Wainwright, William Johnson
WAINWRIGHT, WILLIAM JOHNSON. Adm. pens, (age 17) at
Trinity Hall, Sept. 15, 1873. [Only] s. of G[eorge]
J[ohnstone] [of Brooklands, Southport], deceased (and
Margaret). B. Jan. 19, 1856. School, King William's College, Isle of Man. Matric. Michs. 1874; B.A. 1878; M..\. 1881.
Ord. deacon (Carlisle) 1879; priest (Carlisle) 1880; C. of
.^spatria, Cumberland, 1879-89. Died June 19, 1889, at
Linden House, Aspatria from an overdose of laudanum.
{King William's Coll. Reg.; Clergy List; The Guardian, June 26, 1889.)
WAISTELL, PERCY HUGH. Adm. at Caius, Oct. 2, 1893. S. of
Charles, solicitor, of Northallerton, Yorks. (and Margaret Ida
Toyne). B. there, Apr. 8, 1875. School, Derby. Matric.
Michs. 1893. With the Holborn brewery, London, and Heath
brewery, Nailsea; Chairman and managing director of
Reffells Bexley brewery, Ltd. Member of Kent County
Council, 1937. Died Apr. 3, 1944, at Harrogate. {Derby Sch.
Reg.; Venn, 11. 535; The Times, Apr. 6, 1944.)
WAIT, DANIEL GUILDFORD. Adm. pens, at St John's, Feb. I, 1812; from Univ. Coll., Oxford, whence he had matric.
Oct. 20, 1809; re-adm. Fell.-Com. Mar. 8, 1813. [S. of Daniel,
Esq.] B. 1789, at Bristol. Matric. Michs., 18x2; LL.B. 1819;
LL.D. 1824. Appointed 1825 to catalogue the Oriental MSS.
in the University Library. C. of Pucklechurch, Gloucs.
R. of Blagdon, Somerset, 1819-50. Became bankrupt in 1833
and was a prisoner in the Fleet. Author, Jewish, Oriental and
Classical Antiquities, etc. Died, unmarried, Sept. 30, 1850,
aged 61. {D.N.B.; Cambridge Chronicle, Dec. 20, 1833; Al. Oxon.)
WAIT, FREDERICK WILLIAM. Adm. scholar at Emmanuel,
Apr. 17, 1877- [Youngest] s. of G[eorge John], Esq., of
Trelawney, Earley, near Reading. B. Apr. 29, 1858, at
Gloucester. School, Reading. Matric. Michs. 1877; B.A.
1881 ; M.A. 1884. Assistant Master at Friar's School, Bangor, 1882-5. Ord. deacon (Gloucester and Bristol) 1886; priest,
1887; C. of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs., 1886-90. C. of
St Michael's, Croydon, 1890-2. C. of St Thomas's, Stamford
Hill, 1892-9. C. of St Augustine's, Victoria Park, South
Hackney, 1899-1905. C. of St Barnabas, Kensington, 1906-7.
R. of Hasketon, Suffolk, 1907-27. Married, Apr. 30, 1894,
Charlotte Augusta, 3rd dau. of John Wells, of Airmyn, Yorks.
Disappears from Crockford, 1928. {Who's Who in Suffolk.)
WAIT, JOHN ALFRED. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 20, 1883. [Eldest] s. of John, ship-owner, of North Shields (and Jane).
B. there. Bapt. Dec. 25, 1864. School, Surrey County,
Cranleigh. Matric. Michs. 1883; B.A. 1886; M.B. and B.Chir.
1890. At the London Hospital. Junior House Surgeon,
Clayton Hospital, Wakefield; Resident Medical OfBcer,
British Hospital, Port Said. Sometime surgeon with the
New Zealand Shipping Co. Served in the Great War, 1914-
19 (Lieut.-Col., R.G.A. (T.F.); mentioned in despatches).
Practised at Tynemouth and Carlisle. Married, Nov. 7, 1893,
Clara Matilda, dau. of Robert Harrild, of Svdenham. Latterly
of Etterby House, Cadisle, where he died, Apr. 26, 1936.
Benefactor to the College. (Eagle, xlix, 203; Cambridge
Review, Oct. 30, 1936; The Times, Apr. 28, 1936.)
