Wake, Baldwin
WAKE, BALDWIN. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 7. 1835. S. of Charles, M.D., of Warwick. School, Shrewsbury.
Matric. Michs. 1835; B.A. 1839; M.A. 1845. Ord. deacon
(York) Dec. 19, 1841; priest, Dec. 18, 1842. C. of Stokesley,
Yorks. V. of Ketton with Tixover, Rutland, 1844-55. Killed
Aug. 19, 1855, having been violently thrown from a carriage
in collision with a waggon near Staines. {Shrewsbury Sch.
Reg.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1855. "• 44°; Burke, P. and. B.)
WAKE, CHARLES. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, July 5, i8io. [Eldest] s. of Sir William (1787) [9th] Bart., of Courteenhall,
Northants. (by his ist wife, Mary, dau. of Francis Sitwell).
[B. Nov. 21, 1791, in London. School, Harrow.] Matric.
Michs. 1810. Captain, Northants. Militia, 1812. Succeeded
his father as loth Baronet, Jan. 28, 1846. Married (i) Aug. 23,
1815, Mary Alice (died s.p. 1816), eldest dau. of his maternal
uncle Sir Sitwell Sitwell, istBart.: (2) June i, 1822, Charlotte
Murdoch, 2nd dau. of Craufurd Tait, of Harviestown, Clack- mannan, and had issue. Died Feb. 23, 1864, at Brighton.
Half-brother of John W. (1820). (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Boase,
VI. 752; Burke, P. and B.)
WAKE, CHARLES DUNKIN. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity,
June 16, 1824. [3rd] s. of the Rev. R[ichard] W[illiam] (1793)
(by his ist wife, Jane, dau. of Sir William Dunkin). B. [Feb.
18, 1807], at Staverton, Northants. School, Rugby. Matric.
Michs. 1824; B.A. 1829. Married Jane Sophia, eldest dau. of
Sir WUliam Wake (1787), Qtb Bart. Died Aug. 24, 1866.
(Burke, P. and B.)
WAKE, EDWARD HENRY. Adm. pens, at Trinity, July 8,
1871. S. of Bernard, of Abbey Field, Sheffield. B. there
July 19, 1852. School, Doncaster Grammar. Matric. Michs.
1871; B.A. 1875; M.A. and LL.M. 1878. Died July 18, 1894.
WAKE, GEORGE ANTHONY. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Apr. 17,
1815; a 'Ten-year man.' Matric. Michs. 1815.
WAKE, HENRY. Adm. pens, at St John's, June i, 1788. Of Wilts. [S. of the Rev. Dr Charles (Oriel College, Oxford,
1738-9), V. of St Margaret's, Westminster.] Scholar, 1788; Matric. Easter, 1792; B..\. 1793; M.A. 1813. Ord. deacon
(Salisbury) Sept. 23, 1792; priest, Sept. 21, 1794. V. of Mere,
Wilts., 1812-46. Chaplain to the Marquess of Winchester,
1813. R. of Over-Wallop, Hants., 1813-51. Married, Mar. 26,
1813, at Southampton, Camilla, only dau. of the Hon. and
Rev. Barton Wallop (1762). Died Dec. i, 1851, aged 81.
{St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 534; G. Mag., 1852, i. 105.)
WAKE, JOHN WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 19) at St John's, June 27, 1820. [4th] s. of Sir William (1787) [9th] Bart, of
Courteenhall, Northants (by his 2nd wife, Jane Gambler, of
Northants.). [B. Apr. 19, 1801. School, Rugby.] Matric.
Michs. 1820; B.A. 1824. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) June 13, 1824;
priest, May 29, 1825; C. of Northampton, 1825-9. Died,
unmarried, Feb. 14, 1829, at Northampton. Half-brother of
Charles {1810). {Rugby Sch. Reg.; Northants. Clergy; Burke, P. and B.)
WAKE, RICHARD WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 24, 1793. Of Middlesex. [Younger s. of Sir William (1760),
8th Bart., of Courteenhall (and Mary, dau. of Richard Fen ton).
