Eryl,
St. Asaph, Flintshire, and has, with other issue, a
son, * Charles John, b. 1917. Mr. Wingfield is a
Magistrate for Shropshire (High SherifiE 1913), Major
3rd Batt. Shropshire L.I., an .41d. of Shrewsbury
(Mayor 1911, 1912 and 1914) and Patron of 1 living.
— Onsloto, near Shreiosbury. '

WINGFIELD, Lieut.-Col. John Maurice,
D.S.O., O.B.E., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., of
Tickencote, Rutland.
Elder son of John Harry Lee Wingfield, Esq., J.P.,
of Tickencote, who d. 1880, by Elizabeth Anne, who
d. 1900, eldest dau. of the late Maurice Johnson,
Esq. ; b. 1863. Educated at Harrow and at Trinity
Coll., Cambridge; is a Magistrate for Rutland (High
Sherifl 1911), Lieut.-Col. ret., late Major Cold-
stream Guards, Major Reserve of OflBcers, and
Patron of 3 livings, and was a Railway Transport
Officer, with the temp, rank of Lieut.-Col., 1914-19.
—Tickencote Hall, Stamford ; Market Oveton,
Oakham; Carlton, and Guards' Clubs, s.vf.; Turf
Club, w. ; D 5, Albany, Piccadilly, w.

Heir Pres., his brother Manrice Edward, O.M.G., was Acting
Ireasurer, Collector of Customs, Postmaster, M.B.C. and
M.L.C. Falkland Islands 1899-1900 and Acting Colonial
Secretary (Uar.-July) and Acting Governor ( July-Ang.) of
The Gambia 1911 ; educated at Winchester and at Trinity
Coll.. Cambridge (B.A. 1890, M.A. 1896) ; 6. 1869 ; m. 1909
Mabel Florence Gertrude, eldest dau. of Ralph Coker Adams
Beck, Esq., formerly of Piatt House. Kent.

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WINGFIELD, Lieut.-Col. Meevyn Edward
George Rhys, of Barrington Park,
Gloucestershire.
Eldest son of Edward Khys Wingfield, Esq., of Bar-
rington Park, who d. 1901, by Edith CaroHne, dau. of
the late Rev. Peter Almeric Wood, Canon of Middle-
ham, Yorkshire ; 6. 1872. Lieut.-Col.Wingfield, who
was educated at Eton, and was formerly Lieut. 2nd
Life Guards, is a J.P. and D.L. for Gloucestershire
(was on the roll for High Sheriff for 1918), a J.P. for
Oxfordshire, Lieut.-Col. 3rd Batt. Gloucestershire
Eegt., and Patron of 3 livings. — Barrington Park,
near Burford ; Junior Carlton Club, s.w. ; Bache-
lors' Club, w.; E. Yacht Squadron, Cowes.

WINGFIELD, Mrs., of The Ehysnant, Mont-
gomeryshire.
Jane Mary Anne, only dau. of Major Clopton Lewis
Wingfield, of The Ehysnant, who d. 1846, by Jane
Eliza, eldest dau. of the late Gen. Sir John Michell,
K.C.B.; m. 1865 Charles George Wingfield, Esq., of
Onslow, Shropshire, a J.P. and D.L. for Shropshire
(High Sheriff 1873) and Lieut.-Col. and Hon. Col. late
Comm. Shropshire Yeo. Cav., who d. 1891, leaving,
with other issue, an only son, * Charles Ralph Borlase,
now of Onslow hvhom sec). Mrs. Wingfield s. her
brother Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, M.V.O.,
J.P., formerly one of H.M.'s R. Body Guard of the
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at Arras, Major Montgom-
eryshire Yeo. Cav. and Capt. 1st Dragoon Guards
1912. — Residence : Onslow, near Shrewsbury.

WINGFIELD, See Powerscourt.

WINGFIELD-DIGBY. See Digby.

WINGFIELD-STRATFORD, Brigadier- Gen.
Cecil Vernon, C.B., C.M.G., of Farther-
well, Kent.

