Sprott, Peter Marlborough, son of Norman Armitage Sprott DM FRCS, of Jersey, and Laura Edis, d. of J. S. Chaszann-Moskowicz; b. 16 Aug. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left Dec. 1932 and went to Uppingham Sch.; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; RASC 1939-45 (Capt.); adm. a solicitor July 1950; Asst Solicitor Treasury Solicitor's Dept 1977-81; m. 30 Oct. 1954 Doris Ruby, d. of R. C. Luxon of Saltdean, Sussex, and widow of L. F. Hale; d. 8 Aug. 2000.
Spry, Charles Gordon Arthur Purkis, son of Charles Gordon Spry CB, Special Commissioner Inland Revenue, of Putney, and Thyra Letitia, d. of Samuel Purkis, tea merchant, of Gerrards Cross, Bucks; b. 3 May 1897; adm. May 1911 (H); left Dec. 1915; RAF 1918-9 (Lieut.), attd Admiralty Central Hydrogen Dept; a consulting engineer, FCIBSE AIMechE 1920; acted pro fessionally for Viscount Mountbatten of Burma at Brook House, Park Lane, and at Broadlands, Hants, and for the late Duke of Westminster on his yacht Flying Cloud; installed all-electric heating at Barclays Bank head office; sen. Trustee United Westminster Almshouses; d. 14 Jan. 1990.
Spry, Richard Daniel Evan, brother of Robert Graham Michel Spry (qv); b. 27 Feb. 1944; adm. May 1957 (G); left July 1962; Univ. of Grenoble, France 1962-3; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1963, BA 1967, MA 1971; office man. for Pierre Trudeau during Canadian election campaign 1968; worked for CBC Montreal and Radio News & Public Affairs Winnipeg, Canada; m. Deirdre Heggtreit; d. 3 Aug. 1973.
Spry, Robert Graham Michel, son of Graham Spry OC LLD, Agent-Gen. for the Province of Saskatchewan in UK and Europe, and Prof. Irene Mary Biss Spry, political economist, d. of Evan East Biss of Wookey Hole, Somerset; b. 25 Oct. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1957; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1958; BA 1961, MA 1967; LSE, MSc 1964; film maker, Nat. Film Board of Canada; Robert Flaherty award, Soc. of Film & TV Arts and Blue Ribbon award American Film Festival 1969; m. 15 June 1973 Carmel, d. of John Dumas, civil servant, of Quebec, Canada; d. 28 Mar. 2005.
Spurgin, Anthony Martin, son of Percy Bertram Spurgin MRCS and Hilda Gertrude, d. of William Mildred of Chigwell, Essex; b. 11 Nov. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929; took part in notable OUDS productions of Shakespeare 1931-2; appeared in Giles Playfair's "Oxford Blazers" 1932-3; Roy. Coll. of Music 1934-6; a composer and performer; original pianist for "Ridgway's Late Joys" at the Players' Theatre; RA in WW2, drafted into "Stars in Battledress", touring European bases 1944-5; has composed sundry works for orchestra, brass and military bands, including an orchestral setting in waltz time of the song "Nos Elizae laudibus nomen cumulamus" for performance at a Westminster Ball; m. 1st 23 Feb. 1943 Eileen Stanton, Sgt ATS, of Topsham, Devon; 2nd 11 Nov. 1960 Lily Louise, d. of Charles Alexander Narvige, master butcher, of Paddington; d. 6 Feb. 2001.
SPURWAY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Rev. John Spurway, Rector of Pitt Tiverton, Devon, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Thomas Hole, Rector of Georgeham, Devon; b. 3 Dec 1824; adm. 28 Jan 1841 (Benthall's); left May 1843; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1843; BA 1847; MA 1850; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jun 1847, called to bar 13 Jun 1851; of Spurway and Oakford, Devon; d. unm. 8 Dec 1893.
SQUIB, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS 1640 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 140).
SQUIBB, ARTHUR, son of John Squibb, Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset, and Lucy, dau. of Henry Harbin, Duntish, Buckland Norton, Dorset [thus Whitmore]; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1656, matr. 18 Mar 1656/7, Westminster Student (to c. 1674); BA 17 Jan 1659/60; MA 1662; ordained; Vicar of Netherbury, Dorset, from 1673; d. 1697. [Alternatively, Arthur Squib, son of Richard Squib, and Ann ---, bapt. St. Botolph Bishopsgate 9 Oct 1641 (IGI)].
Squire, John Rupert, son of Alfred Eustace Squire of Kingston-on-Thames and Elsie Mary, d. of Moses Charles Le Brun of Jersey; b. 20 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (H), non-res. KS Sept. 1929; left July 1933; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pt2), MA 1949; MRCS LRCP MB 1939; MRCP 1941, MD 1949, FRCP 1950; RAMC in WW2 (temp. Lieut.-Col.), despatches (Burmal Sept. 1946; Leith Prof. in Experimental Pathology Univ. of Birmingham; Dir. MRC Clinica Res. Centre; author of numerous publications in scientific and medical journals; m. 21 June 1940 Marguerite Mary, d. of George R. Lewty, engineer; d. 6 Jan. 1966.
SQUIRE, RALPH TYNDALL, second son of William Stevens Squire PhD, St. John’s Wood Park, London, chemical engineer, and Annie, dau. of Rev. Robert Littler; b. 10 Sep 1863; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (G); left Aug 1882; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1882; BA 1885; MA 1889; played Association Football for Cambridge 1884, 1886, and for England v. Scotland, Wales and Ireland 1886; President, Corinthian Football Club 1933; yeast merchant (1901 Census); President, Elizabethan Club 1933-7; m. 15 Apr 1891 Constance, younger dau. of Joseph Allen, Abercorn Place, St. John’s Wood; d. 22 Aug 1944.