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Scott, Ralph Henry Forster, son of Dixon Scott of Tynemouth and Virginia Bradfield, d. of Fred­ erick Duffel! of Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. 5 Feb. 1919; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric: 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; Roy. Warks Regt 1940-5 (Capt.); called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Nov. 1947; a co. director; d. 29 May 1974.

Seddon, Charles James Gordon, son of Henry Charles Seddon, of Hampstead, barrister-at­ law, by Madena, youngest daughter of R. H. Moore, of London; b. Feb. 26, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (R); left July 1903; Univ. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; an architect and surveyor; m. May 5, 1943, Violet Marjory, third daughter of Charles Saunders; d. Nov. 16, 1956.

Shackleton, Richard Mark Yelverton, son of Raymond Swinfold Shackleton, engineering co. dir., and Doreen Brenda Cicely, d. of Frederick Algernon Green, solicitor, of Chelsea; b. 12 May 1944; adm. Sept. 1957 (R); left July 1962; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1962, BA 1966 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1969; lecturer in Modern History Univ. of Birmingham 1970-, latterly sen. tutor; d. 3 July 1990.

Shattock, Geoffrey Osmond, son of Robert Foster Shattock, of Norwood; b. March 13, 1874; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (R); left July 1890.

Shearman, John, son of John Shearman, of Hampstead, solicitor, by Kate Gertrude, daughter of Charles Hill, of Hampstead; b. June 9, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left July 1903; in C.M.E. dept. L. & N.W. Rly. 1903-14; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Sept. 1914; Lieut. A.S.C. (T.F.) June 1, 1916; temp. Capt. July 21, 1916; served in France 1915-8; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1918; road motor engineer L.M. & S. Rly. 1919-46; M.I. Mech.E. 1922; president of the Institution of Automobile Engineers 1944-5; m. Oct. 10, 1911, Ludmilla Isabelle, daughter of William Davy, of Hampstead.

Shearman, Montague, son of Sir Montague Shearman, Judge of the King's Bench Div., of South Kensington, by Mary Louise, daughter of Job Long, of New York; b. July 17, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (R); exhibitioner 1899; Q.S. (non-resident) 1900; left July 1903; Balliol Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1910; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1908; Oxford Circuit; a member of the London County Council 1913-22; served in the R.N.V.R. 1914-5; asst. legal adviser, Foreign Office, July 15, 1919; representa­tive of the Procurator-General on the Contraband Committee in the Foreign Office April 1915 - Dec. 1918; author of The Press Laws of Foreign Countries (1925); O.B.E. June 7, 1918; Claims Adviser to the Foreign Office Oct. 1, 1929; he assembled a magnificent collection of modern pictures and was one of the earliest appreciators in England of Matisse and Utrillo; hon. secretary of the Contemporary Art Society; d. Feb. 4, 1940; unm.

SHEPPARD, HENRY ELLIS, eldest son of Rev. Charles Alexander Sheppard, Great Milton House, Oxfordshire, late 3rd Dragoons, and Elizabeth Anne, sister of William May Ellis (qv); b. 12 Jan 1838; adm. 30 May 1850 (Rigaud's); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 May 1856; d. 9 Nov 1859.

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.) .

SIM, JOHN LAMBERT, eldest son of John Coysgarne Sim, Old Broad Street, London, and Coombe Wood, Surrey, and Harriet, dau. of Charles Lambert, London and Blendon Hall, Kent; b. 6 Feb 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; left 1855; a coffee planter in Ceylon; d. 21 Mar 1893.

Simpson, Ffreebairn Liddon, son of James Liddon Simpson, London man. and sec. Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd, and Dorothy, d. of John Blyth of Lilydale, Victoria, Aus tralia; b. 11 July 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1935; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA; HM Diplomatic Service, 3rd Sec. Tokyo 1939-42, 2nd Sec. FO 1944-6, Sofia 1946- 7; HM Treasurv, Overseas Finance Divn, 1948-50; HM Colonial Service, Asst Sec. Min. of Communications and Works Gold Coast 1950-5; Dep. Sec. Mauritius 1955-61, Perm. Sec. Min. of Works & Internal Communications 1961-6, Premier's Office 1966-7, Sec. to Council of Ministers 1967-8, Sec. to the Cabinet and head of the Civil Service 1968-76; CMG Jan. 1967; gen. man. Mauritius Central Water Authority 1976-8; left Mauritius Nov. 1978; m. 25 Dec. 1947 Dorina Laura Magda Nencheva Ilieva MBE, d. of Nencho Iliev of Sofia; Jan. 2001.