84. D.D., Lambeth, 1798. Adm. at the Middle
Temple, May 25, 1764. Ord. deacon (Winchester), Apr. 2,
1771; priest, May 26, 1771. Refused the Mastership of Jesus
College, 1789. R. of St Leonard's, Exeter, 1778-80. R. of Marwood, Devon, 1782-1804. R. of Little Hempston, 1784-
1821. R. of Kelshall, Herts., 1805-21. R. of Therfield,
1812-21. Canon of Canterbury, 1788-99. Canon- Residentiary
of St Paul's, 1798-1821. Died in Dec. 1821. (Eton Coll. Reg.;
St John's Coll. Adm., iii. 687; Inns of Court; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clerical Guide; Winstanley, Unreformed Cambridge, 281.)
WESTON, THOMAS FREER. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Oct. 11.
1869. S. of the Rev. Thomas Woods (next), V. of St John's, Tunbridge Wells. B. Mar. 12, 1851, at Stratford-on-Avon.
School, Haileybury. Matric. Michs. 1870. Learnt steel- smelting in Wales, and then went to Ceylon as a tea and
coflfee-planter, 1879. Returned to England owing to ill- health, 1884. In the .Alliance Assurance Company for
19 years. Married, July 7, 1879, at Kandy, Rose P., dau. of
Henry M. Boodle. Latterly of 9, Waterloo Street, Hove,
where he died May 27, 1929. (Haileybury Reg.; Peile, 11. 612;
The Times, May 28, 1929.)
WESTON, THOMAS WOODS. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Christ's, Mar. 18, 1847. S. of John, of Hare Hall, Essex. B. [Oct. 9,
1816], in London. Matric. Michs. 1847; LL.B. 1853. Ord.
deacon (Peterb.), 1S50; priest, 1851; C. of All Saints,
Northampton, 1850. P.C. of Preston-on-Stour, Gloucs.,
1851-8. V. of St John's, Tunbridge Wells, 1858-91. Married Isabella Elizabeth Mary Freer, dau. of John B. Freer. Died
Jan. 26, 1 89 1. Father of the above. (Peile, 11. 501; Crockford;
The Guardian, Feb. 4, 1891.)
WESTON, WALTER. .A.dm. at Clare, June 12, i88o. [6th s. of
John, manufacturer, of Mile Ash House, near Derby. B.
Dec. 25, 1861. School, Derbv.] Matric. Michs. 1880; B..^.
1884; M.A. 1887. Ord. deacon (Oxford), 1885; priest, 1886;
C. of St John's, Reading, 1885-7. Missionary (C.M.S.) at
Kumamoto, Japan, 1887-9; Chaplain at Kobe, 1889-95.
Assistant Chaplain, Mission to Seamen, London, 1895-6.
C. of Wimbledon, Surrey, 1897-1902. S.P.G. .Missionary at
Yokohama, 1902-5. V. of Ewell, Surrey, 1906-11. Chaplain
at Yokohama, 1911-15. F.R.G.S.; awarded the Back grant
for his explorations in the Japanese Alps. First honorary
member of the Japanese .\lpine Club. Order of the Sacred
Treasure, )apan, 1937. Married, Apr. 3, 1902, Frances
Emily, 2nd dau. of Sir Francis Fox, of Wimbledon. She was
Westwell, Christopher
one of the most distinguished women-climbers of her day,
accompanying her husband on many climbs in Japam.
Author, MourUaineering and Exploring in Japanese Alps,
etc. Died Mar. 27, 1940, in London. (Derby Sch. Reg.;
Crockford; Who's Who; The Times, Mar. 29, 1940.)
WESTON, WILLIAM. .\dm. pens, (age 18) at Peterhouse,
May 8, 1762. Of Middlesex. [S. of Edward, Esq. (and Ann).
B. Mar. 11, 1743-4. Bapt. Apr. 4, 1744, in St Martin's-in- the-Fields.] School, Eton. .Appointed a Writer in the Bengal
C.S., Dec. 1762. Buried in Calcutta, Apr. 21, 1767. Will
(Calcutta), Apr. 1767. (Eton Coll. Reg.; V. Hodson.)
WESTON, WILLIAM. .A.dm. pens, (age 16) at Trinity, Nov. 18,
1843. [2nd] s. of .Ambrose [barrister, of Lincoln's Inn]. B. in London. School, Surrey (private). Matric. Michs. 1844;
B.A. 1848; M.A. 1851. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 25, 1848. Called to the Bar, June 13, 1851. Doubtless brother of John
S. (1850). [Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar.)
WESTON, WILLIAM HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Trinity
Hall, Mar. 11, 1846. Matric. Michs. 1846.
