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WRIGHT, SIR WILLIAM SHAW, brother of Alfred Wright (qv); b. 9 Mar 1843; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); QS 1857; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 25 May 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; one of a committee of Cambridge undergraduates who in 1863 drew up the first code of rules for Association Football; a corn merchant at Hull, Yorks.; Chairman, Hull and Barnsley Railway Co.; Chairman, Humber Conservancy Board; knighted 29 Jul 1914; JP Yorkshire North Riding 1913; m. 12 Jun 1866 Anna, second dau. of Benjamin Vipan, Sutton, Cambs.; d. 10 Nov 1914.

WRIGHT, ALFRED, eldest son of Sir William Wright, Kt, Sigglesthorne Hall, Yorks., Chairman, Hull Dock Company, and his first wife Jane, dau. of William Shaw, Woodfield House, Huddersfield, Yorks.; b. 3 Apr 1842; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); m. 26 Sep 1877 Annie, second dau. of W. Anthony Young, Abbey Park, Louth, Lincs. [Perhaps of Bessingby Hall, Yorks., d. 1898 ?]

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.

HARTSHORNE, ALBERT, son of Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne FSA, Rector of Holdenby, Northants, writer on antiquarian topics, and Frances Margaretta, youngest dau. of Rev. Thomas Kerrich FSA, Denton, Norfolk, Librarian, Cambridge Univ.; b. 15 Nov 1839; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); afterwards ed. in France; Heidelberg Univ.; landowner (1881 Census); Secretary, Archaeological Institute 1876-83, 1886-94; editor, Archaeological Journal 1878-92; FSA 8 Jun 1882; author, Old English Glasses, 1897, and numerous other publications; m. 15 Oct 1872 Constance Amelia, youngest dau. of Rev. Francis Michael MacCarthy, Vicar of Thornes, Yorks.; d. 8 Dec 1910. DNB.

SHADWELL, CHARLES LANCELOT, brother of Lancelot Shadwell (qv); b. 16 Dec 1840; adm. 7 Oct 1853 (James'); QS (Capt. ) 1855; Capt. of the School 1858; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1859, matr. 16 Jun 1859; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1861; 1st cl. Lirt. Hum. 1863; BA 1863; MA 1866; BCL 1872; DCL 1898; Fellow, Oriel Coll. 1864-98, Treasurer 1874-87, Provost 1905-14; Senior Proctor 1875-6; Public Examiner in Jurisprudence and Modern History 1869-70, Jurisprudence 1876-7, 1878-80; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Nov 1864, called to bar 30 Apr 1872; Busby Trustee 15 May 1906-16; author of English verse translation of Dante’s The Purgatory, 1892, and other works; friend and literary executor of Walter Pater; d. unm. 13 Feb 1919. DNB.

SHADWELL, WALTER HARVEY LANCELOT, brother of Lancelot Shadwell (qv); b. 10 Nov 1851; adm. 14 Jul 1865 (James'); QS 31 Jan 1867; left Dec 1869; Clerk in Principal Probate Registry 5 Feb 1872, District Probate Registrar, Bodmin 2 Mar 1892 – 6 Aug 1921; JP Cornwall 1901; Alderman, Fowey Town Council, Cornwall 1913, Mayor 1914-9; FSA 8 Jan 1874; m. 23 Nov 1910 Ethel Mary Hobhouse, dau. of Rev. Augustus V. Thornton, Rector of St. Mellion, Cornwall [check]; d. 29 Oct 1931.

CHAPMAN, HENRY BREWER, son of Henry Samuel Chapman, London, newspaper editor and barrister, Judge of Supreme Court, New Zealand, and his first wife Catherine Brewer; b. 10 Apr 1841; adm. 6 Oct 1853 (James'); QS 1856; elected head to Trinity Coll Cambridge (with Triplett) 1860, adm. pens. 24 May 1860, matr. Lent 1861; LLB 1864; drowned in wreck of SS London, while on her passage to Australia, 11 Jan 1866.

BIDDULPH, JOHN, third son of Robert Biddulph MP, Ledbury, Herefs., and Elizabeth, dau. of George Palmer MP, Nazeing Park, Essex; brother of Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph; b. 25 Jul 1840; adm. 5 Jul 1853 (James'); Cadet, EICS Bengal, 1858; Cornet, unattached, 20 Jan 1858; arrived in India 4 Mar 1858; Cornet, 5th Bengal Cavalry, 20 Jan 1858; Lieut., 18 May 1858; 19th Hussars, 30 Jul 1862; Capt., 1 Nov 1871; ADC to Viceroy of India May 1872 - Mar 1877; half-pay 15 Aug 1877; Bengal Staff Corps, 19 Sep 1877; Brevet Maj., 8 Dec 1877; Lieut. -Col., 24 Feb 1884; Col., 24 Feb 1888; served Indian Mutiny 1858-9; employed on special duty as member of mission to Yarkand 1873-4, on secret mission to countries beyond Gilgit 1876, and on special duty in Gilgit Sep 1877; Political Agent at courts of various Indian princes 1882-95; reverted to Military Dept., Jul 1895; on unemployed supernumary list, 25 Jul 1897; retired to England; JP (1906) Surrey; author, The Tribes of the Hindu Kush, 1880, and other works; m. 1882 Julia Errington, dau. of Sir Ranald Martin CB FRS; d. 31 Dec 1921.

COCKERELL, WILLIAM ACLAND, fifth son of Charles Robert Cockerell (qv); b. 27 Nov 1840; adm. 26 May 1853 (James'); 3rd cl. Junior Clerk, Foreign Office, 27 Jan 1860-4, 2nd cl. Junior Clerk 7 Sep 1864; acting 3rd Secy., Diplomatic Service, 19 Dec 1868, on temporary attachment to Embassy in Berlin; acting Assistant Clerk, 16 Feb 1874; Assistant Clerk, 1 Mar 1877; Senior Clerk, 7 Feb 1896; retd. 1 Jan 1906; m. 5 Jun 1877 Sidney Ada, third dau. of Richard Davies, The Vigia, Madeira; d. 12 Apr 1919.

GIDLEY, BARTHOLOMEW CHARLES, fifth son of John Gidley, Bradnish, Devon, solicitor and Town Clerk of Exeter, and Elizabeth Caroline, dau. of Robert Cornish, Exeter; b. 21 Sep 1839; adm. 26 May 1853 (James'); St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jun 1857; BA 1862; MA 1865; adm. solicitor Easter 1866; Mayor of Exeter 1870-1; Town Clerk of Exeter from 1874; m. 5 Jun 1866 Mary Elizabeth, only surviving child of John James Russell, Handsworth, Staffs.; d. 1 Oct 1888.