Third son oi John Wingfield-Stratford, Esq., J.P. and
D.L., of Addington Park, Kent, who d. 1881, by Jane
Elizabeth, who d. 1897, younger dau. of Gen. Sir John
Wright Guise, 3rd Bart., G.C.B. ; 6. 1853 ; m. 1881
Rosalind Isabel, only dau. of the late Hon. and Rev.
Edward Vesey Bligh, M.A., J.P. and D.L., of Farther-
well, and has, with other issue, a son, * Esme
Cecil, Capt. 4th Batt. R. W. Kent Regt. ; educated at
Eton and at King's Coll., Cambridge (B.A. 1904, M.A
and Fellow 1907); b. 1882; ra. 1915 Barbara Elizabeth,
only dau. of Lieut.-Col. Francis Henry Launcelot
Errington, C.B., of 5, York Terrace, W., and has a
dau., Roshnara Barbara. Brigadier-Gen. Wingfield-
Stratford is a Magistrate for Kent and an Hon.
Brigadier-Gen. ret., late Brevet Col. RE. ; was Chief
Engineer, Irish Command, 1907~W. —Fartherwell,
West Mailing, Maidstone, Kent.



WINGROVE, Henry Fownes, Esq., of Lang-
ley, Hampshire.
Son of Drummond Bond Wingrove, Esq., of Langley,
who d. 1880, by Emma Charlotte, who d. 1909,
youngest dau. of the late Rev. John Lukin, Rector of
Nursling, Hants ; 6. 1857 ; to. 1915 Angelina, dau.
of the late Capt. Henry Timson, of Tatchbury Mount,
Hampshire. Mr. Wingrove was educated at Magdalen
Coll., Oxford. — Langley House, Totton, Soutliampton ;
Oxford and Cambridge Club, s.w. ; R. Sout}iern
Yacht Club, Southampton.

WINN. See Headley ; and St. Oswald.



WINNINGTON, Sir Francis Salwey, Bart..
of Stanford, Worcestershire. — Cr. 1765.

Younger and only surviving son of Sir Thomas Edwar.l
Winnington, 4th Bart., of Stanford Court, by Anne
Helena, who d. 1883, eldest dau. of Sir Compton Pock-
lington Domvile, 1st Bart. ; b. 1850 ; s. 1872 ; m. 1879
Jane, eldest dau. of the late Lord Alfred Spencer-
Churchill. Sir Francis Winnington, who was edu-
cated at Eton, is a J.P. and D.L. for Worcestershire
(High Sheriff 1894), and Patron of 4 livings ; for-
merly Ensign 66th Foot—Stanford Court, Worcester :
Bachelors' Club, w. ; Travellers' Club, s.w.

Hfir, bis grandson Francis Salwey William, eliler son of
Francis Salwey Winnington, Esq., late Lieut. Col.lstnaui
Guarrls, who d. 1913, by Blancli (who m. 2ncUy 1916 l!,]i*
Douglas Giles Rooke. Coldstream i3uards. »ho d. on aciive
service 1918), 4tb dau. of the late Comm. William John
Casberd-Boteler, R.N., of Brook House, Kent : b. 1907.

WINSLOE, Adm. Sir Alfred Leigh, K.C.B.,
C.M.G., C.V.O.— Cr. 1909.

Second son of Richard Winsloe, Esq., of Liverpool,
who d. 1895, by Maria, who d. 1897, dau. of the late
Capt. L. S. Jack, E.N., of Eastbrook, Taunton; b.
1852. Sir Alfred Winsloe is an Adm. ret., and was a
Naval A.D.C to H.M. King Edward VII. 1903-4,
commanded the ' Ophir ' during the tour of T.M.
King George V. and Queen Mary (then Prince and
Princess of Wales) on their visit to the Colonies in
1901, the Cruiser Squadron 1900-2, and the Torpedo
and Submarine Craft Flotillas 1904-6, and was 4th
Sea Lord of the Admiralty 1907-10, and Com-
mander-in-Chief on the .China Station 1910-13.—
Naval and Military Club, w. ; 3, Doton Streer,
Piccadilly, w.

