Sherring, Frank Brodie, brother of Charles Atmore Sherring (q.v.); b. Jan. 4, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 17, 1889; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies) July 1893 (adm. pensr. Sept. 29, 1893, sizar 1894); George Long Prize 1895; 1st class Law Tripos, pt. 1, 1895; 1st class Law Tripos, pt. 2, 1896; LL.B. 1896; I.C.S. 1897; arrived in India Nov. 21, 1898; Asst. Magis. and Coll. N.W. Provinces and Oudh; Joint Magis. July 1907; Sess. and Sub­ . Judge Oct. 1914; retired from the I.C.S. March 1924; a fine all-round sportsman; the only civilian in the winning team of the Polo Club Tournament at Lucknow 1917 and a noted pig­ sticker; m. March 3, 1908, Ellen Muriel Avery, eldest daughter of . John Frederick Wright, of Frimley Hall, Surrey; d. April 29, 1939.

SHERRING, CHARLES ATMORE, son of Rev. Matthew Atmore Sherring LLD, Congregational minister and Missionary at Benares, India, and Margaret, dau. of Rev. Robert Cotton Mather DD, Congregational minister and Missionary at Mirzapur, India; b. 8 Jun 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882; QS 1882; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1886, adm. pens. 8 Oct 1886, sub-sizar 20 Nov 1886, sizar 1888; BA 1889; MA 1902; Indian Civil Service 1887; arrived in India 11 Nov 1889; Assistant Magistrate, North-Western Provinces 1889; Joint Magistrate 1898; Deputy Commissioner Apr 1903; went to Western Tibet on special peace mission; Magistrate and Collector Mar 1906; retd. Sep 1914; managing director, William Dawson & Sons Ltd, London; JP Surrey 1914; member, Surrey County Council; author, Western Tibet, 1906; m. 1 Aug 1899 Florence Kate, eldest dau. of Alfred Rixon, Richmond, Surrey, gas manufacturer; d. 8 Oct 1940.

Sherrard, Anthony Fairfax, son of Owen Aubrey Sherrard, dep. sec. Central Electricity Board, and Ida Rosamund, d. of Stuart Durand Pears of Lyme Regis, Dorset; b. Sept. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (KS); left July 1943; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pt 1) 1947; d. 20 Mar. 1948 after a fall while climbing in Glen Coe.

SHERMAN, HENRY, son of John Sherman, Boughton, Kent; b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 9 Jun 1710, aged 19, Westminster Student 9 Jul 1711 – void 10 Jul 1729 (expiry year of grace as V. Staverton from 16 Jul 1728), Tutor 1716-27, Junior Censor 1721-3, Senior Censor 1724-6, Catechist 1727; BA 1714; MA 1717; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1720, priest 24 Sep 1721 (both Oxford); John Wesley was an undergraduate pupil of his while he was a tutor at Christ Church; Vicar of Staverton, Northants., from 1 Jul 1728; buried Staverton, Northants 23 May 1739.

SHERLEY, WALSINGHAM, sixth son of Anthony Sherley, Preston, Sussex, and Barbara, third dau. of Sir Thomas Walsingham, Kt; bapt. 28 Jul 1589; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. Easter 1609; BA 1612/3; MA 1616; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1614 – c. 1621; ordained; Rector of Stepney, Middlesex 18 Feb 1618/9 –28; Vicar of Hawnes, Beds., from 1624; m. 5 Feb 1623/4 Constance Grub; d. 13 Jun 1637.

Sheringham, Hugh Tempest, elder son of the Rev. Harry Alsager Sheringham, Vicar of Tewkesbury, Gloucs; b. 11 Oct., 1876; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1890; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies) July 1895 (adm. sub-sizar Oct. 1, 1895); B.A. 1898; angling editor of the Field 1903; author of An Angler's Hours (1905), and other works; m. Jan. 4, 1913, Jessie Catharine, daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Albert Anderson, R.A.M.C.; d. Dec. 15, 1930.

SHERINGAME, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).

SHERING (or SHEERING), EDMUND, son of Edmund Shering, Lillington, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, matr. 9 Dec 1659, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666; ordained; Vicar of Christ Church, Newgate Street, with St. Leonard, Foster Lane, from 9 Jul 1672; d. 16 Dec 1690, aged 48.

SHERIDAN, THOMAS, third son of Rev. Thomas Sheridan DD, King’s Mint House, Capel Street, Dublin, schoolmaster, and Elizabeth, only child of Charles MacFadden, Quilca House, co. Cavan; b.; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1732/3; KS 1734; left 1734; Trinity Coll. Dublin, matr. 26 May 1735, scholar 1738; BA 1739; became an actor; appeared as Richard III at Dublin Jan 1743; for several years manager of Theatre Royal, Smock Alley, Dublin; played at Covent Garden 1754-5 and at Drury Lane 1744, 1763; ranked by Churchill in the Rosciad as next to Garrick as a tragic actor; a successful lecturer on elocution; gave readings with Henderson in London; procured the grant of a government pension to Samuel Johnson and also to himself (G. B. Hill, ed, Boswell’s Johnson, i, 372-7, 385-6); MA Oxford 28 Nov 1758, Cambridge 16 Mar 1769; hon. freeman, City of Edinburgh 8 Jul 1761; a voluminous writer; author, A General; Dictionary of the English Language, 1780; father of Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan PC MP, politician and playwright; m. 1747 Frances, dau. of Ven. Philip Chamberlayne DD, Archdeacon of Glendalough; d. 14 Aug 1788. DNB.