SKINNER, ROGER; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1645, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors “upon statutable grounds” Sep 1650, reinstated “towards the end of 1660” (sic); d. 1660.
SKINNER, MATTHEW, son of Matthew Skinner (QS 1704, qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Nov 1739 (Bainbrigg's); left 1747; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Mar 1746/7; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1747, called to bar 20 Nov 1753, invited to Bench 14 Dec 1782; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1758-68); m. 11 May 1761 Ann, dau. of Hatch Moody, Carpenters, Herts.; d. 2 Jul 1814.
SKINNER, MATTHEW, son of Matthew Skinner (adm. 1739, qv); b. 18 Dec 1764; adm. 27 Jun 1774; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 – void 29 May 1804 (expiry year of grace as R. Wood Norton from 3 Jun 1803); BA 1787; MA 1792; ordained; Rector of Wood Norton and Swanton Novers, Norfolk, from 1803; FSA 9 Jun 1796; d. Apr 1825.
SKINNER, MATTHEW, third son of Robert Skinner, Welton, Northants, Judge of the Marshalsea Court, and Anne, eldest dau. of William Buckby, Chief Justice of Carmarthen, Serjeant-at-Law and Recorder of Daventry; b. 22 Oct 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 – void 1720; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1709, called to bar 21 Apr 1716; Oxford Circuit; one of the four Common Pleaders, City of London 1719-22; Recorder of Oxford from 30 May 1721; Serjeant-at-Law 1 Feb 1724; one of King’s Serjeants 11 Jun 1728; King’s Prime Serjeant 12 May 1734; MP Oxford 1734 – Nov 1738; Chief Justice of Chester from 26 Nov 1738; m. 8 Sep 1719 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Whitfield, Watford Place, Herts.; d. 21 Oct 1749. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.
SKINNER, DANIEL, son of Daniel Skinner, Mark Lane, London, merchant, and Frances, dau. of Robert Corbet, Edgmond, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS 1666; in a letter written by him to Samuel Pepys in 1676 he states that he was at the School for seven years; described by his contemporary William Taswell (qv) as “proud and empty and void of learning”; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1670, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1670, scholar 1671, matr. 1670; BA 1673/4; MA 1677; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1674, Major Fellow 23 May 1679 – c. 1685; acted as amanuensis to the poet John Milton 1673-4; was bequeathed by Milton the manuscripts of his Latin State Letters and The Treatise on Christian Doctrine; attempted to get Daniel Elzevier to print them in Amsterdam, but eventually handed them over to Sir Joseph Williamson (qv), then Secretary of State; the packet containing them was discovered in the State Paper Office at Whitehall in 1823 (Papers relating to Milton, Camden Soc. Pub., 1st series, lxxv); visited Barbados in 1680 and Nevis in 1681; in a letter written from Paris, dated 4 Feb 1682, Skinner congratulates Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (qv), on his appointment as Ambassador to France, and mentions “the recollection I have of beginning my studies with Your Excellency at the famous school of Westminster” (HMC, Graham MSS, vii, 380); his sister Mary appears to have become Samuel Pepys’s mistress; living 1684/5. [will of Daniel Skinner, London, merchant, proved PCC 9 Feb 1685 (his father ?); will of Daniel Skinner, St. Paul, Covent Garden, gentleman, proved PCC 11 Oct 1697]
Skeffington-Lodge, Thomas Cecil, son of Thomas Robert Lodge of Settle, Yorks, and Winifred Marian, sister of Harold Ernest Skeffington (qv); b. 15 Jan. 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left Aug. 1922; advertising and publicity work in London and N. England; RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.); MP (Lab.) Bedford 1945-50; contested (Lab.) York 1951, Mid-Beds 1955, Grantham 1959, Brighton Pavilion Mar. 1969; PA to chairman Colonial Devel. Corpn 1950-2; vice-pres. Socialist Christian Movement; chairman Brighton Committee Sussex branch CPRE; d. 23 Feb. 1994.
Skeffington, Neville Ernest, son of Harold Ernest Skeffington (qv); b. 15 July 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1957; librarian Folkestone Public Libraries 1957-61; account man. BOAC, later British Airways 1961-90; d. 22 Jan. 2002.
Skeffington, Harold Ernest, son of Martin Southwell Skeffington, of London, by Mary Louisa, daughter of Henry Wearne, of Kensington; b. Sept. 15, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); left Dec. 1894; publisher, firm, Skeffington and Son, 1910-7; publisher to Queen Victoria, Edward VII, and George V; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Army Printing and Stationery Services Dec. 15, 1917; demob. Feb. 1919; asst. commr. National Savings Committee 1920-1; press and publications secretary of the Church Assembly 1921; editor of The Official Year Book of the Church of England since 1924; m. 1st April 20, 1911, Constance Evelyn, daughter of Henry Hawtrey Jones, of Waterford; 2nd Dec. 21, 1938, Elizabeth Lilian, Daughter of Charles Day, of Folkestone, Kent; d. Aug. 17, 1950.
SISSON, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Sisson, Rector of Norton, co. Durham, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Thomas Rudd, Prebendary of Ripon; bapt. Norton 20 May 1749 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1764; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1769, matr. 24 May 1769, aged 19, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1769; BA 1773; MA 1776; ordained; Curate to Rev. William Baptist Cadogan (qv) at Reading, Berks.; d. 29 Mar 1794.
Sinner, Stanley Albert, brother of Ferdinand Reginald Sinner (q.v.); b. Dec. 28, 1894; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1911; a textile manufacturer's agent; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. May 26, 1940; Flying Officer Jan. 21, 1941; Flight-Lieut. Aug. 28, 1942; Sqdn. Ldr.; mentioned in despatches Jan. 14, 1944; m. April 30, 1931, Olive Margaret, daughter of George Magee, of Belfast.