Service, Douglas William, son of Frank Stanley Service, of Hampstead, by Anne Dollar, daughter of Thomas McKinlay, of Hampstead; b. March 10, 1899; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (H); left July 1917; served in the R.H.A. and R.A.F. in Great War I; a book publisher (Seeley Service and Co. Ltd.); Freeman of City of London 1957; F.S.A. (Scots); author of numerous articles and works on shooting, fishing and yachting; Lieut. R.N.V.R. Sept. 18, 1939; Sub­ Lieut. (Sp.) Nov. 11, 1947; invalided as Lieut.-Cdr. Feb. 1941; Lieut.-Cdr. R.N.R. March 1, 1959; m. Oct. 24, 1925, Evelyn Caroline, daughter of the Ven. Arthur Frederick Sharp, Vicar of St Stephen's, Hampstead; d. 1976.

Service, Alastair Stanley Douglas, son of Douglas William Service (qv); b. 8 May 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (W); left July 1951; The Queen’s Coll. Oxf., matric. 1953 but did not graduate; trainee Lazard Bros 1956-8; import and export trader McKinlay Watson & Co., 1958-64; publisher Seeley Service & Co., 1965-79; national committee member Birth Control Campaign, Population Concern 1973-2004, chmn. 1971-7; and campaigner various causes, incl. Abortion Law Reform 1963-7, Divorce Law Reform Union 1967-9, The Children’s Act 1975, and Public Lending Rights for Authors Act 1979; national committee member Victorian Soc. 1975-95; vice-chmn. Health Education Council 1976-87, Health Education Authority 1987-9; gen. sec. Family Planning Assn. 1980-9; chmn. Wessex Regional Health Authority 1993-4, Wiltshire Health Authority 1992-2000; co-founder Action for the River Kennet, 1991-2007, Hon. Sec. 1991-2; CBE 1995; MVO 2007; author various publications on birth control and architecture; librettist Sky Speaker 1999, The Angel Cantata 2003, Brunel’s Kingdom 2005; m. 1st, 28 Feb 1959 Louisa Ann Hemming OBE, publisher and magistrate, d. of Col. Henry Harold Hemming OBE MC; m. 2nd, 21 Feb 1992 Zandria Madeleine, d. of John Ernest Pauncefort, of Kent; d. 20 Mar. 2013.

SERCOMBE, RUPERT THEODORE WALTON, only son of Rupert Clampit Sercombe, Fairpark, near Exeter, Devon, merchant, and Louisa, third dau. of William Henry Smith, London, and Walton House, Bournemouth, Hampshire, founder of W. H. Smith & Son, newsagents; b. 3 Jan 1861; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'); QS Dec 1875; left Feb 1879; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jan 1880; BA 1883; adm. Middle Temple 28 Oct 1881, called to bar 17 Nov 1885; emigrated to New Zealand by 1901; m. 8 Aug 1893 Sophia Maria Eleanor, widow of Charles Ernest Lavie, Ceylon, and dau. of Rev. Walter Maude Cosser, Vicar of Titchfield, Hampshire; d. Mar 1944.

SENIOR, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; KS 1641; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1646, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1646, scholar 1647, matr. Mich. 1646; BA 1649/50; MA 1653 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1655); BD 1660; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1650 –1662, Tutor 1653-8; Lecturer, Trinity Church, Cambridge; removed from Fellowship and Lecturership on refusing to conform; became a dissenting lecturer at Hackney, Middlesex; licensed as Presbyterian preacher, Clapton, Middlesex 12 Apr 1672; lic. to m. 31 May 1671 Anne Johnstone, Hackney, widow; will dated 18 Dec 1680, proved PCC 17 Feb 1680/1.

Semple, Patrick William, son of William Robertson Semple of Lenham, Kent, and Norah Elizabeth Holmes, d. of George Victor Burgess, headmaster, of Gravesend, Kent; b. 8 Feb. 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (G); left July 1963; Univ. of Bristol, Dip. Theol. 1970; ord. deacon 1972, priest 1973 (London); Curate Christ Church Lancaster Gate 1972-5; Industrial Chaplain Norwich 1975-9; Vicar of St Barnabas Kensington 1979-83, Coleford, Gloucs, 1983-; retd. 2005; m. 11 Sept. 1971 Gillian Carol, d. of Walter Graham Southall Roberts MRCS LRCP, med. practitioner, of Marnhull, Dorset; d. 4 May 2013.

SELWYN, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Jasper Selwyn (qv); b. 14 Jun 1732; adm. Mar 1739/40; KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jul 1749, called to bar 6 Nov 1754, Bencher 10 Nov 1780, Treasurer 1793; KC 1780; [perhaps Counsel for Colonial Business, Home Office Jul 1782 – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Feb 1796]; MP Whitchurch 17 Mar 1783-90; m. 15 Sep 1763 Frances Elizabeth, dau. of John Dod, Woodford, Essex; d. 21 Aug 1817.

SELWYN, CHARLES JASPER, eldest son of Henry Selwyn, Westminster, and Ruth, dau. of Anthony Compton, Gainslow, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1735/6; KS 1741; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1745, matr. 12 Jun 1745, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1745 – res 13 Dec 1750; BA 1749; MA 1767; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1751, priest 24 May 1752 (both Oxford); Curate, Blockley, Worcs. (now Gloucs. ), 1755-61, Vicar from 22 Oct 1761; Rector of Beverstone with Kingscote, Gloucs., from 1767; Prebendary of Salisbury from 24 Feb 1775; Chaplain to his brother-in-law, Lord Boston; JP Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; m. 9 Jun 1750 (IGI) Elizabeth Coxeter, Bampton, Oxfordshire; d. 10 Sep 1794.

SELLON, WILLIAM, son of John Sellon, Marlow, Bucks.; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1739/40; KS 1745; Capt. of the School 1749; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1750, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1750, scholar 26 Apr 1751, matr. 1751; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 14 Mar 1756; Curate, St. James’s, Clerkenwell 1756-8, Vicar from 1758; alternate evening preacher at the Magdalen Hospital from 13 Nov 1777; alternate afternoon lecturer at St. Giles in the Fields from 1758, and of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, from 1762; Chaplain to Earl of Pomfret 1763; proprietor and preacher, Portman Chapel, Baker Street, London; a popular preacher of the time; lic. to m. 4 May 1753 Sarah, sister of Baker John Littlehales (qv); d. 18 Jul 1790.

Selby, William Lyle, son of the Rev. Thomas Gunn Selby, of Bromley, Kent, by Catherine, daughter of William Lawson, of Otley, Yorks; b. Feb. 24, 1893; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1906 (A); K.S. (non-resident) 1907; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and a Triplett gratuity) July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1912; articled to a solicitor Jan. 1914 -Jan. 1918, when he retired on account of ill health; d. Jan. 1944; he bequeathed £100 to the school; unm.

SEIGNIOR, GEORGE, son of George Seignior, Fleet Street, London; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, aged 18, adm. pens. 10 May 1659, scholar 1659, matr. Easter 1659; BA 1662/3; MA 1666; BD 1673; DD 1678; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1664; signed for deacon’s orders (London) 16 Dec 1664; Chaplain to Dr. George Wilde, Bishop of Derry; Domestic Chaplain to Earl of Burlington; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge; a liberal benefactor to Trinity Coll. and assisted many of the students “so as to enable them to remain resident at the College, free from the distractions of poverty”; an account of his life, written by James Fawket (qv), was published in 1682; d. 16 Oct 1678.