Weller, Christopher Harold WELLER, CHRISTOPHER HAROLD. Adm. pens, at Selwyk H., Oct. I, 1898. B. Apr. 18, i87g. Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A. 1901; M.A. 19H. Ord. deacon (Derby, for Southwell), 1903; priest (Southwell), 1904; C. of Heanor, Derbs., 1903-10. C. of St Mary's, Nottingham, 1910-13. C.-in-charge of Dordon, Warws., 1913-20. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Chap- lain, R.A.C.D.; wounded; M.C.). P.C. of Longstone, Derbs., 1920-9. P.C. of All Saints, Nottingham, 1929-37. R- of Gedling with Stoke Bardolph, Notts., 1937-47. R. of Broughton Sulney, 1947-5 1-. Hon. Canon of Southwell. Married, Jan. 3, 1924, Margaret, eldest dau. of R. P. Gold- schmidt, of Rusholme, Manchester. (Crockford.) WELLER, FREDERIC. .\dm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus! Oct. 1873- S. of William, Esq. B. Mav 11, 185s, at Amersham, Bucks. School, Repton. Matric. Michs. 1873; B..\. 1877; M.A. 1881. Ord. deacon (Truro), 1879; priest, 1880; Assistant Master at Launceston Grammar School and C. of St Thomas-by- Laimceston, 1879-80. Head Master of Amersham Grammar School, Bucks., 1881-3; of Crewkeme Grammar School, Somerset, 1883-1904. C. of Crewkeme, 1887-96. R. of Laverton, Somerset, 1904-16. R. of North Pickenham with Houghton-on-the-Hill, Norfolk, 1917-29. Married, Jan. 6, 1881, Emily Charlotte, 2nd dau. of G. Isaacson, Esq., of Mildenhall, Suffolk. Died Mar. i, 1929, at North Pickenham rectory. {Repton Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The Times, Mar. 8, 1929.) WELLER, GERARD MASTERMAN HEATH. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Jesus, 1891. S. of G[eorge], Esq. B. at .\mersham, Bucks. School, Wellington College. Matric. Michs. 1891. A brewer. Married, 1897, Ernestine, dau. of H. E. Hulbert. Died Dec. 13, 1946, at Bournemouth. Brother of Carlen L. (1897). [Wellington Coll. Reg.; The Times, Dec. i6, 1946.) WELLER, HENRY [or HARRY] NESBET. Adm. pens, at Christ's, .\pr. 19, 1888. S. of [Captain] Charies Granger [Elder Brother of Trinity House]. B. [.Mar. 16, 1869], at Harrow. Schools, Carshalton and St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1888; Scholar; B..\. 1891; M.A. 1895. Assistant Master at the Royal Institution, Liverpool, for two terms; at Exeter School, 1892-4; at Dorking High School, 1894-7; at Guildford Grammar School, 1897-1929-. Died Nov. 4, 1947, at Guild- ford. (St Paul's Sch. Reg.; Peile, n. 739! Schoolmasters Directories; The Times, Nov. 6, 1947.) WELLER, JOHN. Adm. sizar (age 17) at Trinity, Mar. 21, 1811. S. of John. B. [Jan. 4, 1794] at Amersham, Bucks. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1811. Migrated to Emmanuel, Dec. 28, 1812; B.A. 1816; Hulsean prize, 1817; M.A. 1819; B.D. 1826; D.D. 1837. Fellow of Emmanuel, 1818. Ord. deacon (Norwich, Lift. dim. from Bristol) 1818; pnest (Salisbiuy), i8i8. R. of Lufienham, Rutland, 1837-62. Died Apr. 9, 1862. {Eton Sch. Lists; Crockford.) WELLER-POLEY, see FOLEY. WELLESLEY, ARTHUR CHARLES. Adm. at Trinity Hall, 1895. [Eldest] s. of Lord Arthur Charles [aftenvards 4th Duke of Wellington], of 11, Lowndes Square, London (and Kathleen Emily Bulkeley, dau. of Captain Robert WUliams). [B.June 9, 