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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.