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Shearme, David, brother of John Stewart Shearme (q.v.); b. Jan. 13, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1887; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies) July 1893 (adm. sub­ sizar Sept. 29, 1893, sizar 1894); president of the Union 1895; B.A. 1896; I.C.S. 1897; arrived in India Dec. 3, 1898; Asst. Commissioner, Burma; under-secretary to Govt. April 1903; private secretary to Lieut.-Gov. Dec. 1904; Secretary to Govt. of Burma Aug. 1907; retired Oct. 26, 1911; d. Jan. 9, 1913.

Shearman, Philip Montague, brother of John Shearman (adm. 1926, qv); b. 9 May 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (H); left July 1938; RASC 1941-6 (Capt.); m. 1944 Rachel Monica, d. of William Percy Townsley of Harrogate; d. in a fire on a liner in Hamburg 11 Jan. 1946.

Philip Montague “Phil” Shearman was born at Hampstead, London on the 9th of May 1920 the son of John Shearman OW and Ludmilla Isabelle (nee Davy) Shearman of 45, Devereux Drive, Watford in Hertfordshire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1933 to July 1938. He was a member of the 2nd Rowing VIII in 1936 and of the 1st Rowing VIII in 1937 where he rowed at No. 2. He was fond of sailing and of bell ringing. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Corporal in September 1937. He went on to study at the Institute of Automobile Engineers but did not complete his course before he joined the army. He attended an Officer Producing Centre as a Cadet before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps on the 18th of January 1941.
He was married in Cheshire in 1944 to Rachel Monica (nee Townsley) of Leatherhead in Surrey; they had a daughter, Philippe Ann, born on the 6th of May 1945.
He was killed in a fire while on board a German liner at Hamburg harbour.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at St Nicholas’ Church, West Itchenor in Sussex.
He is buried at Hamburg Cemetery Plot 3A, Row F, Grave 13.

Shearman, Montague, son of Sir Montague Shearman, Judge of the King's Bench Div., of South Kensington, by Mary Louise, daughter of Job Long, of New York; b. July 17, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (R); exhibitioner 1899; Q.S. (non-resident) 1900; left July 1903; Balliol Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1907; M.A. 1910; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1908; Oxford Circuit; a member of the London County Council 1913-22; served in the R.N.V.R. 1914-5; asst. legal adviser, Foreign Office, July 15, 1919; representa­tive of the Procurator-General on the Contraband Committee in the Foreign Office April 1915 - Dec. 1918; author of The Press Laws of Foreign Countries (1925); O.B.E. June 7, 1918; Claims Adviser to the Foreign Office Oct. 1, 1929; he assembled a magnificent collection of modern pictures and was one of the earliest appreciators in England of Matisse and Utrillo; hon. secretary of the Contemporary Art Society; d. Feb. 4, 1940; unm.

Shearman, John, son of John Shearman (adm. 1899, qv); b. 24 Dec. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (A); left Apr. 1931; LMS Railway 1931-40; RAFVR (A & SD) 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr); a documentary film director and producer; worked for British Transport Films 1950-2 and 1963-74, in Iraq and Iran 1952-61; hon. sec. Kipling Soc. 1977-85; author of The Land and People of Iran 1962; m. 1 Oct. 1938 Elizabeth, d. of Robert Noel Bradley, civil servant, of Chester; 8 Nov. 1996.

Shearman, John, son of John Shearman, of Hampstead, solicitor, by Kate Gertrude, daughter of Charles Hill, of Hampstead; b. June 9, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left July 1903; in C.M.E. dept. L. & N.W. Rly. 1903-14; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Sept. 1914; Lieut. A.S.C. (T.F.) June 1, 1916; temp. Capt. July 21, 1916; served in France 1915-8; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1918; road motor engineer L.M. & S. Rly. 1919-46; M.I. Mech.E. 1922; president of the Institution of Automobile Engineers 1944-5; m. Oct. 10, 1911, Ludmilla Isabelle, daughter of William Davy, of Hampstead.

SHEARMAN, ERNEST CHARLES, son of Charles James Shearman MD, Ingatestone, Essex, and Tryphena Jane, dau. of Richard Hodge, The Green, Hampstead, Middlesex; b. 3 May 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873, exhibitioner; left May 1876; articled to Charles Barry, architect 1876; assistant in Barry’s office to 1888; architect to Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway 1888-91; on return to England practised at Winchester, Hampshire; ARIBA 13 Jun 1902; employed Ministry of Munitions 1916-9; m. 25 Aug 1885 Marian Catherine, dau. of Francis Macgowran, Bournemouth, Hampshire; d. 17 Apr 1939.

SHEARMAN, CHARLES HENRY, son of James Edward Shearman, Brixton, Surrey, solicitor, Vestry Clerk of St. Dunstan’s in the East, London, and Emily --- (IGI); b 29 Jul 1841; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); QS 1856, but left 21 May 1856 without entering College; King’s Coll. London 1867; d. 16 Jul 1901.

Shearman, Charles Edward Gowran, son of Ernest Charles Shearman (q.v.); b. May 1, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (G); left July 1906; R.M.A. Woolwich 1908; 2nd Lieut. Bedfs. Regt. Nov. 6, 1908; Lieut. March 1, 1911; Capt. Dec. 15, 1914; Brigade Major 173rd In­fantry Brigade 1917-8, and temp. Lieut.-Col. with the Rhine Army 1918-9; wounded; mentioned in despatches L.G. Oct. 19, 1914; Legion of Honour (5th class) 1914; M.C. Jan. 1, 1915; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; Major Feb. 3, 1928; Lieut.-Col. Oct. 16, 1933; D.A.A. and Q.M.G. Western Command 1930-2; commanded 1st Batt. Beds and Herts Regt. 1932-7; Col. Oct. 1, 1937; A.Q.M.G. Northern Command Oct. 1, 1937; temp. Brigadier, Middle East; mentioned in despatches L.G. April 1 and Dec. 30, 1941; C.B.E. July 11, 1940; retired with hon. rank of Brigadier Dec. 22, 1945; m. Dec. 10, 1924, Evelyn Winifred, only daughter of Col. Frank Augustin White, C.M.G., D.S O., R.E., of Colchester, Essex; d. 1968.

Shearly-Sanders, Colin Wilkinson, brother of William Douglas Shearly Sanders (q.v.); b. Jan. 23, 1902; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1917; adm. a solicitor March 1923, practises in London; has assumed the additional surname of Shearly; a deckhand in the retreat from Dunkirk May -June 1940; Lieut. R.N.V.R. from Dec. 1940-5; m. 1946, Barbara Winifred, daughter of James Walter, of Ashurst, Kent; d. 1973.