SPRAT, THOMAS, only surviving son of Right Rev. Thomas Sprat DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, and Helen, eldest dau. of Devereux Wolseley, Ravenstone, Staffs.; b. 5 Apr 1679; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1692; Capt. of the School 1696; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1697, matr. 10 Jul 1697, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1697 – void 1707; BA 1701; MA 1704 (incorp. Cambridge 1715); adm. Middle Temple 13 Jun 1700; ordained; Prebendary and Archdeacon of Rochester from 4 Dec 1704; Vicar of Boxley, Kent, from 1704/5; Rector of Stone, Kent, from 1707; Prebendary of Winchester from 18 Nov 1712, and of Westminster from 29 Sep 1713; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); FRS 20 Mar 1711/2; Busby Trustee 19 Feb 1710/1; m. 9 Apr 1716 Frances, fourth dau. of John Horden (qv); d. 10 May 1720. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument in St. Nicholas’s Chapel.
Spry, Robert Graham Michel, son of Graham Spry OC LLD, Agent-Gen. for the Province of Saskatchewan in UK and Europe, and Prof. Irene Mary Biss Spry, political economist, d. of Evan East Biss of Wookey Hole, Somerset; b. 25 Oct. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1957; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1958; BA 1961, MA 1967; LSE, MSc 1964; film maker, Nat. Film Board of Canada; Robert Flaherty award, Soc. of Film & TV Arts and Blue Ribbon award American Film Festival 1969; m. 15 June 1973 Carmel, d. of John Dumas, civil servant, of Quebec, Canada; d. 28 Mar. 2005.
ST. AUBYN, WILLIAM JOHN, natural son of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Dec 1794; adm. 21 Jul 1808; left 1811; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1814; Downing Coll. Cambridge; BA 1824; MA 1828; ordained deacon and priest 1828; Rector of Stoke Damerel, Devon, from 22 Jun 1828; m. 1 Oct 1822 Ann Dorothy, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., LLD FSA MP; d. 30 Jul 1877.
ST. JOHN, AMBROSE, second son of Henry St. John, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Henry Wigley, Pensham House, Worcs.; nephew of St. Andrew St. John (qv); b. 29 Jun 1815; adm. 13 Jan 1829 (Scott's); KS 1830; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student; BA 1838; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1840, priest (Canterbury) 22 May 1842; Curate, Walmer, Kent 1840-5; received into Roman Catholic Church Oct 1845; accompanied J. H. Newman to Rome 1846, where they joined the Oratorians and were ordained RC priests 1847; one of original Oratorian community which Newman established at Maryvale Jan 1848 and which moved to Hagley Road, Edgbaston 1852; volunteered with Newman to assist the Catholic priests at Bilston during cholera epidemic 1849; Head Master, Oratory School, Edgbaston, from 1862; went on mission to Rome 1867 about the Oratory School and the proposed Oratory at Oxford; broke down from overwork while translating Fessler’s book True and False Infallibility; called in Rome Newman’s “Angel Guardian”, and, “certainly”, Newman wrote, “he has been to me Azarias, the son of Ananias” (Ward, Life of J. H. Newman, 1912, ii, 410, 412); his name is singled out in the concluding paragraphs of the Apologia; d. 24 May 1875. Buried Rednal, Shropshire, where Newman was later buried in the same grave.
ST. LEGER, ARTHUR MOHUN, 3RD VISCOUNT DONERAILE (I), only son of Arthur St. Leger, 2nd Viscount Doneraile (I), and his first wife Mary, only dau. of Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun; b. 7 Aug 1718; adm. Jan 1729/30; recited verses at Westminster Meeting 28 Jan 1730/1; succ. father as 3rd Viscount Doneraile (I) 13 Mar 1733/4; left 1734; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1734; MP Winchelsea 1741-7, Old Sarum from 17 Aug 1747; Lord of Bedchamber to Prince of Wales from Apr 1747, also Comptroller of Prince of Wales’s Household Apr – Nov 1747; m. 1st, 3 Apr 1738 Mary, dau. of Anthony Sheppard, Newcastle, co. Longford; m. 2nd, 3 Jan 1739 Hon. Catherine Skeffington, eldest dau. of Clotworthy Skeffington, 4th Viscount Massereene (I); d. 20 Aug 1750.
ST. LEGER, JOHN, eldest son of Sir John St. Leger (qv), and his second wife; b. 10 Apr 1726; adm. Jun 1737; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jul 1743; Grand Tour (Italy) c. 1747-9; MP (I) (check); of Grangemellon, co. Kildare; m. 23 Jul 1754 Mary, only dau. of Col. Hon. Thomas Butler MP (I), Governor of Limerick; d. 24 Mar 1769.
ST. LEGER, SIR JOHN, second son of John St. Leger, Doneraile, co. Cork, and his first wife Lady Mary Dorcas Chichester, only dau. of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegal (I); b.; at school under Busby (Lodge, Peerage of Ireland, vi, 119); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1692, aged 18; knighted 18 Jun 1701; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1707, gave up chambers 1717; MP (I) Doneraile 1713-4; Baron of the Exchequer (I) 18 Jan 1714-42; of Grangemellon, co. Kildare; m. 1st, Mary, widow of --- Fraser, dau. of James Ware, Meggstown, co. Dublin; m. 2nd, 6 Feb 1722/3 Levina, dau. of Kingsmill Pennefather MP (I), Newpark, co. Tipperary; d. 14 May 1743.
ST. QUINTIN, WILLIAM THOMAS, eldest son of William Thomas St. Quintin (formerly Darby), Scampston Hall, Yorks., and Arabella Bridget, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Thomas Calcraft, 36th Foot; b. 25 Jul 1797; adm. Christmas 1809; left 1813; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1815; of Scampston Hall, Yorks.; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1842; m. 17 Mar 1842 Sarah Louisa, dau. of Andrew Bennett; d. 27 Aug 1859.
STACYE, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1565-8 (tutor, the Head Master) (Chapter Muniments 54008-17).
Staines, Tom Fenn, brother of John Francis Abel Staines (q.v.); b. Dec. 21, 1876; adm. May 10, 1888 (H); left Dec. 1892.