STEDMAN, JOHN, only son of John Stedman, Chester [presumably adm. 1800, qv]; b. 20 Jul 1817; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1835, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1835, scholar 1836; adm, . Lincoln’s Inn 10 Jun 1835, called to bar 15 Jun 1840; equity draftsman and conveyancer; signed Play Protest 1847 as “John Stedman, jun. ”; d. 4 May 1872.
ST. JOHN, AMBROSE, second son of Henry St. John, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Henry Wigley, Pensham House, Worcs.; nephew of St. Andrew St. John (qv); b. 29 Jun 1815; adm. 13 Jan 1829 (Scott's); KS 1830; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student; BA 1838; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1840, priest (Canterbury) 22 May 1842; Curate, Walmer, Kent 1840-5; received into Roman Catholic Church Oct 1845; accompanied J. H. Newman to Rome 1846, where they joined the Oratorians and were ordained RC priests 1847; one of original Oratorian community which Newman established at Maryvale Jan 1848 and which moved to Hagley Road, Edgbaston 1852; volunteered with Newman to assist the Catholic priests at Bilston during cholera epidemic 1849; Head Master, Oratory School, Edgbaston, from 1862; went on mission to Rome 1867 about the Oratory School and the proposed Oratory at Oxford; broke down from overwork while translating Fessler’s book True and False Infallibility; called in Rome Newman’s “Angel Guardian”, and, “certainly”, Newman wrote, “he has been to me Azarias, the son of Ananias” (Ward, Life of J. H. Newman, 1912, ii, 410, 412); his name is singled out in the concluding paragraphs of the Apologia; d. 24 May 1875. Buried Rednal, Shropshire, where Newman was later buried in the same grave.
SPRAT, THOMAS, only surviving son of Right Rev. Thomas Sprat DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, and Helen, eldest dau. of Devereux Wolseley, Ravenstone, Staffs.; b. 5 Apr 1679; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1692; Capt. of the School 1696; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1697, matr. 10 Jul 1697, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1697 – void 1707; BA 1701; MA 1704 (incorp. Cambridge 1715); adm. Middle Temple 13 Jun 1700; ordained; Prebendary and Archdeacon of Rochester from 4 Dec 1704; Vicar of Boxley, Kent, from 1704/5; Rector of Stone, Kent, from 1707; Prebendary of Winchester from 18 Nov 1712, and of Westminster from 29 Sep 1713; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); FRS 20 Mar 1711/2; Busby Trustee 19 Feb 1710/1; m. 9 Apr 1716 Frances, fourth dau. of John Horden (qv); d. 10 May 1720. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument in St. Nicholas’s Chapel.
Spencer, William Henry, 1810-1900
SPENCER, HON. WILLIAM HENRY, fourth son of Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill, and Lady Frances Fitzroy, dau. of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC; b. 12 Apr 1810; adm. 1 Oct 1823 (Singleton's); went to Rugby Sch. 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Jun 1828; BA 1831; MA 1834; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Nov 1831; ordained deacon 7 Jun 1835, priest 30 Jul 1837 (both Salisbury); Curate, Northleigh, Oxfordshire 1838-40; Vicar of Urchfont, Wilts., 19 Feb 1839-50; Rector of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall 1850-73; Rector of Great Houghton, Northants, from 12 Feb 1872; m. 1st, 23 Jan 1838 Elizabeth Rose, second dau. of Thomas Thornhill, Woodleys, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 15 Jun 1852 Louisa Mercer, dau. of Sir William Pratt Call, Bart.; m. 3rd, 26 Sep 1893 Anna Maria Cowley, widow of Robert Francis Allen, and dau. of John Horton Sheppard, Towcester, Northants, solicitor; d. 21 Aug 1900.
Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice, 1836-1917
SPENCE-JONES, HENRY DONALD MAURICE, eldest son of George Spence QC MP, Pall Mall, London, barrister, and Caroline --- (IGI); b. 14 Jan 1836; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 30 May 1850 (Rigaud's); BB 6 Mar 1852; QS 18 May 1852; left 1854; entered Civil Service; Private Secretary to Sir Douglas Galton, Railway Secretary to Board of Trade; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1861; 1st cl. Theology 1865, 1866; BA 1865; MA 1868; DD 1887; ordained deacon 1865, priest 1866 (both St. Davids); Prof. of English Literature and Hebrew lecturer, St. David’s Coll., Lampeter 1865-70; Rector of St. Mary le Crypt, Gloucester 1870-7; Principal, Gloucester Theological Coll., 1875-7; Hon. Canon, Gloucester 1875-86; Vicar of St. Pancras, London 25 Sep 1877-86; Dean of Gloucester from 18 Dec 1886; Select Preacher, Cambridge 1883, 1887, 1901, 1905, Oxford 1892, 1893; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1905; assumed additional surname of Jones 1904; JP Cardiganshire; joint editor, Pulpit Commentary, 48 vols, 1880-94; author, Early Christianity and Paganism, 1902, and various other works; m. 11 Apr 1871 Louise Madeline Maria, younger dau. of David Jones MP, Pantglas, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire; d. 2 Nov 1917.
Spence, Lancelot Molyneux Dalrymple, 1837-1865
SPENCE, LANCELOT MOLYNEUX DALRYMPLE, brother of Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (qv); b. 14 Sep 1837; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 10 Jun 1852 (James'); QS 1853; left Aug 1855; Clerk, Board of Trade, from Nov 1855; d. 4 Jul 1865.
SOUTHBY, PHILIP, second son of Richard Worlledge Southby, Bampton, Oxfordshire; b. 3 Jan 1843; adm. 24 Jan 1856 (G); left Whitsun 1861 (with Dean Thomas); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 May 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; adm. Middle Temple 1 May 1863, called to bar 17 Nov 1866; Oxford Circuit; of Bampton, Oxfordshire; JP Oxfordshire 1872; [unm. in 1881]; d. 2 Jan 1908.
Somerset, Raglan George Henry, 1831-1924
SOMERSET, RAGLAN GEORGE HENRY, brother of Granville Robert Henry Somerset (qv); b. 17 Dec 1831; adm. 19 Apr 1843 (G); QS 1845; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student 1849-67; BA 1853; MA 1856; Clerk, Audit Office 1853-4; Junior Clerk, Treasury Mar 1854 – Jul 1856, Third Class Clerk Jul 1856 - Apr 1857; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Victoria 19 Mar 1873 – Jan 1901; d. 2 Sep 1924.
Somerset, Fitzroy John Henry, 1788-1855
SOMERSET, FITZROY JOHN HENRY, 1ST BARON RAGLAN, youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 30 Sep 1788; adm. 1 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Cornet, 4th Light Dragoons 9 Jun 1804; Lieut., 30 May 1805; Capt., 6th Garrison Battn., 5 May 1808; 43rd Foot 18 Aug 1808; Brevet Maj., 9 Jun 1811; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 27 Apr 1812; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 25 Jul 1814; Col. in the Army and ADC to Prince Regent 28 Aug 1815; Major-Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 53rd Foot 19 Nov 1830 – May 1854 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Jun 1838; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 8 May 1854; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Field-Marshal 5 Nov 1854; served with Wellington in Peninsular War; wounded at battle of Busaco; lost right arm at battle of Waterloo; Secretary to Embassy, Paris 1814, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jan – Mar 1815; Secretary to Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 1815-27; MP Truro 1818-20, 1826 – Mar 1829; Military Secretary, War Office Jan 1827 – Sep 1852; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 30 Sep 1852 – May 1855; Commander-in-Chief of British Troops in Crimea from 1854; Privy Councillor 16 Oct 1852; created Baron Raglan 20 Oct 1852; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 24 Sep 1852; DCL Oxford 1834; m. 6 Aug 1814 Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley Pole, second dau. of William Wellesley Pole, 3rrd Earl of Mornington PC, Master of the Mint; d. in camp before Sevastopol 28 Jun 1855. DNB.
Snell, Richard Hugh, 1812-1899
SNELL, RICHARD HUGH, brother of William Frederick Snell (qv); b. 6 Apr 1812; adm. 17 Jan 1825 (Stikeman's); KS 1826; left 1829; at Haileybury Coll. 1829-30; Writer, EICS Bengal 1831; Assistant Revenue Officer, Benares 1832; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Benares 1833, Twenty-Four Parganas 1837-40; Secretary to Government Savings Bank 1842; First Assistant to Accountant-Gen.; Assistant to Collector of Customs, Calcutta 1852; Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery 1853; retd. 1 May 1860; m. 26 Sep 1832 Letitia Knox, widow of John Shum, EICS Bengal, Assistant to Collector of Customs, Patna; d. 7 Dec 1899.