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SHENTON, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Shenton, London; b.; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1708, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1708, aged 18, scholar 13 May 1709, matr. 1709; BA 1711/2; MA 1715; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1714, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1715; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1714, priest 18 Dec 1715 (both London); Vicar of Minehead, Somerset 22 May 1722-3; Vicar of Ewell, Surrey, from 25 Jan 1722/3; Rector of St. John’s, Wapping, Middlesex, from 17 Jan 1723/4; m.; d. 1748. [Perhaps Samuel Shenton, son of Samuel Shenton and Sarah ---, bapt. St. Alban, Wood Street, London 4 Jul 1689 (IGI)]

Shenton, David William, son of Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton Kt, solicitor, of Hong Kong, and Erica Lucy, d. of Albert Denison, civil engineer, of Hong Kong; b. 1 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (G); left July 1942; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1948; Coldstream Guards 1944-5 (Lieut. ), despatches (Italy) Nov. 1945; adm. solicitor Oct. 1951; in practice in London; m. 1st, 28 Apr. 1972 Della, d. of Frederick George Marshall of Banstead, Surrey; 2nd, 12 May 1988 Charmian Nancy Shenton LVO, d. of Christopher William Lacey, Indian Service of Engineers; d. 6 Oct. 2007.

SHELLEY, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542 (PRO Exc. Aug. Office, Miscell. Books 24).

SHELLEY, THOMAS, brother of Henry Shelley (adm. 1737/8, qv); bapt. St. Clement Danes, London 6 Mar 1729 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jan 1740/1 (Morel's); left 1745; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office, Southern Dept., from Mar 1752; d. 2 Aug 1758.

SHELLEY, ROBERT; b.; adm. 4 Sep 1796 (Clapham); left 1796.

SHELLEY, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Sir John Shelley, Bart. MP, and his second wife Hon. Margaret Pelham, sister of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv); b.; adm. Jan 1744/5 (Morel's); left 1748; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Sep 1748, matr. 1748; MP East Retford 24 Dec 1751-68, Newark 1768-74, New Shoreham 1774-80; Keeper of the Records, Tower of London, from 1755; Clerk of the Pipe, Exchequer, from 19 Jan 1758; Treasurer of the Household 20 Nov 1766 – Jun 1777; Privy Councillor 3 Dec 1766; succ. father as 5th baronet 6 Sep 1771; m. 1st, 27 Aug 1769 Wilhelmina, dau. of John Newnham, Maresfield Park, Sussex; m. 2nd, 14 Feb 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Woodcock, Lincoln’s Inn; d. 16 Sep 1783, aged 52.

SHELFORD, FREDERIC, second son of Sir William Shelford KCMG MICE, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, and Anna, dau. of Thomas Sopwith FRS, Cleveland Square, Bayswater, mining engineer; b. 14 Nov 1871; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (J); left Apr 1883; went to Dulwich Coll.; City and Guilds Institute; London Univ., matr. Jan 1888; BSc 1892; articled to father Oct 1891; AMICE 2 Mar 1897; MICE 11 Feb 1902; consulting engineer, West African and other government railways; also called to bar [check]; m. 14 Nov 1899 Mildred Alice, second dau. of Sir Montague Frederick Ommanney GCMG KCB ISO, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; d. 15 Jul 1943.

Sheldon, Walter Basil Sirr, son of Walter Sirr Sheldon MRCS, and Ethel, d. of James Ernest Caithness; b. 16 Feb. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1927; adm. a solicitor June 1934; RASC 1939-46 (Lieut.-Col.), OBE (Med.) June 1944; Cdr USA Legion of Merit 1946; m. 1st 25 Jan. 1930 Mollie, sister of Brook Anthony Bernacchi (qv); 2nd 22 Nov. 1935 Violet Eva, d. of Sir Montague Lush (qv); 3rd Joyce Mary, d. of Harold Norman of Kew Gardens; d. 18 Sept. 1965.

Sheldon, Anthony John (known at school as Morgan-Griffiths, Anthony John), son of Capt. John Brunt RA and Florence Marie, d. of John Edward Sheldon of Beoley Hall, Worcs.; stepson of John Morgan-Griffiths; b. 15 Aug. 1919; adm. May 1933 (H), (G) 1934; left July 1936; Sankey­ Sheldon Co. 1936-9; RNVR 1939-50 (Lieut.-Cdr); VRD; chairman Harry Ferguson Holdings Ltd and Tractor Research Ltd 1960; invented twin viscous couplings for four-wheel drive sys­tems in passenger cars; High Sheriff I. of Wight 1986-7; Vice-Commodore Roy. Yacht Squad­ron 1988; m. 8 Dec. 1950 Elizabeth Mary, d. of Harry George Ferguson, tractor inventor, of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucs.; 20 Dec. 2012.

SHEFFIELD, SAMPSON, son of Sampson Sheffield, Navestock, Essex, and Jane, widow of Ralph Fetherston, and dau. of Reynold Greene, Navestock, Essex; b.; adm. 23 May 1657; a boarder; KS (aged 12) 1658; d. at school 1662.