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SHIRLEY, HON. WALTER, brother of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv); b. 23 Sep 1725; adm. May 1736 (Preston's); left 1740; University Coll . Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1742; BA 1746; adm. Inner Temple 2 Dec 1749; ordained; Rector of Loughrea, co. Galway; a friend of the Wesleys and of Whitfield; a constant speaker at English and Irish revivalist meetings, and frequently in conflict with his bishop and fellow clergy; Chaplain to his cousin, the Countess of Huntingdon; took an active part with Augustus Montagu Toplady (qv) on the Calvinist side in the famous Methodist controversy on justification by faith; assisted the Countess of Huntingdon in revising the hymns used in her chapels 1774; author, Gospel Repentance, 1760, and of several well-known hymns; m. 27 Aug 1766 Henrietta Maria, dau. of John Phillips, Swords, co. Dublin; d. 7 Apr 1786. DNB.

Shirley, Ronald Percy Hill, son of Percy Shirley of Kensington; b. 4 July 1908; adm. May 1922 (A); d. 1 Sept. 1925.

SHIRLEY, ROBERT, 6TH EARL FERRERS, brother of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv); b. 10 Jul 1723; adm. May 1736 (Preston's); left 1742; succ. brother as 6th Earl Ferrers 1 Oct 1778; m. 26 Dec 1754 Catharine, dau. of Rowland Cotton, Etwall, Derbs.; d. 18 Apr 1787.

SHIRLEY, LAURENCE, 4TH EARL FERRERS, eldest son of Hon. Laurence Shirley, and Anne, sister of Gould Clarges (qv); b. 18 Aug 1720; adm. May 1728; left 1729; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1737; succ. uncle as 4th Earl Ferrers 6 Aug 1745; shot dead his steward John Johnson at Staunton Harold, Leics., 18 Jan 1760; was tried in Westminster Hall by his peers, who unanimously found him guilty of murder 21 Apr 1760, although he pleaded “occasional insanity of mind”; m. 16 Sep 1752 Mary, sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); hanged at Tyburn 5 May 1760. DNB.

SHIPTON, RICHARD, son of James Shipton, London; b.; adm.; KS 1682; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1686, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1686, aged 17, scholar 15 Apr 1687, matr. 1686/7; BA 1689/90; drowned in river Cam 7 Jul 1692.

SHIPTON, JOSEPH, brother of Daniel Shipton (qv); bapt. Watford, Herts. 25 Oct 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1744/5 (Preston's); living 1760.

SHIPTON, DANIEL, son of John Shipton, Watford, Herts., leather dresser, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Watford, Herts. 28 Aug 1731 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1744/5 (Preston's); KS 1747; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1751, matr. 5 Jun 1751, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 (sic, having been suspended from admission for one year for riot 15 Nov 1751) – void 21 Mar 1766 (expiry year of grace as V. Willen); ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 Sep 1755; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 14 Jan 1765; Rector of Wavendon, Bucks., from 17 Apr 1796 [or 1768 – check]; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 29 Dec 1768 Temperance, dau. of Rev. Arthur Bedford, Vicar of Sharnbrook, Beds.; d. 7 Sep 1805.

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, second son of Rev. William Shippen DD, Rector of Stockport, Lancs.; bapt. 30 Jul 1673; adm.; KS 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 18, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1691/2; BA 1694/5; adm. Middle Temple 23 Nov 1693, called to bar 19 May 1699; MP Bramber 29 Dec 1707 – 15 Jan 1709, 8 Dec 1710-3, Saltash 1713-5, Newton (Lancs. ) from 1715; wrote satirical verses against the Whigs 1708; a Commissioner of Public Accounts and for stating Army Debts 1711-4; a prominent member of the “October Club”; opposed the offer of a reward for the apprehension of the Pretender 1714; sent to the Tower for drawing attention to George I’s ignorance of “our language and constitution” 4 Dec 1718; became one of the recognised Jacobite leaders in the House of Commons; moved the reduction of the Civil List 1727; opposed Walpole’s excise scheme 1733; refused to vote for the removal of Walpole 1741; “Downright” Shippen was more remarkable for his courage and incorruptibility than for any superior eloquence or talent; a pioneer of constitutional opposition in the House of Commons; lic. to m. 17 Jul 1712 Frances, sister of Bertram Stote (qv); d. 1 May 1743. DNB.

SHIPMAN, ABRAHAM, son of William Shipman, London; b. ; at school under Wilson (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. , i, 267); travelled in France for three years; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1 May 1624, aged 18. [note will Sir Abraham Shipman, proved PCC 18 Jul 1665; commanded force sent by Charles II in 1662 to take over Bombay under the terms of the king’s marriage settlement with Catherine of Braganza, but d. at Angediva, near Goa 5 Sep 1664; m. Lady Mary Bertie, widow of Rev. John Hewit, and dau. of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey KG]