SHERLEY, WALSINGHAM, sixth son of Anthony Sherley, Preston, Sussex, and Barbara, third dau. of Sir Thomas Walsingham, Kt; bapt. 28 Jul 1589; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. Easter 1609; BA 1612/3; MA 1616; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1614 – c. 1621; ordained; Rector of Stepney, Middlesex 18 Feb 1618/9 –28; Vicar of Hawnes, Beds., from 1624; m. 5 Feb 1623/4 Constance Grub; d. 13 Jun 1637.
SHERON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1727; in under school list 1729.
Sherwood, Peter Louis Michael, son of Peter Louis Sherwood, management consult., and Mervyn Lesley, d. of Reinhold Eustace de Toll, merchant; b. 27 Oct. 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (QS); Capt. of the Sch. 1958; left July 1959; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1959 (open schol. ), BA 1963 (1st class hons Litt. Hum. ), MA 1967; Stanford Univ., CA, USA, MBA 1965; Morgan Grenfell & Co. 1965-8; asst. to chmn. Fine Fare Ltd. 1968-9; gen. man. and man. dir. Melias Ltd. 1969-72; dir. Anglo-Continental Investment & Finance 1972-9; sen. vice-pres. Grand Union Company USA 1979-85; dir. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company USA 1985-8; chmn. Gateway Foodmarkets Ltd., Bristol 1988-9; chmn. HTV 1991-7, HTV West 1997-9; held many non-exec. directorships; trustee, educational and charitable bodies; Master, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 2003; DBA Univ. West England 2004; LLD Bristol 2009; m. 1970 Nicole Marie-Hélène Dina, teacher, d. of Albert Dina, textile factory owner, of Voiron, Isère, France; d. 19 Mar. 2009.
SHIEL, WILLIAM, eldest son of James Shiel (qv); b. Dublin; adm. 12 Nov 1777; in school list Jul 1779; left 1779; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 6 Dec 1779, aged 16 (as Sheil); adm. Middle Temple 10 May 1783, King’s Inns, Dublin 1788; called to Irish bar 1788.
Shinnie, Peter Lewis, son of Andrew James Shinnie OBE MD, MOH for the City of Westmimter, and Olive Victoire, d. of Arthur Whaley Lewis, sea captain, of Gwynfed, Carmarthenshire; b. 18 Jan. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (A); left Apr. 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938, MA 1943; PO RAFVR Jan. 1937, transf. A & SD July 1940 (Sqdn Ldr), sen. Intell. Officer Greece 1944-5; asst Commissioner for Archaeology Sudan 1946, Commissioner 1948-55; FSA 1948; Dir. of Antiquities Uganda 1956; Prof. of Archaeology Univ. Coll. of Ghana 1958, Univ. of Khartoum 1966, Univ. of Calgary 1970 (Prof. Emeritus 1980); LLD (Calgary) 1983; author of Mediaeval Nubia 1954, Meroë: a civilisation of the Sudan 1970; m. 1st 2 Sept. 1946 Margaret Blanche Elizabeth, d. of Philip Cyril Cloake MD FRCP, Prof. of Neurology Univ. of Birmingham; 2nd Ama Owusua, d. of J. K. Nantwi of Kumasi, Ghana; d. 9 July 2007
SHIRREFF, WILLIAM HENRY, only son of Gen. William Shirreff, and Margaret --- (IGI); bapt. Old Alresford, Hampshire 4 Apr 1785 (IGI); in school list 1795; entered Royal Navy as 1st cl. Volunteeer 1 Jan 1796; Lieut., 3 Mar 1804; Commander 5 Mar 1806; Capt., 15 Nov 1809; Rear-Adm. 9 Nov 1846; served at blockade of Brest, in the West Indies, North America and at Gibraltar; Captain Superintendent, Deptford Apr 1838 – Aug 1841, Chatham Aug 1841 – Nov 1846, and of Portsmouth from 30 Sep 1847; m. 28 Jun 1810 Elizabeth, eldest sister of David Rodney Murray (qv); d. 30 Nov 1847, aged 62.
Shoubridge, Harry Oliver Baron, son of Henry Shoubridge, of Westminster, solicitor, and Martha Ann Shoubridge; b. Oct. 19, 1872; adm. Sept. 16, 1886; left July 1891; Assoc. M.Inst. C.E. Dec. 6, 1898; M.Inst.C.E. Feb. 11, 1913; sanitary engineer to Govt., Public Works Dept., Poona, Bombay, 1920-4; C.I.E. 1926; m. Evaline Zillah, daughter of Samuel Mould, of Edgbaston, Birmingham; d. Nov. 6, 1934.
SHORT, AUGUSTUS, brother of Mayow Short (adm. 1809, qv); b. 11 Jun 1802; adm. 23 Jan 1809 (G); left Christmas 1809; readm. Nov 1811; KS 1816; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student 1820-35 (check), Tutor and Lecturer 1829, Librarian and Censor 1833; 1st cl. Classics 1823; BA 1824; MA 1826; DD 1847; Public Examiner 1833-4; adm. Middle Temple 5 Jun 1817; ordained deacon 1826, priest 1827 (both Oxford); Curate, Culham, Oxfordshire 1827; Rector of Ravensthorpe, Northants 10 Jun 1835-47; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1843, Bampton Lecturer 1846; consecrated first Bishop of Adelaide, Australia 29 Jun 1847; resigned see 1882 and returned to England; m. 10 Dec 1835 Millicent Clara, second dau. of John Phillips, Culham House, Oxfordshire; d. 5 Oct 1883. DNB.
SHORT, GEORGE GLEN, son of Mayow Short (adm. 1809, qv), and his second wife; b. 25 Jun 1863; adm. 25 Jan 1878 (H); left Aug 1879; d. unm. 29 Jun 1909.
SHORT, MAYOW, second son of Charles Short, Emsworth, Hampshire, barrister, Bencher, Middle Temple, and Grace, dau. of Humphrey Millett, Enys, Cornwall; b. Jan 1800; adm. 3 Jan 1809; Min. Can. 1813; KS 1814; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1821; MA 1823; adm. Middle Temple 9 Jan 1815, called to bar 13 Jun 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Nov 1831; equity draftsman, Western Circuit; Quarter Sessions Judge, Kingston, Jamaica 1836-56; Registrar, Married Women’s Property Act, from 1857; m. 1st, 1 Sep 1835 Frances, widow of John Shawe Phillips, Culham, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 15 Jun 1847 Annis Rachel, dau. of Rev. Richard Panton DD, Widcombe, Somerset; d. 28 Jan 1869.