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Semple, Patrick William, son of William Robertson Semple of Lenham, Kent, and Norah Elizabeth Holmes, d. of George Victor Burgess, headmaster, of Gravesend, Kent; b. 8 Feb. 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (G); left July 1963; Univ. of Bristol, Dip. Theol. 1970; ord. deacon 1972, priest 1973 (London); Curate Christ Church Lancaster Gate 1972-5; Industrial Chaplain Norwich 1975-9; Vicar of St Barnabas Kensington 1979-83, Coleford, Gloucs, 1983-; retd. 2005; m. 11 Sept. 1971 Gillian Carol, d. of Walter Graham Southall Roberts MRCS LRCP, med. practitioner, of Marnhull, Dorset; d. 4 May 2013.

SELWYN, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Jasper Selwyn (qv); b. 14 Jun 1732; adm. Mar 1739/40; KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jul 1749, called to bar 6 Nov 1754, Bencher 10 Nov 1780, Treasurer 1793; KC 1780; [perhaps Counsel for Colonial Business, Home Office Jul 1782 – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Feb 1796]; MP Whitchurch 17 Mar 1783-90; m. 15 Sep 1763 Frances Elizabeth, dau. of John Dod, Woodford, Essex; d. 21 Aug 1817.

SELWYN, CHARLES JASPER, eldest son of Henry Selwyn, Westminster, and Ruth, dau. of Anthony Compton, Gainslow, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1735/6; KS 1741; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1745, matr. 12 Jun 1745, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1745 – res 13 Dec 1750; BA 1749; MA 1767; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1751, priest 24 May 1752 (both Oxford); Curate, Blockley, Worcs. (now Gloucs. ), 1755-61, Vicar from 22 Oct 1761; Rector of Beverstone with Kingscote, Gloucs., from 1767; Prebendary of Salisbury from 24 Feb 1775; Chaplain to his brother-in-law, Lord Boston; JP Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; m. 9 Jun 1750 (IGI) Elizabeth Coxeter, Bampton, Oxfordshire; d. 10 Sep 1794.

SELLON, WILLIAM, son of John Sellon, Marlow, Bucks.; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1739/40; KS 1745; Capt. of the School 1749; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1750, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1750, scholar 26 Apr 1751, matr. 1751; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 14 Mar 1756; Curate, St. James’s, Clerkenwell 1756-8, Vicar from 1758; alternate evening preacher at the Magdalen Hospital from 13 Nov 1777; alternate afternoon lecturer at St. Giles in the Fields from 1758, and of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, from 1762; Chaplain to Earl of Pomfret 1763; proprietor and preacher, Portman Chapel, Baker Street, London; a popular preacher of the time; lic. to m. 4 May 1753 Sarah, sister of Baker John Littlehales (qv); d. 18 Jul 1790.

Selby, William Lyle, son of the Rev. Thomas Gunn Selby, of Bromley, Kent, by Catherine, daughter of William Lawson, of Otley, Yorks; b. Feb. 24, 1893; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1906 (A); K.S. (non-resident) 1907; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and a Triplett gratuity) July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1912; articled to a solicitor Jan. 1914 -Jan. 1918, when he retired on account of ill health; d. Jan. 1944; he bequeathed £100 to the school; unm.

SEIGNIOR, GEORGE, son of George Seignior, Fleet Street, London; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, aged 18, adm. pens. 10 May 1659, scholar 1659, matr. Easter 1659; BA 1662/3; MA 1666; BD 1673; DD 1678; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1664; signed for deacon’s orders (London) 16 Dec 1664; Chaplain to Dr. George Wilde, Bishop of Derry; Domestic Chaplain to Earl of Burlington; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge; a liberal benefactor to Trinity Coll. and assisted many of the students “so as to enable them to remain resident at the College, free from the distractions of poverty”; an account of his life, written by James Fawket (qv), was published in 1682; d. 16 Oct 1678.

Segalla, Charles, son of Adolphe Segalla, of London; b. June 24, 1877; adm. April 24, 1890 (H); left May 1891; d. at Paris circ. 1894.

SEDLEY, CHARLES HENRY, son of Henry Venables-Vernon, 3rd Baron Vernon (qv); b. 5 May 1792; adm. 7 Oct 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; d. at school 2 May 1804. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

Sedgwick, Richard Romney, son of Adam Sedgwick, F.R.S., of Cambridge, by Laura Helen Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Capt. Robinson, of Armagh; b. May 29, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); K.S. 1909; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; 1st class Hist. Tripos, pt. 1, 1914; 1st class Hist. Tripos, pt. 2, 1915; Gladstone Memorial Prize 1914; B.A. 1915; M.A. 1920; Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb. 1920; served in Ministry of Munitions 1916-8 and of Labour 1918-9; asst. principal 1919; transferred to Colonial Office 1929; private secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Domi­nions Office, 1922; principal 1930; official secretary, Office of High Commissioner, Aus­tralia, 1938-41 and New Zealand, 1941-4; Deputy High Commissioner, South Africa, 1946-9; Asst. Under Secretary of State 1949; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1945; edited The Memoirs of the Reign ef King George II by John Lord Hervey (q.v.) (1931); The Letters of George III to Lord Bute (1939); m. Sept. 17, 1936, Mana, daughter of Thomas Callan Hodson, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge; d. 20 Jan. 1972.

SEDDON, HUGH BONVILL, son of John Pollard Seddon FRIBA, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, architect, and Margaret, eldest dau. of Joseph Barber; b. 17 Feb 1866; adm. 24 Jan 1878 (H); left May 1883; St. Thomas’s Hospital; MRCS LRCP 1888; Surgeon to South African Field Force in South African War, severely wounded; medical practitioner at Bromley, Kent, firm Ilott, Grant-Wilson, Scott and Seddon; d. unm. 2 Jan 1909.