SHARPLEY, SYDNEY THOMAS, son of Thomas Sharpley MD, Louth, Lincs., medical practitioner, and Sarah ---; b. 8 Feb 1864; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (G); left May 1878; a journalist at Dunedin, New Zealand.
SHARPE, WILLIAM, son of James Sharpe, Canterbury, Kent, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Nethersole, Canterbury, Kent; b.; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1733; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1737, matr. 14 Jun 1737, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1737 – void 22 Jul 1760 (expiry year of grace as R. Easthampstead from 4 Aug 1759), Junior Censor 1747-50, Senior Censor 1751-2, Tutor 1749; BA 1741; MA 7 Mar 1743/4; BD (from Hertford Coll) 1753; DD 1754; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1742, priest 18 Dec 1743 (both Oxford); Curate, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1744, Caversham, Berks., 1746, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1747, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1748, St. Thomas, Oxford 1754; Principal, Hertford Coll. Oxford 12 Jun 1753-7, when he resigned and returned to his rooms at Christ Church (see Thompson, Christ Church, 156-7); Rector of Easthampstead, Berks., from 1759; Whitehall Preacher (in 1760); Regius Prof. of Greek, Oxford, from 13 Apr 1763; d. unm. 5 Mar 1782. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
SHARPE, ROBERT, son of Rev. John Sharpe, Idmiston, Wilts.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1630, 1633; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1637, matr. 7 Jul 1637, aged 18, Westminster Student (still 1642); BA 1641 (incorp. Cambridge 1641); MA 1644; ordained; Vicar of Idmiston, Wilts., from 1658; m. Mary --- (IGI); d. 1700.
Sharpe, Sir Reginald Taaffe, son of Herbert Sharpe of Lindfield, Sussex, and Florence Gertrude, d. of John Forwood Taaffe of Clapham; b. 20 Nov. 1898; adm. Sept. 1912 (G); left Dec. 1916; Grenadier Guards 1917-8 (Lieut.), wounded (Cambrai) Sept. 1918; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Apr. 1920; SE Circuit; Judge of the High Court Rangoon 1937-48; Dir. of Supply Burma 1942-4; Kt 1947; KC 1949; HM Commissioner of Assize 1949-60; dep. Chairman QS E. Sussex 1949-69, W. Kent 1949-62, Kent 1962-9, Middx 1963-5, Middx area of Greater Lond. 1965-71; special Commissioner for Divorce Causes 1948-67; Chairman NHS tribunal for England & Wales 1948-71; Chairman Hailsham PS Divn 1957-8; a Governor of the school 1955-83; m. 1st 27 July 1922 Phyllis Maude, d. of Edward Whinney (qv); 2nd 8 Aug. 1930 Eileen Kate, d. of Thomas Howarth Usherwood of Christ's Hospital, Sussex; 3rd 3 June 1947 Vivien Travers, d. of Rev. Herbert Seddon Rowley of Wretham, Norfolk; 4th 1976 Mary Millicent, d. of Maj.-Gen. Patrick Barclay Sangster CB CMG DSO of Roehampton; d. 2 Aug. 1994.
SHARPE, PHILIP, brother of Gregory Sharpe (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1729; Extra Clerk, Privy Council 27 Dec 1744 – Apr 1762, Clerk in Ordinary from 22 Apr 1762; d. 6 Jul 1772.
SHARPE, JOHN, brother of Fane William Sharpe (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 11 Jan 1730 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jun 1738 (Hawkins'); left 1746; d. young.
SHARPE, HENRY, son of Robert Sharpe (qv); b.; adm.; BB 1664-8 (Chapter Muniments 33698-701); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Mar 1667/8, aged 16.
SHARPE, GREGORY, son of William Sharpe, Beak Street, Westminster, Clerk of the Cheque, and Margaret, dau. of Charles Beake, Golden Square, Westminster; b. 1713; adm. from Hull GS Jan 1728/9; left 1731, having “committted some irregularity” (DNB); Aberdeen Univ.; MA [check]; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 2 Jun 1735, readm. 8 Jun 1747, matr. 1735; LLB 1738; LLD 1747 (incorp. Oxford 4 Jul 1751); ordained deacon (Bristol) 26 Dec 1737, priest (Gloucester) 20 Jan 1738/9; Rector of Folkington, Sussex 2 Feb 1738/9-44; Rector of West Dean, Sussex 8 Feb 1738/9-44; Vicar of Birling, Kent 26 Mar 1744-56; Vicar of Kensing cum Seal, Kent 13 Apr 1744-61; Perpetual Curate, Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Vicar of Purton, Wilts., from 27 Aug 1761; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III from 1762; Master of the Temple from 7 Dec 1763; Prebendary of Salisbury from 1 Feb 1767; FSA 4 Apr 1754; FRS 9 May 1754; a good classical scholar; his library was sold 8 Apr 1771 and ten following days; author, A Dissertation on the Latin Tongue, 1751, and other works; d. 8 Jan 1771. DNB.
SHARPE, FANE WILLIAM, eldest son of John Sharpe MP, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Solicitor to the Treasury, and Olive Cartwright, Holborn; nephew of Gregory Sharpe (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; KS (Capt. ) 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 26 Mar 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Aug 1747; MP Callington from 11 Feb 1756; FRS 5 Jul 1764; FSA 17 Dec 1767; bequeathed £500 for the use of the King’s Scholars elected annually to the Universities; m. 17 Mar 1752 Mary, only child of George Newport, London, merchant; d. 21 Oct 1771.
By his will dated 30 Sep 1771 (proved 8 Nov 1771) he gave to William Markham (adm.1733, qv), formerly Head Master of the School and then Bishop of Chester, and to John Thomas, Dean of Westminster, “the sum of £500 to be by them disposed of [for] the benefit of Westminster School or College as they shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the F.W.Sharpe exhibition.
SHARPE, ERNEST NEWTON, third son of Rev. Henry Sharpe BD, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, Middlesex, and Sarah Hargrave, dau. of Kyrl Allan Deane, Boreenmaragh. Co. Cork; b. 19 Apr 1867; adm. 25 Sep 1879 (H); left May 1885; Clare Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1885; BA 1888; migr. to Ridley Hall; MA 1892; ordained deacon 1890, priest 1891 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Bath, Somerset 1890-4; Vicar of Emmanuel Church, Hampstead, Middlesex 24 Jul 1894-1908; Rector of St. Paul’s, Kersal Moor, Manchester 1908-12; Rector of Holy Trinity, Marylebone, Middlesex 1912-8; Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, London 1918-9; Vicar of Paddington, Middlesex 1919-30; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 1920-30; Archdeacon of London and Canon of St. Paul’s 1930-47; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of London 1922-47; Select Preacher, Cambridge 1936; m. 5 Jun 1894 Alice Eleanor, eldest dau. of Capt. Edward Carter, Marlborough Buildings, Bath, Somerset; d. 20 Jan 1949.