Windsor, poor Knights of, a body of military pensioners who reside within the precincts of Windsor Castle
Witwould, Sir Wilful. Set Congreve’s The Way of the World
Wronghead, Sir Francis, Vanbrugh and Cibber’s The Provoked Husband
XIMENES, Cardinal, statesman, and regent (1436-1517)
ZADIG, the title-character of a novel by Voltaire, dealing with the fatalistic aspect of human life
Zephon, the cherub sent with Ithuriel by Gabriel to find out the whereabouts of Satan after his flight from hell
Zimri in Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel stands for the second Duke of Buckingham (for the original see 3 Kings xvi. 9)