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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.

SHEPPARD, HENRY ELLIS, eldest son of Rev. Charles Alexander Sheppard, Great Milton House, Oxfordshire, late 3rd Dragoons, and Elizabeth Anne, sister of William May Ellis (qv); b. 12 Jan 1838; adm. 30 May 1850 (Rigaud's); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 May 1856; d. 9 Nov 1859.

Sherring, Charles Chichelé, son of Charles Atmore Sherring (q.v.); b. Dec. 14, 1903; adm. May 4, 1916 (R); left Aug. 1922; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Midsummer 1922; B.A. 1925; M.A. April 30, 1960; Pilot Officer R.A.F.V.R. March 26, 1940; Flying Officer May 15, 1941; Flight-Lieut. May 15, 1942; Sqdn. Ldr. 97th Sqdn.; D.F.C. Jan. 16, 1945; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 14, 1944; m. Aug. 5, 1936, Vera Gronow, only daughter of Frederick Gronow Oliver (q.v.) .

SIM, JOHN LAMBERT, eldest son of John Coysgarne Sim, Old Broad Street, London, and Coombe Wood, Surrey, and Harriet, dau. of Charles Lambert, London and Blendon Hall, Kent; b. 6 Feb 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; left 1855; a coffee planter in Ceylon; d. 21 Mar 1893.

Simpson, Ffreebairn Liddon, son of James Liddon Simpson, London man. and sec. Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd, and Dorothy, d. of John Blyth of Lilydale, Victoria, Aus tralia; b. 11 July 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left July 1935; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA; HM Diplomatic Service, 3rd Sec. Tokyo 1939-42, 2nd Sec. FO 1944-6, Sofia 1946- 7; HM Treasurv, Overseas Finance Divn, 1948-50; HM Colonial Service, Asst Sec. Min. of Communications and Works Gold Coast 1950-5; Dep. Sec. Mauritius 1955-61, Perm. Sec. Min. of Works & Internal Communications 1961-6, Premier's Office 1966-7, Sec. to Council of Ministers 1967-8, Sec. to the Cabinet and head of the Civil Service 1968-76; CMG Jan. 1967; gen. man. Mauritius Central Water Authority 1976-8; left Mauritius Nov. 1978; m. 25 Dec. 1947 Dorina Laura Magda Nencheva Ilieva MBE, d. of Nencho Iliev of Sofia; Jan. 2001.

Sinclair, John Percy, son of Percy Walter Sinclair of Cheam, Surrey, and Florence Annette, d. of Michael Hobson of Middlesbrough; b. 31 May 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (R); left Dec. 1937; Roy. Sig­nals; d. on active service 6 Nov. 1940.

John Percy Sinclair was born at Cheam, Surrey on the 31st of May 1920 the son of Percy Walter Sinclair, a tea taster, and Florence Annette (nee Hobson) Sinclair of “Cooden”, 20, Salisbury Avenue, Cheam. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from January 1934 to December 1937.
He is buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Grave P 277.

SKIPWORTH, PHILIP WILLIAM, son of George Skipworth, Moortown House, Caistor, Lincs., and Amelia Margaretta, dau. of William Dixon, Holton Hall, Lincs.; b. 19 Mar 1835; adm. 18 Feb 1847 (Rigaud's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Oct 1853, but did not reside; d. 14 Feb 1855.

Smart, Kenneth Lynn, son of Capt. Robert Lynn Smart, R.N., of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, by Caroline Wentworth, daughter of W. J. Bryant, of Burghfield, and nephew of Newton Groombridge Smart (q.v.); b. June 21, 1892; adm. Jan. 17, 1907 (R); left July 1909.

Smith, Stephen Edward, son of Frederick Edward D’Arcy Smith, civil engineer, and Gertrude Kuttner; b. 9 Apr. 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (R); left July 1947; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1947, BA 1950, MA 1954; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., BM BCh 1953; DA 1955, PhD (Lond. ) 1960, DM (Oxon. ) 1974; Prof. of Applied Pharmacology and Therapeutics St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch. 1981-93; consult. physician St Thomas’ Hosp.; m. 1st, 20 Aug. 1955 Kathleen Marjory Fletcher, d. of Norman Murray of Effingham, Surrey; 2nd, 26 Oct. 1974 Shirley Ann, d. of H. J. Taylor of Addlestone, Surrey; d. 4 Dec. 2007.

Somerset, Fitzroy John, 5th Baron Raglan, son of Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan FSA, and Hon. Julia Ann Christine Margaret Hamilton CStJ, d. of Robert Edward Archibald Hamilton, 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton (qv); b. 8 Nov. 1929; adm. Nov. 1941 (R); left July 1945; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1945; RAC Cirencester; Capt. Welsh Guards RARO; JP (Mon. ) 1958; succ. his father as 5th Baron 5 Sept. 1964; DL (Gwent) 1971-97; a Crown Estates Commissioner 1970-4; chmn. Cwmbran New Town Dev. Corpn 1970-83; chmn. Bath Preservation Trust 1975-7, the Bath Soc. 1977-; chmn., pres. and trustee, other public and heritage organisations; m. 1973 Alice, d. of Peter Baily of Great Whittington, Northumberland; d. 24 Jan. 2010.