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SNEYD, WALTER, second son of Walter Sneyd MP, Keele Hall, Staffs., and his cousin Hon. Louisa Bagot, eldest dau. of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); nephew of John Sneyd (adm. 1777, qv); b. 23 Jul 1809; adm. 3 Feb 1824 (Stikeman's); left Bartholomewtide 1826; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1827; BA 1831; MA 1834; ordained deacon (Gloucester) 25 May 1834, priest (Lichfield and Coventry) 1835; of Keele Hall, Staffs. (inherited from elder brother 1870); JP Staffordshire 1871; FSA; m. 14 Oct 1856 his cousin Henrietta Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Malone Sneyd, Cherryvale, co. Donegal; d. 2 Jul 1888.

SNEYD, JOHN, brother of William Hedges Sneyd (qv); b. 11 Jul 1734; adm. Jun 1748 (Watts'); left 1752; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Jun 1752; BA 1756; adm. Middle Temple 27 Nov 1747; of Belmont, Staffs.; High Sheriff Staffordshire 1770 [or 1763 – check]; m. 1st, 7 Aug 1762 Penelope, eldest dau. of Thomas Kynnersley, Loxley, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 22 Apr 1777 Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Kirby, Leicester; m. 3rd. 1794 Mary, dau. of Joseph Adey, Lichfield, Staffs., Town Clerk of Lichfield; d. 8 Nov 1809.

SNEYD, EDWARD, fourth son of Ralph Sneyd, Keele Hall, Staffs., and Anne, dau. of Allen Holford, Davenham, Cheshire; bapt. Keele, Staffs. 4 Sep 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Feb 1746/7 (Ludford's); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Mar 1752; BA 1755; ordained; Vicar of Wolstanton, Staffs., from 5 Nov 1756; d. 16 Oct 1795.

SNELLING, WILLIAM, son of William Snelling, Brentford, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS 1682; failed to obtain election to either university 1685; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1685, aged 18; adm. Clifford’s Inn 26 Oct 1687, Inner Temple 20 Feb 1689/90, called to bar 20 May 1694.

Snelling, Robert Walter, son of Walter Edward Snelling of Putney and Dorothy Maud, d. of Rob­ert Phillips of Battersea; b. 20 Sept. 1914; adm. May 1928 (H); left July 1930; Munich Univ. 1931- 2; Univ. Coll. Lond. 1932-3; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1940; FIL 1937; Roy. Tank Regt 1941, transf. Intell. Corps 1943 (Capt.); BSc (Lond.) 1947; attd Foreign Office 1948, then exec. officer Min. of Defence; Attaché Brit. Embassy Washington DC 1956; Brit. Military Govt Berlin 1959; scientific adviser Brit. delegation to Nuclear Test Ban Conference, Geneva, 1961; head of Foreign Office Tech. Maintenance Service 1962-9; Dir. of Communications FCO 1969-74; retd Mar. 1974; m. 1st 14 Aug. 1941 Mabel Lorna, d. of Rev. Frederick Chalmers Rogers of Newton Abbot, Devon; 2nd 24 Nov. 1973 Patricia Christine, d. of Aubrey Charles Heady of Mixbury, Northants; d. 30 June 1978.

SNELL, WILLIAM FREDERICK, eldest son of Rev. Thomas Snell, Rector of Windlesham, Surrey, and Barbara Cooke; b. 15 Sep 1807; adm. 10 Feb 1823 (Stikeman's); left Christmas 1825; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 13 Aug 1825; Lieut. and Capt., 4 Jul 1829; Brevet Maj., 13 Aug 1831; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1 Nov 1839; retd. 1843; m. 13 Aug 1845 Ellen Swete, youngest dau. of John Ashley, Clifton, Yorks.; d. c. 1850 (will proved PCC 21 Mar 1853).

SNELL, VYNER, second son of John Snell, Shenley, Herts., and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Very Rev. Thomas Vyner DD, Dean of Gloucester; bapt. St. Mary Woolnoth, London 7 May 1682 (IGI); adm.; KS 1699; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1702, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1702, aged 18, scholar 23 Apr 1703, matr. 1702/3; BA 1705/6; MA 1709; BD 1716; Minor Fellow 1 Oct 1708, Major Fellow 15 Apr 1709, Junior Bursar 1715-6; refused to sign petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley; ordained deacon 25 Feb 1710/1, priest 16 Mar 1711/2 (both London); Rector of Doddington, Cambs., from 12 Aug 1719; m. 8 May 1726 Margaret, dau. of Col. Peter Hall, Leventhorpe Hall, Swillington, Yorks.; d. 19 Mar 1751.

SNELL, RICHARD HUGH, brother of William Frederick Snell (qv); b. 6 Apr 1812; adm. 17 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); KS 1826; left 1829; at Haileybury Coll. 1829-30; Writer, EICS Bengal 1831; Assistant Revenue Officer, Benares 1832; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Benares 1833, Twenty-Four Parganas 1837-40; Secretary to Government Savings Bank 1842; First Assistant to Accountant-Gen.; Assistant to Collector of Customs, Calcutta 1852; Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery 1853; retd. 1 May 1860; m. 26 Sep 1832 Letitia Knox, widow of John Shum, EICS Bengal, Assistant to Collector of Customs, Patna; d. 7 Dec 1899.

SNELL, POWELL, eldest son of Powell Snell (adm. Feb. 1725/6, qv), and his first wife; bapt. Guiting Power, Gloucs. 16 Mar 1737 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Sep 1748 (Porten's); in school list 1754; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1755; MA 1759; adm. Inner Temple 28 Feb 1759, left 19 Nov 1764; migr. to Middle Temple, adm. 22 Nov 1764, called to bar 8 Feb 1765; JP Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; FSA 12 Jun 1777; m. 31 May 1768 Mary, dau. of Thomas Phillipps, Eaton Bishop, Herefs., barrister; d. 8 Apr 1804.

SNEAD, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1626, adm. scholar 1627, matr. 1626; BA 1630/1.