WINSTANLEY, Major Richard Norman, of
Braunston Hall, Leicestershire.
Third and elder surviving son of Ralph George
Pochin, Esq., J.P., a Comm. ret. R.N., who d. 1897,
by Anna Jane, who d. 1910, eldest dau. ot the
late Rev. George Winstanley, Rector of Glenfield,
Leicestershire, and sister and co-heiress of the
late James Beaumont Winstanley, Esq., of Braunston
Hall; b. 1864; m. 1907 Kathleen, 2nd dau. of the
late Staff Comm. Edward Charles Dubois Phillips,
ret. R.N., and has, with other issue, a son, * Richard
Clement Innes, b. 1911. Major Winstanley, who
assumed that surname in lieu of Pochin by deed poll
1905, is Major ret., late E. Surrey Regt., and Major
Reserve of Officers ; late temp. Major 2nd in
command 6th (Service) Batt. R. Berkshire Regt.—
Braunston Hall, Leicester.

WINTER, Sir Francis Pratt, Knt., C.M.G.—
Cr. 1900.

Eldest son of the late George Winter, Esq., of Oakley
Park, King's Co., by Elizabeth, dau. of the late James
Cox, Esq., of Clarendon, Tasmania ; 6.1848 ; m. 1903
Edith, dau. of the Hon. George Moore, of Fiji. Sir
Francis Winter was Acting Attorney-Gen. of Fiji ,
1887-8; M.E.C. and M.L.C. of British New Guinea,
and Chief Judicial Officer there 1888-1903.

WINTER, of Agher, co. Meath, See Purdon-

Wijitcr.

WINTER- WOOD, Edward John Wood, Esq..
of Keddington, Lincolnshire.
Elder surviving son of Thomas Winter Wood, Esq., of
Harestou House, Brixton, Devonshire, who d. 1905,
by Eliza Ann, who d. 1915, younger dau. of the late
Edward Sole, Esq., Solicitor, of Devonport ; b. 1847 ;
m. 1892 Harrianne Kime Babington Kime, who d.
1897, dau. of the late David Babington Ring, Esq.,



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Barrister-at-Law. Mr. Winter-Wood, who was edu-
cated at Plympton Grammar School and at Tours,
France, assumed the prefix surname of Winter 1909.
—Residence : Harcston, Paignton, Devonshire ; B.
Vi'estern Yacht Club of England, Plymouth.

WINTEKBOTHAM, Sir Henky Martin,
K.C.S.I.— Cr. 1903.

Son of the late John Brend Winterbotham, Esq., of
Cheltenham; b. 1847; vi. 1884 Sophie Horsfall
Wright. Sir Henry Winterbotham entered the
Madras Civil Service 1869 ; was appointed a Member
of the Board of Revenue, Commissioner of Revenue
Settlement, and Director of Agriculture 1895, and
a Member of the Madras Council 1898, retired
1903; is a J. P. for Gloueestershke. — Wychbury,
Leckhampton, near Clieltenham, Gloucestershire.

WINTEETON, Earl (Edward Turnoub).—
Cr. 1766.
Only child of Edward, 5th Earl, by Lady Georgiana
Susan, who d. 1913, 5th dau. of James, 1st Duke of
Abercorn, K.G. ; b. 1888; s. 1907. Earl Winterton,
who was educated at Eton and at New Coll., Oxford,
is a Magistrate for Sussex, Capt. T.F. Reserve, late
Sussex Yeo. and Acting Major Imperial Camel Corps,
Egypt ; sat as M.P. for the Horsham Div. of Sussex
1904-18 and has sat for the Horsham and Worthing
Div. of W. Sussex since 1918. — Shillinglee Park,
Chiddingfold, Godalming ; 4, Wilto^i Street, s.w.
Heir Pres., liis uncle the Hon. Keith Turnour-Fetherston-
haugh, of Up Park, Su.ssex {irftom see).



