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SHIEL, JAMES, son of William Shiel, Dublin; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1736; KS 1737; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1741, matr. 30 May 1741, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1741 – void 3 Jul 1754; degree deferred for a year, put six places down on list and made to beg pardon on his knees in Hall for riotous behaviour 17 May 1743, restored to roll and allowed to take degree 24 Dec 1743; grace for BA 1745, for MA 1749; BCL 18 Mar 1748/9; LLD Dublin 1768; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Oct 1741, King’s Inns, Dublin 1746; called to Irish bar; KC (I) (occurs 1774); a Commissioner of Appeals (I) 1763-75; Master in Chancery (I) [check]; Admiralty Advocate (I) (occurs 1774, 1781); MP (I) Dundalk (occurs 1774-6); [Sheriff, City of Dublin 1772, Alderman 1773, Lord Mayor 1784-5, but this may have been a different James Shiel]; m.; d. 10 Jul 1792.

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.

SIBTHORP, CONINGSBY WALDO, eldest son of Humphrey Waldo Sibthorp (qv); b.; in school list 1797; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1800, aged 18; BA 1804; MP Lincoln from 21 May 1814; of Canwick Hall, near Lincoln; Lieut. -Col., South Lincs. Militia; d. unm. 9 Mar 1822.

SIBTHORP, CONINGSBY, son of John Sibthorp MP, St. Mark’s, Lincoln, and Mary, dau. of Humphrey Browne; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1718; in under school list 1720; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 28 Mar 1724; migr. to Magdalen Coll., demy 1724-8; BA 1727; MA 1731; DCL 8 Jul 1756; High Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1733; MP Lincoln 1734-41, 1747-54, 1761-8; of Canwick Hall, near Lincoln; Col., Royal South Lincoln Militia; d. unm. 20 Jul 1779.

SIBTHORP, HUMPHREY WALDO, second son of Humphrey Sibthorp MD, Lincoln, Professor of Botany, Oxford Univ., and his first wife Sarah, dau. of Isaac Waldo, Streatham, Surrey; nephew of Coningsby Sibthorp (qv); b. 3 Oct 1744; adm.; KS 1756; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 May 1758; BA 1762; MA 1766; DCL 3 Jul 1777; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Nov 1766, called to bar 30 Jan 1770; MP Boston 2 May 1777-84, Lincoln 9 Apr 1800-6; assumed additional name of Waldo 22 May 1804; of Canwick Hall, near Lincoln; Col., South Lincolnshire Militia, 8 May 1782 (still 1808); m. 23 Jul 1777 Susannah, dau. of Richard Ellison, Sudbrooke Holme, Lincs., banker; d. 25 Apr 1815.

SIDNEY, LORD; b.; in under school list 1715. [Perhaps BEAUCLERK, LORD SIDNEY, fifth son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, and Lady Diana Vere, daughter of Aubrey Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford; b. 27 Feb 1701/2; at Eton Coll. 1718; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 1721; MA 1727; DCL 1733; Grand Tour (early 1720s); MP New Windsor from 16 May 1733; Vice-Chamberlain, Royal Household 23 Apr 1740 – res by 13 Jul 1742; Privy Councillor 1 May 1740; m. 9 Dec 1736 Mary, dau. of Thomas Norris MP, Speke, Lancs.; d. 23 Nov 1744]

Skeffington-Lodge, Thomas Cecil, son of Thomas Robert Lodge of Settle, Yorks, and Winifred Marian, sister of Harold Ernest Skeffington (qv); b. 15 Jan. 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left Aug. 1922; advertising and publicity work in London and N. England; RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.); MP (Lab.) Bedford 1945-50; contested (Lab.) York 1951, Mid-Beds 1955, Grantham 1959, Brighton Pavilion Mar. 1969; PA to chairman Colonial Devel. Corpn 1950-2; vice-pres. Social­ist Christian Movement; chairman Brighton Committee Sussex branch CPRE; d. 23 Feb. 1994.

SKINNER, MATTHEW, third son of Robert Skinner, Welton, Northants, Judge of the Marshalsea Court, and Anne, eldest dau. of William Buckby, Chief Justice of Carmarthen, Serjeant-at-Law and Recorder of Daventry; b. 22 Oct 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 – void 1720; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1709, called to bar 21 Apr 1716; Oxford Circuit; one of the four Common Pleaders, City of London 1719-22; Recorder of Oxford from 30 May 1721; Serjeant-at-Law 1 Feb 1724; one of King’s Serjeants 11 Jun 1728; King’s Prime Serjeant 12 May 1734; MP Oxford 1734 – Nov 1738; Chief Justice of Chester from 26 Nov 1738; m. 8 Sep 1719 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Whitfield, Watford Place, Herts.; d. 21 Oct 1749. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

SKYNNER, SIR JOHN, son of John Skynner, Great Milton, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth ---; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1734/5; KS 1738; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1742, matr. 19 Jun 1742, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1742 – Dec 1757, Faculty Student 22 Dec 1757 – res 22 Jun 1776; BCL 27 Jan 1750/1; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1739, called to bar 17 Nov 1748, Bencher 19 Jun 1771; Oxford Circuit; KC Hilary 1771; Attorney-Gen., Duchy of Lancaster Jan 1770 – Nov 1777; MP Woodstock 20 Jan 1771 – Nov 1777; Second Judge, Chester Circuit 3 Apr 1772-7; Recorder of Oxford 12 Apr 1776; knighted 23 Nov 1777; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (also Serjeant-at-Law) 27 Nov 1777 until retirement owing to ill-health in Christmas vacation of 1786-7; Privy Councillor 23 Mar 1787; Busby Trustee 17 Apr 1780; m. 6 Mar 1778 Martha, dau. of Edward Burn; d. 26 Nov 1805. DNB.

SLOPER, WILLIAM, second son of William Sloper MP, West Woodhay, Berks., Deputy Cofferer of the Household, and Rebecca Abbott; b. 28 Apr 1709; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1721/2; in under school list 1723; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 6 Jun 1725; inherited West Woodhay estate 1743; MP Great Bedwyn 15 Dec 1747 –Dec 1756; a Lord of Trade Dec 1756 – Mar 1761; Deputy Paymaster-Gen. of Forces, Gibraltar, from 1761; formed a connection with the actress Mrs. Susanna Maria Cibber, by whom he was father of Charles Cibber (qv); m. in the Fleet 13 Nov 1727 (and again 20 Sep 1728) Catherine, second dau. of Major-Gen. Robert Hunter, Governor of Jamaica; buried West Woodhay, Berks., 2 Aug 1789.