SHELLEY, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542 (PRO Exc. Aug. Office, Miscell. Books 24).
SHELLEY, THOMAS, brother of Henry Shelley (adm. 1737/8, qv); bapt. St. Clement Danes, London 6 Mar 1729 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jan 1740/1 (Morel's); left 1745; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office, Southern Dept., from Mar 1752; d. 2 Aug 1758.
SHELLEY, ROBERT; b.; adm. 4 Sep 1796 (Clapham); left 1796.
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.
SHELLEY, HENRY, son of Henry Shelley (adm. 1737/8, qv); bapt. 12 Apr 1767; adm. 17 Apr 1777; in school list 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Nov 1783; Cornet, 1st Life Guards 18 Nov 1790; Lieut., 15 Apr 1791; Capt., 30 Apr 1794; half-pay, 97th Foot 30 Dec 1795; 20th Foot 15 Sep 1799; 85th Foot 1802; half-pay; MP Lewes from 1802; d. 31 Dec 1811.
SHELLEY, HENRY, elder son of Henry Shelley, Lewes, Sussex, and Eleanor, dau. of Isaac Garnier, Pall Mall, London; bapt. 15 Jun 1727; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; left 1743; Auditor of the Exchequer Jun 1751 – Feb 1763 and from Aug 1765; m. 11 Jul 1763 Philadelphia, sister of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart. (qv); d. 3 Jan 1805.
SHELFORD, FREDERIC, second son of Sir William Shelford KCMG MICE, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, and Anna, dau. of Thomas Sopwith FRS, Cleveland Square, Bayswater, mining engineer; b. 14 Nov 1871; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (J); left Apr 1883; went to Dulwich Coll.; City and Guilds Institute; London Univ., matr. Jan 1888; BSc 1892; articled to father Oct 1891; AMICE 2 Mar 1897; MICE 11 Feb 1902; consulting engineer, West African and other government railways; also called to bar [check]; m. 14 Nov 1899 Mildred Alice, second dau. of Sir Montague Frederick Ommanney GCMG KCB ISO, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; d. 15 Jul 1943.