SKINNER, DANIEL, son of Daniel Skinner, Mark Lane, London, merchant, and Frances, dau. of Robert Corbet, Edgmond, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS 1666; in a letter written by him to Samuel Pepys in 1676 he states that he was at the School for seven years; described by his contemporary William Taswell (qv) as “proud and empty and void of learning”; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1670, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1670, scholar 1671, matr. 1670; BA 1673/4; MA 1677; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1674, Major Fellow 23 May 1679 – c. 1685; acted as amanuensis to the poet John Milton 1673-4; was bequeathed by Milton the manuscripts of his Latin State Letters and The Treatise on Christian Doctrine; attempted to get Daniel Elzevier to print them in Amsterdam, but eventually handed them over to Sir Joseph Williamson (qv), then Secretary of State; the packet containing them was discovered in the State Paper Office at Whitehall in 1823 (Papers relating to Milton, Camden Soc. Pub., 1st series, lxxv); visited Barbados in 1680 and Nevis in 1681; in a letter written from Paris, dated 4 Feb 1682, Skinner congratulates Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (qv), on his appointment as Ambassador to France, and mentions “the recollection I have of beginning my studies with Your Excellency at the famous school of Westminster” (HMC, Graham MSS, vii, 380); his sister Mary appears to have become Samuel Pepys’s mistress; living 1684/5. [will of Daniel Skinner, London, merchant, proved PCC 9 Feb 1685 (his father ?); will of Daniel Skinner, St. Paul, Covent Garden, gentleman, proved PCC 11 Oct 1697]
Silversmith established in 1880. Merged with Bentley & Co (est. 1934) c. 1998. Became Bentley & Skinner.
SKEWES, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1565-7 (tutor, Prebendary Latimer) (Chapter Muniments 54008-14).
SKENE, JAMES; b.; adm.; at school 1805, fourth quarter; left Christmas 1806.
SKENE, ---; b.; in school lists 1741-5.
SKELTON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1726; in under school list 1729.
SKELTON, FRANCIS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1725; left 1726, first quarter (?).
SKELTON, DOUGLAS, son of Robert Skelton, and Charlotte Christina --- (IGI); b. 16 Jan 1801 (IGI); adm. 30 Mar 1813; left Christmas 1813. [perhaps m. 22 Sep 1825 Charity Parker (IGI)] [will of mother, widow, Andover, Hampshire, proved PCC 23 May 1827]
SKELTON, ---; b.; in under school lists 1726-9.
Skeffington-Lodge, Thomas Cecil, son of Thomas Robert Lodge of Settle, Yorks, and Winifred Marian, sister of Harold Ernest Skeffington (qv); b. 15 Jan. 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left Aug. 1922; advertising and publicity work in London and N. England; RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.); MP (Lab.) Bedford 1945-50; contested (Lab.) York 1951, Mid-Beds 1955, Grantham 1959, Brighton Pavilion Mar. 1969; PA to chairman Colonial Devel. Corpn 1950-2; vice-pres. Socialist Christian Movement; chairman Brighton Committee Sussex branch CPRE; d. 23 Feb. 1994.