Wrightson, Arthur Bland
WRIGHTSON, ARTHUR BLAND. Adm. pens, (age 19) at
Trinity, May 9, 1812. [2nd] s. of William (Christ Church,
Oxford, 1768) [sometime M.P. for Aylesbury] (by his 2nd
wife, Henrietta, dau. of Richard Heber, of Marton). B. at
Cusworth, Yorks. School, Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1812;
B.A. 1816; M.A. 1820. Ord. deacon, i8i6; priest, 1817.
P.C. of Campsall, Yorks., 1817-45, and R. of Edlington,
1818-43. R- of Hemsworth, 1840-78. Preb. of York, 1843. Died Dec. 7, 1878. Brother of Richard H. (1818), WiUiam B.
(i8o8) and the next. (Foster, Index Eccles.; Crockford; Clergy
List; Burke, L.G.)
WRIGHTSON, HENRY. M.A., 1838, incorp. from Oxford. [4th
s. of WiUiam (Christ Church, Oxford, 1768), of Cusworth,
Yorks. B. May 28, 1804. School, Rugby.] Matric. from
Queen's College, Oxford, Feb. 14, 1822, age 18; B.A. (Oxford) 1826; M.A. (Oxford) 1830. Died in 1880. Brother of the
above, the next and WiUiam B. (1808). {Rugby Sch. Reg.;
Al. Oxon.)
WRIGHTSON, RICHARD HEBER. Adm. pens, (age 19) at
Trinity, June 16, 1818. [3rd] s. of WilUam [M.P.]. B. Sept.
9, 1800, at Cusworth, Yorks. School, Richmond, Yorks.
Matric. Michs. 1819; B.A. 1823; M.A. 1826. Adm. at
Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 1, 1822. CaUed to the Bar, May 25, 1827.
Captain, West Yorks. Yeomanry-Cavalry. Succeeded his brother at Cusworth, 1879. J. P. Married (i) Aug. 13, 1832,
the Hon. Elizabeth Augusta de Grey, dau. of Thomas, 4th
Lord Walsingham; (2) 1877, Albinia, 3rd dau. of Inigo
Thomas, of Ration, Sussex. Author, History of Modern
Italy to 1850. Died Sept. 12, 1891. Brother of the two above
and of Wilham B. (i8o8). (Boase, vi. 966; Inns of Court;
Burke, P. and B.; Walford, County Families.)
WRIGHTSON, ROBERT GARMONDSWAY. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, Oct. 6, 1888. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. WUUam
[Garmondsway] (i860), of 13, Craven HiU Gardens, London
(and PriscUla Anne, eldest dau. of Alfred Head). B. Apr. 6,
1869, in London. Schools, Clifton College and Marlborough
CoUege. Matric. Michs. 1888; B.A. 1891; M.A. 1895. CaUed
to the Bar, Inner Temple, Apr. 18, 1894. A member of
Lloyd's. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, London
Regt. (Post Office rifles) ; mentioned in Secretary of State's
List for 'valuable services'). Married, July 23, 1904, Ethel,
3rd dau. of John A'Deane, of Alderley, Gloucs. Resided latterly at Exmouth, where he died Feb. 25, 1942; buried at
Littleham. (Clifton Coll. Reg.; Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Law
Lists; The Times, Feb. 26, 1942.)
WRIGHTSON, THOMAS GARMONDSWAY. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, May 27, 1889. [Eldest] s. of [Sir] Thomas [Bart.,
1900, M.P.], of Norton Hall, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham (and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Samuel Wise, of Ripon). B. there
Aug. 21, 1871. School, Marlborough CoUege. Matric. Michs.
1889; B.A. 1892; M.A. 1897. Of Neasham HaU, DarUngton.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, 5th Durham L.I.
(T.F.); mentioned in Secretary of State's List for 'valuable
services'). Chairman of the engineering firm of Head,
Wrightson and Co., Ltd., 1920-4. Succeeded as 2nd Bart., 1921. J. P. for Co. Durham, 1905; High Sheriff, 1926; D.L.
