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SMALBROKE, SAMUEL, youngest son of Rev. Richard Smalbroke DD, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and Catherine (IGI), sister of Richard Brooks MD; bapt. Lugwardine, Herefs., 9 Jun 1720 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Jan 1731/2; left 1735; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Mar 1735, Canoneer Student 10 Jul 1736 – void 18 Apr 1746 (expiry year of grace as V. Dunchurch from 1 Jun 1745); BA 1740; MA 1742; BD and DD 1771; adm. Inner Temple year 1738/9; ordained; Canon of Lichfield from 21 Jun 1744; Vicar of Dunchurch, Warwicks., 1745; Rector of Wem, Shropshire, from 31 Oct 1751; Proctor in Convocation for Chapter of Lichfield (Chamberlayne 1748); d. 27 Jul 1803.

SLOPER, WILLIAM, second son of William Sloper MP, West Woodhay, Berks., Deputy Cofferer of the Household, and Rebecca Abbott; b. 28 Apr 1709; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1721/2; in under school list 1723; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 6 Jun 1725; inherited West Woodhay estate 1743; MP Great Bedwyn 15 Dec 1747 –Dec 1756; a Lord of Trade Dec 1756 – Mar 1761; Deputy Paymaster-Gen. of Forces, Gibraltar, from 1761; formed a connection with the actress Mrs. Susanna Maria Cibber, by whom he was father of Charles Cibber (qv); m. in the Fleet 13 Nov 1727 (and again 20 Sep 1728) Catherine, second dau. of Major-Gen. Robert Hunter, Governor of Jamaica; buried West Woodhay, Berks., 2 Aug 1789.

SLOPER, FRANCIS, son of William Sloper, St. Clement Danes, London, surgeon, and Anne ---; bapt. 6 Jan 1714/5; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1728/9; in under school list 1731; apprenticed to father; living 1734. [will Francis Sloper, surgeon, St. Brides, London, proved PCC 28 Apr 1738]

Sloman, Arthur; second son of Samuel George Sloman MRCS LSA, Farnham, Surrey, and Catharine Mary, second dau. of William Newnham LSA, Farnham, Surrey, general medical practitioner ; b. 18 Oct 1851 ; ed.Epsom Coll. and Pembroke Coll.Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1870, aged 19, scholar 1871-6 ; 1st cl.Cl.Mods. 1872, 2nd cl.Lit.Hum. 1874 ; BA 1875 ; MA 1877 ; Pres.Oxford Union Society 1875 ; Assistant Master, Rossall Sch. 1876-7 ; Assistant Master (Classics) Sep 1877 – Apr 1886 ; ordained deacon 1878, priest 1879 (both London) ; Master of the Queens’ Scholars Jan 1881 – Apr 1886 ; Head Master, Birkenhead Sch. 1886-97 ; Vicar of Godmanchester, Cambs., 1899-1913 ; Rector of Sandy, Beds., from 1913 ; Hon.Canon Ely 1907-14, St.Albans from 1914 ; Rural Dean, Huntingdon 1908-14 ; author, editions of plays by Terence and Plautus, and other Latin textbooks ; m. 31 May 1884 Bessie, dau. of William Penrose, Glenmore, Queenstown, co.Cork, Ireland ; d. 20 Dec 1919.

SLEMAKER, GEORGE, eldest son of George Slemaker, Porter of the Great Cloister and Keeper of the College Water, and Susannah, dau. of Matthew Burt; b. 13 Dec 1770; adm. 14 Oct 1780, BB; left 1785; m. Mary Bredell; living 1795.

Sleightholm, Michael Tennant, brother of Peter Sleightholm (qv); b. 7 Dec. 1927; adm. Sept. 1941 (B); left July 1945; a public librarian East Sussex, Kensington and Huddersfield 1950-61, Shropshire County Library 1961; AIL 1948, ALA 1956; librarian (IT), Stafford Coll of Technology; m. 1st, 26 July 1952 Anne Patricia Newton, d. of William Newton Evans of New York, USA; 2nd, 30 Dec. 1961 Anne Elizabeth, d. of George Gree; d. 12 May 1997.

SLEEP, ANTHONY; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1601, adm. scholar 1602, matr. 1601; BA 1605/6; MA 1609 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1611); BD 1617; Fellow Trinity Coll. 1608 – c. 1621 (check), Junior Dean 1627-9 (check); Deputy Public Orator, Cambridge Univ.; ordained; Rector of Great Wratting, Suffolk 1618 [check]; buried Trinity Coll. Chapel, Cambridge 30 Jul 1630.

Slaughter, Leonard Landsell, son of Richard Slaughter, of South Kensington; b. Jan. 17, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (H); left July 1910; apptd. Troop Comdr. East Kent Mounted Constabulary June 1916; Sqdn. Comdr. and Supervisor Aug. 9, 1918; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; Lieut. General List Jan. 20, 1942; retired with rank of Capt. Sept. 30, 1949; m. Aug. 12, 1919, Doris, daughter of Ernest Edward Wastall, J.P., of Minster, Kent.