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, WILLIAM, eldest son of James Shiel (qv); b. Dublin; adm. 12 Nov 1777; in school list Jul 1779; left 1779; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 6 Dec 1779, aged 16 (as Sheil); adm. Middle Temple 10 May 1783, King’s Inns, Dublin 1788; called to Irish bar 1788.
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.
SHETHE, PETER; b.; adm.; KS 15 May 1553; left 1554 (Chapter Muniments).
Sherwood, Peter Louis Michael, son of Peter Louis Sherwood, management consult., and Mervyn Lesley, d. of Reinhold Eustace de Toll, merchant; b. 27 Oct. 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (QS); Capt. of the Sch. 1958; left July 1959; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1959 (open schol. ), BA 1963 (1st class hons Litt. Hum. ), MA 1967; Stanford Univ., CA, USA, MBA 1965; Morgan Grenfell & Co. 1965-8; asst. to chmn. Fine Fare Ltd. 1968-9; gen. man. and man. dir. Melias Ltd. 1969-72; dir. Anglo-Continental Investment & Finance 1972-9; sen. vice-pres. Grand Union Company USA 1979-85; dir. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company USA 1985-8; chmn. Gateway Foodmarkets Ltd., Bristol 1988-9; chmn. HTV 1991-7, HTV West 1997-9; held many non-exec. directorships; trustee, educational and charitable bodies; Master, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 2003; DBA Univ. West England 2004; LLD Bristol 2009; m. 1970 Nicole Marie-Hélène Dina, teacher, d. of Albert Dina, textile factory owner, of Voiron, Isère, France; d. 19 Mar. 2009.
SHERWOOD, ---; b.; in under school list 1715.
SHERWIN, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1720; in under school list 1724.
Sherring, Frank Brodie, brother of Charles Atmore Sherring (q.v.); b. Jan. 4, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 17, 1889; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies) July 1893 (adm. pensr. Sept. 29, 1893, sizar 1894); George Long Prize 1895; 1st class Law Tripos, pt. 1, 1895; 1st class Law Tripos, pt. 2, 1896; LL.B. 1896; I.C.S. 1897; arrived in India Nov. 21, 1898; Asst. Magis. and Coll. N.W. Provinces and Oudh; Joint Magis. July 1907; Sess. and Sub . Judge Oct. 1914; retired from the I.C.S. March 1924; a fine all-round sportsman; the only civilian in the winning team of the Polo Club Tournament at Lucknow 1917 and a noted pig sticker; m. March 3, 1908, Ellen Muriel Avery, eldest daughter of . John Frederick Wright, of Frimley Hall, Surrey; d. April 29, 1939.
Sherring, Charles Chichelé, son of Charles Atmore Sherring (q.v.); b. Dec. 14, 1903; adm. May 4, 1916 (R); left Aug. 1922; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Midsummer 1922; B.A. 1925; M.A. April 30, 1960; Pilot Officer R.A.F.V.R. March 26, 1940; Flying Officer May 15, 1941; Flight-Lieut. May 15, 1942; Sqdn. Ldr. 97th Sqdn.; D.F.C. Jan. 16, 1945; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 14, 1944; m. Aug. 5, 1936, Vera Gronow, only daughter of Frederick Gronow Oliver (q.v.) .
SHERRING, CHARLES ATMORE, son of Rev. Matthew Atmore Sherring LLD, Congregational minister and Missionary at Benares, India, and Margaret, dau. of Rev. Robert Cotton Mather DD, Congregational minister and Missionary at Mirzapur, India; b. 8 Jun 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882; QS 1882; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1886, adm. pens. 8 Oct 1886, sub-sizar 20 Nov 1886, sizar 1888; BA 1889; MA 1902; Indian Civil Service 1887; arrived in India 11 Nov 1889; Assistant Magistrate, North-Western Provinces 1889; Joint Magistrate 1898; Deputy Commissioner Apr 1903; went to Western Tibet on special peace mission; Magistrate and Collector Mar 1906; retd. Sep 1914; managing director, William Dawson & Sons Ltd, London; JP Surrey 1914; member, Surrey County Council; author, Western Tibet, 1906; m. 1 Aug 1899 Florence Kate, eldest dau. of Alfred Rixon, Richmond, Surrey, gas manufacturer; d. 8 Oct 1940.