SHAFTO, JOHN, eldest son of Robert Shafto (qv); b. 4 Feb 1775; adm. 17 Sep 1784; in school lists 1786; fainted in School 22 Jun 1790 (diary of John Smith); d. unm. 11 Jun 1802.
SHAFTO, ROBERT, son of John Shafto MP, Whitworth, co. Durham, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Jackson, Nunnington, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1740 (Greet's); left 1749; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1749; High Sheriff, Northumberland 1754; MP Co. Durham 9 Dec 1760-8, Downton 21 Feb 1780-4, 19 Jul 1784-90; his wife had inherited an electoral interest at Downton from her father in 1779; m. 1st, 18 Apr 1774 Anne, dau. of Thomas Duncombe (qv) and his first wife; m. 2nd, 1 Jun 1788 Mary Nelson; d. 24 Nov 1797.
Sharp, Alexander Leonard Wakelin, son of Cecil Alexander Sharp FRIBA, of Cheam, Surrey, and Mary Beatrice, d. of William Palmer of Denmead, Hants; b. 18 Nov. 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (A); left July 1924; Bullock Bros, Burma 1925-32; man. Sharp Brewster Ltd, yacht builders, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1935; 2nd Lieut. RA Sept. 1939; m. 10 Oct. 1933 Rosella Marthe, d. of Richard Campbell of Enfield, Middx; d. 3 Apr. 1996.
SHARP, NICHOLAS, of Surrey; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1563, aged 15, Westminster Student 7 Jan 1563/4 –9; BA 16 Jan 1567/8; adm. Gray’s Inn 1576 [check].
SHARPE, FANE WILLIAM, eldest son of John Sharpe MP, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Solicitor to the Treasury, and Olive Cartwright, Holborn; nephew of Gregory Sharpe (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; KS (Capt. ) 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 26 Mar 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Aug 1747; MP Callington from 11 Feb 1756; FRS 5 Jul 1764; FSA 17 Dec 1767; bequeathed £500 for the use of the King’s Scholars elected annually to the Universities; m. 17 Mar 1752 Mary, only child of George Newport, London, merchant; d. 21 Oct 1771.
By his will dated 30 Sep 1771 (proved 8 Nov 1771) he gave to William Markham (adm.1733, qv), formerly Head Master of the School and then Bishop of Chester, and to John Thomas, Dean of Westminster, “the sum of £500 to be by them disposed of [for] the benefit of Westminster School or College as they shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the F.W.Sharpe exhibition.
SHARPLEY, SYDNEY THOMAS, son of Thomas Sharpley MD, Louth, Lincs., medical practitioner, and Sarah ---; b. 8 Feb 1864; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (G); left May 1878; a journalist at Dunedin, New Zealand.
Shattock, John Swithun Harvey, son of Rev. Eric Arthur Shattock of Kingston St Mary, Taunton, Somerset, and Deborah Laetitia Paton, d. of Wilson Gibson Archibald of Wallington, Surrey; b. 21 Nov. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left July 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1929, MA 1968; joined ICS 1930; Under-Sec. Govt of India Defence Dept 1936, Dep. Sec. Political Dept 1944; Chief Minister Chamba State 1946; OBE Jan. 1947; joined HM Foreign Service 1947; Counsellor Office of UK High Commissioner Delhi 1948; head of Far Eastern Dept. FO 1950; CMG 1952; FO representative Imp. Defence Coll. 1952; Counsellor Belgrade 1953; political representative MEF Nicosia 1956; Minister UK Delegation to NATO 1959, to Disarmament Conference Geneva 1961; FO London 1963-7, retd 1967; d. 6 June 1993.
Shaw, William Wilfrid, son of John Francis Shaw, of Holloway, by Emily Selina, daughter of Henry Stephen Dunning, of South Tottenham; b. Nov. 23, 1880; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1894; left July 1896; an inspector for the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, London; m. April 12, 1909, Winifred, daughter of William Sharpe Harvey, of Dawlish, South Devon; d. June 14, 1921.
SHEFFIELD, CHARLES, son of Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart. (adm. 1772, qv), and his second wife; b. 19 Oct 1797; adm. Christmas 1812; left 1813; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Jan 1817; BA 1820; MA 1824; ordained deacon 1821, priest 1822; Rector of Flixborough with Burton upon Stather, Lincs., from 13 Jan 1822; m. 2 Nov 1820 Lucy, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. William Smelt CB, Governor, Isle of Man; d. 20 Feb 1882.
SHEFFIELD, SIR ROBERT, BART., son of Sir Charles Herbert Sheffield, Bart., and Margaret Diana, sister of Joseph Sabine (qv); b.; adm. 8 Jan 1772; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Jan 1775, aged 17; BA 1779; MA 1781; ordained; succ. brother as 3rd baronet 4 Feb 1815; m. 1st, 1783 Penelope, dau. of Sir Abraham Pitches, Kt; m. 2nd, 3 Dec 1796 Sarah Anne, dau. of Rev. Brackley Kennet DD; d. 26 Feb 1815.