Whitaker, Thomas Dunham WHITAKER, THOMAS DUNHAM. Adm. pens, (age 15) at St John's, Dec. 2, 1774- S. of the Rev. — (AVilliam (175°)] C. of Rainham. Norfolk (and Lucy, dau. of Robert Dunham). B. at Rainham, Norfolk, June 8, I759-] A pupil of the Rev. William Sheepshanks at Grassington, S'orks. Matric. Michs. 1775; Scholar, 1775; LL.B. 1781; LL.D. 1801. Ord. deacon (Clonfertand Kilmacduagh for Carlisle), Sept. 18, 1785; priest (Clonfert and Kilmacduagh), August 30, 1786. P.C. of Holme, Lanes., 1797-1821. V. of VVhalley, 1809-21. R. of Heysham, 1813-19. V. of Blackburn, 1818-21. F.R.S., 1818. Married, Jan. 13, 1783, Lucy, dau. of Thomas Thoresby, of Leeds. An accurate and learned antiquary. Author, History 0/ the Original Parish of Whalley; History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven; Life and Correspondence of Sir George Radcliffe, etc. Died Dec. i8, 1821, at Blackburn vicarage. Left Roman antiquities, including an altar to Apollo, to St John's, now in the College Library. Father of Robert N. (1821) and William (1815). (St John's Coll. Adm., iv; Burke, L.G.: Foster, Index Eccles.; D.N.B.) WHITAKER, THOMAS WRIGHT. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Apr. 8, 1818. S. of the Rev. — [Thomas (1781)], of Mendham, Suffolk. Matric. Michs. i8i8; B.A. 1822; M.A. 1825. Ord. deacon (Norwich), Sept. 22, 1822; priest, Oct. 5, 1823. R. of Stanton-by-Bridge, with Swarkestone, Derbs., 1830-68. Preb. of Lichfield, 1852. Married Anna, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Patteson, of Drinkstone, Suffolk, and had issue. Died in 1S68. {Clergy List; Crockford; Walford, County Families (sub his son).) WHITAKER, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 12, 1815, as Whittaker. 2nd s. of the Rev. Thomas D. (1774). LL.D., of Whalley, Lanes, (and Lucy, dau. of Thomas Thoresby, of Leeds). B. May 28, 1798. School, Leeds. Did not reside. Died in 1835. Brother of Robert N. (1821). (F. P. White; G. Mag., 1835, n. 665; Burke, L.G.) WHITAKER, WILLIAM ERNEST. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Pembroke, Oct. i, 1885. Eldest s. of William, banker, of Ripon, Yorks. B. July 21, 1866, at Gulphay, near Ripon. School, HaUeybury. Matric. Michs. 1885; B.A. 1888. In business in London, 1890-2. In Australia, for his health, 1896-7. An invalid for many years. Married, 1896, Catherine Mary, dau. of the Rev. H. H. Bastard, of Taunton. Died Mar. 12, 1912. (HaUeybury Reg.; J. T. Rule.) WHITAKER, WILLIAM INGHAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 23, 1884. [Eldest] s. of William [Ingham], of 'Pywell' [Pylewell] Park, Lymington, Hants, (by his 1st wife, Louisa Katharine Elspeth Jane, dau. of the Rt. Rev. Alexander Ewing, Bishop of Argyll). B. .\pr. 3, 1866, at Lymington. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1884; B.A. 1887. Of Pylewell Park, Lymington, Hants., and 41, Upper Brook Street, London, W. J. P. and D.L. for Hants.; High Sheriff, 1910. Alderman, Hants. CO. Capt., 3rd Militia Battn., The Sea- forth Highlanders, 1892-9. Lieut., Royal Defence Corps and Labour Corps, 1915-18. Married, Sept. 22, 1903, the Hon. Hilda Guilhermina, youngest dau. of the 6th Viscount Melville, and had issue. Died July 10, 1936, at Barton-on- Sea; buried at South Baddesley. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G.; Who was Who; The Times, July 13, 1936.) WHITBREAD, CHARLES. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Aug. 20, 1884. [Only] s. of William, of 24, Eaton Place, London (and Laura, dau. of A. Robarts). B. 1866, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1884. Of Tollerton Hall, Notts. Married, 1893, his cousin, Maud, only dau. of Samuel Whitbread (1849), of Southill Park, Beds. Died in 1896, at Purfleet, Essex. {Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, L.G.) WHITBREAD, EDMUND SALTER. Adm. pens, at St John's, Mar. 3, 1823. Of Suffolk. [3rd s. of Jacob, of Loudham Park, (by his 2nd wife, Eleanor, dau. of J. Salter, Esq.). B. 1805.] Matric. .Michs. 1823. Migrated to Trinity Hall, Jan. 28, 1824; B.A. 1828; M.A. 1832. Ord. deacon (Norwich), June 8, 1828; priest, Oct. 9, 1831; C. of Boyton, Wilts., 1829-31. C. of Catfield, Norfolk, 1831-3. R. of Strumpshaw with Bradeston, 1833-90. J. P. for Norfolk. Married, 1829, Charlotte Matilda, dau. of John Josselyn, Esq., of Sproughton, Suffolk, and had issue. Died Nov. 5, 1890. (Walford, County Families; Crockford; The Guardian, Nov. 12, 1890.) WHITBREAD, FRANCIS PELHAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 14, 1886. [3rd] s. of Samuel (1849), of Southill Park, Biggleswade, Beds, (and Lady Isabella Charlotte Pelham, dau. of the Eari of Chichester). B. [Oct. 16], 1867, at Eastbourne. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1886. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, Apr. 2, 1891. Managing Director of Messrs Whit- bread and Co., brewers. For many years Chairman of the National Trade Defence Association. Vice-Chairman of the N.S.P.C.C, 1911-41. Treasurer of Guy's Hospital, 1924-35. Married, Feb. 20, 1894, the Hon. Ida Madeleine Agnes Whitbread, William Henry Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd dau. of the 4th Baron Sudeley, and had issue. Died Oct. 29, 1941, at Cooper's Hill Lodge, Englefield Green, Surrey; buried at Southill, Beds. lEton Sch. Lists; Burke, E.G.; The Times, Oct. 30 and Nov. 5, 1941.) WHITBREAD, JACOB. