Warner, George Townsend
WARNER, GEORGE TOWNSEND. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Oct. 17, 1S59. S. of the Rev. George Townsend (above), of
Torquay. B. Mav 9, 1841, at Southampton. School, Harrow.
Matric. ' Michs. i860; B.A. 1864; M.A. 1868. Ord. deacon (Exeter) 1864; priest (Salisbury) 1866; C. of St Mary-
Magdalene, Torquay, 1864-7. C. of Stoke Gabriel, 1867-75.
Head Master of Newton College, Newton Abbot, 1875-95. R.
of Alfold, Surrey, 1895-1902. Married — , dau. of G. Moir.
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, one of his pupils, left this descrip-
tion of him: 'A tall sanguine man, in the middle years, but athletic yet, a rare runner between wickets; in school, and
out of it, an organiser: a gentleman with every attribute of
a good Head Master save a sense of justice, of which he had
scarcely a glimmer, and being choleric, could be angriest
when most unjust.' Died Nov. 22, 1902, at Torquay. Father of George (1884, sub Townsend-Wamer) ; brother of William
S. O. (1864). (Crockford; Quiller-Couch, Memories and
Opinions; The Titnes, Nov. 25, 1902.)
WARNER, GEORGE TOWNSEND (1884), see TOWNSEND- WARNER.
WARNER, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 27, 1823. Of Dublin. [S. of Henry. B. in Co. Meath.]
Matric. Michs. 1823; B..\. 1828. Adm. ad eundem at Trinity
College, Dublin; M.A. (T.C.D.) 1832. Ord. deacon, 1829;
priest, 1830. Civil Chaplain at Corfu, -1846-55. British
Chaplain at Lvons, 1856-g. Disappears from Clergy List,
1868. (.•!/. Dub.)
WARNER, HENRY. B.A. 1762, incorp. from Oxford; M.A.
from King's, 1762. [S. of Daniel (formerly Woodward), of Shingay, Cambs.] Matric. from Merton College, Oxford,
Aug. si 1741, aged 17; B..\. (Oxford) 1745. Of Walsingham
Abbey. Died in 1835. {Al. Oxon., 'Henry Lee Warner'; see Henry Warner (1722) to whom the M...\. degree is tentatively
accorded.)
WARNER, HENRY BROOKS. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 25,
1898. (2nd) s. of [Sir] Joseph Henry (Balliol College, Oxford,
1855), barrister, of 62, Eaton Square, London. B. Sept. 28,
1880, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A.
1901. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1909. A temporary
clerk in the Foreign Office, 1915-19. O.B.E., 1918. Of I, Sumner Place, London, S.W. Died Oct. 12, 1938, at Bognor
Regis. (Law Lists; The Times, Oct. 14, 1938.)
WARNER, HENRY JAMES. Adm. sizar at St John's, Oct. 3, 1881. S. of William [Henry], ship-wright (and Ann). B.
July 19, 1862, in Poplar. Bapt. Oct. 19, 1862. School,
Merchant Taylors' (Dr Baker). Matric. Michs. 1881; B.A. (Theo. Trip., ist Class) 1884; Jeremie Septuagint prize, 1884;
M.A. 1888; B.D. 1922. Ord. deacon (Exeter) 1887; priest,
1888; C. of St Matthew's, Stonehouse, Plymouth, 1887-9. V. of Brixton, Devon, 1889-97. V. of Yealmpton, 1897-1917.
Rural Dean of Plymouth, 1915-17. V. of North Stoke with
Ipsden (with Mongewell, 1927-37), Oxon., 1917-37. Author,
The Albigensian Heresy; History of Yealmpton. Married
Edith Emma Morris. Of i6, Gorsehill Road, Poole, in 1952.
[Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; Crockford.)
WARNER, HIRAM WOLCOTT. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 4,
1890. S. of William Strong, of 10, Linden Park, Tunbridge
Wells. B. Nov. 4, 1872, in New York. School, private.
