STORY, GEORGE, eldest son of Anthony Story, Bishopswearmouth, co. Durham, and Susannah Sophia, dau. of Cuthbert Morland, Windleston, co. Durham; bapt. Bishopwearmouth 26 Jul 1749; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1763; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1767, matr. 17 Jun 1767, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1767 – void by marriage 24 Mar 1774; BA 1771; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Jun 1767, called to bar 21 Jun 1773; a Tam Quam Commissioner; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1806 to death); Metropolitan Police Magistrate, High Street, Shadwell 31 Jul 1792; m. c. 1774 [check] Charlotte, dau. of John Minshull, Bradley, Cheshire; d. 17 Feb 1822.

STOTE, BERTRAM, son of Sir Richard Stote, Kt, Jesmond Hall, Northumberland, Serjeant-at-Law, and Margaret, dau. of Henry Holmes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, merchant; bapt. 8 Feb 1674/5; adm.; KS 1688; left 1693; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1693, aged 17, matr. 1693; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 may 1691; member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co., Newcastle upon Tyne 3 Jan 1700; MP Northumberland 1702-5; inherited Whitchester estate on death of his uncle Henry Holmes in 1706; unm.; buried St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne 22 Jul 1707.

STRATFORD, WILLIAM, only son of Right Rev. Nicholas Stratford DD, Bishop of Chester, and ---, sister of Stephen Luddington (qv); bapt. Manchester Collegiate Church 14 Sep 1671 (IGI); adm.; KS 1683; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1688, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 16, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – 4 Jul 1705 (void on appointment as Canon), Tutor 1696-9; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; BD 1703; DD 1705; ordained; Chaplain to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, and tutor to his son Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); Stratford’s correspondence with Edward Harley between 1710 and Stratford’s death is printed HMC Portland vol. vii; Chaplain to Speaker, House of Commons (still 1705); Archdeacon of Richmond from 10 Sep 1703; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 6 Jul 1705; Rector of Little Shefford, Berks., from 1707; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (to 1717); gave £50 to the building fund for the New Dormitory; Busby Trustee 13 Mar 1727/8; d. unm. 7 May 1729. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

STRODE, GEORGE; b.; adm.; BB 1693; KS 1696. [Perhaps George Strode, son of Barnard Strode, and Margaret ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 2 Jan 1684 (IGI)].

STUART, DOUGLAS, second son of Rev. and Hon. Andrew Godfrey Stuart, Rector of Cottesmore, Rutland, and his second wife Mary Penelope, second dau. of Hon. Leland Noel Noel (qv); b. 20 Oct 1859; adm. 16 Apr 1868 (G); QS 28 Jan 1870; left May 1873; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1873; BA 1877; MA 1880; ordained deacon 1879, priest 1880 (both Gloucester & Bristol); Curate, Fairford, Gloucs. 1879-81, All Saints, Leeds 1881-7; Vicar of Ipplepen, Devon, from 1887; d. 2 Apr 1897.

STUBBE, EDMUND, son of Rev. Edmund Stubbe, Rector of Rendlesham, Suffolk, and nephew of Wolfran Stubbe (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1700, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1700, aged 18, scholar 2 May 1701, matr. 1700; BA 1703/4; MA 1707; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1706, Major Fellow 25 Apr 1707; although elected a Fellow of Trinity through the influence of Bentley, Stubbe signed the petition of 1709 to the Bishop of Ely against Bentley, who afterwards declared that Stubbe “was the worst character that ever entered a college”; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 21 Sep 1707, priest (Ely) 21 Dec 1707; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 1714 (disp. to hold with V. Marsworth 1734); Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., from 3 Feb 1734; m. Mary --- (IGI); d. 1740.

STUBBE, WOLFRAN, son of Edmund Stubbe (elected to Cambridge 1610, qv); b.; adm.; in school lists 1656; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1657, adm. pens. 13 May 1657, scholar 1658, matr. Easter 1659; 9th in “ordo” 1660/1; BA 1660/1; MA 1664 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1674); DD 1681; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1661, Junior Bursar 1678-81, Junior Dean 1683-5, Senior Bursar 1698-1701, Vice-Master 1703-12; headed petition to Bishop of Ely against Richard Bentley 1709; Regius Prof. of Hebrew, Cambridge Univ. 1688-99; ordained deacon 1664, signed for priest’s orders (London) 16 Dec 1664; Chaplain to Duke of Albemarle 1664; Rector of Tunstall, Suffolk 1679; Rector of Guiseley, Yorks., 1703; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., from 1703; d. Oct 1719, aged 82.

Sturdy, John Brian, son of William Arthur Sturdy CBE, Auditor of Indian Home Accounts, of Harrow, and Beatrice Maud, d. of William Oglesbury of Harrow; b. 6 Jan. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (KS); left July 1928; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1928, BA 1931, MA 1936; ord. deacon 1933, priest 1934 (Sheffield); Curate St George's Sheffield 1933; chaplain Newton Coll. 1937; CMS missionary Uganda 1938-52; Education Sec.-Gen. for the Church of Uganda 1948-57; Educa­tion Sec. Mbale, Uganda, 1958-9; Canon Emeritus Upper Nile Diocese; Vicar of Barrow Gurney and asst chaplain Coll. of St Matthias, Bristol, 1960-6; chaplain St Michael's Sch. Tavistock 1967-71; Vicar of St Goran and St Michael, Caerhays, 1971-5; m. 28 Aug. 1937 Winifred Josephine, d. of Hugh Dobson Cass of Sheffield; d. 24 Dec. 1989.

SUTTON, THOMAS, son of Thomas Sutton, Kensington, Middlesex, Commissioner of Hackney Coaches; b.; adm.; QS 1705; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 9 Jun 1710, aged 19, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1710 – void 1723; BA 1714; MA 1717; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 14 Jun 1719, chambers there from 3 Jul 1720, invited to Bench 8 Feb 1745/6; Commissioner of Hackney Coaches 23 Feb 1725/6 – 17 Dec 1741; Commissioner of Salt Duties 27 Jun 1741 – 13 Jan 1756; d. 3 Feb 1759.

SWABEY, STEPHEN, son of Maurice Swabey (KS 1799, qv); b. 21 Dec 1824; adm. 24 Sep 1838 (G); QS 1839; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; settled in Prince Edward Island, Canada; m. 7 Jul 1853 his cousin Katherine Margaret, dau. of William Swabey (KS 1803, qv); d. at Picton, Nova Scotia, Canada 4 Nov 1873.