Weldon, Walter Alfred Dante
WELDON, WALTER ALFRED DANTE. Adm. pens, at Peter- house, Oct. I, 1880. [and] s. of W[alter] [chemist (for whom
set D.N.B.)], of Rede Hall, Burstow, Surrey (and Anne
Cotton.) B. June 25, 1862. School, King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1880. Died, suddenly, at Cambridge from a
fit of apoplexy, June 5, 1881; buried at Cherry Hinton.
Brother of the next. [T. A. Walker, 561; The Guardian,
June 15, 1881.)
WELDON, WALTER FRANK RAPHAEL. Adm. pens, at
St John's, Apr. 6, 1878. [Eldest] s. of Walter, Journalist [and chemist] (and Anne Chester Cotton). B. Mar. 15, i860,
in Kentish Town, Middlesex. School [Caversham, Reading;
and at University College and] King's College, London, 1876-7. Matric. Michs. 1878; (Nat. Sci. Trip., ist Class, 1881) ;
Scholar, 1881; B.A. 1882; M.A. 1885. Fellow, 1884-90.
University Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy, 1884;
University Lecturer in Zoology, 1884; University Lecturer in
Invertebrate Morphologj', 1884-88. At the Marine Biological
Laboratory, Plymouth, 1888-91. F.R.S., 1890. Jodrell
Professor of Zoology at University College, London, 1891-9;
Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Oxford, 1899-
1906. Fellow of Merton College. D.Sc, Oxford. Took an
active part in remodelling the University of London. Presi- dent of the Zoological Section of the British Association,
1928. Married, Mar. 14, 1883, Florence Joy, dau. of William
Tebb, of Burstow, Surrey. Author (with Prof. Karl Pearson)
of the first number of Biometriha. Died Apr. 13, 1906.
Brother of the above. (Eagle, xxvii. 389; D.N.B.; Who was Who.)
WELDON, WALTER IVAN. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Aug. i,
1889. [3rd] s. of [Col. Thomas, CLE.] (and Helen Rachel
Louisa, dau. of General George William Young Simpson,
R.A.). Of Blythe Hall, Worksop, Notts. [B. July 16, 1871.]
Matric. Michs. 18S9. Sometime Lieut., 4th Batt., the Man-
chester Regt. Married, July 5, 1899, Edith Lucy, dau. of
Clifton Whiting, and had issue. Died Mar. 6, 1934, at Holly- croft, Eastbourne. (Burke, P. and B.\ The Times, Mar. 8,
I934-)
WELDON, WALTER LANGFORD. Adm. pens, at Selwyn H.,
Apr. 23, 1891. [Eldest s. of Col. Francis, Indian Army (and
Henrietta Frances Alicia, dau. of Langford Kennedy).] B.
July 30, 1872. School, Wellington College. Matric. Easter,
1891; Scholar; B.A. 1894; LL.M. 1898. Called to the Bar,
Inner Temple, Jan. 26, 1899. Ofl&ciating reporter for Indian
Law Reports, Bombay, from 1905. Professor of Law,
Government Law School, Bombay, 1905-6. Reporter of the
High Court, Bombay. Married (i) Dec. i, 1904, Emma
(d. s.p. 1905), dau. of J. H. Tod; (2) Jan. 5, 1910, Muriel
Stewart, dau. of William Richardson, Esq., of Tunbridge
Wells and Bombay, and had issue. Died June 15, 1922.
(Wellington Coll. Reg.; India Office Lists; Burke, P. and B.;
Law Lists; The Times, June 17, 1922.)
WELFITT, SAMUEL. Adm. pens, at Queens', Dec. 29, 1808. Of Lines. [S. of Samuel (and Susanna Loft). B. Sept. 1789.
School, Louth Grammar.] Matric. Michs. 1809; B.A. 1819.
