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SHELLEY, HENRY, son of Henry Shelley (adm. 1737/8, qv); bapt. 12 Apr 1767; adm. 17 Apr 1777; in school list 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Nov 1783; Cornet, 1st Life Guards 18 Nov 1790; Lieut., 15 Apr 1791; Capt., 30 Apr 1794; half-pay, 97th Foot 30 Dec 1795; 20th Foot 15 Sep 1799; 85th Foot 1802; half-pay; MP Lewes from 1802; d. 31 Dec 1811.

SHELLEY, HENRY, elder son of Henry Shelley, Lewes, Sussex, and Eleanor, dau. of Isaac Garnier, Pall Mall, London; bapt. 15 Jun 1727; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; left 1743; Auditor of the Exchequer Jun 1751 – Feb 1763 and from Aug 1765; m. 11 Jul 1763 Philadelphia, sister of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart. (qv); d. 3 Jan 1805.

SHELLEY, ---; b.; in school lists 1743-8.

SHELFORD, FREDERIC, second son of Sir William Shelford KCMG MICE, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, and Anna, dau. of Thomas Sopwith FRS, Cleveland Square, Bayswater, mining engineer; b. 14 Nov 1871; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (J); left Apr 1883; went to Dulwich Coll.; City and Guilds Institute; London Univ., matr. Jan 1888; BSc 1892; articled to father Oct 1891; AMICE 2 Mar 1897; MICE 11 Feb 1902; consulting engineer, West African and other government railways; also called to bar [check]; m. 14 Nov 1899 Mildred Alice, second dau. of Sir Montague Frederick Ommanney GCMG KCB ISO, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; d. 15 Jul 1943.

Sheldon, Walter Basil Sirr, son of Walter Sirr Sheldon MRCS, and Ethel, d. of James Ernest Caithness; b. 16 Feb. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1927; adm. a solicitor June 1934; RASC 1939-46 (Lieut.-Col.), OBE (Med.) June 1944; Cdr USA Legion of Merit 1946; m. 1st 25 Jan. 1930 Mollie, sister of Brook Anthony Bernacchi (qv); 2nd 22 Nov. 1935 Violet Eva, d. of Sir Montague Lush (qv); 3rd Joyce Mary, d. of Harold Norman of Kew Gardens; d. 18 Sept. 1965.

SHELDON, THOMAS, brother of Cuthbert Sheldon (qv) (IGI); bapt. Flitwick, Beds. 5 Jul 1709 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Jan 1719/20; in under school list 1723. [Whitmore : Capt., Royal Marines 15 Feb 1755; Brevet Maj., 3 Aug 1762; Brevet Col., half-pay 17 Apr 1771; d. unm. 3 Oct 1779 (will proved PCC 26 Oct 1779, as of Chatham, Kent). But, if so, what happened to him between 1723 and 1755 ?]

Sheldon, Philip Kirkpatrick Pearse, son of Philip Arkeff Sheldon, solicitor, of Ealing, and Florence Blanche, d. of William Brady of Killult, Falcarragh, Co. Donegal; b. 12 February 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left July 1939; called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) July 1946.

SHELDON, CUTHBERT, eldest son of Gustavus Sheldon, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Flitwick, Beds., and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Cuthbert, Wickford, Essex; bapt. Flitwick, Beds. 10 Nov 1704; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1717/8; in under school list 1719 (left 1719 ?); entered Army 26 Aug 1721; 3rd Foot Guards 1723; Lieut. and Capt., 18 Jul 1737; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 10 Feb 1746/7; retd. 11 Jun 1753; of Flitwick, Beds.; d. 29 May 1765.

Sheldon, Anthony John (known at school as Morgan-Griffiths, Anthony John), son of Capt. John Brunt RA and Florence Marie, d. of John Edward Sheldon of Beoley Hall, Worcs.; stepson of John Morgan-Griffiths; b. 15 Aug. 1919; adm. May 1933 (H), (G) 1934; left July 1936; Sankey­ Sheldon Co. 1936-9; RNVR 1939-50 (Lieut.-Cdr); VRD; chairman Harry Ferguson Holdings Ltd and Tractor Research Ltd 1960; invented twin viscous couplings for four-wheel drive sys­tems in passenger cars; High Sheriff I. of Wight 1986-7; Vice-Commodore Roy. Yacht Squad­ron 1988; m. 8 Dec. 1950 Elizabeth Mary, d. of Harry George Ferguson, tractor inventor, of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucs.; 20 Dec. 2012.