SHIPTON, RICHARD, son of James Shipton, London; b.; adm.; KS 1682; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1686, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1686, aged 17, scholar 15 Apr 1687, matr. 1686/7; BA 1689/90; drowned in river Cam 7 Jul 1692.

SHIPTON, JOSEPH, brother of Daniel Shipton (qv); bapt. Watford, Herts. 25 Oct 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1744/5 (Preston's); living 1760.

SHIPTON, DANIEL, son of John Shipton, Watford, Herts., leather dresser, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Watford, Herts. 28 Aug 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1744/5 (Preston's); KS 1747; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 (sic, having been suspended from admission for one year for riot 15 Nov 1751) – void 21 Mar 1766 (expiry year of grace as V. Willen); ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 Sep 1755; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 14 Jan 1765; Rector of Wavendon, Bucks., from 17 Apr 1796 [or 1768 – check]; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 29 Dec 1768 Temperance, dau. of Rev. Arthur Bedford, Vicar of Sharnbrook, Beds.; d. 7 Sep 1805.

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.

SHIPLEY-CONWY, WILLIAM, only son of Lieut. -Col. William Shipley MP, 14th Foot, Ruabon, Denbighshire, and Charlotte, second dau. of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (d. 1789, qv); grandson of William Davies Shipley (qv); b. 14 Aug 1807; adm. 16 Jun 1819 (Best's); left 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1824; assumed additional surname of Conwy 1 Aug 1825; Cornet, 3rd Light Dragoons 8 Apr 1826; DL Flintshire, High Sheriff 1840; d. 27 May 1869.

Shinnie, Peter Lewis, son of Andrew James Shinnie OBE MD, MOH for the City of Westmimter, and Olive Victoire, d. of Arthur Whaley Lewis, sea captain, of Gwynfed, Carmarthenshire; b. 18 Jan. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (A); left Apr. 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938, MA 1943; PO RAFVR Jan. 1937, transf. A & SD July 1940 (Sqdn Ldr), sen. Intell. Officer Greece 1944-5; asst Commissioner for Archaeology Sudan 1946, Commissioner 1948-55; FSA 1948; Dir. of Antiquities Uganda 1956; Prof. of Archaeology Univ. Coll. of Ghana 1958, Univ. of Khartoum 1966, Univ. of Calgary 1970 (Prof. Emeritus 1980); LLD (Calgary) 1983; author of Mediaeval Nubia 1954, Meroë: a civilisation of the Sudan 1970; m. 1st 2 Sept. 1946 Margaret Blanche Elizabeth, d. of Philip Cyril Cloake MD FRCP, Prof. of Neurology Univ. of Birmingham; 2nd Ama Owusua, d. of J. K. Nantwi of Kumasi, Ghana; d. 9 July 2007

Shimield, Willoughby Spencer, son of the Rev. William Henry Shimield, Rector of Hadden­ham, Cambs, by Constance Smith; b. Dec. 4, 1875; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1892; St. John's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1893; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Serv.) Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry April 16; 1915; m. March 17, 1910, Anna Cogar, daughter of M. Stevens, of Falmouth, Cornwall.

SHIFFNER, EDWARD THOMAS, third son of Sir George Shiffner, Bart. (qv); b. 18 Apr 1828; adm. 21 Jan 1840 (Scott's); QS 1842; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845; left 30 Jan 1846; Ensign, 54th Foot 31 Dec 1847; Lieut., 13 Dec 1850; Capt., 15 Feb 1856; Maj., 27 Jul 1866; Lieut. -Col., 14 Nov 1877; served in Crimea and in Indian Mutiny; d. unm. 8 Sep 1883.

SHIERS, FRANCIS; b.; at school in 1596; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1600, adm. scholar 1601; BA 1604/5; MA 1608; ordained; Vicar of Gainsborough, Lincs., from 1610; buried Gainsborough, Lincs. 14 May 1637.

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.