1876.] School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1895. Lieut., S. Lincoln Militia. Served in the South African War, 1898- 1902. Sometime Lieut., Grenadier Guards. Succeeded as 5th Duke of Wellington, 1934- Of Strathfieldsaye. J. P. for Hants. Married, Mar. 23, 1909, the Hon. Lihan Maud Glen Coats, vounger dau. of the ist Baron Glentanar, and had issue Died Dec. 11, 1941, in London; buried at Strat- fieldsaye. (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, P. and B.; The Times, Dec. 13, 1941-) WELLESLEY, ARTHUR RICHARD, MARQUESS OF DOURO. Adm. nobleman (age 18) at Trinity, Apr. 15, 1825; from Christ Church, Oxford, whence he had matric. Oct. 16, 1824. [Eldest] s. of Arthur (1835), ist Duke of Wellington (and the Hon. Catherine Pakenham, 3rd dau. of 2nd Baron Longford). B. [Feb. 3, 1807], in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1825; M.A. 1830; Hon. LL.D. 1835- M.P. for .\ldborough, 1829-32; for Norwich, 1837-52. Master of the Horse, 1853-8. Lieut.-General, 1854. K.G., 1858. Lord-Lieutenant of Mid- dlesex. Succeeded as 2nd Duke of Wellington, Sept. 14, 1852. Succeeded his cousin as 6th Eari of Momington, July 25, 1863. Married, Apr. 18, 1839, the Lady Elizabeth Hay, Bedchamber Woman to H.M. Queen Victoria, dau. of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale. Died, s.p., Aug. 13, 1884. Brother of the next. (Al. Oxon.; Burke, P. and B.) WELLESLEY, LORD CHARLES. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at Trinity, Feb. 2, 1826; from Christ Church, Oxford, whence he had matric. Oct. i6, 1824. [2nd] s. of .Arthur (1835), ist Duke of Wellington (and the Hon. Catherine Pakenham). B [Jan. 16, 1808], in Dublin. School, Eton. Matric. Lent, 1826; M.A. 1831. M.P. for South Hants., 1847-52; for Windsor, 1852-5. Major, 5th Regt. of Foot, 1834; Lieut.- VACii VI Wells, Arthur Manfred Wintle Col., 15th Foot, 1837; Major-General, 1856. Chief Equerry and Clerk-Marshal to the Queen, 1841-6. .\.D.C. to Field- Marshal Viscount Hardinge. Married, July 9, 1844, Augusta Sophia Anne, only dau. of the Rt. Hon. Henry Pierrepomt, and had issue. Died Oct. 9, 1858. Brother of the above. iAl. Oxon.; Boose, iii. 1262; Burke, P. and B.;G. Mag., 1858, n. 530.) WELLESLEY, GERALD. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Trinity, Mar. 28, 1826; Fell.-Com., Apr. 1826. [3rd] s. of the Hon. FHenry] [later Baron Cowley] (and Chadotte, 2nd dau. of the ist Eari of Cadogan). [B. 1809, in London.] School, Eton. Matric. Easter, 1826; M.A. 1830. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, .\pr. 14, 1829. Ord. deacon, 1830; priest, 1831. R. of Strat- fieldsaye, Hants., 1836-54. Dean of Windsor and Registrar of the Order of the Garter, 1854-82. Domestic Chaplam to the Queen, 1849-82. Lord High .\lmoner, 1870-82. Mamed, Sept. 16, 1856, Magdalen, dau. of 6th Lord Rokeby, and had issue, '.'\mong the most tnisted friends of Queen Victoria.' Died Sept. 17, 1882, at Hazlewood, near Watford; buried m St George's Chapel, Windsor. (Boase, in. 1202; Burke, P. and B,; Inns of Court; Crockford; Clergy List.) WELLESLEY, GERALD VALERIAN (1788), see WESLEY. WELLFORD, FRANCIS. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 6, 1882. S. of John Francis (doubtless Worcester College, Oxford, 1851). B. [Apr. i], 1863, at Clevedon, Somerset. School, San Remo, Italy (private). Matric. Michs. 