Simpson, Cyril Marmaduke, son of Robert Percy Francis Wilkinson Simpson, of West Bramp­ton, barrister-at-law, by Ennis Josephine, daughter of Augustus Samuel Twyford, of Wimble­don, solicitor; b. April 16, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1911; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1922; solicitor's dept. L.C.C. until retirement April 16, 1961; d. 26 Nov. 1982.

SIMPSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Simpson, Town Clerk of Lichfield, Staffs., and Mary, dau. of Edward Cheyney, Yoxall, Staffs.; bapt. 12 May 1765; adm. 16 Jan 1775; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1783, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1783, scholar 19 Apr 1784; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Middle Temple 14 Dec 1781, called to bar 6 Feb 1789; practised at Lichfield and afterwards in London, as an attorney [check]; m. 1800 Maria, dau. of John Iddins, Birmingham; d. 14 Dec 1820.

SIMPSON (or SIMSON), EDWARD, son of Rev. Edward Simpson, Rector of Tottenham, Middlesex; b. 9 May 1578; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1596, scholar 1597; BA 1600/1; MA 1604; BD 1611; DD 1624; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1602-28 (sic); ordained; Chaplain to Sir Moyle Finch, Eastwell, Kent 1611-5; Rector of Eastling, Kent, from 1618 (sic); Prebendary of Lincoln from 4 Aug 1628; Rector of Pluckley, Kent 1628-49; author Chronicon Historiam Catholicam complectans, 1652; m. 1st, ---, dau. of Richard Barham, Kent; m. 2nd, ---; buried Eastling, Kent 9 Jun 1651. DNB.

SIMPKINSON, JOHN NASSAU, elder son of Sir John Augustus Francis Simpkinson (qv); b. 1 Jan 1817; adm. 27 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; went to Rugby Sch. 1831; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Oct 1834; 10th Classic and 27th Junior Optime 1839; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Mar 1839; ordained deacon 1840, priest 6 Jun 1841 (both Chichester); Curate, Herstmonceux, Sussex 1840-5; Assistant Master, Harrow Sch. 1845-55; Rector of Brington, Northants 11 Apr 1855-68; Rector of North Creake, Norfolk, from 9 Jun 1868; author, The Washingtons, a Tale of the Seventeenth Century, 1860; m. 6 Dec 1849 Sarah Dorothea, dau. of Rev. Edward Thomas Vaughan, Vicar of St. Martin’s, Leicester; d. 17 Apr 1894.

SIMPKINSON, SIR JOHN AUGUSTUS FRANCIS, only son of Rev. John Simpkinson, Rector of Cliffe, Kent, and Renée, dau. of Abraham de Wesselow, Russian Ambassador at Vienna; b. 30 Nov 1780; adm.; KS 1794; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1798, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1798, Canoneer Student 25 Jun 1800 – void 26 Jun 1809; BA 1802; MA 1804; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jan 1803, called to bar 15 Nov 1806, Bencher 1831, Treasurer 1845; practised in Chancery courts; KC Trinity 1831; knighted on opening by Queen Victoria of new Hall of Lincoln’s Inn 30 Oct 1845; FRS 22 Apr 1847; FSA; m. 14 Apr 1814 Mary, third dau. of John Griffin, Bedford Place, Russell Square, London; d. 8 Jul 1851.

Simms, Nicholas Digby, son of Ronald Edward Simms, PR agent, of St John’s Wood, and Margaret Felicity Seear of Nairobi, Kenya; b. 3 Oct. 1946; adm. Jan. 1960 (L); left Mar. 1964; successively in publishing and wine trade; author, Orlando’s Guide to North Norfolk; m. 1st, 1967 Sarah Carroll; 2nd, 1975 Leucothea Day; d. 2 Jan. 1992.

Simmons, Peter Hamilton, son of Hamilton Webster Simmons, insurance official, of Teddington, Middlesex, and Mabel, d. of Walter Brazil of Teddington; b. 2 Sept. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (A); left July 1944; Barts Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1950; FFARCS 1954; consult. anaesthetist N. Middlesex Hosp. 1959, Roy. Northern Hosp. 1960, Roy. Free Hosp. 1984; m. Sept. 1956 Elizabeth Coralie, d. of Rev. Canon Alfred Thomas Houghton, gen. sec. Bible Churchmen’s Missionary Soc; d. 18 Dec. 2010.

Simmons, Jack, son of Seymour Francis Simmons of Isleworth and Katherine Lilias, d. of Thomas Finch MB, of Babbacombe, Devon; b. 30 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G), KS Sept. 1929; left July 1933; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1933, BA MA 1942; Beit lecturer in the History of the British Empire, Univ. of Oxford, 1943-7; Prof. of History Univ. of Leicester 1947-75, Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1960-3, Public Orator 1965-8; FRSL FRHistS; FSA 1975; Advisory Council Science Museums 1970-; vice-chairman Nat. Railway Museum, York; joint ed. The journal of Transport History 1953-73; author of Livingstone and Africa 1955, The Railways of Britain 1961; d. 3 Sept. 2000.

SIMMONS, EDWARD; b. 3 Jan 1847; adm. 25 Sep 1862 (James'); left Christmas 1862.