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Selby, William Lyle, son of the Rev. Thomas Gunn Selby, of Bromley, Kent, by Catherine, daughter of William Lawson, of Otley, Yorks; b. Feb. 24, 1893; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1906 (A); K.S. (non-resident) 1907; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and a Triplett gratuity) July 1911, matric. Michaelmas 1912; articled to a solicitor Jan. 1914 -Jan. 1918, when he retired on account of ill health; d. Jan. 1944; he bequeathed £100 to the school; unm.

Shannon, Edmund Cecil Boyd, son of Major William Boyd Shannon, D.S.O., of Kensington; b. Sept. 11, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1917; 2nd Lieut. Yorks Regt. Sept. 12, 1917; Indian Army April 27, 1918; attached 15th Lancers April 29, 1918; Lieut. Sept. 12, 1918; Capt. Sept. 12, 1922; Major Sept. 12, 1935; Lieut.-Col. Sept. 15, 1943; retired April 7, 1945; m. Sept. 4, 1935, Edith, younger daughter of F. J. Hetherington, of Oakleigh Park, Middx.; d. 1972.

Sharp, Alexander Leonard Wakelin, son of Cecil Alexander Sharp FRIBA, of Cheam, Surrey, and Mary Beatrice, d. of William Palmer of Denmead, Hants; b. 18 Nov. 1906; adm. Jan. 1921 (A); left July 1924; Bullock Bros, Burma 1925-32; man. Sharp Brewster Ltd, yacht builders, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1935; 2nd Lieut. RA Sept. 1939; m. 10 Oct. 1933 Rosella Marthe, d. of Richard Campbell of Enfield, Middx; d. 3 Apr. 1996.

Shattock, John Swithun Harvey, son of Rev. Eric Arthur Shattock of Kingston St Mary, Taunton, Somerset, and Deborah Laetitia Paton, d. of Wilson Gibson Archibald of Wallington, Surrey; b. 21 Nov. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left July 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1929, MA 1968; joined ICS 1930; Under-Sec. Govt of India Defence Dept 1936, Dep. Sec. Political Dept 1944; Chief Minister Chamba State 1946; OBE Jan. 1947; joined HM Foreign Service 1947; Counsellor Office of UK High Commissioner Delhi 1948; head of Far Eastern Dept. FO 1950; CMG 1952; FO representative Imp. Defence Coll. 1952; Counsellor Belgrade 1953; political representative MEF Nicosia 1956; Minister UK Delegation to NATO 1959, to Disar­mament Conference Geneva 1961; FO London 1963-7, retd 1967; d. 6 June 1993.

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.

Sheldon, Walter Basil Sirr, son of Walter Sirr Sheldon MRCS, and Ethel, d. of James Ernest Caithness; b. 16 Feb. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1927; adm. a solicitor June 1934; RASC 1939-46 (Lieut.-Col.), OBE (Med.) June 1944; Cdr USA Legion of Merit 1946; m. 1st 25 Jan. 1930 Mollie, sister of Brook Anthony Bernacchi (qv); 2nd 22 Nov. 1935 Violet Eva, d. of Sir Montague Lush (qv); 3rd Joyce Mary, d. of Harold Norman of Kew Gardens; d. 18 Sept. 1965.

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

Shirley, Ronald Percy Hill, son of Percy Shirley of Kensington; b. 4 July 1908; adm. May 1922 (A); d. 1 Sept. 1925.

Shorter, Geoffrey Richard Hurst, brother of Lewis Arthur Hurst Shorter (q.v.); b. Dec. 21, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (A); left Easter 1908; d. circa 1960.

Simmons, Peter Hamilton, son of Hamilton Webster Simmons, insurance official, of Teddington, Middlesex, and Mabel, d. of Walter Brazil of Teddington; b. 2 Sept. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (A); left July 1944; Barts Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1950; FFARCS 1954; consult. anaesthetist N. Middlesex Hosp. 1959, Roy. Northern Hosp. 1960, Roy. Free Hosp. 1984; m. Sept. 1956 Elizabeth Coralie, d. of Rev. Canon Alfred Thomas Houghton, gen. sec. Bible Churchmen’s Missionary Soc; d. 18 Dec. 2010.