WAITE, ARTHUR. Adm. at Trinity Hall, Oct. 1894. [Eldest]
s. of Canon Joseph, D.D., of the vicarage, Norham-on-Tweed
(and Rosamond Eliza, eldest dau. of the Rev. T. S. Evans,
Canon of Durham). B. Aug. 5, 1871. School, Winchester.
Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A. 1897. A tea-planter in Ceylon
with Messrs Finlay, Muir and Co., and Galalia's, 1887-1908. Ord. deacon (London, for Col.) 1909; Assistant Chaplain,
at Darjeeling, 1909-10. C. of St Paul's, Scott's Lane, Calcutta, 1910-11; Chaplain at «Kurseong, 1911-25; at
Cuttack, 1925-6; at St Paul's, Scott's Lane, Calcutta, 1926-
30; at Silchar, Assam, 1932-41. Died Feb. 19, 1941, at
Shillong, Assam. (Crockford; The Times, Feb. 25, 1941.)
WAITE, CHARLES DERBY. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse,
Oct. 10, 1834. S. of John, of Willesden House, Middlesex.
B. [June 1] 1807. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1834;
M.B. 1847. At the Middlesex Hospital; House Surgeon there.
M.R.C.S., 1829; M.R.C.P., 1859; F.R.C.S., 1874- Apprenticed
to Sir Charies Bell, F.R.S. Practised at 3, Old Buriington
Street, London. Senior Physician, Westminster general
dispensary. Member of the Committee of inquiry into the
health of the Metropolis during the prevalence of Asiatic
cholera, 1832. Died June 12, 1893. {List of Carthusians;
T. A. Walker, 450, and MS. note; Medical Directories; Plarr,
Lives of the Fellows.)
WAITE, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Apr. 28, 1865. [Only] s. of John George, deceased. B. June
21, 1841, in London. School, King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A. 1870; M.A. 1873. Adm. at the Inner
Temple. May 6, 1865. Called to the Bar, Nov. 17, i868.
Resided at Gordon Place, Tavistock Square, London. Died
Mar. 15, 1878. {Peile, 11. 589; Law Lists; Inns of Court.)
Wake, Baldwin
WAITE, JOHN. Adm. sizar (age 18) at St John's, May 9, 1799. S. of Richard [tailor], late of Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorks. (and
Alice Barker). B. [Feb. 3, 1781], at Barwick-in-Elmet.
[Bapt. Apr. 15, 1781.] School, Louth. Matric. Michs. 1799;
Scholar, 1802; B.A. 1803; .M.A. 1806. Ord. deacon (Lincoln)
June 12, 1803; priest, June 9, 1805; C. of Wyham and Little
Cawthorpe, Lines., 1803-14. Usher at Louth Grammar
School until 1812; Head Master, i8i4-5i,the poet, Tennyson,
being amongst his pupils. R. of Stewton, 1817-41. V. of
Tathwell, 1841-72. Married, 1804, Mary, dau. of Thomas
Phillips, solicitor, of Louth. Died Jan. 18, 1872, at Manby
rectory. Father of John D. (next). {St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 534; Clerical Guide; Crockford.)
WAITE, JOHN DEANE. .A.din. pens, at Clare, Mar. 10, 1824.
[S. of the Rev. John (above), V. of Tathwell, Lines, (and
Mary, dau. of Thomas Phillips, solicitor, of Louth).] B. at
Louth [Mar. 16, 1805]. Matric. Michs. 1824; B.A. 1828;
M..\. 1831. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1828; priest, 1829. V. of
Little Cawthorpe, Lines., 1832-51. R. of Manby, 1852-85.
Died June 18, 1885, aged 80. {St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 534; Crockford; Clergy List.)
WAITE, THOMAS. Adm. sizar at Queens', May 19, 1797- Of Cambs. [S. of John, of Wisbech. B. Jan. 25, 1776.] Matric.
Michs. 1797; B.A. 1801 ; M.A. 1807; LL.D. 1814. Ord. deacon,
c. 1802; and priest. C. of Wellington, Somerset. C. of Framp- ton. Lines, and Master of the Grammar School at Butterwick.