V. of West Theddelthorpe All Saints, Lines., 1814-20. C.
of Keddington, 1820-9. Married Maria, dau. of James Mason, of Keddington. Died, aged 39, at Louth Park, Lines.;
buried at Louth, Feb. 5, 1829. (Foster, Index Eccles.;
Clerical Guide; G. Mag., 1829, i. 378; Golding, Some Louth
Gr. Sck. Boys; P. B. G. Binnall.)
WELFORD, ALFRED WILLIAM BAKER. Adm. pens, at
Emmanuel, Feb. 20, 1890. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. J[ohn], of
72, London Terrace, St Stephen's Road, Norwich. Matric. Michs. 1890; B.A. 1893; (Class. Trip., Pt II, ist Class, 1894);
M.A. 1897. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, June 22, 1898. On the Northern Circuit. Of i, Paper Buildings, Temple,
and 120, Park Road, New Bamet. Married, Sept. i, 1921,
Edith, 3rd dau. of Charles WUliams, of Bamsbury. Died
Feb. I, 1942, following an accident, aged 70. (Scott, MSS.;
Law Lists.)
WELLACOTT, WILLIAM THOMAS. Adm. sizar at St John's, Oct. 7, 1871. S. of John [cooper] (and Ann). B. at Sandford,
Devon. Bapt. Jan. 5, 1853. School, Crediton. Matric. Michs.
1871; Scholar, 1874; B.A. (23^^ Wrangler) 1875; M.A. 1878.
Ord. deacon (Chester), 1878; priest, 1879; C. of Middlewich,
Cheshire, 1878. C. of Haccombe, Devon, 1879-82. Second
Master of Newton Abbot College, 1879-93. V. of Bradworthy
with Pancras-Wyke, 1893-1911. V. of Totnes, 1911-27. Married, Mar. 19, 1878, Ada Marion Baber, youngest dau. of
Charles Saxby, Esq., of Birkdale, Lanes. Latterly of West
Horsley, Surrey. Disappears from Crockford, 1933.
Weller, Carlen Lacey
WELLBURN, FREDERICK. Adm. pens, at Selwyn H., Oct. i,
1889. B. Mar. 24, 1870. Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A. 1892;
M.A. 1896. Died Mar. 23, 1951; 'late of Cako.' (The Times, Mar. 26, 1951.)
WELLBY, PHILIP SINCLAIR. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 15,
1891. [4th] s. of Daniel, of Jerviston, Streatham Common,
Surrey. B. Jan. 8, 1872, in London. School, Clifton College.
Matric. Michs. 1891 ; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1898. Married, Aug. 21,
1912, Gladys Marguerite, only dau. of Thomas Banks, of
Toronto, Canada. (Scott, MSS., which calls him Welby; The Times, Aug. 23, 1912.)
WELLDON, EDWARD IND. Adm. pens, at Queens', Apr. 30, 1840. [S. of Samuel, of Cambridge.] Matric. Michs. 1840;
B.A. 1844; M.A. 1847. Fellow, 1851. Ord. deacon (Canter-
bury), 1847; priest, 1849. Assistant Master at Tonbridge
School, 1843-55; Second Master, 1855-79. Died Dec. 27, 1879. Father of the next two; brother of James I. (1830).
(Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; S. Rivington, History of Tonbridge, 192; Crockford.)
WELLDON, FRANK WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Jesus,
Oct. I, 1880. S. of the Rev. Edward Ind (above), deceased.
B. [Mar. 29, 1861], at Tonbridge. School, Haileybury.
Matric.Michs. 1880; Scholar; B.A. 1884; M.A. 1887. Assistant
Master at Uppingham, 1888-1919. Ord. deacon (Peterb.),
1889; priest, 1891; C. of Uppingham, 1889-94. Married,
Aug. 2, 1894, Fanny Page, youngest dau. of the Rev. J. P.
Clayton, of Retford. Lived subsequently at Eastbourne,
wherehediedSept. 5, 1930. Brother of the next. (Haileybury
Reg.; Crockford; The Times, Sept. 8, 1930.)
