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SHIPLEY-CONWY, WILLIAM, only son of Lieut. -Col. William Shipley MP, 14th Foot, Ruabon, Denbighshire, and Charlotte, second dau. of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (d. 1789, qv); grandson of William Davies Shipley (qv); b. 14 Aug 1807; adm. 16 Jun 1819 (Best's); left 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1824; assumed additional surname of Conwy 1 Aug 1825; Cornet, 3rd Light Dragoons 8 Apr 1826; DL Flintshire, High Sheriff 1840; d. 27 May 1869.

SHIPLEY, WILLIAM DAVIES, son of Right Rev. Jonathan Shipley DD, Bishop of St. Asaph, and Anna Maria Mordaunt, Maid of Honour to Queen Caroline, dau. of Hon. George Mordaunt; b. 5 Oct 1745; at school under Markham (GM 1826, ii, 641); went to Winchester Coll.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Dec 1763, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1763 – void 20 Apr 1771 (expiry year of grace as R. Ysgeifiog from 7 May 1770); deprived of Studentship for writing Comparative Observations 22 Jun 1767, but reinstated on appeal; BA 1769; MA 1771; ordained; Rector of Ysgeifiog, Flints., from 19 Mar 1770; Vicar of Wrexham, Denbighshire, from 6 Feb 1771; Rector of Llangwm, Denbighshire 11 Apr 1772-4; Incumbent, Corwen, Merioneth 1774-82; Incumbent, Llanarmon yn Ial, Denbighshire, from 1782; Chancellor, Diocese of St. Asaph, from 1773; Dean of St. Asaph from 27 May 1774; of pronounced liberal opinions; prosecuted for seditious libel for the publication of an edition of Sir William Jones’s Principles of Government, 1783, but was successfully defended by Erskine; the public interest aroused by this prosecution led eventually to the passing of Fox’s Libel Act, 1792; m. 28 Apr 1777 Penelope, elder dau. of Ellis Yonge, Bryn Yorkin, near Wrexham, Denbighshire; d. 7 May 1826. DNB.

Shinnie, Peter Lewis, son of Andrew James Shinnie OBE MD, MOH for the City of Westmimter, and Olive Victoire, d. of Arthur Whaley Lewis, sea captain, of Gwynfed, Carmarthenshire; b. 18 Jan. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (A); left Apr. 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938, MA 1943; PO RAFVR Jan. 1937, transf. A & SD July 1940 (Sqdn Ldr), sen. Intell. Officer Greece 1944-5; asst Commissioner for Archaeology Sudan 1946, Commissioner 1948-55; FSA 1948; Dir. of Antiquities Uganda 1956; Prof. of Archaeology Univ. Coll. of Ghana 1958, Univ. of Khartoum 1966, Univ. of Calgary 1970 (Prof. Emeritus 1980); LLD (Calgary) 1983; author of Mediaeval Nubia 1954, Meroë: a civilisation of the Sudan 1970; m. 1st 2 Sept. 1946 Margaret Blanche Elizabeth, d. of Philip Cyril Cloake MD FRCP, Prof. of Neurology Univ. of Birmingham; 2nd Ama Owusua, d. of J. K. Nantwi of Kumasi, Ghana; d. 9 July 2007

Shinnie, Nicholas Philip Andrew, son of Peter Lewis Shinnie (qv); b. 4 Jan. 1951; adm. Sept. 1964 (G); left July 1968; Colchester Sch. of Art 1968-70; Central Sch. of Art, DipAD 1973; a market gardener in Norfolk; m. Anna Francesca, d. of Kenneth Ian Henderson, schoolmaster, of Sudbury, Suffolk; d. 17 Sept. 2004.

Shimield, Willoughby Spencer, son of the Rev. William Henry Shimield, Rector of Hadden­ham, Cambs, by Constance Smith; b. Dec. 4, 1875; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1892; St. John's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1893; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Serv.) Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry April 16; 1915; m. March 17, 1910, Anna Cogar, daughter of M. Stevens, of Falmouth, Cornwall.

SHILBORNE, THOMAS; b.; adm.; a pensioner in 1566 (tutor, Prebendary Alvey); QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1567, adm. scholar 1568, matr. Easter 1568; BA 1571/2; MA 1575 (incorp. Oxford 4 Jul 1579); ordained; Vicar of Cookham, Berks., 1575; Rector of Pangbourne, Berks., 1578; d. c. 1595.

SHIFFNER, THOMAS, brother of John Bridger Shiffner (qv); b. 8 Aug 1796; adm. 18 Jan 1808; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Nov 1815; BA 1819; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jan 1819; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter, Royal Household 23 Mar 1831; Groom of Privy Chamber 23 Apr 1833 – Apr 1836; Paymaster of the Household 8 Apr 1836; of Westergate, Essex; DL Essex; m. 3 Aug 1841 Mary, second dau. of James Brown, Harehills Grove, Leeds, Yorks.; d. 19 Jun 1873.

SHIFFNER, JOHN BRIDGER, eldest son of Sir George Shiffner, Bart., MP, and Mary, only child of Sir John Bridger, Kt, Coombes, Sussex; b. 26 Aug 1788; adm. 8 Oct 1801; in school lists 1801, 1803; left Christmas 1805; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 26 Oct 1805; Lieut. and Capt., 27 Mar 1811; served in Peninsular War; mortally wounded at siege of Bayonne 14 Apr 1814.

SHIFFNER, SIR HENRY, BART., brother of John Bridger Shiffner (qv); b. 4 Nov 1789; in school. list 1801; Royal Naval Academy May 1802; 1st cl. Volunteer, Royal Navy Dec 1805; Lieut., 10 Feb 1809; Commander 22 Feb 1814; Capt., 10 Nov 1819; half-pay 12 Jan 1838; retd. 1 Oct 1846; Rear-Adm., 19 Jan 1852; Vice-Adm., 10 Sep 1857; served in Mediterranean and on North American and East Indian stations; succ. father as 2nd baronet 3 Feb 1842; m. 9 Jul 1825 Emily, sister of Henry Brooke (qv); d. 18 Mar 1859.

SHIFFNER, SIR GEORGE, BART., brother of John Bridger Shiffner (qv); b. 17 May 1791; in school list 1803; left 1808; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1810; BA 1814; MA 1818; ordained deacon (Exeter, lit. dim. from York) 10 Jun 1816, priest (Salisbury) 17 May 1818; Rector of St. Peter’s and St. Mary’s, Westout, Lewes, Sussex 1818-48; Rector of Hamsey, Sussex 24 Jun 1818-48; Prebendary of Chichester from 24 Jan 1829, also Canon Residentiary from 5 May 1832; Vicar of Amport, Hampshire, from 1 Nov 1848; Domestic Chaplain to Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage (qv); succ. brother as 3rd baronet 18 Mar 1859; m. 10 Jul 1817 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Rev. Croxton Johnson, Wilmslow, Cheshire; d. 14 Dec 1863.