Budleigh Notables: W
Ken WALKER (1923-2018), artist, lived at 3 Victoria Place.
*His watercolour paintings are recognised as an important archive of the town's architectural heritage.
* 'The Changing Face of Budleigh Salterton High Street' was the title of an exhibition to display his work, staged at Fairlynch Museum in 2019.
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2012/04/budleighs-archiving-artist.html
John WALTERS (1845-1894). Butcher. He lived at 34 Fore Street.
* He was responsible for commissioning the intricate carved brick façade on the building previously known as ‘The Creamery’.
* This kind of brickwork was carved by skilled brick masons and seen as an external sign of wealth and taste.
* The façade is said to have been created in about 1889 by Italian craftsmen.
* The building became known as ‘Walter’s Folly’, supposedly because of its height.
* John Walters’ father, also called John Walters (1804-1881), was described as ‘Gentleman’ in the announcement of his death on 6 March 1881. His son was appointed executor of the will. Perhaps this was how he could afford ‘Walter’s Folly’.
* His grave is in All Saints’ churchyard, East Budleigh.
https://squireandpartners.com/research-and-development/hans-place-brickwork/
Professor Charles William Romen WARD, (b. 1940). Professor of Economics. Pictured above with his wife Susan Mary Ward (1944-2012). They lived at ‘Elmsleigh House’, 11 East Terrace.
* His publications include over 50 articles on his main interests – investment and finance applied to property along with two co-authored books: British Financial Institutions and Markets (1985), and Financial Innovation in UK Property Markets (2004).
Susan Mary WARD (1944-2012). Founder of Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival in 2008, pictured in 2010 with Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate. She lived with her husband Professor Charles William Romen Ward (b.1940) at ‘Elmsleigh House’, 11 East Terrace.
* The Susan Ward Memorial Talk is given annually as a tribute to the Festival’s founder.
https://budlitfest.org.uk/about/susan-ward/
Robert WARINGTON FRS (1807–1867), chemist, died at Poplar Cottage, Fore Street Hill
* He founded the Chemical Society of London, serving as its first Secretary for ten years from 1841.
* In 1845 he was one of the founders of the Royal College of Chemistry, later part of Imperial College, London.
* He is reputed to be the inventor of the marine aquarium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Warington
https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526151971/9781526151971.00006.xml
Charles Watson WARRELL (1889-1995), former headmaster, publisher, lived on Boucher Way.
* He created the I-SPY books, a series of spotters' guides written for British children and first published in 1949.
* He called himself Big Chief I-Spy, heading half a million members of the so-called I-SPY tribe by 1953.
* The I-SPY books totalled sales of 25 million worldwide by 2010.
* Charles Watson Warrell died at the age of 106.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/nottingham/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8452000/8452787.stm (19 Jan 2010)
http://www.whoisgeorgemills.com/2011/06/charles-watson-warrell-westfield-road.html (12 June 2011)
Edith Florence Catherine WARREN, née Edwards
* Her husband was George Bodley Warren (1871-c.1930).
* They are recorded as living at ‘Heathgate’ - pictured above - on Lansdowne Road in the 1939 Kelly’s Directory.
* Their son Richard
Vivian Warren (1914-1939) was the first of those named on Budleigh Salterton’s
War Memorial to die on active service during WW2.
George Bodley WARREN (1871-c.1930s)
* His wife was Edith Florence Catherine Warren (dates unknown).
* They are recorded as living at ‘Heathgate’ on Lansdowne Road in the 1939 Kelly’s Directory.
* Their son Richard
Vivian Warren (1914-1939) was the first of the names on Budleigh Salterton’s
War Memorial to die on active service during WW2.
* Both father and son attended Charterhouse School, pictured above. Image credit: Wikipedia.
* George Bodley Warren (1871-c.1930s) compiled a collection of photographs, deeds, diaries and family papers relating to the Warren and Mead-King families, stored by the South West Heritage Trust and found in the Somerset Archive Catalogue.
https://somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk/records/A/BWO
Richard Vivian WARREN (1914-1939)
* His parents were George Bodley Warren
(1871-c.1930) and Edith Florence Catherine Warren (dates unknown).