WESTON, WILLIAM HENRY PURCELL. Adm. pens, at St
John's, July 4, 1846. [Eldest] s. of Roper, Collector of Customs, of Lane House [Weymouth], Dorset (and Elizabeth,
dau. of John Purcell, of Kilcomey, Co. Cork). B. [Feb. 7,
1829], at Melcombe Regis, Dorset. Bapt. Mar. 11, 1829.
Matric. Michs. 1846; B.A. 1850; M.A. 1853. Of Lane House,
and of Wolverton, Dorchester, and Kilcomey, Co. Cork.
Married, Dec. 8, 1857, .\lda Gertrude, 5th dau. of Sir John
Hesketh Lethbridge, 3rd Bart., of SandhUl Park, Somerset.
Died Sept. 29, 1915, at Dorchester. Brother of Roper (1849).
(Eagle, xxxvii. 274; Burke, L.G., which calls him 'M.B.'; The Times, Oct. 1, 1915.)
WESTON, WILLIAM KIRK. Adm. at Selwvn H., Oct. 13,
1883. [S. of the Rev. George Kirk (1841), of Sussex.] B.
Dec. 18, 1864. Matric. Michs. 1883; B.A. 1886; M.A. 1890.
Ord. deacon (London), 1887; priest, 1888; C. of St John's, Hammersmith, 1887-91. C. of Cirencester, Gloucs., 1891-6.
C. of Milton, Hants., 1896-9. V. of Boxmoor, Herts., 1899-
1915. V. of Pateley Bridge, Yorks., 1915-19. R. of Toynton,
Lines., 1919-24. R. of EUesmere, Salop, 1924-32- V. of Holy
Trinity, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 1932-4. Married, Feb. 16,
1892, Clara Catherine, eldest dau. of the Rev. Francis Hessey, sometime V. of St Barnabas, Kensington. Died Oct. 28, 1934,
at Ventnor. Brother of George H. (1879)- (Marlborough CoU.
Reg.; Crockford; The Times, Oct. 30, 1934.)
WESTON, WILLIAM STILES. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Apr. 22,
1806. [S. of .\mbrose, solicitor, of Fenchurch Street, London.
School, St Paul's.] Matric. Lent, 1807. (St Paul's Sch. Reg.)
WESTROPP, ALEXANDER SLIGO ANDERSON. Adm. pens,
(age 19) at Magdalene, July 28, 1891. [7th and youngest]
s. of Major-General George Ralph Collier [Indian Army], of
Montreux, Switzeriand (and Ellen Blanche, dau. of George
Bell, barrister). B. -Apr. 11. 1872. School, Dover [College].
Matric. Michs. 1891. Entered the I.C.S., 1891; .\ssistant
Collector and Magistrate, Bombay; Assistant Political .Agent,
Savanur, 1898; Under-Secretary to Government, 1901-3; Collector of Customs in Bombay, 1907; in Madras, 1911;
Supt. of stamps, 1913. Additional Member of Viceroy's Legislative Council, 1917. District Magistrate and Political
Agent, Bhor, 1917-19; retired. Married, Dec. 8, 1904, Helen
Mary, only child of Edward Shotton, of Preston Tower, North Shields, and had issue. Of Amewood Manor, Sway,
Hants., in 1950. (Dover Coll. Reg.; India Office Lists; Burke,
E.G.; Kelly, Handbook.)
WESTROPP, CHARLES JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Caius,
July 2, 1840. S. of Charles Hanmer, of Long Melford, Suffolk. B. there. Schools, Lavenham and Sudbury. Matric. Michs.
1840; B.A. 1844. Ord. deacon (Worcester), 1844; priest, 1845.
C. of Hardwick Priors, Warws., 1847-50. P.C. of Ufton,
1851-60 (and C. of Humiingham, 1853-4). C. of Kilpeck,
Heref., 1862-73. V. of Kenderchurch, 1861-81, and R. of
KUpeck, 1873-81. R. of Yeldham, Essex, 1890-3. Died June 1, 1893, aged 72. (Venn, 11. 252; Crockford; Clergy List; The Guardian, June 2, 1893.)
WESTROPP, JOHN JACKSON. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi,
Oct. 18, 1869. Matric. Michs. 1869.
WESTWELL, CHRISTOPHER. Matric. Non-Coil., Michs. 1900.
[S. of Thomas, of Johnston Street, Blackburn. B. there,
Nov. 26, 1874. School, St Barnabas, Blackburn.] Migrated
to Peterhouse, Mar. 1902; B..\. 1903; .M..\. 1907. Ord. deacon
(Liverpool), 1904; priest, 1906; C. of Widnes, 1904-6. C. of
Bevington, Lanes., 1906-7. C. of Lenton, Notts., 1907-16.
C. of Blackburn, Lanes., 1917-19- C. of Stonefold, 1919-20; V. there, 1920-43. Died in 1943- {T. A. Walker, 652; Crockford.)
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