Notable individuals

The following individual family members were famous or significant in their particular lives, work or chosen fields of endeavour.

If any further information about any of these individuals or have any photos of them or stories that you can share about them then please contact me. Alternatively if you think anyone else should be added a 'notable individual' then please also let me know.

Arthur Wontner as Holmes

Arthur Wontner Smith
(Born: 21 January 1875 - Died: 10 July 1960)
Actor (including in five Sherlock Holmes films)
You can read more about Arthur Wontner via his Wikipedia entry.
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)










Blanchard Allen Wontner
(Born: 15 August 1839 - Died: 23 October 1908)
Solictor and partner in firm "Wontner and Sons"
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

Cloelia Wontner
(Born: 23 August 1886 - Died: 30 January 1944)
Headmistress of Poltimore College, Devon between 1918 and 1940
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

Reverend Eric Sewell Wontner

(Born: 8 April 1880 - Died: 16 October)
Church of England Vicar in Suffolk
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

Reverend Max Sewell Wontner
(Born: 14 April 1879 - Died: 8 November 1948)
Church of England Vicar in Essex
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

National Portrait Gallery image

Sir Hugh Walter Kingwell Wontner
(Born: 22 October 1908 - Died: 25 November 1992)
Hotelier and former Lord Mayor of London
You can read more about Sir Hugh via his Wikipedia entry.
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

John Wontner Bracket clock

circa 1790

John Wontner
(Born: 18 March 1746 - Died: 16 December 1802)
Clockmaker
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John Wontner
(Born: 27 February 1784 - Died: 7 November 1833)
Governor of Newgate Prison and Marshall of His Majesty's Gaols
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

John Joseph Wontner
(Born: 13 July 1886 - Died: 27 November 1968)
Journalist and author of "A Guide to Land Registry Practice")
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

Painting by

William Clarke

Wontner

William Clarke Wontner
(Born: 17 January 1857 - Died: 23 September 1930)
Artist
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)








William Hoff Wontner
(Born: 15 July 1814 - Died: 2 February 1881)
Architect
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

Reverend Thomas Sewell Wontner
(Born: 14 December 1877 - Died: 28 May 1945)
Church of England Vicar in Suffolk and Norfolk
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

Thomas Wontner
(Born: 27 February 1813 - Died: 19 December 1873)
Solicitor and founder of firm "Wontner & Sons" who for more 60 years were solicitors to the Metropolitan Police, the Home Office and the Treasury
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

Cyril Wontner Wontner-Smith
(Born: 6 March 1877 - Died: 2 December 1952)

Architect
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)

Graham Wontner-Smith
(Born: 21 April 1922 - Died: 9 April 2016)
General Manager of Harrods and Dickens & Jones and Managing Director of Dickens & Jones
For more information go to Branch 3 (Descendants of Thomas Wontner)