SHARPE, ERNEST NEWTON, third son of Rev. Henry Sharpe BD, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, Middlesex, and Sarah Hargrave, dau. of Kyrl Allan Deane, Boreenmaragh. Co. Cork; b. 19 Apr 1867; adm. 25 Sep 1879 (H); left May 1885; Clare Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1885; BA 1888; migr. to Ridley Hall; MA 1892; ordained deacon 1890, priest 1891 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Bath, Somerset 1890-4; Vicar of Emmanuel Church, Hampstead, Middlesex 24 Jul 1894-1908; Rector of St. Paul’s, Kersal Moor, Manchester 1908-12; Rector of Holy Trinity, Marylebone, Middlesex 1912-8; Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, London 1918-9; Vicar of Paddington, Middlesex 1919-30; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 1920-30; Archdeacon of London and Canon of St. Paul’s 1930-47; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of London 1922-47; Select Preacher, Cambridge 1936; m. 5 Jun 1894 Alice Eleanor, eldest dau. of Capt. Edward Carter, Marlborough Buildings, Bath, Somerset; d. 20 Jan 1949.

SHARPE, CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL, brother of Ernest Newton Sharpe (qv); b. 1 Jun 1870; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (J); QS 1884; left Jul 1887; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Oct 1888; BA 1891; MA 1896; assistant master, Maze Hill School, St. Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex 1892-4, Crowthorne School, Berks. 1894; Head Master, South Hill Park School, Bromley, Kent 1897; ordained 1908; Curate, Newport, Isle of Wight 1908-11, Wendover, Bucks. 1911-4; Vicar of Wendover, Bucks. 1914-6; Vicar of South Petherton and Lopen, Somerset 1916-21; Rector of Nettlecombe, Somerset 1921-7; Rector of Steeple, Dorset 1927-33; Vicar of West Lulworth, Dorset 1933-9; Rector of Stoke Charity, Hampshire 1939-46; temp. Chaplain to Forces 19 Feb 1918; served in France during 1914-8 War; m. 14 Jan 1897 Ethel Lavinia, dau. of Skipwith Henry Churchill Tayler, Bengal Civil Service (formerly EICS Bengal); d. 4 Aug 1947.

SHARPE, ALFRED BOWYER, eldest son of Alfred Sharpe MD LRCS, Halford Bridge, Warwicks., and Mary Jane, dau. of Hugh Veitch WS, Stuartfield, Edinburgh; b. 21 Mar 1851; adm. 26 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 1866; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1870, matr. 8 Jun 1870; BA 1874; MA 1877; ordained deacon 1876, priest 1877 (Winchester); Chaplain and Assistant Master, Epsom College 1876-7; held several curacies; Assistant Minister, St. Clement’s, Philadelphia, USA 1891; Vicar of St. Peter’s, Vauxhall, London 1895-8; received into Roman Catholic Church 1898; ordained (RC) 1900; Rector of St. Mary’s, Horseferry Road, Westminster 1900-2; Chaplain, Convent of the Daughters of the Cross, Carshalton, Surrey 1905-8; Westminster Diocesan Missionary; author, Mysticism, 1911, and other works; d. 1933.

SHARPE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments).

Sharp, Ralph Norman, son of John Ernest Emilius Steigenberger Sharp ISO, Sen. Clerk Public Record Office, of Shanklin, I. of Wight, and Mary Elizabeth, d. of Charles Heudebourck Ballance of Hampstead; b. 23 June 1896; adm. Sept. 1910 (H); left July 1914; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1914, BA 1921, MA 1924; YMCA in WWI; Ridley Hall Camb. 1921, ord. dea­con 1922, priest 1923 (Southwark); Curate Christ Church Gipsy Hill 1922-4; CMS missionary Yezd, Iran, 1924, Shiraz 1937; examining chaplain to the Bishop in Iran 1935; lecturer in Ancient Persian and Pahlavi and asst Prof. Shiraz Univ. 1960-7; tutor in Persian Wellington Coll. 1969-74; author of The Inscriptions in Old Persian cuneiform of the Achaemenian Emperors, with translations into modern Persian, English and French; m. 22 Nov. 1930 Gertrude Barbara George Carden MD, d. of Thomas Frederick Carden of Radlett, Herts.; d. 11 Sept. 1995.

SHARP, NICHOLAS, of Surrey; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1563, aged 15, Westminster Student 7 Jan 1563/4 –9; BA 16 Jan 1567/8; adm. Gray’s Inn 1576 [check].

Sharp, Alexander Leonard Wakelin, son of Cecil Alexander Sharp FRIBA, of Cheam, Surrey, and Mary Beatrice, d. of William Palmer of Denmead, Hants; b. 18 Nov. 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (A); left July 1924; Bullock Bros, Burma 1925-32; man. Sharp Brewster Ltd, yacht builders, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1935; 2nd Lieut. RA Sept. 1939; m. 10 Oct. 1933 Rosella Marthe, d. of Richard Campbell of Enfield, Middx; d. 3 Apr. 1996.

SHAPTER, WILLIAM, brother of Thomas Blackall Shapter (qv); b. 20 Feb 1847; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (James'); QS 1861; left Whitsun 1865, with Dean Thomas exhibition, but did not go to either university; Roman Catholic convert 1865; entered Society of Jesus 7 Dec 1867; ordained priest (RC), serving successively at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and from 1892 at Holy Cross, St. Helens, Lancs.; d. unm. 23 Dec 1928.

SHAPTER, THOMAS BLACKALL, eldest son of Thomas Shapter MD FRCP, Exeter, Devon, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Rev. Samuel Blackall, Prebendary of Wells, Rector of North Cadbury, Somerset; b. 2 May 1844; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1858; left 9 May 1862; emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he practised as a solicitor; subsequently a medical practitioner in New York; d. at Philadelphia, USA 8 Dec 1891.

SHAPTER, LEWIS, brother of Thomas Blackall Shapter (qv); b. 26 Jul 1848; adm. 24 Jan 1862 (James'); QS 1863; left Jan 1867; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jan 1867, matr. Mich. 1867; BA 1871; MB 1873; MD 1877; medical practitioner in Exeter; Physician to Devon and Exeter Hospital; m. 3 Sep 1877 Charlotte, youngest dau. of Capt. Edgar Bayly, 12th Foot; d. 13 Nov 1890.