Maurice White was born in 1871 at Grayingham, Lincolnshire. White was an active member of College during the three years before he got his BA by the Classical Tripos in 1893. In particular he was an enthusiastic participant in the “Common Room” and “The Cranmer” College debating societies.
He appears to have got stuck in from the start and is lauded by Chanticlere for being one of three or four freshmen who joined in October 1890. White’s first motion, on October 29 was the somewhat philosophical proposition “That white is black”.
He proposed a more serious motion on 28 January 1891: “That a high standard of private morality is essential in a good statesman”.
As Chanticleer records, Charles Parnell and Sir Charles Dilke, both of whom had been involved in divorces in the 1880s, were brought into the debate to “point a moral and adorn a tale”. The motion won by 10 votes to 5 (Chanticlere Easter Term 1891, p35).
Secretary of the Common Room
White continued to be involved in the Common Room throughout his time in College, acting as Secretary in 1891-92 which included the 100th meeting of the society.
At this meeting, the reporter thought, the debate was “worthy of the occasion”. The debate centred on the merits, or otherwise, of vaccination.
It appears that a visitor who had lost his eyesight due to a vaccination and had thought he would vote against the use of them was swung to vote the other way by a powerful speech from Mr J G Adami, a Fellow of the College and future Vice Chancellor of Liverpool University (Chanticleer, Lent Term 1892, p72).
Explored the Klondyke
After graduating in 1893, White became a master at King William’s College, Isle of Man before going out to explore the Klondyke.
The Boer War and South Africa
Soon after the outbreak of the Boer War he went to South Africa and fought with the Sherwood Rangers. He then went on to be the “Inspector of Schools in the Transvaal district by the Board of Education” (Jesus College Society Annual Report, 1916, pp30-31).
He joined the 2nd South African Horse in December 1915 to fight against German East Africa. Information on the back of the above photograph indicates that he died of heart failure and was buried at Kondoa Irangi cemetery. His body was later moved to Dar es Salaam cemetery.
Director and Alumni Secretary at Kent School, Connecticut. Former oarsman for the Kent School at Henley.
Master of Trinity College
Stroke for the Kent School, Connecticut, 1958 Henley Crew.
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).
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.