SKYRME, CHARLES, brother of William Skyrme (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1736/7; left 1740; d. before 1748.
SKYRING, WILLIAM, son of William Skyring, and Mary, dau. of Zachariah Tyzack; b.; adm. 17 Jul 1775; 2nd Lieut., Royal Artillery 30 Jun 1780; Lieut., 1 Nov 1785; Adjt., 1 Jan 1794; Capt. -Lieut., 14 Aug 1794; Capt., 16 Jul 1799; Brevet Maj., 1 Jan 1805; Maj., 10 Apr 1805; Lieut. -Col., 1 Jun 1806; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Motley Austen; d. 12 Sep 1806.
SKYNNER, THOMAS, brother of Sir John Skynner (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1738/9 (Bainbrigg's); KS 1742; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1746, matr. 6 Jun 1746, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1746 – void 8 Jun 1775 (expiry year of grace as R. Bratton Clovelly from 17 Jun 1774), Tutor 1753-63, Junior Censor 1760-2; BA 1750; MA 1753; DCL 1772; ordained deacon 24 May 1752, priest 17 Jun 1753 (both Oxford); Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1759; Prebendary of Exeter from 9 Jan 1769, Archdeacon of Totnes 10 Mar 1772-5, Precentor of Exeter from 8 Jun 1775; Rector of Bratton Clovelly, Devon, from 1774; Vicar of Pinhoe, Devon, from 25 Jan 1781; m. 18 Apr 1785 Martha Stooke, The Close, Exeter; d. 7 Aug 1789.
SKYNNER, STEPHEN, son of Stephen Skynner, Walthamstow, Essex, and Mary, only dau. of Samuel Remington, Low Leyton, Essex; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1746 (Hart's); d. 10 Aug 1746.
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.
SKYNNER, ---; b.; in school lists 1735, 1736.
SKYNNER, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1565-6 (tutor, the Head Master) (Chapter Muniments 54005-11).
SKYDMORE, MATTHEW; b.; adm.; QS 1 Apr 1554 (Acts of Chapter, i, 281b).
SKYDDYE, ---, son of Andrew Skyddye, Mayor of Cork, Ireland; b.; adm.; QS in 1579 (CSP Ireland, Elizabeth, ii, 195).
SKRINE, HENRY, only son of Henry Skrine, Warleigh Manor, Somerset, barrister and travel writer, and his first wife Marianne, eldest dau. of John Chalié, Bedford Square, London; b. 23 Jan 1788; at school under Vincent (signatory Play Protest, 1847); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Dec 1804; of Stubbings Hall, Maidenhead, Bucks.; m. 21 Jan 1812 Caroline Anne, fifth dau. of Rev. Benjamin Spry, Vicar of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, and Prebendary of Salisbury; d. 10 Sep 1853.