W. A. S. Westoby

W.A.S. Westoby and signature as pictured in The Philatelic Record, 1883.

William Amos Scarborough Westoby M.A. (1815–1899) was an English philatelist who was one of the "Fathers of Philately" entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. His obituary in The London Philatelist stated that he had "...fairly earned the title of the Grand Seigneur of Philately." By profession, Westoby was a barrister of Lincoln's Inn.

Early life Westoby was born in 1815 at Emberton, Buckinghamshire, the son of Amos Westoby who had graduated from St Edmund Hall, Oxford and been ordained the previous year; his mother Mary (née Swannell) died in 1818. He received his M.A. in 1839 from Trinity College, Cambridge.

Philately Westoby began collecting stamps in 1861 or 1862. He was resident in Paris for some time where he met his lifelong friend Frederick Philbrick in 1863.

Westoby was a prolific contributor to philatelic journals under the pen name "A Parisian Collector", including The Philatelist and The Stamp-Collector's Magazine. He was the editor for four years of The Philatelic Record and also of Alfred Smith & Co.'s Monthly Circular from 1878. He married, secondly, in 1849, Lucy Acriss or Aycriss Studley, only child of William Studley of Kennington.