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GB-2014-WSA-15612 · Person · 1941-2009

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.

Sherwood, ---, fl. 1715
GB-2014-WSA-15611 · Person · fl. 1715

SHERWOOD, ---; b.; in under school list 1715.

Sherwin, John, ca. 1711-?
GB-2014-WSA-15610 · Person · ca. 1711-?

SHERWIN, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1720; in under school list 1724.

GB-2014-WSA-15609 · Person · 1875-1939

Sherring, Frank Brodie, brother of Charles Atmore Sherring (q.v.); b. Jan. 4, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 17, 1889; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies) July 1893 (adm. pensr. Sept. 29, 1893, sizar 1894); George Long Prize 1895; 1st class Law Tripos, pt. 1, 1895; 1st class Law Tripos, pt. 2, 1896; LL.B. 1896; I.C.S. 1897; arrived in India Nov. 21, 1898; Asst. Magis. and Coll. N.W. Provinces and Oudh; Joint Magis. July 1907; Sess. and Sub­ . Judge Oct. 1914; retired from the I.C.S. March 1924; a fine all-round sportsman; the only civilian in the winning team of the Polo Club Tournament at Lucknow 1917 and a noted pig­ sticker; m. March 3, 1908, Ellen Muriel Avery, eldest daughter of . John Frederick Wright, of Frimley Hall, Surrey; d. April 29, 1939.

GB-2014-WSA-15608 · Person · 1903-?

Sherring, Charles Chichelé, son of Charles Atmore Sherring (q.v.); b. Dec. 14, 1903; adm. May 4, 1916 (R); left Aug. 1922; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Midsummer 1922; B.A. 1925; M.A. April 30, 1960; Pilot Officer R.A.F.V.R. March 26, 1940; Flying Officer May 15, 1941; Flight-Lieut. May 15, 1942; Sqdn. Ldr. 97th Sqdn.; D.F.C. Jan. 16, 1945; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 14, 1944; m. Aug. 5, 1936, Vera Gronow, only daughter of Frederick Gronow Oliver (q.v.) .

GB-2014-WSA-15607 · Person · 1868-1940

SHERRING, CHARLES ATMORE, son of Rev. Matthew Atmore Sherring LLD, Congregational minister and Missionary at Benares, India, and Margaret, dau. of Rev. Robert Cotton Mather DD, Congregational minister and Missionary at Mirzapur, India; b. 8 Jun 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882; QS 1882; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1886, adm. pens. 8 Oct 1886, sub-sizar 20 Nov 1886, sizar 1888; BA 1889; MA 1902; Indian Civil Service 1887; arrived in India 11 Nov 1889; Assistant Magistrate, North-Western Provinces 1889; Joint Magistrate 1898; Deputy Commissioner Apr 1903; went to Western Tibet on special peace mission; Magistrate and Collector Mar 1906; retd. Sep 1914; managing director, William Dawson & Sons Ltd, London; JP Surrey 1914; member, Surrey County Council; author, Western Tibet, 1906; m. 1 Aug 1899 Florence Kate, eldest dau. of Alfred Rixon, Richmond, Surrey, gas manufacturer; d. 8 Oct 1940.

GB-2014-WSA-15606 · Person · 1918-2000

Sherriff, John Leslie, son of Albert Sherriff (qv); b. 24 Apr. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (G); left Dec. 1934; 60 AA Regt (TA) 1939-46 (Maj.), HQ. SACSSEA Jan. 1946; TD 1950; Lond. Stock Exchange 1946-66, registered with New York Stock Exchange 1966 and joined a firm in Ari­zona; founded garden maintenance business 1970; m. 1st 9 Oct. 1941 Beatrice Amelia Nellie, d. of Edwin Herbert Anstey of Birmingham; 2nd 5 Nov. 1979 Winifred Eleanor, d. of George Smith of Chelsea; d. 9 May 2000.

Sherriff, Albert, 1895-?
GB-2014-WSA-15605 · Person · 1895-?

Sherriff, Albert, elder son of Edward Sondheim, of Hampstead, by Marie Louise Victorine, daughter of Victor Thomas Colle, of Brussels; b. Sept. 9, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1912; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles Sept. 14, 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. May 5, 1915; served in France from Jan. until invalided home in July 1917, and afterwards served at the War Office until the armistice; assumed the surname of Sherriff in lieu of Sondheim Oct. 4, 1918; a member of the London Stock Exchange 1921; m. July 22. 1916. Doris Scott. second daughter of Arthur Spencer Gilbert, of Hampstead.

GB-2014-WSA-15604 · Person · 1925-1948

Sherrard, Anthony Fairfax, son of Owen Aubrey Sherrard, dep. sec. Central Electricity Board, and Ida Rosamund, d. of Stuart Durand Pears of Lyme Regis, Dorset; b. Sept. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (KS); left July 1943; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pt 1) 1947; d. 20 Mar. 1948 after a fall while climbing in Glen Coe.

Sheron, John, ca. 1716-?
GB-2014-WSA-15603 · Person · ca. 1716-?

SHERON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1727; in under school list 1729.