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SACKVILLE, JOHN FREDERICK, 3RD DUKE OF DORSET, only son of Lord John Philip Sackville (qv); b. 24 Mar 1745; adm. (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; MP Kent 1768 – 5 Jan 1769; succ. uncle as 3rd Duke of Dorset 5 Jan 1769; Lord Lieut., Kent 27 Jan 1769 – 30 Jun 1797; Grand Tour (Italy) 1770-1; member, Society of Dilettanti 1776; Captain, Yeomen of the Guard 11 Feb 1782 – 3 Apr 1783; Privy Councillor 11 Feb 1782; Ambassador to Paris 26 Dec 1783 – 8 Aug 1789; KG 9 Apr 1788; Lord Steward of the Household 7 Oct 1789 – 20 Feb 1799; Col. West Kent Militia 13 Apr 1778, with rank of Col. in the Army 2 Jul 1779; a member of the Hambledon and White Conduit cricket clubs; member of committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall, 25 Feb 1774, and also of the committee which drew up the original rules of the Marylebone Club; played cricket for Kent 1777-83, and allowed public use of his Vyne Ground at Sevenoaks; m. 4 Jan 1790 Arabella Diana, dau. of Sir Charles Cope, Bart.; d. 19 Jul 1799. DNB.

SALUSBURY-BRERETON, OWEN, son of Thomas Brereton MP (afterwards Brereton-Salusbury), Duke Street, Westminster, and his first wife Mary (a widow on marriage), dau. of Brig. -Gen. Henry Trelawny MP, Whitley, Devon; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1724/5; KS 1729; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1734, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1734, scholar 2 May 1735, matr. 1734; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Dec 1734; migrated to Middle Temple 9 Jun 1738, called to bar 24 Nov 1738; readm. to Lincoln’s Inn 27 Nov 1746, Bencher 28 Jun 1756, Treasurer 1776; assumed surname of Salusbury before that of Brereton on death of his father; of Shotwick Park, Cheshire; Lottery Commissioner 1738; Recorder of Liverpool from Sep 1742; Baron of the Exchequer, Chester, from 21 Oct 1749; MP Ilchester 14 Dec 1775-80; Constable of Flint Castle from 1775; FRS 17 Jun 1762; FSA 24 Mar 1763; a well-known antiquary, who contributed several papers to Archaeologia; m. 1 Dec 1755 Katherine, dau. of William Whitmore MP, Lower Slaughter, Gloucs., and Apley, Shropshire; d. 8 Sep 1798. DNB.

SALUSBURY-TRELAWNY, SIR JOHN, BART., second son of Sir William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 2 Jun 1816; adm. 17 Jun 1824 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 May 1835; BA 1839; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1837; migrated to Middle Temple 1 May 1841, called to bar 5 Nov 1841; MP (Whig/Liberal) Tavistock Mar 1843-52, 1857-65, East Cornwall 1868-74; succ. father as 9th baronet 15 Nov 1856; Deputy Warden of the Stannaries 15 May 1869; DL Cornwall 1840; m. 1st, 25 Jan 1842 Harriet Jane, eldest dau. of John Hearle Tremayne MP, Heligan, Cornwall; m. 2nd, 19 May 1881 Harriet Jacqueline, widow of Edward George Walpole Keppel (qv), and youngest dau. of Sir Anthony Buller (qv); d. 4 Aug 1885.

SALUSBURY-TRELAWNY, SIR WILLIAM LEWIS, BART., second son of Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart. (qv); b. 4 Jul 1781; adm.; at school 1791; KS 1795; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Feb 1799; assumed surname of Salusbury only 30 Oct 1802, and surname of Trelawny in addition to and after Salusbury 19 Dec 1807; High Sheriff, Cornwall 1811; MP (Whig) East Cornwall 1832-7; succ. father as 8th baronet 25 Feb 1834; Lord Lieut., Cornwall, from 30 Dec 1839; m. 24 Aug 1807 Patience Christian, dau. of John Phillipps Carpenter, Mount Tavy, Devon; d. 15 Nov 1856.

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.

SEYMOUR, HENRY, son of Francis Seymour MP, Sherborne, Dorset, and Elizabeth, widow of Edward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbroke MP, Col. 37th Foot, and dau. of Alexander Popham MP, Littlecote, Wilts.; half-brother of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1738/9 (Powell's); left 1747; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Apr 1747; Grand Tour (Italy) 1751-2; a Groom of the Bedchamber 16 Feb 1763 – 17 Jan 1765; MP Totnes 7 Apr 1763-8, Huntingdon 1768-74, Evesham 1774-80; settled at Prunay, near Versailles, France 1778; the neighbour and penultimate lover of Madame Du Barry; returned to England in 1792; his property in France was confiscated, and bundles of his tradesmens’ bills and other papers are now in the Archives Nationales, Paris; author of a French prose translation of William Mason’s poem The English Garden, 1788; m. 1st, 24 Jul 1753 Lady Caroline Cowper, only dau. of William Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper; m. 2nd, 5 Oct 1775 Louise Thérèse, widow of Comte Guillaume de Panthou, and dau. of Charles de La Martillière, Seigneur de Chançay; d. 14 Apr 1807. DNB.

SHAFTO, ROBERT DUNCOMBE, eldest son of Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto MP, Whitworth Park, Durham, and Catharine, third dau. of Sir John Eden, Bart., MP; nephew of John Shafto (qv); b. 7 Apr 1806; adm. 27 Jan 1819 (Best's); left 1821; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Oct 1823, fellow commoner 20 Oct 1823, matr. 1823; MP (Whig/Liberal) North Durham 1847-68; DL Co. Durham 1848, JP Wiltshire 1846; m. 23 Oct 1838 Charlotte Rosa, youngest dau. of William Baring MP, Lulworth Castle, Dorset; d. 22 Mar 1889.

SHAFTO, ROBERT, son of John Shafto MP, Whitworth, co. Durham, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Jackson, Nunnington, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1740 (Greet's); left 1749; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1749; High Sheriff, Northumberland 1754; MP Co. Durham 9 Dec 1760-8, Downton 21 Feb 1780-4, 19 Jul 1784-90; his wife had inherited an electoral interest at Downton from her father in 1779; m. 1st, 18 Apr 1774 Anne, dau. of Thomas Duncombe (qv) and his first wife; m. 2nd, 1 Jun 1788 Mary Nelson; d. 24 Nov 1797.

SHARPE, FANE WILLIAM, eldest son of John Sharpe MP, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Solicitor to the Treasury, and Olive Cartwright, Holborn; nephew of Gregory Sharpe (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; KS (Capt. ) 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 26 Mar 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Aug 1747; MP Callington from 11 Feb 1756; FRS 5 Jul 1764; FSA 17 Dec 1767; bequeathed £500 for the use of the King’s Scholars elected annually to the Universities; m. 17 Mar 1752 Mary, only child of George Newport, London, merchant; d. 21 Oct 1771.

By his will dated 30 Sep 1771 (proved 8 Nov 1771) he gave to William Markham (adm.1733, qv), formerly Head Master of the School and then Bishop of Chester, and to John Thomas, Dean of Westminster, “the sum of £500 to be by them disposed of [for] the benefit of Westminster School or College as they shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the F.W.Sharpe exhibition.

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.