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Onuct on. An English clergyman ; b. at
St. Agnes; Rector of St. Pumock, Lis-
keard, 1870-83 et seq.
West, Rev. John Rowland, MA. J. R. W. An English clergyman , Trin. Coll., Cambridge, 1832; Vicar of Wraw- by, Glandford Bridge, 1847-83 et seq.
West, Joshua Harry Helicon, Esq. An English satirical poet
West, Richard, -1726. The New Lord Chancellor. An eminent Irish jurist; Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1725-26.
West, Samuel, D.D., 1738-1808. The Old Man. An eminent American clergy- man; b. at Martha's Vineyard, Harv. Univ., 1761; pastor of Hollis Street Church, Boston, 1789-1808, where he died.
West, William, 1770-1854. An Old bookseller; One of the Old School; W. W. An English bookseller ; b. at Whaddon, Croyden, Surrey; was in business at Cork and at London ; d. in the Charter- House, London.
West, Rev William, B A. The Edi- tor of that Edition ; Incumbent of the Eng- lish Church, Nairn. An English clergy- man; Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1866; Rector of Puttenham, Guildford, 1882-83 et seq.
Westcott, Thompson, 1820-. Joe Miller, Jr. An American lawyer and journalist; b. in Philadelphia, admitted to the Bar of that city, 1841, and editor of the " Sunday Dispatch," Philadelphia, 1848-70 et seq.
Westerton, Charles- One of the Churchwardens. An English miscellane- ous writer.
Westlake, William Colson. A Mer- chant. An English Friend, of Southamp- ton
Westley, F. O. F. C. W. An Eng- lish writer, of Cheltenham.
Westmacott, Charles Molloy, 1787- 1868. Bernard Blackmantle. An Eng- lish journalist ; proprietor and editor of the ** Age/' London ; d. at Paris.
Westmoreland, John Fane, llth Earl of, D.C.L., 1784-1859. An Officer employed in his Army. AJQ. eminent English soldier and diplomatist; d. at Althorpe House, London.
Westmoreland, Mrs. Maria Eliza- beth (Jourdan), 1815-. Mystery. An American. "Southland" writer; b. in Georgia; in 1832 married Dr. W. E. Westmoreland, of Atlanta, where in 1869 she still resided.
Weston, Ambrose. A. W. An Eng-, lish financial writer.
Weston, Rt Hon. Edward. A Coun-
try Gentleman. An English civilian;
Privy Counsellor of Ireland, 1746
Weston, Edward Payson, 1810- The Ptde*>lrian. An American teacher; Bowclom Coll , 18:30 ; in 1876 opened a school for young ladies at Highland Park, near Chicago, 111.
Weston, H. H. Three Friends. An American writer of the day.
Weston, Rer. Stephen, B.D., 1747- 1830. S. W.,*FRS, F.S.A; The Englishman Abroad; An Admirer of a Gieat Genius; An Oxonian; P. A R. ,- Philoxenus Secundus; A Trimester; Terrm Films An English classical and oriental scholar ; b. in Exeter ; d. in London.
Wetham, B. RW.,D.P. A Roman Catholic; President of the College of Douay.
Wetherby, ^1 British American.
A Canadian political writer.
Wetherspoon, George, Jr Spectator* An American journalist of the day.
Wetmore, Henry Carmer, 1823-_ A Pencu/er. An American poet and prose writer ; b. in New York City ; son of Apollos Russell Wetmore ( * ) .
Wetmore, John P. Jonah An Amer- ican bicycler ; secretary of the Elizabeth (NJ.) Wheelmen.
Wetterberg'h, Carl Anton, 1804-. Onkel Adam. A Swedish novelist; b. at Jonkoping, a physician in the regi- ment of Jutland; since 1850 has devoted himself to literature at Stockholm.
Weyland, John, Esq. One of II Hf.'s Justices of the Peace fot the Three Inland Counties. An English Justice for Ox- ford, Berks., and Surrey; helped estab- lish the "British Review," of which he- was for some time the reputed editor.
Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick, D D.^ 1746-1828. A Beautiful and Unfortunate Young Lady. An English clergyman, poet, and novelist ; more than 50 y ears Rector of Hagworthingham in the Fens,
Wharton, Charles Henry, D D,> 1748-1833 a H. W. ; The Chaplain of that Society ; Dr. Gauden ; An Inhabitant of the State of Maryland. An American Epis. clergyman; b. in St. Mary's Co., Md.; was a Roman Catholic priest, but became a Protestant; Rector of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, N.J., 1798- 1833.
Wharton, Francis, D D., LL.D,, 1820-. F. W. Aoi eminent American clergyman; b. in Philadelphia; Yale Coll*, 1839; practised law in his native city till 1855; professor at the Epis. Divinity School at Cambridge, Mass,,. 186 -1885 et seq.
