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SOLLY, RICHARD HEATON, only son of Richard Solly, Sandwich, Kent, and Mary Heaton, St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey; bapt. St. Peter’s, Sandwich, Kent 27 Aug 1746 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1761; KS 1762; of St. Margaret at Cliffe, Kent; contested Dover at parliamentary by-election 27 Jul 1797; d. 12 Oct 1816.

SNOW, WILLIAM, son of Blase Snow, Westminster (and ? Elizabeth Hunnane (IGI)); bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster 19 Feb 1616/7; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1635; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr. 23 Nov 1638, aged 19, Westminster Student (still 1642); BA 1642; MA 1645; ordained; Vicar of Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, from 23 Jul 1663; Rector of Kencot, Oxfordshire, from 1664; m.; d. 7 Mar 1665/6.

SNOW, CLEMENT BOLSWORTH, son of Richard Snow, Clipsham, Rutland; b.; adm.; QS (aged 14) 1711; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1715, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1715, scholar 13 Apr 1716, but did not matr.

SNEYD, WILLIAM, son of William Sneyd, Cavan, co. Cavan; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1760; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1764, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1764, aged 19, scholar 3 May 1765; BA 1768.

SNELLING, WILLIAM, son of William Snelling, Brentford, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS 1682; failed to obtain election to either university 1685; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1685, aged 18; adm. Clifford’s Inn 26 Oct 1687, Inner Temple 20 Feb 1689/90, called to bar 20 May 1694.

SNELL, VYNER, second son of John Snell, Shenley, Herts., and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Very Rev. Thomas Vyner DD, Dean of Gloucester; bapt. St. Mary Woolnoth, London 7 May 1682 (IGI); adm.; KS 1699; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1702, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1702, aged 18, scholar 23 Apr 1703, matr. 1702/3; BA 1705/6; MA 1709; BD 1716; Minor Fellow 1 Oct 1708, Major Fellow 15 Apr 1709, Junior Bursar 1715-6; refused to sign petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley; ordained deacon 25 Feb 1710/1, priest 16 Mar 1711/2 (both London); Rector of Doddington, Cambs., from 12 Aug 1719; m. 8 May 1726 Margaret, dau. of Col. Peter Hall, Leventhorpe Hall, Swillington, Yorks.; d. 19 Mar 1751.

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.

SNEAD, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1626, adm. scholar 1627, matr. 1626; BA 1630/1.

SMYTHE, WILLIAM, brother of George Smythe (qv); b. 23 Jan 1803; adm. 23 Sep 1816 (Packharness'); KS 1817; Capt. of the School 1821; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1822, matr. 18 May 1822, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1825; BA 1826; MA 1828; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Nov 1825, called to bar 27 Nov 1829; adm. advocate 18 Dec 1835; Secretary to Board of Supervision, Scotland 1845-52 [check]; served on several Royal Commissions; of Methven Castle, Perthshire (inherited from half-brother in 1847); DL JP Perthshire, also for more than thirty years Convener of Perthshire; m. 1st, 9 Aug 1838 Margaret, eldest dau. of James Walker FRS, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, President Institution of Civil Engineers; m. 2nd, 20 Feb 1849 Emily, dau. of Gen. Sir John Oswald GCB, Dunnikier, Fifeshire; d. 17 Sep 1892.

SMYTHE, ROBERT, son of Rev. Anthony Smythe, Vicar of Gainsborough, Lincs., and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Gainsborough, Lincs. 22 Feb 1696 (IGI); adm.; QS (aged 16) 1713; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 27 Jun 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717 -–void 1722; BA 1721.