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SIMPKINSON, SIR JOHN AUGUSTUS FRANCIS, only son of Rev. John Simpkinson, Rector of Cliffe, Kent, and Renée, dau. of Abraham de Wesselow, Russian Ambassador at Vienna; b. 30 Nov 1780; adm.; KS 1794; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1798, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1798, Canoneer Student 25 Jun 1800 – void 26 Jun 1809; BA 1802; MA 1804; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jan 1803, called to bar 15 Nov 1806, Bencher 1831, Treasurer 1845; practised in Chancery courts; KC Trinity 1831; knighted on opening by Queen Victoria of new Hall of Lincoln’s Inn 30 Oct 1845; FRS 22 Apr 1847; FSA; m. 14 Apr 1814 Mary, third dau. of John Griffin, Bedford Place, Russell Square, London; d. 8 Jul 1851.

Simms, Nicholas Digby, son of Ronald Edward Simms, PR agent, of St John’s Wood, and Margaret Felicity Seear of Nairobi, Kenya; b. 3 Oct. 1946; adm. Jan. 1960 (L); left Mar. 1964; successively in publishing and wine trade; author, Orlando’s Guide to North Norfolk; m. 1st, 1967 Sarah Carroll; 2nd, 1975 Leucothea Day; d. 2 Jan. 1992.

Simmons, Peter Hamilton, son of Hamilton Webster Simmons, insurance official, of Teddington, Middlesex, and Mabel, d. of Walter Brazil of Teddington; b. 2 Sept. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (A); left July 1944; Barts Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1950; FFARCS 1954; consult. anaesthetist N. Middlesex Hosp. 1959, Roy. Northern Hosp. 1960, Roy. Free Hosp. 1984; m. Sept. 1956 Elizabeth Coralie, d. of Rev. Canon Alfred Thomas Houghton, gen. sec. Bible Churchmen’s Missionary Soc; d. 18 Dec. 2010.

Simmons, Jack, son of Seymour Francis Simmons of Isleworth and Katherine Lilias, d. of Thomas Finch MB, of Babbacombe, Devon; b. 30 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G), KS Sept. 1929; left July 1933; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1933, BA MA 1942; Beit lecturer in the History of the British Empire, Univ. of Oxford, 1943-7; Prof. of History Univ. of Leicester 1947-75, Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1960-3, Public Orator 1965-8; FRSL FRHistS; FSA 1975; Advisory Council Science Museums 1970-; vice-chairman Nat. Railway Museum, York; joint ed. The journal of Transport History 1953-73; author of Livingstone and Africa 1955, The Railways of Britain 1961; d. 3 Sept. 2000.

SIMMONS, EDWARD; b. 3 Jan 1847; adm. 25 Sep 1862 (James'); left Christmas 1862.

Simmonds, Leon Vernon Lund, son of Peter Lund Simmonds, K.L.H., of South Kensington, by Jane Dewdney; b. July 4, 1871; adm. June 12, 1884 (D); left July 1888; a journalist; founder and editor of The Polo Annual and of The Polo Monthly; author in collaboration with Lieut.-Col. Edward Darley Miller of Modern Polo (1911); 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (T.F.) Suffolk Regt.

SIM, MALCOLM OVANS, brother of John Lambert Sim (qv); b. 28 Feb 1845; adm. 6 Apr 1858 (James'); QS 1860; rowed v. Eton 28 Jul 1864; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, with Triplett, 1864, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1864, matr. Lent 1865; BA 1868; MA 1875; a timber broker, firm Churchill and Sim, Clement’s Lane, London; m. 20 Aug 1879 Helen, dau. of Sir William Bovill, Kt, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; d. 25 Oct 1894.

SIM, JOHN LAMBERT, eldest son of John Coysgarne Sim, Old Broad Street, London, and Coombe Wood, Surrey, and Harriet, dau. of Charles Lambert, London and Blendon Hall, Kent; b. 6 Feb 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; left 1855; a coffee planter in Ceylon; d. 21 Mar 1893.

SILVER, WILLIAM, eldest son of James Silver, Kensington, Middlesex; b.; adm. 11 Jan 1813; KS (aged 14) 1819; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1823, adm. pens. 9 May 1823, scholar 1824; BA 1827; MA 1835; adm. Middle Temple 1 May 1827, called to bar 12 Jan 1844; d. 26 Dec 1867.