.Matric. .Michs. 1890; B.A. 1893; M.A. 1898. Called to the
Bar, Lincoln's Inn, June 22, 1898. Of 7, New Square,
Lincoln's Inn. Died in 1939. (Law Lists.)
WARNER, JOHN. Adm. sizar (age 17) at Magdalene, July 2
1754. S. of [the Rev.] Ferdinando (1741-2), of Lewisham Kent. [B. 1736, in London.] Schools, Greenwich and
St Paul's. Migrated (age 19) (sic), to Trinity, Nov. 6, I754- Matric. Lent, 1755; B.A. 1758; M.A. 1761; D.D. 1773. Ord.
priest (London) Sept. 21, 1760. Preached at a chapel (his
own property) in Long Acre, London. R. of Hockcliffe and
Chalgrave, Beds., 1771. Chaplain to the English Embassy at
Paris, 1790-5. .■V prisoner in France until 1795, when he obtained his freedom and was allowed to return to England.
R. of Stourton, Wilts., 1790-1800. R. of Scrivelsby Lines., for about two months in 1777. Author, Metron Ariston; etc.
An excellent scholar with a reputation for wit; writer of
several agreeable letters printed in Jesse's George Selwyn and his Contemporaries. Died, Jan. 22, 1800, in London. iSt
Paul's Sch. Keg.; Wilts. Institutions; D.N.B.; P. B. G. Binnall.)
WARNER, JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 16) at Trinity, May 30,
1821. S. of William [of High Green, Wolverhampton] (and
Elizabeth, dau. of James Barney). B, at Wolverhampton.
School, Wolverhampton Grammar. Matric. Lent, 1822;
B.A. 1826; M.A. 1829. .\Am. at the Inner Temple, June 8,
1825. Called to the Bar, Nov. 26, 1830. Died May 31, 1877.
Father of the next. (Wolverhampton Gr. Sch. Reg.; Inns of Court.)
WARNER, JOHN GRAY. Adm. (age 18) at Trinity Hall, 1859.
[Eldest] s. of John (above), of 11, Montague Street, Russell
Warner, William Sydney Oke
Square, London. [B. Jan. 3, 1841.] Schools, Repton, Durham
and Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1859; LL.B. 1863. Adm. at
Lincoln's Inn, Oct. 15, 1861. Called to the Bar, Nov. 17, 1864. Died May 4, 1922. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Durham Sch.
Reg.; Repton Sch. Reg.; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the
Bar; The Times, May 8, 1922.)
WARNER, JOHN HENRY BOYER. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
July 15, 1867. [Eldest] s. of Edward, of Quom Hall, Leics. (and Marianne, dau. of the Rev. J. W. R. Boyer). B. Sept. 2,
1849, at Leicester. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1868;
B.A. 1873; M.A. 1877. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 5,
1870. Of Kepwick Park, Northallerton. J. P. and D.L., for
Leics. Died Apr. 12, 1891. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Inns of Court.)
WARNER, MARMADUKE. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1897.
[4th] s. of the Rev. Richard Edward (Exeter College, Oxford,
1855), R. of Stoke, Grantham (and Mar>' Janetta Hale, dau. of Major Constantine Yeoman). B. [Feb. 9], 1878, at
Snitterby, Lines. School, St Edward's, Oxford. Matric. Michs. 1897; B.A. 1902; M..\. 1905. Served in the C.U.R.V.
during the South African War, 1898-1901. Ord. deacon
(Ripon) 1903; priest, 1904; C. of Laithkirk, Yorks., 1903-4- C. of Folkestone, 1904-5. Chaplain and bursar of Ely
theological College, 1905-8. Mission P., dio. of Auckland,
New Zealand, 1908-10. V. of St Thomas's, Auckland, 1910-11. C. of the Church-of-the-.Ascension, Lavender Hill, London,
1911-13. V. of St Barnabas, Beckenham, Kent, 1913-17.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Chaplain, R.A.C.D.). R.
of St Clement with St Edmund's, Norwich, 19x7-20. V. of St German, Roath, Glam., 1920-36. Rural Dean of Cardiff,
1931-6. R. of Nash with Thornton and Beachampton, Bucks.,
1936-47. Of Malvern in 1951. (Venn, 11. 554; Crockford; Univ. War List.)
