STEBBING, JOHN, son of Rev. Henry Stebbing DD FRS, Rector of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, London, and Mary, dau. of William Griffin, Norwich; b. 23 Sep 1829; adm. 25 Jan 1844 (Scott's); Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 29 Nov 1849; solicitor, non-practising (1881 Census, then unm. ); d. 5 Nov 1887.
ST. JOHN, AMBROSE, second son of Henry St. John, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Henry Wigley, Pensham House, Worcs.; nephew of St. Andrew St. John (qv); b. 29 Jun 1815; adm. 13 Jan 1829 (Scott's); KS 1830; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student; BA 1838; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1840, priest (Canterbury) 22 May 1842; Curate, Walmer, Kent 1840-5; received into Roman Catholic Church Oct 1845; accompanied J. H. Newman to Rome 1846, where they joined the Oratorians and were ordained RC priests 1847; one of original Oratorian community which Newman established at Maryvale Jan 1848 and which moved to Hagley Road, Edgbaston 1852; volunteered with Newman to assist the Catholic priests at Bilston during cholera epidemic 1849; Head Master, Oratory School, Edgbaston, from 1862; went on mission to Rome 1867 about the Oratory School and the proposed Oratory at Oxford; broke down from overwork while translating Fessler’s book True and False Infallibility; called in Rome Newman’s “Angel Guardian”, and, “certainly”, Newman wrote, “he has been to me Azarias, the son of Ananias” (Ward, Life of J. H. Newman, 1912, ii, 410, 412); his name is singled out in the concluding paragraphs of the Apologia; d. 24 May 1875. Buried Rednal, Shropshire, where Newman was later buried in the same grave.
SOUTHEY, WILLIAM, son of Henry Herbert Southey MD FRCP FRS, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, London, Physician in Ordinary to George IV, and his first wife Louisa Gonne (IGI) [perhaps dau. of William Gonne, Lisbon, Portugal (IGI)]; nephew of Robert Southey (qv); b. 16 Nov 1824; adm. 24 Jan 1837 (Scott's); Cadet, EICS Madras 1840; arrived in India 5 Jun 1841; Ensign, 47th Native Infantry 22 Dec 1840; 48th Native Infantry 23 Jun 1841; Lieut., 24 Jan 1845; Capt., 28 Nov 1854; Maj., Indian Staff Corps 18 Feb 1861; Lieut. -Col., 22 Dec 1866; m. 18 Nov 1845 Mary Magdalene, sister of Edward Kent Strathearn Stewart (qv); d. during passage home on SS Candia 13 Dec 1871.
SMEDLEY, EDWARD HUME, son of Edward Smedley (adm. 1795, qv); b. 3 Nov 1817; adm. 1 Oct 1833 (Scott's); left May 1835; Assistant Examiner, Audit Office Sep 1835; acting Sub-Collector of Customs, Barbaryn, Ceylon 1841; acting Assistant Government Agent, Jaffna 1843; Commissioner of Requests, Galle 1845; District Judge, Kurnegalle 1847; District Judge and Commissioner of Requests, Trincomalee 1850; District Judge, Manaar 1854, Trincomalee 1855; District Judge and Joint Comnmissioner, Kandy 1859; m. 20 Jul 1842 Clara, third dau. of Samuel Curgenven; d. during passage home on ship Bengal 5 Jun 1862.
SMART, THOMAS GREGORY, brother of John Henry Smart (qv); b. 29 May 1827; adm. 17 Sep 1839 (Scott's); QS 1841; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1845, adm. pens. 30 Apr 1845, scholar 1848 (sic); BA 1849; MA 1856; ordained deacon 1856, priest 1858 (both London); Curate, Enfield, Middlesex 1856-9; Minor Canon, Wells 1859; Curate, Banbury, Oxfordshire 1860, Brill, Bucks., 1861; Curate, St. John’s, Lytham, Lancs., 861-70, Vicar from 1870; [unm. in 1881]; d. 29 May 1896.
SMART, ROBERT WILLIAMSON HUNT, brother of John Henry Smart (qv); b. 23 Apr 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1842 (Scott's); QS 1843; rowed v. Eton 30 Jul 1846; left 1847; adm. solicitor Trinity 1854; practised in London, firm Rashleigh & Smart, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; [unm. in 1881]; d. 5 Apr 1890.
SMART, NEWTON REGINALD, brother of John Henry Smart (qv); b. 23 Jan 1831; adm. 26 Sep 1844 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1845; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1847; Capt. of the School 1848; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student 1849-67; BA 1853; MA 1856; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Nov 1853, called to bar 30 Apr 1857; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; [unm. in 1881]; d. 13 Jun 1897.
SMART, NEWTON GROOMBRIDGE, only son of Rev. Newton Smart, Rector of Wittersham, Kent, and Canon of Salisbury, and his first wife Mary Susan, dau. of Stephen Groombridge, Goudhurst, Kent; b. 4 Aug 1824; adm. 23 Jan 1839 (Scott's); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1843; BA 1847; MA 1850; ordained; Curate, Alderbury, Wilts.; Perpetual Curate of Leigh, Dorset, from 1852; d. at Kissingen, Germany 21 Aug 1854.
SMART, JOHN HENRY, second son of John Newton Smart, Trewhitt House, Northumberland, and Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas Gregory, Rector of Henlow, Beds.; b. 20 Dec 1825; adm. 24 Sep 1838 (Scott's); QS 1840; rowed v. Eton 1 Aug 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1844, adm. pens. 16 Apr 1844, scholar 1845; BA 1850; MA 1855; ordained deacon 1850, priest 1851 (both Canterbury); Curate, Farningham, Kent 1850, Holy Trinity, Ely 1850-5; Travelling Secretary, Church Missionary Society; Minister, English and American Church, Dresden, Germany; Curate, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London 1875-7; d. 26 Jun 1892.
SIMPSON, JAMES HARVEY, son of Rev. Henry Winckworth Simpson, Rector of Bexhill, Sussex, and Prebendary of Chichester, and Bonella, only dau. of Jonathan Downes Macgregor Skinner; b. 13 Mar 1825; adm. 1 Feb 1837 (Scott's); QS 1838; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1842, adm. pens. 12 May 1842, scholar 1843; BA 1846; MA 1849; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1849 (both Canterbury); Curate, Kemsing, Kent 1848-50, Springfield, Essex 1850-2, Bexhill, Sussex 1852-7; Rector of St. Mark’s, Bexhill, Sussex 1857-1905; Prebendary of Chichester from 1892; m. 1857 Elizabeth Anna, dau. of Rev. James John Rowe, Rector of Morchard Bishop, Devon; d. 20 Jan 1915.