1882; B.A. 1885; M.B., B.Chir. and M.A. 1891. At Guy's Hospital; House Surgeon there, 1895. Practised at Sydney, N.S.W. Medical Officer at Winton District Hospital, Queensland, 1893-5. In the Straits Settlement, 1895-9. Went to South Africa wath the Imperial Yeomanry (Captain). Died June i, 1901, of wounds received in action at Vaakfontein. (Medical Direc- tories; The Last Post.) WELLINGTON, DUKE OF (1895), see WELLESLEY, ARTHUR C. WELLINGTON, ARTHUR (WELLESLEY), DUKE OF. Hon. LL.D. 1835. The great Duke. [3rd s. of Garrett Wellesley, I St Earl of Momington. B. Apr. 29, 1769- School, Eton.] Originally spelt his name Wesley. Died Sept. 14, 1852. Father of Arthur R. (1825) and Charles (1826); brother of Gerald V. (1788, sub Wesley). (D.N.B.) WELLINGTON, HENRY MARTYN. Adm. sizar at Sidney, Oct. 12, 1869. Eldest s. of James Martin, of Oakham. B. there, Dec. 12, 1849. School, Oakham (Dr Wood). Matnc. Michs. 1869; exhibitioner; B.A. 1873 1 M.A. 1905. Ord. deacon (Rochester), 1872; priest, 1874; C. of St Stephen's, Lewisham, 1872-4. C. of All Hallows-on-the-Wall, Exeter, 1874-8. C. of St Agnes, Kennington Park, 1878-81. V. of Hickleton, Yorks., 1881-5. V. of South Kirkby \vith North Elmsall, 1885-1920. R. of Athelhampton with Burieston, Dorset, 1920-33. Latteriy of the Homes of St Barnabas, Dormans, Surrey. Disappea'rs from Crockford, 1936. WELLS, ALBERT PRIMROSE. Adm. pens, at St John's, .\pr. I, 1873. S. of J[oseph], farmer and landowner. B. Oct 13, 1854, at Little Waltham, Essex. School, Repton. Did not reside. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1873- Matnc. Michs. 1873- B.A. 1877; M.A. 1883. At St George's Hospital. L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S. (Edin.), 1882. .\ssistant Mescal Registar and Assistant House Physician, St George's Hos- pital. Government Medical Officer, Isle of Man. Practised at Beckenham, Kent, from 1890, and in London from 1910. Went to British Columbia in 1920. Married, Jan. 10, 1883, Grace, youngest dau. of Major-General J. B. Woosnam, Royal Bombay Horse Artillery. Of Pinner Wood, Duncan, Vancouver Island, in 1948. (Venn, 11. 410; Medical Direc- tories; The Times, Jan. 12, 1883.) WELLS, ARTHUR JAMES. .\dm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 11, 1880. S. of WilUam, head accountant in the Karachi Treasury (and Ellen). B. Mar. 25, 1861, at Karachi, Lower Sindh. Bapt. June 14, 1861. School, Perse, Cambridge (Mr Allen). Matric. Michs. 1880. Migrated to St Catharine's, Oct. 7. 1882; B.A. 1884; M..A.. 1887. Professor of English at Rangoon College, 1886; Registrar to the Educational Syndicate. Junior Inspector of Schools in Burma, 1890-6; Semor Inspector, 1896. Died Dec. 28, 1896, in Rangoon. (Rangoon Gazette Weekly Budget, Jan. 2, 1897.) WELLS, ARTHUR MANFRED WINTLE. Adm. at Clare, July II, 1894. [S. of Mrs Wells, of Thomton Road, London, S W B. Mav 24, 1876.] School, Dulwich College. Matric. Michs. 1894 ; (Law Trip., Pt I, ist Class, 1896) ; B.A. and LL.B. (Law Trip., Pt II, ist Class) 1897; M.A. 1901. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 27, 1902. Of iia New Square, Lincoln's Inn, 1911. (Dulwich Coll. Reg.; Law Lists.) 401 26