People mentioned in correspondence beginning with the letter "W"

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• Lady Wake   (b. 1740 - d. Dec. 10, 1823)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Fenton
• Countess Waldegrave   (b. July 10, 1736 - d. Aug. 22, 1807)
  Also known as:

  • Duchess of Edinburgh
  • Duchess of Gloucester
  • Maria Waldegrave (née  Walpole)
• Maria Waldegrave  (née Walpole) (b. July 10, 1736 - d. Aug. 22, 1807)
  Also known as:

  • Duchess of Edinburgh
  • Duchess of Gloucester
  • Countess Waldegrave
• Prince of Wales   (b. Jan. 31, 1707 - d. March 31, 1751)
  Also known as:

  • Frederick Augustus
• Mrs Mary Wallace   (b. 1706 - d. Feb. 14, 1791)
  Also known as:

  • Mrs Mary Morton
  • Mary Savile (née  Pratt)
• Viscountess Wallingford   (b. 1711 - d. Oct. 14, 1790)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Catherine Knollys
• Horace Walpole   (b. Sept. 24, 1717 - d. March 2, 1797)
• Ned Walpole   (b. 1706 - d. Jan. 12, 1784)
  Also known as:

  • Sir Edward Walpole
• Robert Walpole   (b. Aug. 26, 1676 - d. March 18, 1745)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Earl of Orford
• Sir Edward Walpole   (b. 1706 - d. Jan. 12, 1784)
  Also known as:

  • Ned Walpole
• 1st Baron Walsingham   (b. July 7, 1719 - d. May 9, 1781)
  Also known as:

  • William de Grey
• Charlotte Walsingham   (b. 1735 - d. April 12, 1790)
• Miss Walton   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• William Warburton   (b. Dec. 24, 1698 - d. June 7, 1779)
• 6th Baron Ward   (b. March 6, 1704 - d. May 6, 1774)
  Also known as:

  • John Ward 1st Ward (née  Viscount)
• John Ward 1st Ward  (née Viscount) (b. March 6, 1704 - d. May 6, 1774)
  Also known as:

  • 6th Baron Ward
• John Ward 2nd Ward  (née Viscount) (b. Feb. 22, 1725 - d. Oct. 10, 1788)
• Madame de Warens   (b. March 31, 1699 - d. July 29, 1762)
  Also known as:

  • Louise Éléonore de la du Pil (née  Tour)
• Earl of Warrington   (b. Oct. 1, 1737 - d. May 28, 1819)
  Also known as:

  • Lord Grey
• Charlotte Warton  (née Nicholas) (b. Oct. 11, 1742 - d. Dec. 2, 1806)
• Joseph Warton   (b. 1722 - d. Feb. 23, 1800)
• Thomas Warton   (b. Jan. 9, 1728 - d. May 21, 1790) (b. Jan. 9, 1728 - d. May 21, 1790)
• 1st Earl Warwick   (b. Oct. 10, 1719 - d. July 8, 1773)
  Also known as:

  • 8th Baron Brooke
  • Francis Greville
• George Washington   (b. Feb. 22, 1732 - d. Dec. 14, 1799)
• Francis Watkins   (b. 1723 - d. 1791)
• Catherine Watson  (née Furnese) (b. 1710 - d. Dec. 17, 1776)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Guildford
  • Catherine North (née  Furnese)
  • Countess of Rockingham
• Lady Catherine Watson   (b. 1711 - d. 1765)
  Also known as:

  • Mrs Southell
  • Mrs Southwell
  • Catherine Southwell (née  Watson)
• Richard Watson   (b. 1737 - d. July 4, 1816)
• Charles Watson-Wentworth   (b. May 13, 1730 - d. July 1, 1782)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
•  Webb  
• Alexander Wedderburn   (b. Feb. 13, 1733 - d. Jan. 2, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Baron Loughborough
  • 1st Earl of Rosslyn
• Betty Anne Wedderburn  (née Dawson) (b. 1752 - d. Feb. 5, 1781)
• Josiah Wedgewood   (b. July 12, 1730 - d. Jan. 3, 1795)
• John Weldon   (b. Jan. 19, 1676 - d. May 7, 1736)
• Arthur Wellesley   (b. May 1, 1769 - d. Sept. 14, 1852)
  Also known as:

  • Duke of Wellington
• Duke of Wellington   (b. May 1, 1769 - d. Sept. 14, 1852)
  Also known as:

