WoDswoRTH, John George
WODSWORTH, JOHN GEORGE. Adm. peas, (age 19) at
Pembroke, Apr. 4, 1836. S. of the Rev. Charles (above), R.
of Hardingstone, Northants. B. in Lambeth, Surrey. [School,
St Paul's.] Matric. Michs. 1836; B.A. 1840. Ord. deacon
(Lichfield), 1840; priest (Peterb.) 1841. P.C. of Talk-o -th -
Hill, Staffs., 1842-3. C. of St Mark's, St John's Wood,
London, 1859-62. V. of Warlingham, Surrey, 1862-89. Married, Oct. 3, 1882, Ellen Margaret, widow of J. Marchant,
and dau. of P. Longmore, of Hertford Castle. Died Feb. 9,
1890, aged 73, at Southsea. {Si Paul's Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The Guardian, Feb. 19, 1890.)
WODSWORTH, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Pembroke,
Feb. I, i8o2. Eldest s. of William Dudley, Esq., H.M. Consul
[' Resident '] at Balasor, India. B. there. Matric. Michs. 1802;
Scholar; B.A. 1806; M.A. 1809. R. of St Peter's, Sandwich, Kent, 1811-30. Chaplain to Lord Palmerston. Died Nov. 17,
1830, at Sandwich. Brother of Charles (1809). (Clerical Guide; G. Mag., 1830, 11. 57i.)
WOFFINDIN, HENRY. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Oct. 18, 1866 S. of John. B. [Feb. 1846], at Norton, near Malton,
Yorks. [School, Thornton Dale.] Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A.
1870; M.A. 1877. Ord. deacon (Lichfield), 1870; priest, 1871;
C. of Chesterfield, Derbs., 1870-2. C. of Holy Trinity, Hull,
1872-5. C. of Bath Abbey, 1875-8. V. of St GUes, Northamp-
ton, 1878-84. V. of St George's, Sheffield, 1884-91. R. of Bessingby, Yorks., 1891-6. V. of Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill,
1896-1918. Married (i) Sarah, dau. of Alderman James
Wright, of Chesterfield; (2) Sept. 28, 1899, Emilie Mabel, dau. of the Rev. W. C. Moore, sometime V. of Tulse Hill. Died
Oct 10, 1919, at Driffield, Yorks. Father of the next.
(Crockford; Northants. Clergy; The Times, Oct. 11, 1933-)
WOFFINDIN, HENRY LONGLEY. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 13, 1893. S. of the Rev. Henry (above), of Bridlington,
Yorks. (by his ist wife, Sarah Wright). B. June 27, 1874, at
Hull. School, Pocklington (Rev. C. F. Hutton). Matnc.
Michs. 1893; B.A. 1896; M.A. 1905. Ord. deacon (Carlisle),
1897; priest, 1898; C. of Cockermouth, Cumberland, 1897-9.
C. of Keighley, Yorks., 1899-1902. C. of St James's, Hull, 1902-7. C. of Grantham, Lines., 1907-17. R. of Gonerby,
1917-45- Married, Feb. 23, 1909, Edith Maude, eldest dau. of Dr Welbore MacCarthy, Bishop of Grantham. Died
Jan. 27, 1945. (Crockford; The Times, Jan. 30, 1945.)
WOGAN, JOHN. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 19) at Emmanuel,
Apr. 5, 1755. [Only] s. of John (1731) [of Gawdy Hall, Redenhall, Norfolk]. B. [Nov. 1736] at Redenhall. School,
Bury St Edmunds. Matric. Michs. 1755; B.A. 1759; M.A.
1762. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Apr. 25, 1757- Died
June, 1763; buried at Redenhall. (Bury St Edmunds Reg.; Inns of Court.)
WOGAN, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 22) at Caius, Oct. 17,
1848. S. of William, surgeon, of Stafford. B. there. School,
King's College, London [a medical student]. Matric. Michs.
1848. Resided one term. Married — , dau. of Charles Morgan,
wine-merchant of Stafford (a run-away match). Afterwards
in the Army. Died in India, before 1880. (E. Cookson; Venn, II. 285 and note.)
