Wren died at the age of 64. A prize was founded in his honour at Christ's College in 1902.[2]
Wren married firstly in 1860, Eliza Cox, daughter of William Cox of Halesowen, and secondly in 1867, Emily Horn, daughter of G. W. Horn of Richmond.[2] He had several children; his daughter from his first marriage, Feona Mary Duport, married Frank Geere Howard, a Municipal Reform Party member of the London County Council;[5] his fourth daughter, Mary Dorothea, married Sir Thomas Marris Taylor, C.B.E., a principal at Wren's school from 1898 to 1915, later a director of the Ministry of Munitions;[6] a son, Emil Fitzwalter Wren (1871-1933), was a barrister.[7]
Referencesedit
^The Illustrated London News vol. 60, 1872, pg 258
^ abcd"Wren, Walter (WRN852W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
walter, wren, member, angeles, california, city, council, walter, wren, december, 1833, august, 1898, english, tutor, liberal, party, politician, house, commons, briefly, 1880, wren, 1880, wren, born, buntingford, hertfordshire, richard, wren, 1804, 1872, malt. For the member of the Los Angeles California City Council see Walter J Wren Walter Wren 28 December 1833 5 August 1898 was an English tutor and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1880 Wren in 1880 Wren was born at Buntingford Hertfordshire the son of Richard Wren 1804 1872 a maltster and coal merchant 1 He was educated at Buntingford and Elizabeth College Guernsey before being admitted at Christ s College Cambridge in 1852 He suffered severe disability from a spinal disease contracted there 2 He became a teacher and at Wren and Gurney the crammer he jointly established with Henry Palin Gurney coached pupils privately for military college and for the Indian Civil Service He was a radical Liberal and opposed the aristocracy and its privileges 3 He published a book of Wallingford Speeches 1878 1880 At the 1880 general election Wren was elected as a Member of Parliament MP for Wallingford However his election was declared void in June on account of bribery by one of his agents 4 He stood unsuccessfully at Lambeth North in 1885 and 1886 In 1889 he was a member of the first London County Council 2 Wren died at the age of 64 A prize was founded in his honour at Christ s College in 1902 2 Wren married firstly in 1860 Eliza Cox daughter of William Cox of Halesowen and secondly in 1867 Emily Horn daughter of G W Horn of Richmond 2 He had several children his daughter from his first marriage Feona Mary Duport married Frank Geere Howard a Municipal Reform Party member of the London County Council 5 his fourth daughter Mary Dorothea married Sir Thomas Marris Taylor C B E a principal at Wren s school from 1898 to 1915 later a director of the Ministry of Munitions 6 a son Emil Fitzwalter Wren 1871 1933 was a barrister 7 References edit The Illustrated London News vol 60 1872 pg 258 a b c d Wren Walter WRN852W A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge Wallingford History Gateway Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with W part 1 Church of England Marriages and Banns for St Mary Magdalene Paddington via Ancestry Retrieved 23 September 2021 Alumni Cantabrigienses vol 2 From 1752 to 1900 Part 6 Square Zulueta ed John Venn J A Venn 1954 pg 131 The Solicitors Journal vol 77 part 2 1933 pg 764External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Walter Wren Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byEdward Wells Member of Parliament for Wallingford1880 June 1880 Succeeded byPandeli Ralli nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walter Wren amp oldid 1163680266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
