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SMYTHE, WILLIAM, brother of George Smythe (qv); b. 23 Jan 1803; adm. 23 Sep 1816 (Packharness'); KS 1817; Capt. of the School 1821; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1822, matr. 18 May 1822, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1825; BA 1826; MA 1828; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Nov 1825, called to bar 27 Nov 1829; adm. advocate 18 Dec 1835; Secretary to Board of Supervision, Scotland 1845-52 [check]; served on several Royal Commissions; of Methven Castle, Perthshire (inherited from half-brother in 1847); DL JP Perthshire, also for more than thirty years Convener of Perthshire; m. 1st, 9 Aug 1838 Margaret, eldest dau. of James Walker FRS, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, President Institution of Civil Engineers; m. 2nd, 20 Feb 1849 Emily, dau. of Gen. Sir John Oswald GCB, Dunnikier, Fifeshire; d. 17 Sep 1892.

SMITH, WILLIAM, son of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); b. 12 Jun 1812; adm. 30 Jun 1825 (Stelfox's); KS 1826; rowed v. Eton 27 Jul 1829; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Oct 1831, Canoneer Student 1831-42; BA 1835; MA 1839; ordained deacon 14 Jun 1835, priest 18 Dec 1836 (both Oxford); Rector of Dry Drayton, Cambs. , 1841-67; JP Cambridgeshire; m. 7 Aug 1851 Constance Margaret, youngest dau. of William Rose Rose, Wolston Heath, Warwicks. ; d. 4 Feb 1886.

SMITH, GEORGE FREDERICK, son of Rev. Hugh Smith, Rector of Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucs.; b. 29 Jul 1824; adm. 27 Sep 1837 (Benthall's|Grant's); QS 1839; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; left 1843; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Sep 1843, matr. 1843; BA 1848; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1850 (both Winchester); Curate, Lasham, Hampshire; m. Caroline, fourth dau. of Rev. Francis Ellis Jervoise, Rector of Lasham, Hampshire; d. 7 Nov 1914.

SMITH, CHARLES, son of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); b. 19 Oct 1817; adm. 15 Jan 1828 (Stelfox); KS 1832; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1836, matr. 13 May 1836, Westminster Student; BA 1840; MA 1842; ordained deacon (Oxford) 18 Dec 1842; Vicar of East Garston, Berks. , 1846-51; Rector of Boothby Graffoe, Lincs. , from 1851; m. 30 Jul 1846 Frances, sister of John Fullerton (adm. 1816, qv); d. 14 Nov 1855.

SMART, NEWTON REGINALD, brother of John Henry Smart (qv); b. 23 Jan 1831; adm. 26 Sep 1844 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1845; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1847; Capt. of the School 1848; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student 1849-67; BA 1853; MA 1856; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Nov 1853, called to bar 30 Apr 1857; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; [unm. in 1881]; d. 13 Jun 1897.

SLADE, SIR ALFRED FREDERICK ADOLPHUS, BART., eldest son of Sir Frederick William Slade, Bart. (qv); b. 28 May 1834; adm. 25 Jun 1846 (G); QS 1849; cut “A. Slade” in huge letters on the Dryden form, and is said to have got 500 lines for each letter (Elizabethan vi, 190); left 1853; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 May 1853, matr. Mich. 1853; Ensign, 57th Foot 15 Sep 1854; Lieut., 9 Feb 1855; Capt., 23 Aug 1859; 100th Foot 17 Apr 1860; retd. 9 Jun 1865; served in Crimean War, wounded in attack on the Redan 18 Jun 1855, and in Indian Mutiny; succ. father as 3rd baronet 8 Aug 1863; adm. Middle Temple 9 Nov 1866; Receiver-Gen., Inland Revenue, from 1875; one of founders of Primrose League 1883; m. 6 Sep 1860 Mary Constance, second dau. of William Cuthbert, Beaufront Castle, Northumberland; d. 19 Jul 1890.

SIMPSON, JOHN, son of Rev. Francis Simpson, Rector of Tarrant Gunville, Dorset; b. 17 Jul 1810; adm. 30 May 1823 (G); KS 1825; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. 21 Oct 1828, matr. 1828; emigrated to Australia.

SHORT, THOMAS VOWLER, eldest son of Ven. William Short DD, Archdeacon of Cornwall, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Tilliman Hodgkinson, Rector of Sarsden, Oxfordshire; b. 16 Sep 1790; adm. 1803; KS 1805; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1809, matr. 17 May 1809, Westminster Student, Tutor and Censor 1816-29; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1812; BA 1813; MA 1815; BD 1824; DD 1837; Proctor 1823; Public Examiner 1820, 1821, 1824; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1813, priest 18 Dec 1814 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1816-23; Select Preacher, Oxford 1823, 1830, Whitehall Preacher 1823 (still 1829); Rector of Stockleigh Pomeroy, Devon 1823-6; Rector of Kingsworthy, Hampshire 1826-34; Rector of St. George’s, Bloomsbury, London 21 Feb 1834-41; consecrated Bishop of Sodor and Man 30 May 1841; translated to St. Asaph 21 Nov 1846; res. St. Asaph 1870; author, Sketch of the History of the Church of England, 1832, and other works; m. 26 Feb 1833 Mary, widow of John Josias Conybeare (qv), and dau. of Rev. Charles Davis, Fellow of Pembroke Coll., Oxford; d. 13 Apr 1872. DNB.

SHORT, MAYOW, son of Mayow Short (adm. 1809, qv), and his second wife; b. 28 Mar 1854; adm. 26 May 1864; left Dec 1868; went to King’s Coll. London; Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers 9 Aug 1874; Capt., 15 Oct 1881; reserve list 1887; cocoa and coconut estate proprietor, Richmond, Tobago, West Indies; m. 22 Sep 1898 Kate Henderson, dau. of Benjamin Lees, Whim Estate, Tobago, West Indies; d. at St. Raphael, France 24 Oct 1926.

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.