Admitted pensioner at Jesus on 24th June 1837. Eldest son of Isaac, merchant, of London. Matriculated Michaelmas 1838; B.A. (21 st Wrangler ) 1842; M.A. 1845; LL.D. 1873. Fellow, 1847-82 and Bursar of Jesus College. Junior Proctor, 1864-5. Admitted at the Inner Temple, 26th January 1842. Married Helen Louisa, daughter of Charles Kinder, Esq. on 20th July 1882. Died at 40 Panton Street, Cambridge, aged 66.
Henry Jeremy Hugh Wheare (born 1952) is a retired coxswain who competed for Great Britain and practices intellectual property law in Hong Kong.
Wheare was the cox of the losing Cambridge boat in the 1974 Boat Race (won by Oxford in record time), and cox of the 1972 Head of the River crews of Jesus College Boat Club (Cambridge).
He coxed the winning 1974 Henley Regatta Prince Philip Challenge Cup crew for Lady Margaret & First & Third Trinity Boat Club.
He was selected by Great Britain as cox of the lightweight eight that secured a silver medal at the 1976 World Rowing Championships in Villach, Austria.
After a degree in law at Cambridge, Wheare practiced intellectual property law as a solicitor and UK patent attorney in London. He moved to Hong Kong in 1985, where he was from 1991-97 president of the Hong Kong Group of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) and a vice-president of APAA (2018-2023).
Stroke for the Kent School, Connecticut, 1958 Henley Crew.