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SNEYD, EDWARD; b.; adm. 8 Jul 1774. [Perhaps Edward Sneyd, Assistant Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter, Royal Household 21 Dec 1782 – res by 6 Oct 1831; if so, evidently a close relative of Edward Sneyd, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter, Royal Household 23 Dec 1763 – res by 21 Dec 1782, who d. 3 Jan 1795, aged 84]. [Edward Sneyd, Lichfield, Staffs, will proved PCC 21 Feb 1795 (presumably he who m. 26 Oct 1742 Susanna Cooke (IGI)); Edward Sneyd, Byrkley Lodge, Staffs., d. 17 Apr 1832, will proved PCC 22 May 1832 (he m. at St. Mary, Lichfield 30 Sep 1783 Maria, dau. of Joseph Greaves, Aston on Trent, Derbyshire (IGI))]

SNEYD, EDWARD, fourth son of Ralph Sneyd, Keele Hall, Staffs., and Anne, dau. of Allen Holford, Davenham, Cheshire; bapt. Keele, Staffs. 4 Sep 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Feb 1746/7 (Ludford's); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Mar 1752; BA 1755; ordained; Vicar of Wolstanton, Staffs., from 5 Nov 1756; d. 16 Oct 1795.

SNEYD, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767. [perhaps Walter Sneyd, an elder brother of John Sneyd (qv); b. 31 Jan 1752 (IGI); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Jan 1769, aged 16; MA 9 Jul 1773; of Keele Hall, Staffs.; High Sheriff Staffs. 1814; MP Castle Rising 1784-90; m. 9 May 1786 Hon. Louisa Bagot, dau. of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); d. 23 Jun 1829, father of Walter Sneyd (adm. 1814, qv)]

SNELLING, WILLIAM, son of William Snelling, Brentford, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS 1682; failed to obtain election to either university 1685; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1685, aged 18; adm. Clifford’s Inn 26 Oct 1687, Inner Temple 20 Feb 1689/90, called to bar 20 May 1694.

Snelling, Robert Walter, son of Walter Edward Snelling of Putney and Dorothy Maud, d. of Rob­ert Phillips of Battersea; b. 20 Sept. 1914; adm. May 1928 (H); left July 1930; Munich Univ. 1931- 2; Univ. Coll. Lond. 1932-3; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1940; FIL 1937; Roy. Tank Regt 1941, transf. Intell. Corps 1943 (Capt.); BSc (Lond.) 1947; attd Foreign Office 1948, then exec. officer Min. of Defence; Attaché Brit. Embassy Washington DC 1956; Brit. Military Govt Berlin 1959; scientific adviser Brit. delegation to Nuclear Test Ban Conference, Geneva, 1961; head of Foreign Office Tech. Maintenance Service 1962-9; Dir. of Communications FCO 1969-74; retd Mar. 1974; m. 1st 14 Aug. 1941 Mabel Lorna, d. of Rev. Frederick Chalmers Rogers of Newton Abbot, Devon; 2nd 24 Nov. 1973 Patricia Christine, d. of Aubrey Charles Heady of Mixbury, Northants; d. 30 June 1978.

SNELL, WILLIAM FREDERICK, eldest son of Rev. Thomas Snell, Rector of Windlesham, Surrey, and Barbara Cooke; b. 15 Sep 1807; adm. 10 Feb 1823 (Stikeman's); left Christmas 1825; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 13 Aug 1825; Lieut. and Capt., 4 Jul 1829; Brevet Maj., 13 Aug 1831; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1 Nov 1839; retd. 1843; m. 13 Aug 1845 Ellen Swete, youngest dau. of John Ashley, Clifton, Yorks.; d. c. 1850 (will proved PCC 21 Mar 1853).

SNELL, VYNER, second son of John Snell, Shenley, Herts., and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Very Rev. Thomas Vyner DD, Dean of Gloucester; bapt. St. Mary Woolnoth, London 7 May 1682 (IGI); adm.; KS 1699; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1702, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1702, aged 18, scholar 23 Apr 1703, matr. 1702/3; BA 1705/6; MA 1709; BD 1716; Minor Fellow 1 Oct 1708, Major Fellow 15 Apr 1709, Junior Bursar 1715-6; refused to sign petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley; ordained deacon 25 Feb 1710/1, priest 16 Mar 1711/2 (both London); Rector of Doddington, Cambs., from 12 Aug 1719; m. 8 May 1726 Margaret, dau. of Col. Peter Hall, Leventhorpe Hall, Swillington, Yorks.; d. 19 Mar 1751.

SNELL, RICHARD HUGH, brother of William Frederick Snell (qv); b. 6 Apr 1812; adm. 17 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); KS 1826; left 1829; at Haileybury Coll. 1829-30; Writer, EICS Bengal 1831; Assistant Revenue Officer, Benares 1832; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Benares 1833, Twenty-Four Parganas 1837-40; Secretary to Government Savings Bank 1842; First Assistant to Accountant-Gen.; Assistant to Collector of Customs, Calcutta 1852; Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery 1853; retd. 1 May 1860; m. 26 Sep 1832 Letitia Knox, widow of John Shum, EICS Bengal, Assistant to Collector of Customs, Patna; d. 7 Dec 1899.

SNELL, POWELL, eldest son of Powell Snell (adm. Feb. 1725/6, qv), and his first wife; bapt. Guiting Power, Gloucs. 16 Mar 1737 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Sep 1748 (Porten's); in school list 1754; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1755; MA 1759; adm. Inner Temple 28 Feb 1759, left 19 Nov 1764; migr. to Middle Temple, adm. 22 Nov 1764, called to bar 8 Feb 1765; JP Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; FSA 12 Jun 1777; m. 31 May 1768 Mary, dau. of Thomas Phillipps, Eaton Bishop, Herefs., barrister; d. 8 Apr 1804.