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SHIPTON, RICHARD, son of James Shipton, London; b.; adm.; KS 1682; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1686, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1686, aged 17, scholar 15 Apr 1687, matr. 1686/7; BA 1689/90; drowned in river Cam 7 Jul 1692.

SHIPTON, JOSEPH, brother of Daniel Shipton (qv); bapt. Watford, Herts. 25 Oct 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1744/5 (Preston's); living 1760.

SHIPTON, DANIEL, son of John Shipton, Watford, Herts., leather dresser, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Watford, Herts. 28 Aug 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1744/5 (Preston's); KS 1747; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 (sic, having been suspended from admission for one year for riot 15 Nov 1751) – void 21 Mar 1766 (expiry year of grace as V. Willen); ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 Sep 1755; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 14 Jan 1765; Rector of Wavendon, Bucks., from 17 Apr 1796 [or 1768 – check]; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 29 Dec 1768 Temperance, dau. of Rev. Arthur Bedford, Vicar of Sharnbrook, Beds.; d. 7 Sep 1805.

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, second son of Rev. William Shippen DD, Rector of Stockport, Lancs.; bapt. 30 Jul 1673; adm.; KS 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 18, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1691/2; BA 1694/5; adm. Middle Temple 23 Nov 1693, called to bar 19 May 1699; MP Bramber 29 Dec 1707 – 15 Jan 1709, 8 Dec 1710-3, Saltash 1713-5, Newton (Lancs. ) from 1715; wrote satirical verses against the Whigs 1708; a Commissioner of Public Accounts and for stating Army Debts 1711-4; a prominent member of the “October Club”; opposed the offer of a reward for the apprehension of the Pretender 1714; sent to the Tower for drawing attention to George I’s ignorance of “our language and constitution” 4 Dec 1718; became one of the recognised Jacobite leaders in the House of Commons; moved the reduction of the Civil List 1727; opposed Walpole’s excise scheme 1733; refused to vote for the removal of Walpole 1741; “Downright” Shippen was more remarkable for his courage and incorruptibility than for any superior eloquence or talent; a pioneer of constitutional opposition in the House of Commons; lic. to m. 17 Jul 1712 Frances, sister of Bertram Stote (qv); d. 1 May 1743. DNB.

SHIPMAN, ABRAHAM, son of William Shipman, London; b. ; at school under Wilson (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. , i, 267); travelled in France for three years; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1 May 1624, aged 18. [note will Sir Abraham Shipman, proved PCC 18 Jul 1665; commanded force sent by Charles II in 1662 to take over Bombay under the terms of the king’s marriage settlement with Catherine of Braganza, but d. at Angediva, near Goa 5 Sep 1664; m. Lady Mary Bertie, widow of Rev. John Hewit, and dau. of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey KG]

SHIPLEY-CONWY, WILLIAM, only son of Lieut. -Col. William Shipley MP, 14th Foot, Ruabon, Denbighshire, and Charlotte, second dau. of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (d. 1789, qv); grandson of William Davies Shipley (qv); b. 14 Aug 1807; adm. 16 Jun 1819 (Best's); left 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1824; assumed additional surname of Conwy 1 Aug 1825; Cornet, 3rd Light Dragoons 8 Apr 1826; DL Flintshire, High Sheriff 1840; d. 27 May 1869.

SHIPLEY, WILLIAM DAVIES, son of Right Rev. Jonathan Shipley DD, Bishop of St. Asaph, and Anna Maria Mordaunt, Maid of Honour to Queen Caroline, dau. of Hon. George Mordaunt; b. 5 Oct 1745; at school under Markham (GM 1826, ii, 641); went to Winchester Coll.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Dec 1763, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1763 – void 20 Apr 1771 (expiry year of grace as R. Ysgeifiog from 7 May 1770); deprived of Studentship for writing Comparative Observations 22 Jun 1767, but reinstated on appeal; BA 1769; MA 1771; ordained; Rector of Ysgeifiog, Flints., from 19 Mar 1770; Vicar of Wrexham, Denbighshire, from 6 Feb 1771; Rector of Llangwm, Denbighshire 11 Apr 1772-4; Incumbent, Corwen, Merioneth 1774-82; Incumbent, Llanarmon yn Ial, Denbighshire, from 1782; Chancellor, Diocese of St. Asaph, from 1773; Dean of St. Asaph from 27 May 1774; of pronounced liberal opinions; prosecuted for seditious libel for the publication of an edition of Sir William Jones’s Principles of Government, 1783, but was successfully defended by Erskine; the public interest aroused by this prosecution led eventually to the passing of Fox’s Libel Act, 1792; m. 28 Apr 1777 Penelope, elder dau. of Ellis Yonge, Bryn Yorkin, near Wrexham, Denbighshire; d. 7 May 1826. DNB.

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

Shinnie, Nicholas Philip Andrew, son of Peter Lewis Shinnie (qv); b. 4 Jan. 1951; adm. Sept. 1964 (G); left July 1968; Colchester Sch. of Art 1968-70; Central Sch. of Art, DipAD 1973; a market gardener in Norfolk; m. Anna Francesca, d. of Kenneth Ian Henderson, schoolmaster, of Sudbury, Suffolk; d. 17 Sept. 2004.

Shimield, Willoughby Spencer, son of the Rev. William Henry Shimield, Rector of Hadden­ham, Cambs, by Constance Smith; b. Dec. 4, 1875; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1892; St. John's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1893; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Serv.) Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry April 16; 1915; m. March 17, 1910, Anna Cogar, daughter of M. Stevens, of Falmouth, Cornwall.