Sheringham, Hugh Tempest, elder son of the Rev. Harry Alsager Sheringham, Vicar of Tewkesbury, Gloucs; b. 11 Oct., 1876; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1890; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies) July 1895 (adm. sub-sizar Oct. 1, 1895); B.A. 1898; angling editor of the Field 1903; author of An Angler's Hours (1905), and other works; m. Jan. 4, 1913, Jessie Catharine, daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Albert Anderson, R.A.M.C.; d. Dec. 15, 1930.

SHERINGAME, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).

SHERING (or SHEERING), EDMUND, son of Edmund Shering, Lillington, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, matr. 9 Dec 1659, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666; ordained; Vicar of Christ Church, Newgate Street, with St. Leonard, Foster Lane, from 9 Jul 1672; d. 16 Dec 1690, aged 48.

SHERIDAN, THOMAS, third son of Rev. Thomas Sheridan DD, King’s Mint House, Capel Street, Dublin, schoolmaster, and Elizabeth, only child of Charles MacFadden, Quilca House, co. Cavan; b.; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1732/3; KS 1734; left 1734; Trinity Coll. Dublin, matr. 26 May 1735, scholar 1738; BA 1739; became an actor; appeared as Richard III at Dublin Jan 1743; for several years manager of Theatre Royal, Smock Alley, Dublin; played at Covent Garden 1754-5 and at Drury Lane 1744, 1763; ranked by Churchill in the Rosciad as next to Garrick as a tragic actor; a successful lecturer on elocution; gave readings with Henderson in London; procured the grant of a government pension to Samuel Johnson and also to himself (G. B. Hill, ed, Boswell’s Johnson, i, 372-7, 385-6); MA Oxford 28 Nov 1758, Cambridge 16 Mar 1769; hon. freeman, City of Edinburgh 8 Jul 1761; a voluminous writer; author, A General; Dictionary of the English Language, 1780; father of Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan PC MP, politician and playwright; m. 1747 Frances, dau. of Ven. Philip Chamberlayne DD, Archdeacon of Glendalough; d. 14 Aug 1788. DNB.

SHERIDAN, FORDYCE JAMES, eldest son of John Sheridan, Kensington; b. 12 Dec 1864; adm. 13 Jun 1879 (H & G); left Aug 1880; adm. Inner Temple 11 Dec 1882, called to bar 17 Nov 1886; disbarred at own request 20 Jan 1899. [father perhaps solicitor, mother Laura C. ---, they living at Haroldstone Road, Middlesex, 1881 Census]

SHERARD, HON. PHILIP, fifth son of Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough, and Anne, only dau. of Nicholas Pedley; b. 1 Mar 1726/7; adm. Jan 1738/9 (Taylor's); Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 6 Apr 1743; Lieut. and Capt., 29 Nov 1745; Capt. -Lieut., 24 Mar 1755; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 24 Mar 1755; 3rd Maj., 12 Jun 1765; 2nd Maj., 9 May 1768; 1st Maj., 10 Nov 1770; Lieut. -Col., 8 Aug 1775; Major-Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Col., 69th Foot, from 1 Sep 1775; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; d. 14 Sep 1790.

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.

Sheppard, Charles Westcar, only son of William John Sheppard, M.D., of Putney, by Ellen Mary, daughter of Sir George Henry Chambers, Kt., of Langley Park, Kent; b. Feb. 11, 1882; adm. from Charterhouse School Jan. 21, 1897 (G); left April 1900; Crystal Palace Engineering Coll. 1901-3; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E.; enlisted in 16th (P.S.) Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 8th (Serv.) Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry March 1, 1915; Lieut. Sept. 1, 1916; transferred to R.E. June 1917; went out to the western front Sept. 1915 and to Salonika Nov. 1915; returned home and was employed at the Air Ministry; mentioned in despatches L. =G. July 13, 1917; d. Oct. 29, 1918.

Shepley-Smith, Arthur Michael, son of Rev. Shepley Stancliffe Smith, Rector of Digswell, Herts, and Edith Mary Horn; b. 29 Sept. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (G); left July 1926; Oriel Coll. Oxf., matric. 1926; an actor under the name of Michael Shepley; m. 1st 17 Dec. 1932 Isobel Mary, d. of Robert Pringle of Rhodesia; 2nd Veronica Rose; 3rd 22 Dec. 1954 Patricia Stransky; d. 28 Sept. 1961.

SHEPLEY, GEORGE, only son of Richard Shepley, Carshalton, Surrey, and Lydia Harrison, Walcot Place, Surrey; b. 29 Aug 1801; adm. 10 Jan 1815 (Smedley's); left Bartholomewtide 1818; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 May 1819; BA 1824; MA 1827; adm. Middle Temple 17 May 1824, called to bar 26 Nov 1830; d. 3 Jan 1835.