WINTLE, the Misses, of Cbolsey, Be
Edith Mary ; Katharine Emma ; Marion Eleanora,
and Florence Gilbert, dans, of Robert Wintle Wintle
(formerly Gilbert), Esq., J. P., of Cholsey, who d. 1892,
by Emma, who d. 1916, dau. of the late Ven. Henry
Cotton, Archdeacon of Cashel. — 21, Warwick Square,



WINTON, Earl of.



Eijlinton and Winton.



WINTON, Robert Edward Percy, Esq., of
Scremby Hall, Lincolnshire.

Second son of William Winton, Esq., of Woodgate
House, Sussex, who d. 1894, by Anna Maria, who d.
1912, 4th dan. of the late Robert Cropper, Esq , of
Laceby Hall, Lincolnshire ; b. 1867 ; m. 1902 Louisa
Emily Georgina, who d. 1919, youngest dau. of the
late Lieut.-Col. Arthur Kennedy, 18th Hussars. Mr.
Winton, who s. his cousin Henry Verschoyle Julius
Brackenbury, Esq., 1901, and was formerly temp.
Capt. and Adjutant 1st Batt. Lincolnshire Vol.
Regt., is Lord of the Manor and Patron of Scremby.
— Scremby Hall, Spilsby, Lincolnshire: R. Auto-
mobile Club, s.w. ; Woodgate House, Raynes Park,



WINTON. See niiite-Winton.



WINWOOD, Thomas Henry Ricketts, Esq.,
formerly of Wellisford Manor, Somerset. I
Only surviving son of Thomas Henry Winwood, Esq., 1
J. P., of Tyglyn Ayron, Cardiganshu-e, who d. 1856,
by Phcebe Ann (who d. 1900, having m. 2ndly I860
Aldborough Henniker, Esq., Q.C., who d. 1880), |
youngest dau. of the late David Henderson, Esq.,
M.D., of Montrose ; 6. 1852 ; m. 1878 Mabel Louisa
Parry, 7th dau. of the late William Parry-Okeden, Esq.,
J. P. and D.L., of Turnworth House, Dorsetshire, and



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has had, with other issue, Thomas Ralph Okeden,
M.C. (elder son), temp. Lieut, and Acting Capt.
R.F.A. ; 6. 1885; m. 1911 Mabel Katharine,
2nd dau. of the late Hastings Burton Middleton,
Esq., J.P., of Bradford Peverell, Dorsetshire, and
Midanbury, Hampshire, and d. (of wounds received in
action) 1917, leaving, with other issue, a son,
Thomas Claude Middleton, b. 1912. Mr. Winwood,
who was educated at Winchester and at Exeter
Coll., Oxford (B.A. 1875, M.A. 1877), is a J.P. for
Somerset and for Dorsetshire (High Sheriff of
Cardiganshire 1883); late Capt. Cardigan Art.
Militia. — Si/icai-fZ Lodge, Dorchester, Dorset; R
Societies'' Club, s.w.

WIPPELL, William Pridham, Esq., of Tlior-
verton, Devonshire.
Younger son of Pridham Henry Pridham Wippell,
Esq., F.L.S., J. P., Barrister-at-Law, of Thorverton,
who d. 1916, by Clara, youngest dau. of the late
William Asoroft, Esq., J.P., of Werneth, Lancashire;
6. 1888. Mr. Wippell, who was educated at Charter-
house and at St. Bartholomew's Hospital (M.R.C.S.
and L.R.C.P. 1914), is temp. Capt. R. Army Medical
Coriis.—Thorverton, Devonshire.

WISDEN, Mrs., of The Warren, Durrington,

Sussex.
Edith Isabel, 5th dau. of the late Robert Moseley
Thomas, Esq., of Aberkerry, Carmarthenshire; m.
1872, as his 2nd wife, Thomas Faulconer Wisden,
Esq., of The Warren, a J.P. and D.L. for Sussex
(High Sheriff 1887), and Lieut.-Col. late 3rd Batt.
R. Sussex Regt., who d. 1904, leaving issue. -Tlie
Warren, Durrington, Worthing.

