SOUTHBY, PHILIP, second son of Richard Worlledge Southby, Bampton, Oxfordshire; b. 3 Jan 1843; adm. 24 Jan 1856 (G); left Whitsun 1861 (with Dean Thomas); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 May 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; adm. Middle Temple 1 May 1863, called to bar 17 Nov 1866; Oxford Circuit; of Bampton, Oxfordshire; JP Oxfordshire 1872; [unm. in 1881]; d. 2 Jan 1908.
SOUTH, ROBERT, son of Robert South, Hackney, Middlesex, merchant, and his second wife Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Capt. John Berry, Lydd, Kent; b. 4 Sep 1634; adm.; was “up School” on the morning of 30 Jan 1648/9, when “the King was publicly prayed for … but an hour or two (at most) before his sacred head was struck off “ (South, Sermons, 1823, iii, 411); KS 1650; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 11 Dec 1651, Westminster Student to 1670 [check]; BA 24 Feb 1654/5; MA 1657 (incorp. Cambridge 1659); BD and DD 1663 (incorp. Cambridge 1664); ordained 1658; Public Orator, Oxford Univ. 10 Aug 1660 – Nov 1677, res.; Chaplain to Earl of Clarendon, Chancellor of Oxford Univ.; Prebendary of Westminster from 30 Mar 1663; Rector of Llanrhaiadr yn Mochnant, Denbighshire 1666/7 – still 1678 (when disp. to hold with R. Islip); Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 29 Dec 1670; went to Poland as Chaplain to Laurence Hyde (afterwards Earl of Rochester), Ambassador there 1676-8; Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire, from 1678; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II; attacked William Sherlock, Master of the Temple, in his Animadversions, 1693, and accused Sherlock of Tritheism 1695; declined Bishopric of Rochester and Deanery of Westminster on death of Thomas Sprat in 1713; an eloquent and pithy preacher, with a gift of humour; rebuilt chancel and rectory at Islip at his own expense; bequeathed his property in Caversham, Oxfordshire, and Kentish Town, Middlesex, to Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, upon trust for certain charities named in his will, the surplus of the yearly income to be paid to six poor scholars of Christ Church who had been “bred and brought up in Westminster School, commanly called the King’s or Queen’s Scholars [check] there”; an original trustee of Busby’s will; several editions of his collected sermons have been published; d. unm. 8 Jul 1716. After lying in state four days in Jerusalem Chamber, his body was carried into College Hall, where John Barber (qv), Captain of the KSS, pronounced a funeral oration over it; buried at the foot of the steps before the altar, Westminster Abbey, near the grave of Richard Busby (qv), with monument facing Poets’ Corner. DNB.
By his will dated 30 Mar 1713/4 (proved 24 Jul 1716) he left his estates at Caversham, Oxfordshire, and at Kentish Town, Middlesex, after the death of his housekeeper Margaret Hammond and the expiry of her life interest in them, to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, upon trust to pay out of the income “to six poor scholars for ever twenty nobles apiece by even and equall portions … and that the said poore scholars be all of them of Christ Church in Oxon. ; but bred and brought up in Westminster Schole commonly called the (King’s or Queen’s) Schole there and these likewise to be of the sole choice and nomination of the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church and their successors for ever”. By the ordinances annexed to the Christ Church (Oxford) Ordinances Act 1867, the income was directed to be applied, with other funds, for the maintenance of the Westminster Junior Studentships.
According to E.G.W.Bill, op.cit., p.104-5, “the foundation had a shaky start, and the first appointment of an exhibitioner was not made until 1738”. As Bill records, “the value of the exhibitions by themselves was too small to have much effect, but South was often held with one or more of the Lee exhibitions”. The foundation remained “incapable of improvement until the Dean and Chapter were empowered to grant building leases of the Kentish Town estate in 1851”.
SOUTH, JAMES, son of Robert South, Hackney, Middlesex, merchant, and his first wife; half-brother of Robert South (qv); bapt. 5 May 1624; adm.; KS 1639; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1642, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1642, scholar 1643; BA 1645/6; MA 1649 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1657); ordained deacon 26 Oct 1660, priest 28 Oct 1660 (both Lincoln); Rector of Wymondham, Leics. 1660; Rector of Thornby, Northants, from 6 Feb 1662/3; m. Rachel, dau. of Rev. Edward Langham, Rector of Thornby, Northants; d. 8 May 1679.
SOTHERAN, HENRY CHARLES, only son of Henry Sotheran, The Strand, London, bookseller, and Rosetta Sarah Anne, dau. of Samuel Man Hunot, Croydon, Surrey; b. 13 Sep 1861; adm. 4 Jun 1874; left May 1880; bookseller and publisher, firm Henry Sotheran & Co., Piccadilly, London; bequeathed £2000 to provide a fund for the education of boys at the School; m. 28 Jan 1893 Fanny, sister of Horace John Marjoribanks Knight-Bruce (qv); d. 15 Oct 1928.
Sorley, Kenneth William, younger son of William Ritchie Sorley, Litt.D., Knightsbridge Profossor of Philosophy, Cambridge, by Janetta Colquhoun, daughter of George Smith, C.I.R., of Edinburgh; b. May 19, 1895; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left Easter 1910; enlisted in the 28th Batt. London Regt. July 1918; called to the bar at Lincolns Inn Nov. 17, 1922; South-Eastern Circuit; m. Aug. 9, 1950, Frances Mary, eldest daughter of Arthur Berry, of Cambridge; d. 1973.
SORELL, WILLIAM, eldest son of Major-Gen. William Alexander Sorell, and Jane ---; bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 22 Sep 1773 (IGI); adm. 16 Jun 1783; Ensign, 31st Foot 18 Aug 1790; Lieut., 31 Aug 1793; Capt., 1 Sep 1795; Maj., 43rd Foot 11 Aug 1804; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 17 Apr 1807; Maj., 4th Garrison Battn., 28 May 1807; half-pay, Hompesch’s Mounted Riflemen 1808; Maj., 46th Foot 12 Nov 1812; retd. 1813; Deputy Adjutant-Gen., Cape of Good Hope 1807; Lieutenant-Governor, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) 3 Apr 1816 – 14 May 1824, when he was recalled, largely because of his living in adultery with a Mrs. Kent; m. (before 1807) Louisa Matilda, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. [Thomas ?] Cox; d. 4 Jun 1848.
SORELL, EDWARD, brother of William Sorell (qv); bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 6 Feb 1777 (IGI); adm. 16 Jun 1783; still at school 1789.
Sordina, John Baptist, son of Count Andrew Sordina, of St. Marylebone; b. Feb. 14, 1882; adm. April 23, 1896; left Dec. 1896; d. 29 Nov. 1956.