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Spry, Robert Graham Michel, son of Graham Spry OC LLD, Agent-Gen. for the Province of Saskatchewan in UK and Europe, and Prof. Irene Mary Biss Spry, political economist, d. of Evan East Biss of Wookey Hole, Somerset; b. 25 Oct. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1957; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1958; BA 1961, MA 1967; LSE, MSc 1964; film maker, Nat. Film Board of Canada; Robert Flaherty award, Soc. of Film & TV Arts and Blue Ribbon award American Film Festival 1969; m. 15 June 1973 Carmel, d. of John Dumas, civil servant, of Quebec, Canada; d. 28 Mar. 2005.

SQUIRE, RALPH TYNDALL, second son of William Stevens Squire PhD, St. John’s Wood Park, London, chemical engineer, and Annie, dau. of Rev. Robert Littler; b. 10 Sep 1863; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (G); left Aug 1882; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1882; BA 1885; MA 1889; played Association Football for Cambridge 1884, 1886, and for England v. Scotland, Wales and Ireland 1886; President, Corinthian Football Club 1933; yeast merchant (1901 Census); President, Elizabethan Club 1933-7; m. 15 Apr 1891 Constance, younger dau. of Joseph Allen, Abercorn Place, St. John’s Wood; d. 22 Aug 1944.

Stallybrass, William Teulon Swan, son of Willian Swann Stallybrass (formerly Sonnen­schein), of Bloomsbury, by Helena, daughter of William Bensman Teulon, of Limpsfield, Surrey; b. Nov. 22, 1883; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (G); Q.S. (non-resident) 1896; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1904; B.A. 1906; M.A. 1911; Fellow of Brasenose Coll. 1911, Vice-Principal 1914; Senior Proctor 1925-6; called to the bar at the Inner Temple May 5, 1909; assumed the surname of Stallybrass in lieu of Sonnenschein Dec. 21, 1917; served in the Ministry of Munitions in Great War I 1915-8; O.B.E. June 3, 1918; B.C.L. and D.C.L. 1930; Principal of B.N.C. Dec. 5, 1936; a member of the Law Revision Committee 1937; Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Univ. from 1947 to his death; Commander of the Legion of Honour June 5, 1948; author of The Society of States (1918), and other works; killed by falling from a train Oct. 28, 1948.

Stanhope-Jones, Basil Charles, brother of Colin Lundin Stanhope (q.v.); b. Feb. 18, 1878; adm. May 2, 1889 (G); left Dec. 1892, and subsequently went to Ushaw; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. N. Staffs Regt. July 22, 1915; served with his Regt. and on 37th Divisional Staff during Great War I; mentioned in despatches L.G. Dec. 28, 1918; writer and journalist; author of Barbed Wire (1918), and numerous plays; m.; d. June 18, 1943.

STAPYLTON, AUGUSTUS MILES CARTERET, second son of Martin Bree Stapylton (formerly Bree), Myton Hall, Yorks., and his second wife Anne, dau. of William Curtis, Chiswick, Middlesex; b. 2 Nov 1816; adm. 21 Jan 1829 (G); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 May 1835; BA 1839; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 8 Mar 1840, priest 27 Jun 1841.

Startin, Charles Basil, youngest son of Charles W. Startin, of Watford, Herts; b. Nov. 26, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left July 1911; served in Great War I; wounded; gazetted North Staffords Mar. 1914; 2nd Lieut., Regular Army, North Staffords, Oct. 2, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 16, 1915; Capt. Oct. 11, 1917; Major Sept. 9, 1933; retired May 13, 1947; m. Jan. 19, 1927, Catharine Mary, eldest daughter of Col. Edmund Ludlow Perry, D.S.O., I.M.S., of Sidmouth, Devon; d. 17 Dec. 1980.

Stavridi, Valieri John George, son of Sir John Stavridi, solicitor and banker, UK Consul-General for Greece, and Annina Olga, d. of Octavius Valieri of Kensington; b. 21 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G), non-res. KS 1920; left July 1924; Ch. Ch., Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1929, MA 1967; regional specialist for Greece, Min. of Information, Sept. 1939; Brit. representative Inter­ Allied Information Committee New York 1941; Sec.-Gen. UN Information Organisation Lon­don 1943; assoc. chief UN Information Planning Section 1946; dir. UN Information Centre Tokyo 1958-63; retd to London 1966; Order of Orange Nassau; Master Worshipful Company of Carpenters 1971-2; d. 10 Apr. 1998.

Stephen, Adrian Leslie, son of Sir Leslie Stephen, K.C.B., of Hyde Park, by his second wife, Julia Prinsep, widow of Herbert Duckworth and daughter of John Jackson, M.D., of Calcutta; b. Sept. 27, 1883; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (G); left July 1902; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michael­ mas 1902; B.A. 1905; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn June 12, 1907; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1925; M.B., B.Ch. (Lond.) 1928; scientific secretary of the British Psycho-Analytical Society; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Aug. 26, 1940; m. Oct. 21, 1914, Karin, daughter of Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe, of Fridays Hill, Haslemere, Surrey; d. May 3, 1948.

STEPHENS, JAMES ARTHUR PERCIVAL, youngest son of Thomas Stephens, Regent’s Park, London, and Sarah Wood --- (IGI); b. 13 Sep 1856; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (G); left May 1874; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1876; BA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 23 Jan 1878, called to bar 29 Jun 1881; d. from effects of a bicycle accident 4 May 1915.

Stevens, Alfred Leslie Welton, elder son of Alfred Stevens, of Hampstead, by Maria Enr­riqueta, daughter of William Shakespeare Welton, of Wembley, Middlesex; b. Feb. 15, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (G); left (with Triplett) July 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michael­mas 1914; B.A. 1921; M.I.C.E., M.l.W.E; served in Great War I; Capt. Middlesex Regt. Dec. 22, 1917, attached H.Q. Cambrai; demob. Aug. 1919; asst. engineer British Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd., 1921-7; with the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. 1927-38; partner in T. & C. Hawksley, engineers, Great Scotland Yard, since 1948; served in Great War II 1943-6; Sub-Lieut. then Lieut. R.N.V.R.; m. June 21, 1922, Ruth Emily, sister of William Hill Newson (q.v.).