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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.

SELBY, THOMAS JAMES, son of James Selby, Wavendon, Bucks., and Mary, dau. of Sir Rowland Alston, Bart.; ; b. 2 Oct 1717; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1728/9; left 1733; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1733, aged 16; an ardent fox hunter; hunted the Pytchley and Whaddon Chase hounds; bequeathed Whaddon estate in Buckinghamshire to Col. William Lowndes, nephew of his friend Richard Lowndes (qv); buried Wavendon, Bucks., 14 Dec 1772, unm.

SELBY, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1720; in under school list 1724.

SELBY, FRANCIS; b.; adm. (aged 16) Sep 1719.

SELBY, ---; b.; at school under Markham c. 1755; described by his schoolfellow Jeremy Bentham (qv), as “a marvellously stupid chap” (Bentham, Works, x, 30).

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.

Segalla, Charles, son of Adolphe Segalla, of London; b. June 24, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (H); left May 1891; d. at Paris circ. 1894.