1927. tjsuaUy known as Sir Guy Wrightson. Married, Oct. 6,
1909, Gwendolin Cotterill, 3rd dau. of George Harding Neame,
of 6, Egerton Terrace, London, and had issue. Died Jan. 7,
1950. Brother of the next. (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; B\xi\s.e,
P. and B.; The Times, Jan. 9, 1950.)
WRIGHTSON, WILFRID INGRAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 25, 1894. [3rd] s. of Thomas [later Bart.; M.P., of
Neasham HaU, Darhngton and] of Norton HaU, Stockton-on-
Tees, Durham (and Ehzabeth, dau. of Samuel Wise, of Ripon).
B. Feb. 20, 1876, at Norton HaU. Schools, Newport Pagnell,
Bucks, (private) and Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A.
1898; M.A. 1902. A Mining Engineer. Director of the
Cranilington Coal Company. Of Dinsdale Manor, Neasham,
Darlington. J. P. for Durham. Served in the Great War,
1914-19 (Lieut., Durham L.I. (T.F.)). Married, Apr. 23, 1913, Victoria, dau. of F. C. Winby, and had issue. Died July 30,
1949. Brother of the above. (Burke, P. and B.; The Times,
Aug. 4, 1949.)
WRIGHTSON, WILLIAM BATTIE. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Mar. 7, 1808. [Eldest] s. of WUUam (Christ Church, Oxford,
1768), of Cusworth, near Doncaster (by his 2nd wife,
Henrietta, dau. of Richard Heber, of Marton). [B. Oct. 6,
1789.] Matric. Michs. 1808; B.A. 1812; M.A. 1815; Members'
prize, 1814. Adm. at Lincoln's Irm, June 19, 1811. CaUed to the Bar, Nov. 25, 1815. Of Cusworth, Yorks. J. P. and D.L.
M.P. for East Retford, 1826-30; for Hull, 1830-2; for
NorthaUerton, 1835-65. Married Mar. 24, 1821, Georgiana, only dau. of Inigo Thomas, of Ratton, Sussex. Author,
Corn Lams. Died, s.p., Feb. 10, 1879, in London. Brother of
Arthur B. (1812), Richard H. (i8i8) and Henry (1838).
(Boase, in. 1524; Burke, L.G.; Inns of Court.)
Wrixon, Becher
WRIGHTSON, WILLIAM GARMONSWAY. Adm. pens, (age 24)
at Caius, Oct. I, i860. [Eldest] s. of Thomas, Esq., of
Newcastle-on-Tyne (and Rebecca Gilchrist, 4th dau. of
WiUiam Potter). B. [June 24, 1836], at Haughton-le-Skeme, Co. Durham. Schools, Darlington Grammar and Bramham
CoUege, Tadcaster. Matric. Michs. i860; B.A. 1864; M.A.
1880. Ord. deacon (Durham), 1864; priest, 1865; C. of Bishop
Auckland, Co. Durham, 1864-7. C. of St John's, Paddington,
London, 1868-70. V. of St Paul's, New Beckenham, Kent,
1870-5. Married, Dec. 4, 1866, PriscUla Anne, eldest dau. of Alfred Head, of London. Author, Sermons; Examination of
the Functional Elements of an English Sentence, etc. Latterly
of the Old Hall, Hurworth, Darlington, where he died Mar. 8,
1900. Father of Robert G. (1888). (Venn, 11. 351; Crockford;
Burke, P. and B.; The Times', Mar. 10, 1900.)
WRIGLEY, ALFRED. Adm. sizar at St John's, June 7, 1837. Of Yorks. [B. Jan. 13, 1818, at Huddersfield.] Matric. Michs.
1837; B.A. (lyth Wrangler) 1841; M.A. 1845. F.R.A.S., 1842.
M.D., Glasgow Univ., 1842. Professor at the H.E.I.C.