Retired to Greenwich, owing to ill-health, in 1809, where he
assisted the vicar. Chaplain to the Duchess of Brunswick,
18 10; to the Duke of Gloucester, 18 12, and subsequently to
the Princess Sophia Matilda and to the Bishop of Oxford.
Head Master of Colfe's Grammar School, Lewisham, 1814-31.
R. of High Halden, Kent, 1835. R. of Great Chart, 1837-42- Author, Sermons. Died Nov. 6, 1842; buried in Greenwich
churchyard. (L. L. Duncan; Clergy List; Warwick's Univ.
Reg.)
WAITE, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at St John's, May 22, 1888. S. of Thomas, miller [died 1870] (and Maria Greaves, of
Kendal). B. Apr. 11, 1869, at Bishopton. School, Sedbergh
(Mr H. S. Hart). Matric. Michs. 1888; B.A. 1892. Called to
the Bar, Middle Temple, June 30, 1897. Of 5, Stone Buildings,
Lincoln's Inn. Resided at Redhill, Surrey. Died Sept. 17,
1942, at Redhill. {Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Law Lists; Bench Book, Middle Temple; The Times, Sept. 18, 1942.)
WAITE, THOMAS HARNEIS. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 30, 1851. [Eldest] s. of Thomas PhUlips, solicitor, of Louth,
Lines, (and Ann). B. there. May 23, 1832. School, Louth
(Rev. J. Waite). Matric. Michs. 1851. Died Mar. 19, 1852,
at Louth, of typhus-fever. Nephew of John D. (1824);
grandson of John (1799)- (G. Mag., 1852, i. 532; TheGuardtan,
Mar. 24, 1852; Cambridge Chronicle, Mar. 27, 1852.)
WAITE, WILLIAM HERBERT. Adm. at Clare, Oct. 10, 1892.
School, Halifax Grammar. Matric Michs. 1892; B.A. 1895;
M.A. 1899. Assistant Master at Ackworth School, Pontefract,
1896-1924. Died Dec. 17, 1924, at Cambridge. (Scott, MSS.;
Schoolmasters' Directories; The Times, Dec. 18, 1924-)
WAITE-BROWNE, HENRY FRANKLIN (1900), see BROWNE.
WAITES, JOHN [BENTLEY]. .\dm. sizar at St John's, July 8 1830; re-adm. pens. Oct. 11, 1830. [S. of WiUiam, farmer, of
Sowerby, near Thirsk, Yorks.] B. at Sowerby. School, Leeds Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1830; B.A. 1835. Ord. deacon
(Lincoln, Litt. dim. from York) Sept. 20, 1835. C. of South
Stainley, Yorks. V. of Markington. C. of Bishop Thornton,
-1841. V. of South Stainley, 1841-67. Disappears from
Clergy List, i868. {Leeds Gr. Sch. Adm. Book; Crockford.)
WAITHMAN, JAMES CLARKSON. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 5, 1876. Did not reside. Adm. pens, at Magdalene,
Oct 5, 1876. S. of Charles William, merchant's clerk (and Catherine). B. at Halifax, Yorks. Bapt. June 24, 1857.
Matric. Michs. 1877; B.A. 1881; M.A. 1886; B.Chir. and
M.D. 1897. -At the Middlesex Hospital; House Surgeon there.
M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P., 1894. Clinical Assistant, Great Ormond
Street and Chelsea Hospitals for Women. Served m the
Great War, 1914-19 (Capt , R.A.M.C). Practised in
Grosvenor Street and, later, at 13, New Cavendish Street,
London, W. Died Dec. 2, 1937- {Medical Directories; The Times, Dec. 4, 1937.)
WAKE, BALDWIN. Adm. pens, at St John's, Nov. 8, 1804; re-adm. Fell.-Com. Oct. 30, 1805. School, Woodbridge.
[Doubtless s. of Drury (and Frances Pratt). B Aug. 3, I774-]
M.D. Physician to York County Hospital. Married Sarah,
dau. of James Spedding, of Summergrove, Cumberland, and had issue. Died Mar. 3, 1842, at York. (Burke, P. and B.; G. Mag., 1842, I. 454-)
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