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WHITMORE, William Wolryche (1787-1858), of Dudmaston Hall, Quatt, Salop.
Family and Education
bap. 16 Sept. 1787, IGI (Salop). 1st s. of William Whitmore of Dudmaston and 1st w. Frances Barbara, da. of John Lyster of White Whitmore. educ. Shrewsbury 1799. m. 29 Jan. 1810, Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Georgiana Bridgman, da. of Orlando, 1st earl of Bradford, s.p. suc. fa. 1816. d. 11 Aug. 1858.
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Ensign 1 Ft. Gds. 1804; lt.-col. 3 Salop militia 1808 – 15.
Sheriff, Salop 1838–9.
Main residence: Dudmaston Hall, Quatt, Salop.
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Draws on the Dudmaston mss, seen by permission of the National Trust at Dudmaston Hall. No biography of Whitmore has been published, but his great-niece Mary Whitmore Jones’s novel The Grinding Mills (1903) is based on his life.
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WHITMORE, William Wolryche (1787-1858)
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WHITBREAD, Samuel Charles (1796-1879), of Grove House, Kensington Gore and 33 Maddox Street, Mdx.
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b. 16 Feb. 1796, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Samuel Whitbread† (d. 1815) of Cardington and Southill, Beds. and Elizabeth, da. of Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Grey of Falloden, Northumb.; bro. of William Henry Whitbread*. educ. by private tutor Richard Salmon 1802-7; Sunninghill, Berks. (Rev. Frederick Neve) 1807; Eton 1808; St. John’s, Camb. 1814. m. (1) 28 June 1824, Juliana (d. 13 Oct. 1858), da. of Maj.-Gen. Henry Otway Trevor (afterwards Brand), 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 18 Feb. 1868, Lady Mary Stephenson Keppel, da. of William Charles, 4th earl of Albemarle, wid. of Henry Frederick Stephenson*, s.p. suc. bro. to family estates 1867. d. 27 May 1879.
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Sheriff, Beds. 1831 – 32.
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Main residences: Grove House, Kensington Gore; 33 Maddox Street, Mdx.
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WHITBREAD, Samuel Charles (1796-1879)
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WESTERN, Charles Callis (1767-1844), of Felix Hall, Kelvedon, Essex
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b. 9 Aug. 1767, 1st s. of Charles Western of Rivenhall, Witham, Essex and Frances Shirley, da. and h. of William Bollan of Rivenhall, agent for the council of Massachusetts. educ. Newcome’s, Hackney; Creevey’s Life and Times, 8. Felsted; Queens’, Camb. 1784. unm. suc. fa. 1771; cr. Bar. Western 28 Jan. 1833. d. 4 Nov. 1844.
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Capt. Kelvedon vols. 1798.
Main residence: Felix Hall, Kelvedon, Essex.
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WESTERN, Charles Callis (1767-1844)
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WEMYSS, James Erskine (1789-1854), of Wemyss, Fife
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b. 9 July 1789, 1st. s. of William Wemyss† of Wemyss and Frances, da. of Sir William Erskine, 1st bt., of Torrie. m. 8 Aug. 1826, Lady Emma Hay, da. of William, 17th earl of Erroll [S], 2s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); suc. fa. 1822; to Torrie by right of his mother 1841. d. 3 Apr. 1854.
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Entered RN 1801, midshipman 1804, lt. 1808, cdr. 1812, capt. 1814, half-pay 1814, r.-adm. 1850.
Ld. lt. Fife 1840 – d.
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Main residence: Wemyss, Fife.
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WEMYSS, James Erskine (1789-1854)
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WARRENDER, Sir George, 4th bt. (1782-1849), of Lochend, Dunbar, Haddington; Cliveden, Bucks. and Bruntsfield House, Edinburgh
Family and Education
b. 5 Dec. 1782, 1st s. of Sir Patrick Warrender†, 3rd bt., of Lochend and Helen, da. of James Blair of Dunbar. They were married on 26 Nov. 1780 (IGI). educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1799; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1811. m. 3 Oct. 1810, Hon. Evelyn Boscawen, da. of George Evelyn, 3rd Visct. Falmouth, s.p. suc. fa. as 4th bt. 14 June 1799; cos. Hugh Warrender, WS, to Bruntsfield 1820. d. 21 Feb. 1849.