  • Arthur Wellesley
• Chancellor of Wells Cathedral   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • Francis Squire
• Amalie von Wendt   (b. April 1, 1704 - d. Oct. 19, 1765)
  Also known as:

  • Countess of Yarmouth
• Anne Wentworth   (b. 1684 - d. Sept. 19, 1754)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Wentworth
• Lady Wentworth   (b. 1684 - d. Sept. 19, 1754)
  Also known as:

  • Anne Wentworth
• John Wesley   (b. June 17, 1703 - d. March 2, 1791)
• Admiral West   (b. 1715 - d. Aug. 15, 1757)
  Also known as:

  • Temple West
• Catherine West  (née Bartlett) (b. 1710 - d. 1757)
  Also known as:

  • Kitty West
• Frances West  (née Balchen) (b. 1710 - d. 1793)
• Gilbert West   (b. 1703 - d. March 26, 1756)
• Kitty West   (b. 1710 - d. 1757)
  Also known as:

  • Catherine West (née  Bartlett)
• Mary West   (b. 1704 - d. Sept. 12, 1786)
  Also known as:

  • Molly West
• Molly West   (b. 1704 - d. Sept. 12, 1786)
  Also known as:

  • Mary West
• Temple West   (b. 1715 - d. Aug. 15, 1757)
  Also known as:

  • Admiral West
• Lady Westcote   (b. 1745 - d. Sept. 19, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • Caroline Lyttelton (née  Bristowe)
• Lord Westcote   (b. Dec. 24, 1724 - d. Sept. 14, 1808)
  Also known as:

  • William Henry Lyttelton
  • 1st Baron Lyttelton
  • Governor of South Carolina
• Lady Westmoreland   (b. 1708 - d. Nov. 17, 1782)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Fane (née  Swymmer)
  • Lady Westmorland
• 6th Earl of Westmorland   (b. Oct. 3, 1681 - d. June 4, 1736)
  Also known as:

  • Thomas Fane
  • The Honorable Thomas Fane
• 7th Earl Westmorland   (b. March 24, 1685 - d. Aug. 26, 1762)
  Also known as:

  • John Fane
• Countess of Westmorland   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • Mary Fane (née  Cavendish)
• Lady Westmorland   (b. 1708 - d. Nov. 17, 1782)
  Also known as:

  • Elizabeth Fane (née  Swymmer)
  • Lady Westmoreland
• 3rd Viscount Weymouth   (b. Sept. 13, 1734 - d. Nov. 19, 1796)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Marquess of Bath
  • Thomas Thynne
• John Whaley   (b. 1710 - d. 1745)
• John Whalley   (b. 1699 - d. Dec. 12, 1748)
• Mary Whalley  (née Squire) (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Thomas Sedgwick Whalley   (b. 1746 - d. 1828)
• Susan White   (b. 1744 - d. Oct. 20, 1797)
  Also known as:

  • Mrs Woodhouse
• William Whitehead   (b. Feb. 12, 1715 - d. April 14, 1785)
• Catherine Widdrington  (née Graham) (b. 1677 - d. 1757)
• William Wilberforce   (b. Aug. 24, 1759 - d. July 29, 1833)
• Princess Wilhelmina   (b. Aug. 7, 1751 - d. June 9, 1820)
  Also known as:

  • Wilhelmina Batavus
  • Princess of Orange
• John Wilkes   (b. Oct. 17, 1725 - d. Oct. 26, 1797)
• Mrs Wilkes   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
•  William   (b. Aug. 21, 1765 - d. June 20, 1837)
  Also known as:

  • William 4
  • William Augustus
  • Duke of Clarence
  • William IV
• Henry William   (b. Nov. 25, 1743 - d. Aug. 25, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Duke of Gloucester
  • Prince Henry
• Anna Williams   (b. 1706 - d. Sept. 6, 1783)
• Charles Hanbury Williams   (b. Dec. 8, 1708 - d. Nov. 2, 1759)
• Frances Williams  (née Coningsby) (b. Jan. 15, 1717 - d. 1781)
• George James Williams   (b. 1719 - d. 1805)
• Helen Maria Williams   (b. June 17, 1759 - d. Dec. 15, 1827)
• Miss Williams  
• Charlotte Williams-Wynn  (née Grenville) (b. 1754 - d. Sept. 29, 1830)
  Also known as:

  • Lady Williams-Wynn
• Lady Williams-Wynn   (b. 1754 - d. Sept. 29, 1830)
  Also known as:

