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Rigaud's

Sim, John Lambert, 1837-1893

  • GB-2014-WSA-15683
  • Person
  • 1837-1893

SIM, JOHN LAMBERT, eldest son of John Coysgarne Sim, Old Broad Street, London, and Coombe Wood, Surrey, and Harriet, dau. of Charles Lambert, London and Blendon Hall, Kent; b. 6 Feb 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; left 1855; a coffee planter in Ceylon; d. 21 Mar 1893.

Sherring, Charles Chichele, 1903-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-15608
  • Person
  • 1903-?

Sherring, Charles Chichelé, son of Charles Atmore Sherring (q.v.); b. Dec. 14, 1903; adm. May 4, 1916 (R); left Aug. 1922; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Midsummer 1922; B.A. 1925; M.A. April 30, 1960; Pilot Officer R.A.F.V.R. March 26, 1940; Flying Officer May 15, 1941; Flight-Lieut. May 15, 1942; Sqdn. Ldr. 97th Sqdn.; D.F.C. Jan. 16, 1945; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 14, 1944; m. Aug. 5, 1936, Vera Gronow, only daughter of Frederick Gronow Oliver (q.v.) .

Sheppard, Henry Ellis, 1838-1859

  • GB-2014-WSA-15593
  • Person
  • 1838-1859

SHEPPARD, HENRY ELLIS, eldest son of Rev. Charles Alexander Sheppard, Great Milton House, Oxfordshire, late 3rd Dragoons, and Elizabeth Anne, sister of William May Ellis (qv); b. 12 Jan 1838; adm. 30 May 1850 (Rigaud's); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 May 1856; d. 9 Nov 1859.

Shearman, Montague, 1885-1940

  • GB-2014-WSA-15548
  • Person
  • 1885-1940

Shearman, Montague, son of Sir Montague Shearman, Judge of the King's Bench Div., of South Kensington, by Mary Louise, daughter of Job Long, of New York; b. July 17, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (R); exhibitioner 1899; Q.S. (non-resident) 1900; left July 1903; Balliol Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1910; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1908; Oxford Circuit; a member of the London County Council 1913-22; served in the R.N.V.R. 1914-5; asst. legal adviser, Foreign Office, July 15, 1919; representa­tive of the Procurator-General on the Contraband Committee in the Foreign Office April 1915 - Dec. 1918; author of The Press Laws of Foreign Countries (1925); O.B.E. June 7, 1918; Claims Adviser to the Foreign Office Oct. 1, 1929; he assembled a magnificent collection of modern pictures and was one of the earliest appreciators in England of Matisse and Utrillo; hon. secretary of the Contemporary Art Society; d. Feb. 4, 1940; unm.

Shearman, John, 1886-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-15546
  • Person
  • 1886-?

Shearman, John, son of John Shearman, of Hampstead, solicitor, by Kate Gertrude, daughter of Charles Hill, of Hampstead; b. June 9, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left July 1903; in C.M.E. dept. L. & N.W. Rly. 1903-14; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Sept. 1914; Lieut. A.S.C. (T.F.) June 1, 1916; temp. Capt. July 21, 1916; served in France 1915-8; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1918; road motor engineer L.M. & S. Rly. 1919-46; M.I. Mech.E. 1922; president of the Institution of Automobile Engineers 1944-5; m. Oct. 10, 1911, Ludmilla Isabelle, daughter of William Davy, of Hampstead.

Shattock, Geoffrey Osmond, 1874-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-15533
  • Person
  • 1874-?

Shattock, Geoffrey Osmond, son of Robert Foster Shattock, of Norwood; b. March 13, 1874; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left July 1890.

Shackleton, Richard Mark Yelverton, 1944-1990

  • GB-2014-WSA-15480
  • Person
  • 1944-1990

Shackleton, Richard Mark Yelverton, son of Raymond Swinfold Shackleton, engineering co. dir., and Doreen Brenda Cicely, d. of Frederick Algernon Green, solicitor, of Chelsea; b. 12 May 1944; adm. Sept. 1957 (R); left July 1962; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1962, BA 1966 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1969; lecturer in Modern History Univ. of Birmingham 1970-, latterly sen. tutor; d. 3 July 1990.

Seddon, Charles James Gordon, 1885-1956

  • GB-2014-WSA-15420
  • Person
  • 1885-1956

Seddon, Charles James Gordon, son of Henry Charles Seddon, of Hampstead, barrister-at­ law, by Madena, youngest daughter of R. H. Moore, of London; b. Feb. 26, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (R); left July 1903; Univ. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; an architect and surveyor; m. May 5, 1943, Violet Marjory, third daughter of Charles Saunders; d. Nov. 16, 1956.

Scott, Ralph Henry Forster, 1919-1974

  • GB-2014-WSA-15365
  • Person
  • 1919-1974

Scott, Ralph Henry Forster, son of Dixon Scott of Tynemouth and Virginia Bradfield, d. of Fred­ erick Duffel! of Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. 5 Feb. 1919; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric: 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; Roy. Warks Regt 1940-5 (Capt.); called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Nov. 1947; a co. director; d. 29 May 1974.

Scott, Napier Baliol, 1903-1956

  • GB-2014-WSA-15363
  • Person
  • 1903-1956

Scott, Napier Baliol, son of Edward Baliol Scott, of Weybridge, Surrey, barrister-at-law, by Gladys Agnes, daughter of William Charles Perry Grant, R.N.; b. Dec. 25, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. Aug. 1922, matric. Michaelmas 1922; B.A. 1927; played chess for Oxford against Cambridge 1925; worked 1929-34 in Paris with Wallace Clark, the American pioneer in the field of scientific management; with Harrods Stores 1934-9 and Harold Whitehead and Partners 1939-40; joined the organisation and methods division of the Treasury Dec. 1939; Middle East Supply Centre 1942; personal adviser to Director of Organisation at the Treasury 1943; Bengal Administration Committee 1944 Ministry of Supply 1948-51; Director of Organisation and Methods, Civil Service, 1951 : under-secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1952; d. as the result of a road accident Sept. 18. 1956; unm.

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