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Trinity Hall, Apr. 20, 1767. Matric. Michs. 1767. WHITBREAD, SAMUEL. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, Mar. 2, 1782; from Christ Church, Oxford, whence he had matric. July 10, 1780, age 16, Of Middlesex. [Only s. of Samuel, brewer, of Southill, Beds, (and Mary, 3rd dau. of Charles, 1st Earl Cornwallis). B. 1764. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1783; B.A. 1785. Entered his father's brewery, 1786. M.P. for Bedford, 1790-1815. A frequent speaker in the House, attaching himself to Fox, who took him into his confidence in foreign affairs. One of the leading spirits of the Opposition. Led his party's attack on Viscount Melville who was accused of abuses in the Naval Dept.; subsequently moved MelvUle's impeachment, and unsuccessfully conducted the case in Westminster Hall, 1806. Brought in an elaborate Poor Law bill, 1807, some clauses of which later passed their second reading. His Peace policy, 1807, caused a party split which led to the practical disbandinent of the Opposition, 1809. Made himself the champion of Caroline, Princess of Wales, in the House of Commons, 181 2. Took much interest in the re-building of Drury Lane Theatre. Lieut. -Col., Bedford Volunteers, 1803-8. Married, Dec. 26, 1787, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the first Earl Grey. Committed suicide July 6, 1815, in London; buried at Cardington. Father of WUliam H. (1813) and Samuel C. (1814). (Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 551; Burke, E.G.; D.N.B. , which gives 'B. 1758.') WHITBREAD, SAMUEL. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, July 5, 1849. [Eldest] s. of Samuel Charles (next) [of Cardington, Beds.) (by his 1st wife, the Hon. Julia Brand, dau. of Lord Dacre). [B. May 5, 1831.] School, Rugby. ■ Matric. Michs. 1849- Of SouthUl Park, Biggleswade, Beds. J. P. and D.L. for Beds. M.P. for Bedford, 1852-95. A Commissioner of the Admiralty, 1859-63. Married, July 9, 1855, Lady Isabella Charlotte Pelham, youngest dau. of Henry Thomas, 3rd Earl of Chichester. Died Dec. 25, 1915. Father of Francis P. (1886) and Samuel H. (1876). (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Burke, E.G.; Return of M.P. s.) WHITBREAD, SAMUEL CHARLES. Adm. Fell.-Com. at St John's, .\pr. 21, 1814. [2nd] s. of Samuel (1782), of Middlesex (and Lady Elizabeth, dau. of Earl Grey). [B. Feb. 16, 1796. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1814. A brewer in London. M.P. for Middlesex, 1820-30. Of Cardington, Beds. J. P. and D.L. for Beds.; High Sheriff, 1831. Built an observatory at Cardington. F.R.A.S., 1849; treasurer, 1857- 78. One of the founders of the British Meteorological Society, 1850. F.R.S., 1854. Married (1) June 28, 1824, the Hon. Juliana Brand (d. 1858), dau. of Henry Otway, 21st Lord Dacre; (2) Feb. 18, 1868, Lady Mary Stephenson Keppel, dau. of William Charles, 4th Earl of .\lbemarle, and widow of Henry Frederick Stephenson. Died May 27, 1879, in London. Father of the above; brother of William H. (1813). (Eton Sch. Lists; Boase, iii. 1307; Return of M.P. s.) WHITBREAD, SAMUEL HOWARD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 7, 1876. [Eldest] s. of Samuel (1849), of 10, Ennismore Gardens, Princess Gate, London (and Lady Isabella Charlotte Pelham, dau. of the 3rd Ead of Chichester). B. Jan. 8, 1858, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1876; B.A. 1880; M.A. 1888. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Jan. 22, 1879- Private Secretary to Lord Nortbbrook, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1880. Of Southill Park, Beds. Chairman of Whitbread and Co., brewers. M.P. for South Beds., 1892-5; for South Hunts., 1906-10. C.B., 1917. Lord Lieut., of Beds., 1912. Custos Rotulorum, 1912-36. Chairman of Beds. Quarter Sessions. Hon. Col., Beds. Volunteers. Married, Jan. 16, 1904, Madeline Emmie Louisa, youngest dau. of the Hon. Edward Roden Bourke, and had issue. Died July 29, 1944. (Inns of Court; Burke, E.G.; Who's Who; The Times, July 31. I944-) WHITBREAD, WILLIAM HENRY. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at Trinity, June 30, 1813. ^Elder] s. of Samuel (1782) (and Lady Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the 1st Earl Grey). B. [Jan. 4, 1795], in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1813; M.A. 1816. Partner with his brother in the brewing firm. Of Southill, Beds. M.P. for Bedford, 1818-34. J. P. and D.L. for Beds.; High Sheriff, 1837. Married, Nov. 5, 1845, Harriet, dau. of the Rev. Wettenhall Sneyd, of the Isle of Wight, and widow of Major Turner Macan, of Carriff. Died, s.p., June 21, 1867. Brother of Samuel C. (1814). (Eton Sch. Lists; Boase, III. 1308; Return ofM.P.s; Burke, L.G.) 431