  • Charlotte Williams-Wynn (née  Grenville)
• Lady Henrietta Williams-Wynn  (née Somerset) (b. April 26, 1748 - d. July 24, 1770)
• James Williamson   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Francis Willis   (b. Aug. 17, 1718 - d. Dec. 5, 1807)
• 14th Baron Willoughby   (b. Aug. 5, 1738 - d. Feb. 15, 1816)
  Also known as:

  • John Perto-Verney
• Cooper Willyams   (b. 1762 - d. July 17, 1816)
• Henry Wilmot   (b. 1710 - d. Aug. 3, 1794)
• John Eardley Wilmot   (b. Aug. 16, 1709 - d. Feb. 5, 1792)
• Mr Wilmot   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Sarah Wilmot  (née Morris) (b. March 15, 1724 - d. March 25, 1793)
• George Wilson   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Thomas Wilson   (b. Aug. 24, 1703 - d. April 5, 1784)
• Viscount Wilton   (b. Dec. 27, 1731 - d. Sept. 29, 1789)
  Also known as:

  • Marquess of Carnarvon
• 7th Earl of Winchelsea   (b. July 2, 1647 - d. Jan. 1, 1730)
  Also known as:

  • Daniel Finch
• 8th Earl of Winchelsea   (b. May 24, 1689 - d. Aug. 2, 1769)
  Also known as:

  • Daniel Finch
  • 2nd Earl of Nottingham
• 9th Earl of Winchelsea   (b. Nov. 4, 1752 - d. Aug. 2, 1826)
  Also known as:

  • George Finch
• Anne Winchelsea  (née Kingsmill) (b. 1661 - d. Aug. 5, 1720)
• 8th Earl of Winchilsea   (b. May 24, 1689 - d. Aug. 2, 1769)
  Also known as:

  • Daniel Finch
  • 3rd Earl of Nottingham
• William Windham   (b. May 14, 1750 - d. June 4, 1810)
• 2nd Viscount Windsor   (b. May 1, 1707 - d. Jan. 25, 1758)
  Also known as:

  • Herbert Hickman-Windsor
• Lord Plymouth Windsor   (b. May 12, 1731 - d. April 21, 1771)
• John Wood   (b. Feb. 25, 1728 - d. June 18, 1782)
• John Wood Wood   (b. 1704 - d. May 23, 1754)
• James Woodhouse   (b. April 18, 1735 - d. 1820)
• Joseph Woodhouse   (b. April 19, 1744 - d. 1804)
• Mrs Woodhouse   (b. 1744 - d. Oct. 20, 1797)
  Also known as:

  • Susan White
• Lord Woodhouselee   (b. Oct. 15, 1747 - d. Jan. 5, 1813)
  Also known as:

  • Alexander Fraser Tytler
• Viscount Woodstock   (b. March 17, 1682 - d. July 4, 1726)
• Dr Woodward   (b. May 1, 1665 - d. April 25, 1728)
• Richard Woodward   (b. 1743 - d. Nov. 27, 1777)
• Hannah Woohouse  (née Fletcher) (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • Daphne
• John Wootton   (b. 1681 - d. 1764)
• Rebecca Wootton  (née Rutty) (b. 1693 - d. 1748)
• Marquess of Worcester   (b. Dec. 22, 1766 - d. Dec. 2, 1835)
• Mr Worsdale   (b. 1692 - d. June 10, 1767)
• Frances Worsley   (b. 1694 - d. June 20, 1743)
• Miss Wortley   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Edward Wortley Montagu   (b. Feb. 8, 1678 - d. Jan. 22, 1761)
• 1st Baron Wraxall   (b. April 8, 1751 - d. Nov. 7, 1831)
  Also known as:

  • Nathaniel Wraxall
• Nathaniel Wraxall   (b. April 8, 1751 - d. Nov. 7, 1831)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Baron Wraxall
• John Wright   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Mrs Wright   (b. Unknown - d. 1778)
• Patience Wright  (née Lovell) (b. 1725 - d. March 23, 1786)
• T Wright  
• 7th Baronet Wrottesley   (b. April 12, 1721 - d. July 20, 1769)
  Also known as:

  • Richard Wrottesley
• Richard Wrottesley   (b. April 12, 1721 - d. July 20, 1769)
  Also known as:

  • 7th Baronet Wrottesley
• James Wyatt   (b. Aug. 3, 1746 - d. Sept. 4, 1813)
• George O'Brien Wyndham   (b. Dec. 18, 1751 - d. Nov. 11, 1837)
• Catherine Wyndham-Harris  (née Knatchbull) (b. 1709 - d. June 8, 1796)

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