MiUtary CoUege at Addiscombe, 1841-61 ; pensioned on the closing of the CoUege in 1861. Ord. deacon (Canterbury),
June 2, 1844; priest. May 18, 1845. Head Master of
Clapham Grammar School, 1861-82. 'As a mathematical instructor he was a good drill-master rather than an inspiring
teacher.' Author, Examples in Pure and Mixed Mathematics, etc. Married, 1842, Maria Jane Worgan. Died Jan. 30, 1898,
in London. (Boase, iii. 1524; Eagle, xx. 590; Camb. Univ.
Mag., II. 180; Memoir of Sir G. H. Darwin, xiii; TheGuardian,
Feb. 9, 1898; V. Hodson.)
WRIGLEY, ARTHUR EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Sidney,
Oct. 10, 1872. 3rd s. of John, Esq., of Bolton. B. May 30,
1854. School, Bolton Grammar (Mr Hodgson). Matric.
Michs. 1872.. Lieut., the Manchester Regt., 1890. (Army Lists.)
WRIGLEY, AUSTIN GUY. Adm. at Clare, Oct. 3, 1885. [Eldest
s. of Oswald Osmond, of Bridge HaU, Bury, Lanes.] Matric.
Michs. 1885. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 12, 1887.
CaUed to the Bar, June 10, 1891. Brother of Oswald O.
(1889). (Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
WRIGLEY, JAMES CECIL. Adm. at King's, Oct. 3, 1894. S. of W., of Bent House, Meltham, near Huddersfield. B. Sept.
1875. School, Uppingham. Matric. Michs. 1894; exhibitioner,
1895; B.A. 1897; LL.B. 1898; M.A. 1901. Adm. SoUcitor,
1901 ; practised at NorthaUerton. Assistant Secretary to the
North Riding Education Committee, 1905-7; Secretary,
1907-34. Resided at the Lodge, Warlaby, NorthaUerton.
Died July 24, 1934; buried at Ainderby Steeple. (Uppingham
Sch. Roll; King's Coll. Reg., 181; Law Lists; Schoolmasters' Directories; The Times, July 26, 1934.)
WRIGLEY, MILES. Adm. sizar at St Catharine's, Mar. 26, 1767. Matric. Michs. 1767; B.A. 1771; M.A. 1774. Ord.
deacon (Norwich, Lilt. dim. from Ely), July 14, 1771.
WRIGLEY, OSWALD OSMOND. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May
27, 1889. S. of Oswald Osmond, of Bridge HaU, Bury, Lanes.
B. 1870, at Bury. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1889;
B.A. 1892. CaUed to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, June 30, 1897. Of Shackleford House, Godalming, Surrey and of the Firs,
Lyndhurst, Hants. Died Oct. 30, 1923. Brother of Austin G.
(1885). (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Law Lists.)
WRIGLEY, PERCY THEOBALD. Adm. pens, at St John's, Mar. 23, 1876. S. of Thomas CockhiU, wooUen-merchant [of Woodfield Lodge, Lockwood, Huddersfield] (and Emma).
B. at Lockwood, Dec. 20, 1855. [School, Clapham Grammar.]
Matric. Michs. 1876; Scholar, 1878; B.A. (33^^^ Wrangler)
1880; M.A. 1883. FootbaU (rugby) 'blue,' 1877-80. At the
Royal Engineering CoUege, Cooper's HUl. Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Mechanics at the Royal CoUege of
Science, South Kensington, 1 881-1920. Joint Examiner in Mathematics for Science and Art Dept. Resided at Kew,
where he died Jan. 7, 1931. (Reg. of R. Coll. of Science; Eagle,
xLvi. 197; The Times, Jan. 9, 1931.)
WRIXON, NICHOLAS. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Apr. 30, 1803;
from Magdalen College, Oxford, whence he had matric.
June 22, 1801, age 18. [4th s. of WilUam, Esq., of BaUygibUn,
Co. Cork (and Mary, dau. of John Townsend Becher, Esq.).]
Matric. Easter, 1805; B.A. 1806; M.A. 1819. In Holy Orders.
Of Cloyne, Co. Mallow, until 1858. Preb. of Cloyne. R. of
Subulter, Mallow, 1859-69. Disappears from Clergy List,
1870, (Al. Oxon.; Burke, Col. Gentry.)
WRIXON-BECHER, see BECHER.
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