SWABEY, MAURICE CHARLES MERTTINS, eldest son of Maurice Swabey (KS 1799, qv); b. 11 Aug 1821; adm. 3 Jul 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1835; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1839, matr. 15 May 1839, Westminster Student, subsequently Faculty Student; BA 1843; BCL 1846; DCL 1850; adm. Gray’s Inn 24 Apr 1845, called to bar 3 May 1848, Bencher May 1880; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 12 Nov 1850; Chancellor, Diocese of Oxford, from Feb 1868, Diocese of Ripon from Dec 1875; JP Buckinghamshire; joint author, Swabey and Tristram’s Reports, 1858; m. 26 Mar 1856 Mary Katherine, eldest dau. of John Haggard (adm. 1810, qv); d. 1 Nov 1883.
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STANTON, FREDERICK SMITH, fifth son of William Henry Stanton MP, The Thrupp, Gloucs., and Jane, eldest dau. of Roger Smith, The Manor House, Walworth, Surrey; b. 21 Oct 1832; adm. 24 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); EI Coll. Addiscombe 1849-50; 2nd Lieut., Bengal Engineers 9 Dec 1850; Lieut., 11 May 1855; Capt., 27 Aug 1858; Maj., 5 Jul 1872; Superintendent Engineer, 1st grade 18 Apr 1874; Lieut. -Col., 10 Mar 1876; Col., 16 Sep 1886; retd., hon. rank Major-Gen., 28 Mar 1887; Director-Gen. of Railways, Calcutta; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 27 May 1862 his cousin Anne Maria, eldest dau. of Thomas Starkey, Huddersfield, Yorks.; d. 22 Jan 1892.
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.
SOMERS-COCKS, HON. JOHN JAMES THOMAS, youngest son of Hon. Philip James Cocks, and Frances, dau. of Arthur Herbert, Brusterfield, co. Kerry; b. 18 Aug 1820; adm. 1 Feb 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1835; rowed v. Eton 4 May 1837; left 1839; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1839; President, Oxford Univ. Boat Club 1840; rowed for Oxford v. Cambridge 1840, 1841; stroke of Oxford OW eight which was beaten at Henley 1840; BA 1843; ordained; Rector of Sheriocke, Cornwall 1845-56; received into Roman Catholic Church 1856; raised to rank of a baron’s son 1888; m. 15 Apr 1858 Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. Joseph Simpson, Rector of Horsted, Sussex; d. 21 Sep 1906.
SMYTH, JAMES GRENVILLE, third son of Rev. William Smyth, Elkington Hall, Lincs., and Mary, dau. of Samuel Ray, Tannington, Suffolk; b. 1 Jun 1825; adm. 29 Mar 1837 (Benthall's); QS 1840; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842 and 1 Aug 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1844, adm. pens. 16 May 1844, scholar 1845; BA 1848; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1849; Curate, Barrowby, Lincs.; Vicar of North and South Elkington, Lincs., 1854-1901; Prebendary of Lincoln from 1885; leader of the mountaineering part that first reached the summit of Monte Rosa 31 Jul 1855; m. 14 Jul 1858 Emily, dau. of Rev. Edward Royds, Rector of Brereton, Cheshire; d. 15 Mar 1907.
SMITH, GEORGE FREDERICK, son of Rev. Hugh Smith, Rector of Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucs.; b. 29 Jul 1824; adm. 27 Sep 1837 (Benthall's|Grant's); QS 1839; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; left 1843; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Sep 1843, matr. 1843; BA 1848; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1850 (both Winchester); Curate, Lasham, Hampshire; m. Caroline, fourth dau. of Rev. Francis Ellis Jervoise, Rector of Lasham, Hampshire; d. 7 Nov 1914.
SCOTT, JOHN LEE, son of William Brown Scott, Uxbridge, Middlesex, and Emma Lee (IGI); b. 29 Dec 1820; adm. 2 Apr 1834 (Benthall's); KS 1835; left 1837; entered merchant navy; shipwrecked in ship Kite off Chusan Sep 1840, imprisoned by Chinese until Feb 1841; [presumably John L. Scott, clerk in civil service, aged 63 (sic), living Villa Road, Lambeth, Surrey, with wife Sophia L. Scott, 1881 Census]; author, A Recent Imprisonment in Chusan, 1841; m. 14 Jul 1849 Sophia Louisa, third dau. of James Oliphant, Bedford Place, London; living in 1908.
SARGEAUNT, JAMES PRIMATT, third son of Rev. John Sargeaunt, Rector of Stanwick, Northants, and Sarah, dau. of Richard Steede, Burford, Oxfordshire, surgeon; b. 22 Feb 1831; at Charterhouse Sch. 1840-4; adm. 16 Jan 1845 (Benthall's); QS 1845; left 1846; Jesus Coll. Cambridge; BA 1853; MA 1856; Clerk, War Office 1854; Inspector of Army Schools 1855-70; of Tewkesbury Park, Gloucs.; JP Gloucs.; uncle of John Sargeaunt, Assistant Master at the School; m. 4 Dec 1855 Fanny, dau. of Rev. Joseph Shapland, Tewkesbury Park, Gloucs.; d. 26 Apr 1900.
SALTER, JOHN REYNOLDS, son of John Salter, Clyst Hyton, Devon, and Ann --- (IGI); b. 7 Feb 1827; adm. 31 May 1842 (Benthall's); left May 1843; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS and LSA 1852; medical practitioner at Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset; still in Medical Directory 1899; m. 23 Dec 1852 Sarah Rose, younger dau. of Richard Walter, Combe Head, Somerset.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM TOOKE, eldest son of William R. Robinson, Portman Square, London, and Jane Maltby (IGI); b. 24 Apr 1820; adm. 3 Jun 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1834; left 3 Aug 1837; practised as an attorney, firm Maltby and Robinson, Bank Buildings, London; m. 25 Aug 1846 Alethea Sarah Henrietta, second dau. of Walpole Eyre, Bryanston Square, London; d. 26 Mar 1884.