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Ld. of admiralty Oct. 1812 – Feb. 1822; commr. bd. of control Feb. 1822 – Feb. 1828; PC 4 Feb. 1822.
Dir. (extraordinary) Bank of Scotland 1822 – 28.
Lt.-col. Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgow and Peebles militia 1805.
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Main residences: Lochend, Dunbar, Haddington and Cliveden, Bucks. and Bruntsfield House, Edinburgh.
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WARRENDER, Sir George, 4th bt. (1782-1849)
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WARD, John (1779-1855), of Holwood House, Keston and Calverley, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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b. 22 Dec. 1779, 2nd s. of William Ward (d. 1811) and Catherine, da. and h. of Thomas Nevill of Blackburn, Lancs. m. 27 Nov. 1806, Jane Frances, da. of Robert Lambert of Elland Hall, nr. Halifax, Yorks., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p. d. 24 Feb. 1855.
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Sheriff, Kent 1835 – 36.
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Main residences: Holwood House, Keston; Calverley, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
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WARD, John (1779-1855)
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WALKER, Charles Arthur (?1790-1873), of Belmont House, co. Wexford
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b. ?1790, 1st s. of Thomas Walker of Tykillen, co. Wexford and Maria, da. of William Acton of West Aston, Kilmacurragh, co. Wicklow. educ. Trinity, Dublin 17 July 1806, aged 16; L. Inn 1812. m. 10 Feb. 1836, Eleanor, da. of Joseph Leigh of Tinnekelly House, co. Wicklow, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1837. d. 29 Oct. 1873.
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Main residence: Belmont House, co. Wexford, [I].
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WALKER, Charles Arthur (?1790-1873)
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WALDO SIBTHORP, Charles De Laet (1783-1855), of Canwick Hall, Lincs.
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b. 14 Feb. 1783, 2nd s. of Humphrey Sibthorp† (afterwards Waldo Sibthorp) (d. 1815) of Canwick and Susannah, da. of Richard Ellison, banker, of Thorne, Yorks. and Sudbrooke Holme, Lincs.; bro. of Coningsby Waldo Waldo Sibthorp*. educ. Chiswick; Brasenose, Oxf. 1801. m. 21 Feb. 1812, Maria, da. and coh. of Ponsonby Tottenham† of Merrion Square, Dublin, 4s. suc. bro. 1822. d. 14 Dec. 1855.
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Cornet 2 Drag. 1803, lt. 1806; capt. 4 Drag. Gds. 1811, ret. 1822.
Lt.-col. R. South Lincs. militia 1822, col. 1852 – d.
Main residence: Canwick Hall, Lincs.
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For an inconsequential sketch see C. Sykes, ‘Colonel Sibthorp’, History Today, i (1951), 14-20.
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WALDO SIBTHORP, Charles De Laet (1783-1855)
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WAITHMAN, Robert (1764-1833), of New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London; 7 Woburn Place, Mdx. and Reigate, Surr.
Family and Education
b. 1764, s. of John Waithman (d. 1764), turner, of Bersham, nr. Wrexham, Denb. and w. Mary née Roberts. educ. Mr. Moore’s, ?Wrexham. m. 15 July 1787, his cos. Mary Davis of Red Lion Street, Holborn, Mdx., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. d. 6 Feb. 1833.
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Common councilman, London 1795 – 1818, alderman 1818 – d., sheriff 1820 – 21, ld. mayor 1823 – 24.
Master, Framework Knitters’ Co. 1815 – 16.
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Main residences: New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London and 7 Woburn Place, Mdx. and Reigate, Surr.
Notes
See J.R. Dinwiddy, Radicalism and Reform (1992), 63-86; Biog. Dict. of Modern British Radicals ed. J.O. Baylen and N.J. Grossman, i. 504-6; Oxford DNB; DWB.
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WAITHMAN, Robert (1764-1833)
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