WELLDON, JAMES EDWARD COWELL. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, Oct. 11, 1873. Eldest s. of the Rev.
Edward Ind (1840), of Tonbridge. B. Apr. 25, 1854. Matric.
Michs. 1873; Cams prize, 1873; Bell Scholar, 1874; Browne
medal, 1875, 1876; Craven Scholar, 1876; Chancellor's medal, 1877; B.A. (Senior Classic) 1877; M.A. 1880; D.D. 1899.
Fellow, 1878-89; assistant tutor, 1883. Ramsden Preacher,
1894; Hulsean Lecturer, 1897; Lady Margaret Preacher, 1907. President of the Union, 1876. Ord. deacon (Canterbury),
1883; priest (Rochester), 1885. Head Master of Dulwich
College, 1883-5; Head Master of Harrow, 1885-98. Hon.
Chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1888-92; Chaplain to H.M., 1892-8. Bishop of Calcutta and Metropohtan of India,
1898-1902. Canon of Westminster, 1902-6. Dean of Man-
chester, 1906-18. Dean of Durham, 1918-33. Author, The
Hope of Immortality; I believe: the Revelation of the Holy
Spirit ; Recollections and Reflections ; etc. Translated Aristotle's Politics, Rhetoric, and Ethics. Died June 17, 1937. Brother
of the above. (King's Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Who was Who; The Times, June 19, 1937)
WELLDON, JAMES IND. Adm. sizar (age 18) at St John's,
May 15, 1830. [Eldest] s. of S[amuel], of [Great St Mary's parish], Cambridge. [B. there, June 15, 1811.] School
[Dedham, Essex, and] Hingham. Matric. Michs. 1830;
Scholar, 1833; B.A. (30th Wrangler and ^ih Classic) 1834;
M.A. 1837. Fellow, 1835. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1845;
D.C.L. (Oxford) 1845. Usher at Oakham School, 1834. Ord.
deacon (Rochester, Lilt. dim. from Ely) Feb. 7, 1836; pnest
(Lichfield), 1838. C. of St GUes's, Shrewsbury, and Second Master at Shrewsbury School, 1838-43. Head Master of
Tonbridge, 1843-75. V. of Kennington, Kent, 1875-96. Hon. Canon of Canterbury, 1875-96. Married (i) June 23, 1836,
Anne, dau. of W. Oliver, of Baldock (died in 1839) ; (2) Apr. 13,
1844, Elinor, dau. of Michael Turner, of Putney. Died
Dec. 25, 1896. Father of the next; brother of Edward I.
(1840). (Eagle, XIX. 479; Oakham Sch. Reg.; Crockford; The
Times, Dec. 29, 1896; S. Rivington, Tonbridge School, 248.)
WELLDON, JAMES TURNER. Adm. pens, at St John's, Mar. 3, 1866. [Eldest] s. of [the Rev.] James Ind (above),
D.C.L., Head Master of Tonbridge School (and Elmor). B. at
Tonbridge, Sept. i, 1847. School, Tonbridge. Matric. Michs.
1866; B.A. 1870. Assistant Master at Felsted, 1871-9. Adm. Solicitor, 1882; practised (Messrs Hallett and Creery) at
Ashford, Kent. Capt., 1st Vol. Batt., the Buffs. Played
cricket for Kent. Married, Aug. 11, 1883, Ethel, 3rd dau. of
F W Porter, of Hythe, Kent. Died at Ashford, Feb. 6,
1927, aged 80. (Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; Eagle, xlv. 52; Law Lists; The Times, Feb. 8, 1927.)
WELLER, CARLEN LACEY. Adm. at Trinity Hall, 1897.
S. of George, Esq., of the Plantation, Amersham, Bucks.
School, Wellington College. Matric. Michs. 1897. Sometime
in British North Borneo. An engineer with the British
Central African railway; surveyed for the Benguela raUway
in Portuguese West Africa; in Brazil, i933- Brother of Gerard M. H. (1891). (Wellington Coll. Reg.)
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