SPARRYE, FRANCIS, son of Francis Sparrye, Westminster; bapt. 8 Jan 1568/9; at school (aged 14) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).
SPARROW, THOMAS, of Essex; b. ; at school under Osbaldeston; BB; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. , Bishop Williams scholar 4 Nov 1629, matr. Lent 1629/30; BA 1632/3.
SPARROW, ROBERT BERNARD, only son of Robert Sparrow, Worlingham, Suffolk, and his first wife Mary, sister of Sir Robert Bernard, Bart. (qv); b. 15 Feb 1773; adm. 30 Mar 1785; while still at school inherited an estate of £14, 000 per annum on death of his uncle; Lieut., Independent Co. Foot 20 Sep 1793; 2nd Maj., New South Wales Corps 6 Oct 1794; Lieut. -Col., Essex Fencible Infantry 25 Oct 1794; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1801; Lieut. -Col., half-pay, 111th Foot 1801; Brig. -Gen. in West Indies Sep 1804; m. 14 May 1797 Lady Olivia Acheson, eldest dau. of Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford (I); d. of yellow fever on board ship Severn during his passage home from Barbados 25 Aug 1805.
SPARROW, HENRY WILLIAM, brother of Edmund Sparrow (qv); bapt. Holy Trinity, Chester 25 Mar 1799 (IGI); adm. 5 Apr 1809; left 1811; Ensign, 53rd Foot 6 Mar 1817; Lieut., 15th Light Dragoons, half-pay 7 Aug 1817; d. 25 Dec 1825.
SPARROW, EDMUND, second son of Capt. Bodychan Sparrow, 85th Foot, Great George Street, Westminster, and Martha Elizabeth, second dau. of Owen Putland Meyrick (qv); b. 20 May 1797; adm. Christmas 1812; left 1813; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1814; Cornet, 1st Life [Light ?] Cavalry 15 Nov 1814; Lieut., 4 May 1820; Brevet Capt., 15 Nov 1829; m. 14 Apr 1827 Valetta Henrietta, only dau. of Lieut. -Col. --- Cary [check : William R. Carey ?], Royal Artillery; killed at Fort of Sholapur, India 10 Jul 1830.
SPARROW, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.
SPARKES, ROGER, son of William Sparkes, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1650; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1653, scholar 1653; 2nd in “ordo” 1656/7; BA 1656/7; MA 1660; Fellow, Trinity Coll. from 1658; will proved PCC 25 Aug 1660 (surname given as Sparke).
SPARK, THOMAS, son of Rev. Archibald Spark, Vicar of Northop, Flintshire, and Prebendary of St. Asaph; b.; adm.; KS 1668; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1672, matr. 17 Jul 1672, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1672 – void 1688, Tutor 1677-84, Senior Censor 1684; BA 1676; MA 1679; BD 18 Feb 1687/8; DD 1691; ordained; Chaplain to George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (qv); Prebendary of Lichfield from 9 Apr 1686; Rector of Ewhurst, Surrey 1 Mar 1687/8; Rector of Norton, Leics.; Prebendary of Rochester from 2 Jun 1688; edited Zosimus, 1679, Lactantius, 1684; d. 7 Sep 1692. DNB.
SPARK, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1718; in under school list 1719.