B. July 16, 1775.] Matric. Michs. 1793; B.A. 1797; M.A.
1803. Ord. deacon (London) Aug. 11, 1799; priest, Dec. 22,
1799; C. of Latton, Essex, 1799. R. of Courteenhall, North-
ants., 1813-50. Married (1) Nov. 17, 1798, Jane Eliza (died
June 8, 1823), dau of Sir William Dunkin, a Judge of the
Supreme Court of Calcutta; (2) Apr. 7, 1836, at Tunbridge
Wells, Harriet, dau. of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, the Irish
statesman. Died Nov. 29, 1850, at Bushy Park, Iimis, Co.
Kerry, and was buried in Ireland. Brother of WUliam (1787).
Father of Charles D. (1824). {St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 535; Clergy List; Northants. Clergy; Burke, P. and B.; G. Mag.,
1851,1.211.)
WAKE, THOMAS HERBERT DRURY. Adm. at Trinity Hall,
Oct. 1880. S. of Sir Thomas {sic) [4th s. of Sir William,
irth Bart., deceased] (and Margaret Arme, eldest dau. of
Henry Fricker, of Southampton). B. July 11, 1861. School,
Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1880. Of Fleetwood, Norton,
Letchworth, Herts. Died May 31, 1938, in Birmingham;
buried at Courteenhall. {Charterhouse Reg. ; Burke, P. and B.
(which gives 3rd s. of Sir William and B. 1862); The Times,
June 2, 1938.)
WAKE, WILLIAM. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at Trinity,
Feb. 2, 1760. [Elder] s. of Sir WUliam [7th] Bart., of Riddles-
worth, Norfolk (and Sarah Walker, of Weston, Yorks.).
School, Eton. Matric. Lent, 1760; M.A. 1767. Adm. at
Lincoln's Inn, Mar. 6, 1764. Succeeded as 8th Bart., Sept. 1765. Of Courteenhall, Northants. High Sheriff of
Northants., 1771-2. M.P. for Bedford, 1774-84. Married, June, 1765, Mary, dau. of Richard Fenton, of Bank Top,
Yorks. Died Oct. 29, 1785, aged 43. Father of the next, and
of Richard W. (i793)- (Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 535; Burke, P. and B.; Return of M.P. s.)
Wakefield, Jo ah Bates
WAKE, Sir WILLIAM, Bart. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, Mar. 10, 1787 [Elder] s. of Sir WUliam (above) [8th] Bart.,
of Courteenhall, Northants., deceased (and Mary, dau. of
Richard Fenton, of Bank Top, Yorks.). [B. Apr. 5, 1768.]
Matric. Michs, 1788; M.A. 1789. Had succeeded his father as
9th Bart., Oct. 29, 1785. High Sheriff of Northants., 1791-2- Kept a pack of harriers for more than 40 years, but disposed
of them on the construction of the Birmingham railway,
which passed through his estate at Courteenhall. ' He was a kindly and humorous country gentleman, a Whig in politics,
but conservative in dress and ways.' Married (i) July 1, 1790,
at St George's, Hanover Square, Mary (d. 1791). only dau. of Francis SitweU, of Renishaw Hall, Derbs., and had issue;
(2) Apr. 22, 1793, Jenny (or Jane), youngest dau. of Vice-
Admiral James Gambler, and had -further issue. Died Jan. 28, 1846, at Courteenhall. Brother of Richard W. (i793);
father of Charles (1810), and John W. (1820). {St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 535; Burke, P. and B.)
WAKEFIELD, ARTHUR WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 29, 1895. [5th] s. of WUliam, of Birklands, Kendal, Westmorland (and Marianne, dau. of Edmund Minson
Wavell, of Halifax). B. Apr. 13, 1876, at Kendal. School,
Sedbergh. Matric. Michs. 1895; B.A. 1898; M.B., B.Chir. and
M.A. 1906; M.D. 1909. Served in the South African War as
a Trooper in the Imperial Yeomanry. At the London
Hospital; House Physician there: M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1904.
