People mentioned in correspondence beginning with the letter "W"

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• Wadham Knatchbull  (b. April 28, 1707 - d. Dec. 27, 1760)
  Also known as:

  • Prebendary of Durham
  • Reverend Knatchbull
• Walter Calverley  (b. Dec. 18, 1707 - d. Feb. 14, 1777)
• Walter Farquhar  (b. 1738 - d. March 30, 1819)
• Warren Hastings  (b. Dec. 6, 1732 - d. Aug. 22, 1818)
• Welbore Ellis  (b. Dec. 15, 1713 - d. Feb. 2, 1802)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Baron Mendip
• Wilhelmina Batavus  (b. Aug. 7, 1751 - d. June 9, 1820)
  Also known as:

  • Princess of Orange
  • Princess Wilhelmina
• Willem Karel Henrik Friso  (b. Sept. 1, 1711 - d. Oct. 22, 1751)
• William 4  (b. Aug. 21, 1765 - d. June 20, 1837)
  Also known as:

  • William Augustus
  • Duke of Clarence
  • William IV
  • William
• William 5  (b. March 8, 1748 - d. April 9, 1806)
  Also known as:

  • William Batavus
  • Prince of Orange
• William Adam  (b. 1689 - d. June 24, 1748)
• William Archdeacon  (b. 1732 - d. 1776)
  Also known as:

  • Mr Archdeacon
• William Augustus  (b. Aug. 21, 1765 - d. June 20, 1837)
  Also known as:

  • William 4
  • Duke of Clarence
  • William IV
  • William
• William Augustus  (b. April 15, 1721 - d. Oct. 31, 1765)
  Also known as:

  • Duke of Cumberland
• William Backhouse  (b. Unknown - d. 1788)
• William Batavus  (b. March 8, 1748 - d. April 9, 1806)
  Also known as:

  • William 5
  • Prince of Orange
• William Beattie  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• William Bentinck  (b. March 1, 1709 - d. May 1, 1762)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Duke of Portland
• William Bird  (b. 1755 - d. Unknown)
• William Black  (b. 1729 - d. 1810)
• William Blake  (b. Nov. 28, 1757 - d. Aug. 12, 1827)
• William Boscawen  (b. Aug. 11, 1749 - d. April 21, 1769)
• William Brummell  (b. 1777 - d. May 5, 1853)
• William Cavendish-Bentinck  (b. April 14, 1738 - d. Oct. 30, 1809)
  Also known as:

  • 3rd Duke of Portland
  • Marquess of Tichfield
  • Lord Titchfield
• William Clavering-Cooper  (b. Aug. 13, 1709 - d. Sept. 18, 1764)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Earl Cowper
• William Clayton  (b. 1718 - d. 1783)
• William Cobbett  (b. March 9, 1763 - d. June 18, 1835)
• William Congreve  (b. Jan. 24, 1670 - d. Jan. 19, 1729)
• William Cornwallis  (b. Feb. 20, 1744 - d. July 5, 1819)
• William Coventry  (b. 1676 - d. March 18, 1751)
  Also known as:

  • 5th Earl of Coventry
• William Coxe  (b. March 17, 1748 - d. June 8, 1828)
• William Creech  (b. May 12, 1745 - d. Jan. 14, 1815)
• William Cullen  (b. April 15, 1710 - d. Feb. 5, 1790)
• William Dalrymple  (b. 1736 - d. Feb. 16, 1807)
  Also known as:

  • Colonel Dalrymple
• William Dodd  (b. May 29, 1729 - d. June 27, 1777)
• William Duff  (b. 1732 - d. Feb. 23, 1815)
  Also known as:

  • Reverend Duff
• William Eden  (b. April 3, 1745 - d. May 28, 1814)
• William Emerson  (b. May 14, 1701 - d. May 20, 1782)
• William Fitzwilliam  (b. May 30, 1748 - d. Feb. 8, 1833)
  Also known as:

  • Earl Fitzwilliam
• William Forbes  (b. April 5, 1729 - d. Nov. 12, 1806)
• William Freind  (b. March 7, 1715 - d. Nov. 26, 1766)
• William Gilbank  (b. Oct. 31, 1740 - d. 1807)
  Also known as:

  • Reverend Gilbank
• William Gordon  (b. 1744 - d. 1823)
• William Graham  (b. 1757 - d. 1820)
• William Gregory  (b. 1744 - d. July 14, 1803)
• William de Grey  (b. July 7, 1719 - d. May 9, 1781)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Baron Walsingham
• William Grimston  (b. Dec. 31, 1684 - d. Oct. 15, 1756)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Viscount Grimston
• William Handcock  (b. 1704 - d. Aug. 13, 1741)
• William Harcourt  (b. March 20, 1743 - d. June 17, 1830)
  Also known as:

  • 3rd Earl Harcourt
• William Hardres  (b. July 25, 1686 - d. July 7, 1736)
  Also known as:

  • 4th Baronet Hardres
• William Hayley  (b. Nov. 9, 1745 - d. Nov. 12, 1820)
• William Heberden  (b. Aug. 13, 1710 - d. May 17, 1801)
• William Henry  (b. Nov. 25, 1743 - d. Aug. 25, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Duke of Gloucester
• William Hogarth  (b. Nov. 10, 1697 - d. Oct. 26, 1764)
• William Hougham  (b. 1723 - d. Dec. 30, 1802)
• William Hougham  (b. 1752 - d. Nov. 24, 1828)
• William Howe  (b. Aug. 10, 1729 - d. July 12, 1814)
• William Western Hugessen  (b. 1735 - d. Jan. 18, 1753)
• William Hunter  (b. May 23, 1718 - d. March 30, 1783)
• William IV  (b. Aug. 21, 1765 - d. June 20, 1837)
  Also known as:

  • William 4
  • William Augustus
  • Duke of Clarence
  • William
• William Jones  (b. Sept. 28, 1746 - d. April 27, 1794)
• William Kent  (b. 1686 - d. April 12, 1748)
• William Kerr  (b. March 13, 1737 - d. Jan. 4, 1815)
  Also known as:

  • Lord Ancram
  • Earl of Ancram
  • William John Kerr
  • 5th Marquess Lothian
• William Henry Kerr  (b. 1710 - d. April 12, 1775)
• William John Kerr  (b. March 13, 1737 - d. Jan. 4, 1815)
  Also known as:

  • Lord Ancram
  • Earl of Ancram
  • William Kerr
  • 5th Marquess Lothian
• William King  (b. April 16, 1736 - d. 1808)
• William Laing  (b. 1742 - d. 1812)
  Also known as:

  • Dr Laing
• William Leechman  (b. 1706 - d. Dec. 3, 1785)
• William Legge  (b. June 20, 1731 - d. July 15, 1801)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
  • Viscount Lewisham
• William Levinz  (b. 1713 - d. 1765)
• William Lynch  (b. 1730 - d. Aug. 25, 1785)
• William Henry Lyttelton  (b. Dec. 24, 1724 - d. Sept. 14, 1808)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Baron Lyttelton
  • Governor of South Carolina
  • Lord Westcote
• William Mabbot  (b. 1692 - d. Nov. 14, 1764)
  Also known as:

  • Captain Mabbot
• William Markham  (b. April 9, 1719 - d. Nov. 3, 1807)
• William Mason  (b. Feb. 12, 1724 - d. April 7, 1797)
• William Mayne  (b. 1722 - d. May 28, 1794)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Baron Newhaven
• William Montagu  (b. Oct. 10, 1789 - d. Jan. 15, 1815)
• William Morritt  (b. 1813 - d. April 13, 1874)
• William Murray  (b. March 2, 1705 - d. March 20, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Earl of Mansfield
• William Nairne  (b. 1731 - d. March 23, 1811)
• William Ogilvie  (b. 1740 - d. 1832)
• William of Orange  (b. March 8, 1748 - d. April 9, 1806)
• William Parry  (b. 1705 - d. April 29, 1779)
  Also known as:

  • Captain Parry
• William Weller Pepys  (b. Jan. 11, 1740 - d. June 2, 1825)
• William Petty  (b. May 2, 1737 - d. May 7, 1805)
  Also known as:

  • Lord Shelburne
• William Jr Pitt  (b. May 28, 1759 - d. Jan. 23, 1806)
• William Sr Pitt  (b. Nov. 15, 1708 - d. May 11, 1778)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Earl of Chatham
• William Beauchamp Proctor  (b. May 11, 1722 - d. Sept. 13, 1773)
• William Johnstone Pulteney  (b. Oct. 19, 1729 - d. May 30, 1805)
• William Pulteney  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • William Pulteney
• William Pulteney  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
  Also known as:

  • William Pulteney
• William Pulteney  (b. March 22, 1684 - d. July 7, 1764)
  Also known as:

  • Earl of Bath
• William Pulteney  (b. Jan. 9, 1731 - d. Feb. 12, 1763)
  Also known as:

  • Viscount Pulteney
• William Richardson  (b. Oct. 1, 1743 - d. Nov. 3, 1814)
• William Richardson  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• William Robertson  (b. Sept. 8, 1721 - d. June 11, 1793)
• William Robinson  (b. 1727 - d. Dec. 8, 1803)
  Also known as:

  • Reverend Robinson
• William Robinson  (b. 1704 - d. Sept. 18, 1785)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Baronet Robinson
• William Scott  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• William Seward  (b. 1747 - d. April 24, 1799)
• William Shenstone  (b. Nov. 18, 1714 - d. Feb. 11, 1763)
• William Davies Shipley  (b. Oct. 5, 1745 - d. 1826)
• William Sotheby  (b. Nov. 9, 1757 - d. Dec. 30, 1833)
• William St Quintin  (b. 1729 - d. July 22, 1795)
  Also known as:

  • 5th Baronet St Quintin
• William Strahan  (b. March 24, 1715 - d. July 9, 1785)
• William Vane  (b. Feb. 14, 1714 - d. April 5, 1789)
  Also known as:

  • 2nd Viscount Vane
• William Vane  (b. Feb. 17, 1734 - d. May 20, 1734)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Viscount Vane
• William Villiers  (b. March 8, 1707 - d. Aug. 28, 1769)
  Also known as:

  • 3rd Earl of Jersey
• William Warburton  (b. Dec. 24, 1698 - d. June 7, 1779)
• William Whitehead  (b. Feb. 12, 1715 - d. April 14, 1785)
• William Wilberforce  (b. Aug. 24, 1759 - d. July 29, 1833)
• William Windham  (b. May 14, 1750 - d. June 4, 1810)
• William Henry Nassau du Zuylestein  (b. Sept. 17, 1717 - d. Sept. 28, 1781)
  Also known as:

  • Earl of Rochford
• William-Augustus Montagu  (b. 1752 - d. 1776)
• Williamina-Dorothy Cotes (née Cheselden) (b. 1716 - d. 1763)
• Wills Hill  (b. May 30, 1718 - d. Oct. 7, 1793)
  Also known as:

  • 1st Marquess of Downshire
• Winzenreid de Courtilles  (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
• Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham  (b. Feb. 16, 1737 - d. Sept. 26, 1763)

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