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STOTE, BERTRAM, son of Sir Richard Stote, Kt, Jesmond Hall, Northumberland, Serjeant-at-Law, and Margaret, dau. of Henry Holmes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, merchant; bapt. 8 Feb 1674/5; adm.; KS 1688; left 1693; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1693, aged 17, matr. 1693; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 may 1691; member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co., Newcastle upon Tyne 3 Jan 1700; MP Northumberland 1702-5; inherited Whitchester estate on death of his uncle Henry Holmes in 1706; unm.; buried St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne 22 Jul 1707.

STONE, ANDREW, elder son of Andrew Stone, Lombard Street, London, goldsmith, and Anne Holbrooke; b. 4 Feb 1702/3; adm. Feb 1714/5; KS 1717; Capt. of the School 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1722, matr. 6 Jun 1722, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1722 – void 26 Jun 1735; BA 1726; MA 1728 (incorp. Cambridge 1749); Private Secretary to Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv), 1732-4; Under-Secretary of State Jul 1734 – Apr 1751; Collector of State Papers May 1739 – Jun 1741, Keeper of State Papers from May 1741; MP Hastings 1741-61; a Commissioner of Trade Nov 1749 – Oct 1761; Sub-Governor to Prince George (the future George III) 1751-6, Secretary to Prince George as Prince of Wales 1756-60; charged before the Privy Council in Feb 1753, with William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (qv), and James Johnson (qv), with having toasted the Pretender, but retained the confidence of the Court; Treasurer to Queen Charlotte from 2 Nov 1761; a valued confidant of the Pelham brothers, and for more than thirty years “no man was more completely behing the scenes of the political stage”; Busby Trustee 13 Apr 1752; m. 7 Jul 1743 Hannah, dau. of Stephen Mauvillain, Tooting and Morden, Surrey; d. 16 Dec 1773. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

STEWART, HON. RICHARD, third son of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy (I), Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (I), and Hon. Mary Coote, dau. of Richard Coote, 1st Baron Coloony (I) [check]; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 2 Jul 1695, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1695 – void 1709; BA (Christ Church Act Book) 1699; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1714; MP (I) Co. Tyrone 1702-14, Strabane 1715-27, Co. Tyrone from 1727; Capt. of the Battleaxe Guards (I); d. unm. 4 Aug 1728.

STANHOPE, JAMES BANKS, son of Lieut. -Col. Hon. James Hamilton Stanhope MP, 1st Foot Guards, and Lady Frederica Louisa Murray, eldest dau. of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield (qv); b. 13 May 1821; adm. 1 Apr 1833 (G); KS 1834; left Dec 1837; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839; of Revesby Abbey, Lincs.; MP (Conservative) North Lincolnshire 1852-68; DL JP Lincolnshire; Busby Trustee 17 May 1881; d. 18 Jan 1904.

SKYNNER, SIR JOHN, son of John Skynner, Great Milton, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth ---; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1734/5; KS 1738; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1742, matr. 19 Jun 1742, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1742 – Dec 1757, Faculty Student 22 Dec 1757 – res 22 Jun 1776; BCL 27 Jan 1750/1; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1739, called to bar 17 Nov 1748, Bencher 19 Jun 1771; Oxford Circuit; KC Hilary 1771; Attorney-Gen., Duchy of Lancaster Jan 1770 – Nov 1777; MP Woodstock 20 Jan 1771 – Nov 1777; Second Judge, Chester Circuit 3 Apr 1772-7; Recorder of Oxford 12 Apr 1776; knighted 23 Nov 1777; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (also Serjeant-at-Law) 27 Nov 1777 until retirement owing to ill-health in Christmas vacation of 1786-7; Privy Councillor 23 Mar 1787; Busby Trustee 17 Apr 1780; m. 6 Mar 1778 Martha, dau. of Edward Burn; d. 26 Nov 1805. DNB.

SKINNER, MATTHEW, third son of Robert Skinner, Welton, Northants, Judge of the Marshalsea Court, and Anne, eldest dau. of William Buckby, Chief Justice of Carmarthen, Serjeant-at-Law and Recorder of Daventry; b. 22 Oct 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 – void 1720; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1709, called to bar 21 Apr 1716; Oxford Circuit; one of the four Common Pleaders, City of London 1719-22; Recorder of Oxford from 30 May 1721; Serjeant-at-Law 1 Feb 1724; one of King’s Serjeants 11 Jun 1728; King’s Prime Serjeant 12 May 1734; MP Oxford 1734 – Nov 1738; Chief Justice of Chester from 26 Nov 1738; m. 8 Sep 1719 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Whitfield, Watford Place, Herts.; d. 21 Oct 1749. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

SIBTHORP, HUMPHREY WALDO, second son of Humphrey Sibthorp MD, Lincoln, Professor of Botany, Oxford Univ., and his first wife Sarah, dau. of Isaac Waldo, Streatham, Surrey; nephew of Coningsby Sibthorp (qv); b. 3 Oct 1744; adm.; KS 1756; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 May 1758; BA 1762; MA 1766; DCL 3 Jul 1777; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Nov 1766, called to bar 30 Jan 1770; MP Boston 2 May 1777-84, Lincoln 9 Apr 1800-6; assumed additional name of Waldo 22 May 1804; of Canwick Hall, near Lincoln; Col., South Lincolnshire Militia, 8 May 1782 (still 1808); m. 23 Jul 1777 Susannah, dau. of Richard Ellison, Sudbrooke Holme, Lincs., banker; d. 25 Apr 1815.

SHIEL, JAMES, son of William Shiel, Dublin; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1736; KS 1737; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1741, matr. 30 May 1741, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1741 – void 3 Jul 1754; degree deferred for a year, put six places down on list and made to beg pardon on his knees in Hall for riotous behaviour 17 May 1743, restored to roll and allowed to take degree 24 Dec 1743; grace for BA 1745, for MA 1749; BCL 18 Mar 1748/9; LLD Dublin 1768; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Oct 1741, King’s Inns, Dublin 1746; called to Irish bar; KC (I) (occurs 1774); a Commissioner of Appeals (I) 1763-75; Master in Chancery (I) [check]; Admiralty Advocate (I) (occurs 1774, 1781); MP (I) Dundalk (occurs 1774-6); [Sheriff, City of Dublin 1772, Alderman 1773, Lord Mayor 1784-5, but this may have been a different James Shiel]; m.; d. 10 Jul 1792.

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.

SELWYN, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Jasper Selwyn (qv); b. 14 Jun 1732; adm. Mar 1739/40; KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jul 1749, called to bar 6 Nov 1754, Bencher 10 Nov 1780, Treasurer 1793; KC 1780; [perhaps Counsel for Colonial Business, Home Office Jul 1782 – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Feb 1796]; MP Whitchurch 17 Mar 1783-90; m. 15 Sep 1763 Frances Elizabeth, dau. of John Dod, Woodford, Essex; d. 21 Aug 1817.