WARNER, PATRICK. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Trinity Hall,
Oct. II, i860. [Eldest] s. of Patric, Esq., deceased, of Ardeer,
Ayrshire (and Lucy Campbell, dau. of Capt. Joseph Pearce,
R.N.). B. Dec. 19, 1840. Schools, Edinburgh .\cademy and
Merchiston Castle. Matric. Michs. i860. Succeeded his father,
at Ardeer, 1854. J. P. for .Ayrshire. Married, June 22, 1864,
Maude Louisa, dau. of the Rev. Thomas J. Theobald, R. of
Nunney, Somerset, and had issue. Residing at Brighton in
1914. Died Mar. 13, 1915. (Merchiston Castle Sch. Reg.;
Edinburgh Academy Reg.; Burke, L.G., which gives 1841 for
year of birth.)
WARNER, RICHARD HYETT. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi,
July 6, 1858. Of Surrey. [S. of Richard, of Croom's Hill, Greenwich. School, City of London.] Matric. Michs. 1858;
Scholar, 1859; B.A. 1862; M.A. 1869. Ord. deacon (Ely)
1864; priest, 1S65; C. of Thomey Abbey, Cambs., 1864-72.
V. of Astley, Warws., 1872-7. V. of Almeley, Heref., 1877-
1919. Married, Dec. 4, 1897, Grace, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Adams. Author, The History of Thomey Abbey; Life and
Legends of St Chad. Disappears from Crockford, 1920. (The Times, Dec. 10, 1897.)
WARNER, THOMAS. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Trinity, Mar. 26,
1842. [B. June 16, 1822, at Leyton, Essex. S. of Edward,
of Walthamstow. School, Totteridge Park.] Matric. Michs.
1842; B.A. 1846; M.A. 1849. Of Brighton. J. P. for Sussex.
F.R.A.S., 1867. Married, 1847, Elizabeth, dau. of Richard
P. Harris. Author, How to keep the Clock right. Died Jan. 3,
1883. (Monthly Notes, Royal Astron. Soc, 44, 184, 153.)
WARNER, THOMAS DAVENPORT. Adm. pens, at Trinity
Hall, Sept. 29, 1866. S. of T., Esq., of Rangoon. [B. Mar. 20,
1848, in New York. School, Church of England Grammar,
Melbourne, Australia.] Matric. Easter, 1867. Rowing 'blue' (cox), 1868. Ord. deacon (Brisbane) 1874; priest, 1875; Inc.
of Roma, Queensland, 1874-8. C. of St M., W. Maitland,
1878-9. Inc. of Cassilis, 1879-87. Inc. of St Paul's, W. Maitland, 1887-90. R. of Toowoomba, 1890-1903. Hon.
Canon of Brisbane, 1892. R. of St John's, Dalby, 1903-4. C. of Walkem, Herts., 1904-6. R. of Shephall, 1906-16. Subsequently of Sandgate, Queensland. Disappears from Crockford, 1940.
WARNER, WILLIAM HORATIO. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 8, 1889. S. of William John, civil-engineer, of South Shields (and Martha .\lthea Catherine Morris). B. .May 19,
1870, at Westoe, South Shields. Schools, Durham and
Cheltenham College. Matric. Michs. 1889. An Army tutor
for some years. Later a brewer; inventor of an 'improved
sparger.' Died Nov. 19, 1901. Brother of George F. (1882). {Durham Sch. Reg.)
WARNER, WILLIAM SYDNEY OKE. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
.Mar. 24, 1864. S. of the Rev. George Townsend (1833), of
Highstead, Torquay. B. Aug. 29, 1844, at Swansea. School,
his father. Matric. Michs. 1864; B.A. 1868. Cricket 'blue,' 1867, 1868. Ord deacon (Winchester) 1870; C. of Shalfleet,
Isle of Wight, 1870-1. Died Nov. 1871, at Salisbury. Brother of George T. (1859). (Boase. vi. 790; Clergy List.)
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