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SHAFTO, ROBERT, son of John Shafto MP, Whitworth, co. Durham, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Jackson, Nunnington, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1740 (Greet's); left 1749; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1749; High Sheriff, Northumberland 1754; MP Co. Durham 9 Dec 1760-8, Downton 21 Feb 1780-4, 19 Jul 1784-90; his wife had inherited an electoral interest at Downton from her father in 1779; m. 1st, 18 Apr 1774 Anne, dau. of Thomas Duncombe (qv) and his first wife; m. 2nd, 1 Jun 1788 Mary Nelson; d. 24 Nov 1797.

SHAFTO, ROBERT DUNCOMBE, eldest son of Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto MP, Whitworth Park, Durham, and Catharine, third dau. of Sir John Eden, Bart., MP; nephew of John Shafto (qv); b. 7 Apr 1806; adm. 27 Jan 1819 (Best's); left 1821; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Oct 1823, fellow commoner 20 Oct 1823, matr. 1823; MP (Whig/Liberal) North Durham 1847-68; DL Co. Durham 1848, JP Wiltshire 1846; m. 23 Oct 1838 Charlotte Rosa, youngest dau. of William Baring MP, Lulworth Castle, Dorset; d. 22 Mar 1889.

SHAFTO, JOHN, eldest son of Robert Shafto (qv); b. 4 Feb 1775; adm. 17 Sep 1784; in school lists 1786; fainted in School 22 Jun 1790 (diary of John Smith); d. unm. 11 Jun 1802.

SHAFTO, JOHN DUNCOMBE, brother of Robert Duncombe Shafto (qv); b. 16 May 1807; adm. 26 Jan 1820 (Best's); left 5 Aug 1823; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Feb 1826; BA 1830; MA 1832; ordained; Rector of Buckworth, Hunts., from 30 Sep 1831; Rector of Morborne, Hunts., 29 Jan 1833; Rector of Brancepeth, co. Durham, from 17 Jan 1840; Hon. Canon Durham from 13 Nov 1849; m. 31 Mar 1834 Catherine Harriet, second dau. of Rev. Robert Moore, Prebendary of Canterbury; d. 6 Aug 1863.

SHADWELL, WALTER HARVEY LANCELOT, brother of Lancelot Shadwell (qv); b. 10 Nov 1851; adm. 14 Jul 1865 (James'); QS 31 Jan 1867; left Dec 1869; Clerk in Principal Probate Registry 5 Feb 1872, District Probate Registrar, Bodmin 2 Mar 1892 – 6 Aug 1921; JP Cornwall 1901; Alderman, Fowey Town Council, Cornwall 1913, Mayor 1914-9; FSA 8 Jan 1874; m. 23 Nov 1910 Ethel Mary Hobhouse, dau. of Rev. Augustus V. Thornton, Rector of St. Mellion, Cornwall [check]; d. 29 Oct 1931.

SHADWELL, THOMAS, son of Sir John Shadwell Kt, MD FRCP FRS, Physician to Queen Anne and George I, and his first wife Elizabeth Colwall; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1725/6; in school list 1727/8; m. Elizabeth Plunkett; d. 17 Sep 1768.

SHADWELL, THOMAS MITCHELL, brother of John Shadwell (qv); b.; adm. 9 Apr 1777; in school lists 1781; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Nov 1786; conveyancer, with chambers in Gray’s Inn; edited Posthumous Works of Charles Fearne, 1795; m. 1808 Letitia, second dau. of Richard Williams, Finchley, Middlesex.

SHADWELL, THOMAS HENRY JOHN, only son of Cayley Shadwell (qv); b. 29 Mar 1859; adm. 3 Apr 1872; left Easter 1877; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1878; adm. Gray’s Inn 21 Nov 1879; d. 2 Nov 1893.

SHADWELL, RICHARD, brother of John Shadwell (qv); b.; adm. 11 Jan 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1790; an attorney [but not in Law List 1822]; of Stokes Croft, Bristol; d. 8 Nov 1831, aged 66.

SHADWELL, LANCELOT, eldest son of Lancelot Shadwell KC MP, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, and Jane Ellen, second dau. of Iltyd Nicholl, Portland Place, London, Queen’s Proctor; b. 19 Jun 1839; adm. 20 Jan 1853 (James'); left 1858, with Triplett; St. John’s coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1858; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1862, called to bar 16 Jan 1866; Western circuit; d. at Maçon, France 9 Apr 1875.