WISE, Lady.
Catherine Adeline, dau. of the late William FuUard,
Esq., of Thorney, Northamptonshire ; m. 1876 Sir
William Lloyd Wise, F.R.G.S., M.I.M.E., A.I.C.E.,
A.I.N.A., the 1st Member of the C.C. for the Southend
Div. of Essex, a J.P. and D.L. for Essex, a J.P.
for Southend-on-Sea, and Senior Past-President of
the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, having
been one of the Founders of the Institute of Patent
Agents, and 1st President of the Chartered Body,
who was cr. Knt. 1904, and d. 1910. — 142, Invervfss
Terrace, Hyde Park, w.

WISE, Alexander Josiah Patrick, Esq., of
Belleville Park, co. Waterford.
Eldest surviving son of the late Thomas Alexander
Wise, Esq., of Hillbank, Dundee ; b. 18— ; m. 1870
Julia, dau. of the late John Anthony Woods, Esq.,
of Benton Hall, Northumberland, and has, with
other issue, a son, * Frederic, a J.P. and D.L. for
Northumberland ; b. 1871 ; m. 1904 Lucy Elizabeth
Wise, 2nd dau. of Sir Thomas Wrightson, 1st Bart.,
of Neasham Hall, co. Durham, and has, with other
issue, a son, * Patrick Wrightson, b. 1906. Mr. Wise
is a J.P. and D.L. for co. Waterford, and was High
Sheriff l^di.— Belleville Park, Cappoqtiin, co. Water-
ford ; Oriental Club, w.

WISE, Henry Edward, Esq., of Shrubland
Hall, Warwickshire.
Youngest son of Matthew Wise, Esq., of Shrubland
Hall, who d. 1864, by Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the
late William Staunton, Esq., of Longbridge, War-
wickshire ; b. 1.S56. Mr. Wise, who was educated at
Magdalen Coll., Oxford (B.A. 1880, M.A. 1889), and
s. his brother the Rev. William George Wise, 1905,
is Patron of 1 living. — Shrubland Hall, Leamington ;
Isthmian Club, w.

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WISE,Lieut.-Col. Henry Edward Disbrowe
DISBEOWE-, C.B.E., of Walton HaU,
Derbyshire.

Toungest son of Henry Christopher Wise, Esq., M.P.,
J.P. and D.L., of Woodcote, Warwickshire, who d.
1883, by his 2Dd wife Jane Harriet, who d. 1908,
yonnger dau. and co-heiress of the late Sir Edward
Cromwell Disbrowe, G.C.H., formerly Minister Pleni-
potentiary at The Hague, of Walton Hall ; 6. 1868 ;
s. his aunt Miss Charlotte Anne Albinia Disbrowe '
(who d. 1918), by deed of gift, 1910; m. 1896 Kath-
arine Mary, eldest dau. of Thomas Levett-Prinsep,
Esq., of Croxall Hall, Derbyshire. Lieut.-Col. Dis-
browe-Wise, who was educated at Harrow and at
New Coll., Oxford (B.A. 1891), and assumed the
prefix surname of Disbrowe by deed poll 1910, is a
Magistrate for Derbyshire and for Staffordshire, and
Lieut.-Col. 3rd Batt. Sherwood Foresters.— TTyiitoi
Hall, Burton-on- Trent ; Carlton Club, s.v.



Armstrong, 1st Bart. ; b. 1869 ; m. 1908 Nesta Con-
stance Muriel, eldest dau. of Sir Marteine Owen
Mowbray Lloyd, 2nd Bart., Lord Marcher of Kemes.
Mr. Withington, who was educated at Eton, was for-
merly Capt. 4th Batt. Oxfordshire L.l.—Fringford
Lodge, Bicester.



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-| WISE, William Francis Malcolm, Esq.,
of Eoehestown, co. Tipperary.
Son of Major Francis Hubert Wise, late S. of Ireland TOTTtTTMriTriM
Imp. Yeo., previously Lieut. 13th Hussars, of Roches- ,VViiillJNljlUJN
town, who d. 1917, by .lean Orme, dau. of the late
Gen. Sir Archibald Little, G.C.B., of Upton House,
Gloucestershire; />. 1S99. -Rochestoiryi, Cahir, co.
Tipperary.