Worked with the Royal Naval Mission for Deep Sea Fisher- men in Labrador in 1909. Sometime Surgeon, Canadian
Pacific RaUway Company. Practised at Kendal and at
Keswick, 1910-48-. Served in the Great War, 1914-19
(Lieut., R.A.M.C; Capt., Canadian A.M.C.; mentioned in
despatches). Member of the Everest Expedition, 1922.
Married, June 1, 1910, Marjorie, dau. of James D. Younger,
of Montreal, and had issue. Of Birklands, Kendal and of
Gale Cottage, Keswick. Brother of the next and of Roger W.
(1883). {Sedbergh Sch. Reg.;Buike, L.G.; Medical Directories.)
WAKEFIELD, EDWARD WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June I, 1880. [Eldest] s. of William, of Birklands, Kendal,
Westmorland (and Marianne, dau. of Edmund Minson
WaveU, of Field House, Halifax). B. Sept. 8, 1862, at Kendal.
School, University College, Bristol. Matric. Michs. 1880;
B.A. 1884. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, June 14, 1893.
Lieut., The Border Regt. (T.), 1895; Capt., 1902. Served in
the South African War, 1898-1902. Of Birklands, Kendal.
J. P. and D.L. for Westmorland ; High Sheriff, 1900-1. Mayor
of Kendal, 1925-6. Designed and fiew a successful British
waterplane, 1911. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt.,
Cheshire Regt., 1914-15; Major, Border Regt. (T.F.), 1916;
Capt., Labour Corps, 1917-18; Chevalier of the Order of the
Crown of Italy). Married, Sept. 8, 1886, Mary, dau. of J. R.
WUkinson, of Bumside, Skipton, and had issue. Of The Old
House, Kendal, Westmorland, 1939. Brother of the above
and of Roger W. (1883). (Burke, L.G.; Walford, County Families.)
WAKEFIELD, GEORGE PARRY (1795), see MARRIOTT, G. P.
WAKEFIELD, GILBERT. Adm. pens, at Jesus, Apr. 22, 1772.
[3rd] s. of the Rev. George (1739) [R- of St Nicholas,
Nottingham]. [B. at Nottingham, Feb. 22, 1756. Schools,
Nottingham and Kingston.] Matric. Michs. 1772; Scholar;
B.A. {2nd Wrangler and 2nd Chancellor's medal, 1776);
Members' prize, i777; Fellow, 1776-9. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1778. C. at Stockport and in Liverpool. Adopted Unitarian views. Classical Tutor at Warrington Unitarian College,
1779-83, and at Hackney College, 1790-1. Imprisoned in
Dorchester gaol for issuing a seditious pamphlet, 1799-1801. Described by Henry Crabb Robinson as a political fanatic
with 'the pale complexion and mUd features of a saint, a most gentle creature in domestic life and a very amiable
man; but when he took part in political or religious con-
troversy, his pen was dipped in gall.' Married, Mar. 1779, Anne Watson, niece of the Rev. — Watson, R. of Stockport.
Author, Silva critica, the Union of Theological and Classical
learning; Memoirs, etc., and edited the Georgics, Horace and
Lucretius. Died Sept. 9, 1801, at Hackney. Portrait drawing
(1778) by John Downman, in the FitzwUliam Museum. M.I., Richmond Church. Brother of Thomas (i774)- {Northants.
Clergy; D.N.B.; Mrs H. Martin, Metnories of Seventy Years; P. E. ToweU.)
WAKEFIELD, JOAH BATES. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Oct. 23, 1843. [3rd] s. of John, of Budworth, Cheshire. Did not
reside Matric. (age 37) at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, Oct. 10,
1845. Ord. deacon (Sodor and Man) 1849; priest, 1850; C. of
St Margaret's Chapel, Prestwich, Lanes., 1851-2. P.C. of South Shore, Bispham, with Great Marton Moss, Lanes.,
1853-72. Died Sept. 20, 1882, at Great Marton Moss. {Al. Oxon.; Peile, 11. 486; Crockford.)
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