WOLF, ABRAHAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 14, 1899; an Advanced Student. S. of Louis, merchant, of Aldgate,
London (and Theresa Kempinski). B. May 29, 1876, at
Konin, Russian Poland. School, Jews College, London and
at University College, London. [B.A. 1896; M.A. 1899;
D.Litt. 1905.] Matric. Michs. 1899; B.A. 1901; M.A. 1906.
Fellow, 1906. Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University
College, London, from 1906. Lecturer in Logic and Scientific
Method, London School of Economics and Political Science,
1905-41. Professor of Logic and Scientific Method, London
University until 1941. Author, Studies in Logic; Spinoza;
The Philosophy of Nietzsche; Exercises in Logic and Scientific
Method; Essentials of Scientific Method. Died May 19, 1948.
(Schoolmasters' Directories; F. P. White; Who's Who.)
WOLFE, ARTHUR. Adm. sizar at St John's, May 19, 1838. B. Nov. 12, 1819, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
School, Western Grammar, Brompton (Mr G. F. W.
Mortimer). Matric. Michs. 1838; Scholar, 1841; B.A. (5th
Classic) 1842; M.A. 1845. Fellow of Clare, 1844-63; tutor,
1856-63. Senior Proctor, 1855-6. Lady Margaret Preacher,
i860. Select Preacher, 1863-4. Adm. ad eundem, at Oxford,
1856. Assistant Master at Tonbridge School, 1843-7. Ord.
deacon (Rochester), Oct. 1844. R. of Fornham Alt Saints
with Westley, Suffolk, 1862-91. Married, Sept. 16, 1873,
Charlotte, eldest dau. of James Sparke, of Bury St Edmunds.
Author, Three Hundred Original Hymn Tunes. Latterly of
Henley Hall, near Ipswich, where he died Dec. 26, 1892.
(Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; Boase, m. 1458; Eagle, xvn. 552; Crockford.)
WOLFERSTAN, STANLEY PiPE
WOLFE, EDWARD DUDLEY CORSCADEN. Adm. at Caius,
Oct. I, 1894. [6th] s. of Thomas, merchant [of Claughton, Birkenhead], deceased (and Marion Downs). B. May 3, 1875,
at Birkenhead. School, Tonbridge. Matric. Michs. 1894;
B.A. 1897; M.A. 1926. Entered the Colonial Service, 1897;
Collector of Rents at Hong Kong. Registrar of the Land
Court, Assistant Registrar-General and Pohce Magistrate in
Hong Kong, 1901 and 1905. Transvaal Government Emigra- tion Agent, 1905-7. Returned to Hong Kong as Acting
Inspector of Schools, 1907; President of the Sanitary Board,
1909; Postmaster-General, 1913. First Police Magistrate,
1917. Captain-Superintendent of Police, 1918; Inspector- General of Police, 1930. C.M.G., 1928. Member of Legislative
Council, 1919-35. Married, 1910, Agnes Catherine, dau. of
Waiiam Chatham, C.M.G., of Putney, and had issue. Of
Choriey Wood, Herts., in 1950. (Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; Venn,
u. 541; Burke, L.G.; Kelly, Handbook.)
WOLFE, FRANCIS RICHARD. Adm. pens, at Sidney, July 9,
1867. Eldest s. of the Rev. Richard [Robbins] (Trin. Coll.,
Dublin), R. of Upton, Devon (and Louisa Ann, dau. of Thomas Benson Pease, of Chapelallerton Hall, Yorks.).
B. May 5, 1849, at Upton. Schools, Marlborough College and
Blundell's, Tiverton. Matric. Michs. 1867; Scholar; B.A.
1871. A solicitor in Dublin. Married, Aug. 28, 1888, Sophia
Rebecca MacMurrogh, dau. of Arthur M. Murphy, of Mona- molin, Co. Wexford. Died .\pr. 18, 1900, at Claremont, Co.
Dublin. (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Burke, L.G.)
WOLFE, ROBERT COPE. Adm. pens, at Clare, June i, 1821.
B. in France. Matric. Michs. 1821; B.A. 1825. C. of Forden,
Montgom., -1841-2. V. of Braithwell, Yorks., 1843-51.