WITHINGTON, Thomas Ellames,
Culcheth Hall, Lancashire.

Eldest son of Thomas Ellames Withington, Esq.,
J.P., of Culcheth Hall, who d. 191.5, by his 1st wife
Cecilia Jane, who d. 187.5, eldest dau. of the late
Eev. Edward Cardwell, D.D., Principal of St. Alban
Hall, Oxford; b. 1858; m. 1884 Jane Florentia,
youngest dau. of the late Eev. Edward Golding, of
Maiden Erlegh, Berkshire, and has, with other issue,
a son, * Thomas Ellames, Capt. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I. ; educated at Ch. Ch., Oxford
(B.A. 1913) ; b. 1891. Mr. Withington was educated
at Merton Coll., Oxford (B.A. 1880, M.A. 1884).—
Culcheth Hall, Warrinqton , Laiua.


See Wenfirorth.



WISEMAN, Sir William George Eden,
Bart., C.B., of Canfield Hall, Essex.— Cr.
1628.
Only son of Capt. Sir William Wiseman,9th Bart., R.N. ,
by Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Lewis Langworthy, Esq.,
of Putney Hill, Surrey : b. 1885 ; s. 1893 ; m. 1908
Florence Marjorie Hulton, 3rd dau. of the Rev.
George Frederick Sams, M.A., Rector of Emberton,
Buckinghamshire, and has 3 daus. Sir William
Wiseman, who was educated at Winchester and at
Je.sus Coll., Cambridge, and was formerly Lieut.
Cardigan R.G.A. Militia, and temp. Capt. 6th
(Service) Batt. Duke of Cornwall's L.I., is temp. Capt.
Gen. hist.— Garrick Club, w.c. ; 15, Sloane Avenue,



Heir Pres. {if any), the eldest lineal mate aescenaant
Thomas (2nd son of the 6th Bart.), who rf. 1S30, having ;
1778 Susannah, dau. of the '-'■- *' j— t, - ,.,_-__ ^__



Bookhani, Esq.



WITHAM, Philip, Esq., of Sutton Place,
Surrey.
Fourth son of Sir Charles Witham, Capt. E.N., of
Higham, Suffolk, who d. 1853, by Jane, who d.
1889, dau. of the late John Hoy, Esq., of Stoke
Suffolk; b. 1842; m. 1878 Louisa Mary, 2nd dau. of
the late Marmaduke Charles Salvin, Esq., of Burn
Hall, CO. Durham, and has 2 daus. Mr. Witham,
who was educated at Mount St. Mary's Coll. and
abroad, and s. his wife's uncle Francis Henry Salvin,
Esq., 1904, was admitted a Solicitor 1866, and is
Lord of the Manors of Sutton and Burpham. —
^V}^itvlow House, Guildford, Surrey.



WITHAM. See Maxu'ell-Witham.

WITHERS, of Briery Close, Westmorland.

See Hedley.

WITHINGTON, Frederick Edward, Esq.,

of Fringford Lodge, Oxfordshire.

Elder son of the Rev. Edward Withington, J.P., of

Fringford Lodge, who d. 1901, by Mary Anne

Elizabeth, who d. llllK, eldest dau. of SirAndrew



WITTENHAM, Lord (GeorcxE Denison
Faber, C.B.).— Cr. 1913.

Second surviving son of Charles Wilson Faber, Esq.,
D.L., of Northaw, Herts, who d. 1878, by Mary, who
d.' 1902, eldest dau. of Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th
Bart; b. 1852; m. 1895 Hilda Georgiana, youngest
dau. of Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Bart., of
Netherby, Cumberland. Lord Wittenham, who was
educated at Marlborough and at Univ. Coll., Oxford
(B.A. 1876), and called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn
1879, is a J.P. and D.L. for the W. Riding of York-
shire and a J.P. for Oxfordshire ; was formerly a
Partner in the firm of Beckett & Co., Bankers, Leeds ;
Registrar of the Privy Council 1887-96 and M.P. for
York City IflOO-Jan. 1910 and for the Clapham Div.
of Battersea and Clapham Jan. 1910-1918 ; has been
High Steward of Wallingford since 1913. — Rtish
Court, Wallingford; Carltm Club, B.yr. ; li, Gros-
venor Square w.