* Among the names on Budleigh Salterton’s War Memorial he was the first to die in WW2.
* You can read about him at https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/11/ww75-10-september-1939-gallant-lads.html
Herbert George WELLS (1866-1946) writer. Portrait of Herbert George Wells in 1920 by George Charles Beresford.
* H.G. Wells and his wife stayed with George Robert Gissing (1857-1903) at the latter’s rented accommodation in ‘Parkholme’, 14 West Hill, during the Spring of 1897.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gissing
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2014/07/budleigh-in-books-part-i.html (23 July 2014)
Charles Ernest WEST (1873-1951), aural surgeon, lived at ‘Broadpark’, Moor Lane.
* He developed an interest in aural surgery after gaining a 1st Class degree in Classics from Balliol College, Oxford, remaining at Balliol to gain another 1st Class degree in Natural Science before studying Medicine.
* He was the co-author of The Operations of Aural Surgery, published in 1909.
div-class-title-charles-ernest-west-f-r-c-s-div.pdf (cambridge.org)
Walter Walmesley WHITE (1877-1970). Ornithologist. Author of Bird Life in Devon (1931). Lived at 'Ellergarth', Dalditch Lane.
* He was one of the original founder members of the Devon Bird Watching and Preservation Society.
* A hard cover 336-page edition of his ornithological notes was published in 2004.
* His handwritten notes have been on display at Fairlynch Museum.
https://www.devonmuseums.net/East-Devon-Heath-Week/Events/
Douglas WHITING CBE (1908-1988) Director of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO).
* A former teacher, he was Head of Cirencester Grammar School and later Cheadle Hulme School.
* His grave is in St Peter’s Burial Ground
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/feb/08/guardianobituaries.israel (8 Feb 2005)
* Her first book, a novel in three volumes entitled Coquetry, was co-written with her older sister Charlotte Champion Pascoe. It was published anonymously in Edinburgh in 1818 with the help of Sir Walter Scott, who corrected the proofs.
* Much of her work focused on the history of early Protestantism in Europe. Pictured above is the symbol of the Waldensians, with its motto Lux lucet in tenebris ('A light shines in the darkness') Her book A Short History of the Waldensian Church in the Valleys of Piedmont was published in 1855.
https://www.ova.org.uk/article/willyams-miss-jane-louisa-1786-1878-author-0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Louisa_Willyams
John Hyrne Tucker WILSON, known as Jack Wilson (1914-97). Olympic rowing champion. He lived at ‘Elvestone’, Fore Street Hill. Pictured with fellow-rower Ran Laurie (1915-1998).
* While studying at Cambridge, he rowed in three successive Boat Races (1934–36) in which Cambridge defeated Oxford. During the 1935 and 1936 races, he rowed alongside Ran Laurie, father of the actor Hugh Laurie.
* In 1948 Wilson and Laurie won an Olympic gold medal, rowing at Henley.
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2012/08/people-from-past-jack-wilson.html (4 Aug 2012)
John McBurnie WOOD (1922-2010), businessman and philanthropist, lived at Copp Hill Lane
* He bequeathed around £2 million to various charities including Budleigh Salterton Cricket Club - its logo is above. Other local charities which benefited were Budleigh Salterton Croquet Club and Shandford Residential Care Home on Station Road.
William WYLLY (1757-1828). Barrister. Attorney-General of the Bahamas in 1821; Chief Justice of St Vincent from 1822 to 1827. He died in Budleigh Salterton, location unknown.
* He wrote A Short Account of the Bahama Islands, published in 1789, as seen above.
* He is recorded as the owner of the Clifton, Tusculum and Waterloo Estates in the Bahamas with a combined total of 67 enslaved people in 1818.
* Yet his anti-slavery stand in 1816 has been described by some historians as ‘Wylly’s finest hour’, when, as Attorney General of the Bahamas he ruled in favour of a black woman, challenging the authority of master over slave. His unpopular ruling landed him in prison for a time: the case was known as ‘the Wylly affair’.
* His grave is in All Saints’ churchyard, East Budleigh, in a tomb erected by his son Vincent Matthews Wylly.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146642463
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Slave-owners
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