Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Whitworth, (Sir) Joseph, Bart.

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3583187Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 — Whitworth, (Sir) Joseph, Bart.Joseph Foster

Whitworth, (Sir) Joseph, Bart., F.R.S., created D.C.L. 17 June, 1868 (1s. Charles, of Leeds), inventor of the Whitworth plane and of the Whitworth gun, founded the Whitworth scholarships 1869, created LL.D. Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1863. created a baronet 1 Nov., 1869, died 22 Jan., 1887. See Foster's Baronetage.