Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whitworth, (Sir) Joseph, Bart.
Whitworth, (Sir) Joseph, Bart., F.R.S., created D.C.L. 17 June, 1868 (1s. Charles, of Leeds), inventor of the Whitworth plane and of the Whitworth gun, founded the Whitworth scholarships 1869, created LL.D. Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1863. created a baronet 1 Nov., 1869, died 22 Jan., 1887. See Foster's Baronetage.