WITTENOOM, the Hon. Sir Edward Horne,
K.C.M.G.— Cr. 1900.

Eldest son of Charles Wittenoom, of Perth, W.
Australia, by Sarah, dau. of the late James Harding,
of Fremantle, W. Australia ; b. 1854 ; m. 1878 Laura,
dau. of Robert Mace Habgood, of Upper Tooting,
Surrey. Sir Edward Wittenoom, who was educated
at Perth, W. Australia, was Agent-Gen. in London
for W.Australia 1898-1901, and is M.L.C. of W. Aus-
tralia.— Pcri/i, W. Australia ; St. Stephen's, and
Ranelagh Clubs, s.w.



WITTEWRONGE.



Lawes- Wittewronge.



WITTS, Edward Francis Become, Esq.,
D.S.O., of Upper Slaughter Manor,
Gloucestershire.
Eldest son of the Rev. Canon Francis Edward
Broome Witts, of Upper Slaughter Manor, an Hon.
Canon in Gloucester Cathedral, Rector of Upper
Slaughter and Rural Dean of Stow, who d. 1913, by
Margaret Hole, eldest dau. of the late Rev. Canon
George Drinkwater Bourne, D.L. ; b. 1879. Mr.
Witts, who was educated at Eton and at Merton
Coll., Oxford, and was formerly Capt. 2nd Vol. Batt.
Gloucestershire Regt., is an Hon. Lieut, in the Army,
temp. Major 9th (Service) Batt. Gloucestershire Regt.,



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and Lord of the Manor and Patron of Upper
Slaughter. — Upper Slaughter Manor. Gloucester-
shire.



WITTS, Mrs., of Hill House, Leckhampton
Gloucestershire. I

Sybil Catherine, only child of Bichard Holdsworth, ;
Esq., of The Elms, East Woodhay, Hampshire, who d.
1861 ; VI. 1st 18— M. W. Vavasour, Esq. ; 2ndly 1878
Georffe Backhouse Witts, Esq., of Hill House, a J.P. !
and C.C. for Gloucestershire, who d. 1912, leaving a
dau., * Sybil Holdsworth.— Hill House, Leckhampton,
Cheltenham.



WODDROP. See Mitchell.



WODEHOUSE, Lord.



I under Kimberley.



WODEHOUSE, Gen. Sir Josceline Hene-
AGE, G.C.B., C.M.G.— Cr. K.C.B. 1908,
G.C.B. 1913.

Elder son of Vice-Adm. George Wodehouse, who d.
1900, by Eleanor Charlotte, who d. 1888, 2nd dau. of
the late Andrew Mortimer Druramond, Esq. ; h. 1852 ;
m. 1st 188-5 Constance, who d. 1886, younger dau. of
the late Gen. Sir Charles Lawrence D'Aguilar, G.C.B. ;
2ndly 1901 Mary Joyce, younger dau. of the late Robert
Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell,Esq., of Stainsby House,
Derbyshire. Sir Josceline Wodehouse, who was
educated at the B. Mil. Academy, Woolwich, is a
Gen. ret., late B.A., and a Col. Commandant B.A. ;
was Governor of a Frontier Province and Command-
ant gf the Frontier Field Force in Egypt 1888-94,
commanded the 3rd Brigade Malakand Field Force j
1897 ; the Presidency Dist. Bengal 1898-1900 ; the j WOLFE-BARRY



WODEHOUSE. See Kimberley, Earl of.

WOLFE, George, Esq., of Forenaghts, and
Bishopland, co. Kildare ; and of Acomb
Priory, Yorkshire.

