Name
- Walsh, John, 1st Baron Ormathwaite, politician, 1798-18811
- Warburton, Bartholomew Elliott George, alias 'Eliot Warburton'; author1
- Washington, John, Rear-Admiral Hydrographer of the Navy1
- Waugh, Andrew Scott, Knight, army officer and surveyor, 1810-18781
- Weld, Charles Richard, historian of the Royal Society1
- Wellesley, Arthur Richard, 2nd Duke of Wellington1
- Westmacott, Richard, the younger, sculptor1
- Wheatstone, Charles, scientist; Knight 18681
- Wheeler, William, MD1
- Whitley, Charles, junior, of Durham University1
- Wielhorsky, Mikhail, Count, Secretary, Russian Embassy in London1
- Wilberforce, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester, fl 18691
- Wilson, James Maurice, Reverend; of Rugby; Headmaster of Clifton College 18791
- Wilson, James S., explorer1
- Windham, Charles Ash, Major-General; KCB 18751
- Wingfield, John, of Onslow Hall1
- Wolff, Henry Drummond Charles, Knight, diplomat and politician, 1830-19081
- Wolff, Joseph, missionary, 1795-18621
- Wright, Arthur, nephew of Sir J Franklin1
- Wyld, James, the younger, geographer, 1812-18871