Married Lucy Margaret, 5 th dau. of James Russell. Died
May 22, 1851, aged 48, at Doncaster. (Clergy List; G. Mag.,
1851, II. 98; V. Hodson.)
WOLFENDALE, THOMAS ARTHUR. Adm. sizar at St John's, Oct. 6, 1883. [Eldest] s. of James, Independent minister (and
Ann). B. Nov. 4, 1863 at Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent. School, Burton-on-Trent Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1883; B.A. 1886;
M.A. 1890. Matric. at Oxford, as a Non-CoU. Student, Oct. 23,
1886, age 22. District Secretary for the British and Foreign
Bible Society, Sunderland, in 1905. (Al. Oxon.; Camb. Year- book, 1906.)
WOLFENDEN, RICHARD NORRIS. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Apr. 24, 1873. [Eldest] s. of Charies, accountant [of Bolton,
Lanes.]. B. there [Jan. 18, 1854]. School, Bickerton House,
Southport. Matric. Michs. 1873; B.A. 1877; M.B. 1880;
M.D. 1884. At St Bartholomew's and the London Hospital. Practised in London. Lecturer in Physiology at Charing
Cross Hospital medical school. House Physician at the
London Hospital. Senior Physician at Throat Hospital,
Golden Square, London. F.Z.S.; F.L.S. Married, Dec. 27,
1882, Jessie Stuart, youngest dau. of James Jardine, of
Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Founder and Editor of the Journal
of Laryngology and Rhinologv. Author, Scientific and
Biological Researches in N. Atlantic, etc. Resided latterly at
Sidcup, Kent. (Peile, 11. 627; Scott, MSS.; Medical Directories.)
WOLFERSTAN (or PIPE-WOLVERSTAN), LITTLETON ED- WARD PIPE. Adm. at Clare, June i6, 1885. [4th s. of
Francis Stafford, of Statfold Hall, Staffs, (and Sarah Maria
Hill, dau. of W. H. Belli). B. Aug. 8, 1866.] School, Eton.
Matric. Michs. 1885; B.A. 1888; M.A. 1893. Entered the
Malayan Civil Service, 1889; served in Penang; a Magistrate
at Singapore, 1900. Married (i) Apr. 10, 1901, Ethel Mary,
eldest dau. of Dearman Janson, of Chigwell, Essex, and had
issue; (2) 1930, Lucy, dau. of Ferdinand E. Field, of Leaming- ton, and widow of Samuel Reid, of Penang. (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, L.G.)
WOLFERSTAN (post PIPE-WOLFERSTAN), STANFORD
WILLIAM PIPE. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton,
July 5, 1849. 2nd s. of Stanley Pipe (next), of Statfold Hall, Staffs. B. there, May 7, 1830. Matric. Michs. 1849; B.A.
1853; M.A. 1856. Fellow, 1852-9. Married, Aug. 1852, his
cousin, Blanche, youngest dau. of Swynfen Stephen Jervis, of Darlaston Hall, Staffs., and had issue, two sons. Died Dec. 17,
1863, at Fariey. (King's Coll. Reg.; Burke, L.G.)
WOLFERSTAN (post PIPE-WOLFERSTAN), STANLEY PIPE.
Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, Oct. 23, 1802. [Eldest] s.
of Samuel [Pipe, who had assumed, by sign manual, the
surname and arms of Wolferstan, 1776], of Statfold, Staffs,
(and Margaret, dau. of Walter Biddulph, of Barton-under- Needwood, Staffs.). [B. Mar. 21, 1785.] School, Manchester.
Matric. Michs. 1805 ; B.A. 1807. Called to the Bar. Succeeded
his father at Statfold, 1820. J. P. and D.L. for Staffs.
Married (i) July 21, 1817, Elizabeth Jervis, eldest dau. of
Swynfen Jervis, and had issue; (2) June 8, 1861, Elizabeth,
only dau. of Shirley Steele Perkins, of Orton Hall, Leics.
Died Jan. 26, 1867. Father of the above. (Law Lists; Burke, L.G.)
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