Only surviving son of Theobald George Samuel
Wolfe, Esq., J. P., of Forenaghts and Bishopland,
who d. 1872, by Ehzabeth Henrietta, who d. 1910,
younger dau. of the late Henry Moreland Ball, Esq.,
of Kersiebank House, Stirlingshire, and of Tipper-
kevin, co. Kildare ; h. 1859 ; s. his brother Bichard,
Lieut. Scots Greys, at Forenaghts and Bishopland
1885; m. 1888 Emily Maud Mary, who d. 1910,
only child of the late Bichard Smethurst, Esq.,
J.P. and D.L., of Ellerbeck Hall, Lancashire,
and widow of Joseph Johnson Leeman, Esq., D.L.,
sometime M.P. for York, and has a dau., Emily
Maude Charlotte. Mr. Wolfe is a J.P. and C.C. for
CO. Kildare (High Sheriff 1900), late Lieut. Beserve
of Officers ; formerly Lieut. 8th Hussars and B. Irish
Fusiliers ; appointed Ranger of The Curragh 1910. —
Bislwpland, Ballymore Eustace ; Forenaghts, near
Naas ; Acomb Priory, York; Army and Navy Club,
s.w. ; Naval and Military Club, w.



WOLtE, Mrs., of Rockford, co. Tipperary.

Lucinda Elizabeth, only dau. of Frederick Hugh
Finch, Esq., of Kilcoleman, co. Tipperary, who (I.
1909, by Elizabeth, only dau of the late Bev. Robert
Berkley Greene, Rector of Kilodiernan, co. Tipperary :
m. 1910 Lieut.-Col. John Eolleston Wolfe, late 3rd
Batt. R. Irish Begt., of Eockford, a J.P. for co.

Tipperary, who d s.p. 1918 Rockford, Nenagh, co.

Tipperary.



_ See Barru.

Secunderabad Dist. 1900-1 ; the Lahore Dist. 1901-3,

and the Bawal Pindi Dist. 1903-G, and was Governor ^^ „„, . ^t -r ■ ^ , t-,

and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda 1907-8, Gen. WOLFERbTAN, Lieut.-Col. EgeetON bTAN-



GiScer Comm. the Northern Army in India 1908-10
and temp. Lieut.-Col. and Co. Commandant Surrey
Vol. Begt. 1916; has the Orders of the Medjidie and
Osmanieh, 2nd Class. — Elm Beams, Elstead, Godal-
ming; United Service Club, s.w.



WODEHOUSE, Major Sir Edwin Frederick,
K.C.B., K.C.V.O.-Cr. K.C.V.O. 1911,
K.C.B. 1917.

Only son of Col. Edwin Wodehouse, C.B., B.A., who d.
1870, by Catherine, who d. 1873, only dau. of the late
Capt. John Street, R.A. ; b. 1851 : to. 1881 Margaret,
only dau. of the late Charles Henry Wyndham a
Court-Bepington, Esq., of Amington Hall, Warwick-
shire. Sir Edwin Wodehouse, who was educated at ; ^QLLASTON, Sir Haery Newton Phillips,



ley PIPE-, of Statfold, Stafford.shire.
Eldest son of Francis Stafford Pipe-Wolferstan, Esq.,
of Statfold, who d. 1900, by Sarah Maria Hill, who d.
1906, dau. of the late William Hallows Belli, Esq.,
Bengal Civil Service ; b. 1861 ; m. 1897 Eleanor Grace,
youngest dau. of the late Henry Cunliffe Shawe, Esq.,
ofWeddington Hall, Warwickshire. Lieut.-Col. Pipe-
Wolferstan, who was educated at Eton, is Lieut.-Col.
ret., late Comm. 4th Batt. N. Staffordshire Begt.,
Major ret. late S. Staffordshire Begt., and Lord of the
Manor of Statfold ; commanded 10th (Service) Batt.
N. Staffordshire Begt. 1914 16 and an Infantry Bat-
talion 1916-n.— Statfold. near Tamworth, Stafford-
shire ; United Service Club, s.w.



the B. Mil. Academy, Woolwich, is Major ret., late :
R.A., and was Assistant Commissioner of the City
of London Police 1890-1902, and Assistant Commis- j
sioner of Metropolitan Police 1902-18.â€

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