Sharp, Ralph Norman, son of John Ernest Emilius Steigenberger Sharp ISO, Sen. Clerk Public Record Office, of Shanklin, I. of Wight, and Mary Elizabeth, d. of Charles Heudebourck Ballance of Hampstead; b. 23 June 1896; adm. Sept. 1910 (H); left July 1914; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1914, BA 1921, MA 1924; YMCA in WWI; Ridley Hall Camb. 1921, ord. deacon 1922, priest 1923 (Southwark); Curate Christ Church Gipsy Hill 1922-4; CMS missionary Yezd, Iran, 1924, Shiraz 1937; examining chaplain to the Bishop in Iran 1935; lecturer in Ancient Persian and Pahlavi and asst Prof. Shiraz Univ. 1960-7; tutor in Persian Wellington Coll. 1969-74; author of The Inscriptions in Old Persian cuneiform of the Achaemenian Emperors, with translations into modern Persian, English and French; m. 22 Nov. 1930 Gertrude Barbara George Carden MD, d. of Thomas Frederick Carden of Radlett, Herts.; d. 11 Sept. 1995.
SHARP, NICHOLAS, of Surrey; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1563, aged 15, Westminster Student 7 Jan 1563/4 –9; BA 16 Jan 1567/8; adm. Gray’s Inn 1576 [check].
SHARP, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) Sep 1729; left 1733.
Sharp, Alexander Leonard Wakelin, son of Cecil Alexander Sharp FRIBA, of Cheam, Surrey, and Mary Beatrice, d. of William Palmer of Denmead, Hants; b. 18 Nov. 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (A); left July 1924; Bullock Bros, Burma 1925-32; man. Sharp Brewster Ltd, yacht builders, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1935; 2nd Lieut. RA Sept. 1939; m. 10 Oct. 1933 Rosella Marthe, d. of Richard Campbell of Enfield, Middx; d. 3 Apr. 1996.
SHAPTER, WILLIAM, brother of Thomas Blackall Shapter (qv); b. 20 Feb 1847; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (James'); QS 1861; left Whitsun 1865, with Dean Thomas exhibition, but did not go to either university; Roman Catholic convert 1865; entered Society of Jesus 7 Dec 1867; ordained priest (RC), serving successively at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and from 1892 at Holy Cross, St. Helens, Lancs.; d. unm. 23 Dec 1928.
SHAPTER, THOMAS BLACKALL, eldest son of Thomas Shapter MD FRCP, Exeter, Devon, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Rev. Samuel Blackall, Prebendary of Wells, Rector of North Cadbury, Somerset; b. 2 May 1844; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1858; left 9 May 1862; emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he practised as a solicitor; subsequently a medical practitioner in New York; d. at Philadelphia, USA 8 Dec 1891.
SHAPTER, LEWIS, brother of Thomas Blackall Shapter (qv); b. 26 Jul 1848; adm. 24 Jan 1862 (James'); QS 1863; left Jan 1867; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jan 1867, matr. Mich. 1867; BA 1871; MB 1873; MD 1877; medical practitioner in Exeter; Physician to Devon and Exeter Hospital; m. 3 Sep 1877 Charlotte, youngest dau. of Capt. Edgar Bayly, 12th Foot; d. 13 Nov 1890.
Shannon, Edmund Cecil Boyd, son of Major William Boyd Shannon, D.S.O., of Kensington; b. Sept. 11, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1917; 2nd Lieut. Yorks Regt. Sept. 12, 1917; Indian Army April 27, 1918; attached 15th Lancers April 29, 1918; Lieut. Sept. 12, 1918; Capt. Sept. 12, 1922; Major Sept. 12, 1935; Lieut.-Col. Sept. 15, 1943; retired April 7, 1945; m. Sept. 4, 1935, Edith, younger daughter of F. J. Hetherington, of Oakleigh Park, Middx.; d. 1972.