Shaw, Edward Brian, son of the Rev. Alfred Edward Shaw, Head Master of Lord Williams' Grammar School, Thame, co. Oxon., by Henrietta Clark; b. Nov. 18, 1891; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and a Triplett gratuity) July 1910, matric. Michaelmas 1910; 1st class Math. Tripos, pt. i, 1911; a Wrangler 1913; B.A. 1913; I.C.S. 1914, arrived in India Dec. 4, 1915; on military duty Indian Army, Reserve of Officers, Aug. 1916 - Dec. 1918; Asst. Commissioner, Assam; Deputy Commissioner July 1923; retired Feb. 1931; lived at Stellenbosch, South Africa.

SHAW, CHARLES JAMES, son of Edward Shaw, Wimpole Street, London, and Clementina, dau. of Edward Welsh, Bath, Somerset; b. 28 May 1804; adm. 7 Oct 1816 (Best's); KS 1819; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1823, adm. pens. 9 May 1823, scholar 1824; migr. to Sidney Sussex Coll.; BA 1827; MA 1832; Fellow, Sidney Sussex Coll. 1832-7; Usher at the School for a short time in 1827; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829 (both Chester); Rector of Seaborough, Somerset, from 12 Dec 1837; Rector of Cricket St. Thomas, Somerset, from 1846; m. 9 Mar 1838 Christian Rose, second dau. of Capt. Foster Maynard, Clifton, Somerset; d. 9 Dec 1878.

Sharrard, Wiliam John Wells, son of William Sharrard MB ChB, med. practitioner, of Lincoln, and Winifred Hannah Wells DPH MB ChB, d. of Arthur John Wells of Ealing; b. 8 Nov. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (KS); left July 1939; Univ. of Sheffield Med. Sch., MB ChB 1944; FRCS 1950; MD 1954, ChM 1966; house appts Sheffield 1944-5; RAFVR 1946-8 (Sqdn Ldr); Registrar and sen. Registrar Roy. Nat. Orthopaedic Hosp. 1949-55; consult. orthopaedic surgeon and Hunterian Prof. of Orthopaedics Sheffield Hosp. and Univ. 1955-86; Pres. Brit. Orthopaedic Assn 1978-9; council RCS 1980-; m. 1st 17 Mar. 1975 Ethel Margaret Spedding, med. practitioner, d. of John Wilson Spedding of High Burnside, Glasgow; 2nd 19 May 1953 Bessie Laura Petch, nursing sister, d. of Sqdn Ldr Frederick Petch OBE RAF, of Grantham; d. 2001

Sharrard, Gordon Anthony Wells, brother of William John Wells Sharrard (qv); b. 9 Aug. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (KS); left July 1946; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; Univ. Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., BM (Oxon. ) 1954; DLO 1958; house appts. 1958-62; Registrar Roy. Nat. ENT Hosp. 1963-4; sen. Registrar Cumberland & N. Westmorland Hosp. 1965-7; sen. res. assoc. Audiology Dept Univ. of Manchester 1967-74; DM (Oxon. ) 1973; gen. practice as audiologist Manchester 1974-83; artistic dir. Precinct Opera Group 1974-, produced 25 operas in 25 years; retd. 1983; member Medical Writing Club; pres. Univ. of Oxf. Opera Club; m. 30 May 1953 Margaret Eva, midwife, d. of Charles Grimshaw of Worcester Park, Surrey; d. 27 Oct. 2017.

SHARPE, WILLIAM, son of James Sharpe, Canterbury, Kent, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Nethersole, Canterbury, Kent; b.; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1733; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1737, matr. 14 Jun 1737, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1737 – void 22 Jul 1760 (expiry year of grace as R. Easthampstead from 4 Aug 1759), Junior Censor 1747-50, Senior Censor 1751-2, Tutor 1749; BA 1741; MA 7 Mar 1743/4; BD (from Hertford Coll) 1753; DD 1754; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1742, priest 18 Dec 1743 (both Oxford); Curate, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1744, Caversham, Berks., 1746, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1747, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1748, St. Thomas, Oxford 1754; Principal, Hertford Coll. Oxford 12 Jun 1753-7, when he resigned and returned to his rooms at Christ Church (see Thompson, Christ Church, 156-7); Rector of Easthampstead, Berks., from 1759; Whitehall Preacher (in 1760); Regius Prof. of Greek, Oxford, from 13 Apr 1763; d. unm. 5 Mar 1782. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

SHARPE, ROBERT, son of Rev. John Sharpe, Idmiston, Wilts.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1630, 1633; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1637, matr. 7 Jul 1637, aged 18, Westminster Student (still 1642); BA 1641 (incorp. Cambridge 1641); MA 1644; ordained; Vicar of Idmiston, Wilts., from 1658; m. Mary --- (IGI); d. 1700.

SHARPE, FANE WILLIAM, eldest son of John Sharpe MP, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Solicitor to the Treasury, and Olive Cartwright, Holborn; nephew of Gregory Sharpe (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; KS (Capt. ) 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 26 Mar 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Aug 1747; MP Callington from 11 Feb 1756; FRS 5 Jul 1764; FSA 17 Dec 1767; bequeathed £500 for the use of the King’s Scholars elected annually to the Universities; m. 17 Mar 1752 Mary, only child of George Newport, London, merchant; d. 21 Oct 1771.

By his will dated 30 Sep 1771 (proved 8 Nov 1771) he gave to William Markham (adm.1733, qv), formerly Head Master of the School and then Bishop of Chester, and to John Thomas, Dean of Westminster, “the sum of £500 to be by them disposed of [for] the benefit of Westminster School or College as they shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the F.W.Sharpe exhibition.

SHARPE, CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL, brother of Ernest Newton Sharpe (qv); b. 1 Jun 1870; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (J); QS 1884; left Jul 1887; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Oct 1888; BA 1891; MA 1896; assistant master, Maze Hill School, St. Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex 1892-4, Crowthorne School, Berks. 1894; Head Master, South Hill Park School, Bromley, Kent 1897; ordained 1908; Curate, Newport, Isle of Wight 1908-11, Wendover, Bucks. 1911-4; Vicar of Wendover, Bucks. 1914-6; Vicar of South Petherton and Lopen, Somerset 1916-21; Rector of Nettlecombe, Somerset 1921-7; Rector of Steeple, Dorset 1927-33; Vicar of West Lulworth, Dorset 1933-9; Rector of Stoke Charity, Hampshire 1939-46; temp. Chaplain to Forces 19 Feb 1918; served in France during 1914-8 War; m. 14 Jan 1897 Ethel Lavinia, dau. of Skipwith Henry Churchill Tayler, Bengal Civil Service (formerly EICS Bengal); d. 4 Aug 1947.

SHARPE, ALFRED BOWYER, eldest son of Alfred Sharpe MD LRCS, Halford Bridge, Warwicks., and Mary Jane, dau. of Hugh Veitch WS, Stuartfield, Edinburgh; b. 21 Mar 1851; adm. 26 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 1866; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1870, matr. 8 Jun 1870; BA 1874; MA 1877; ordained deacon 1876, priest 1877 (Winchester); Chaplain and Assistant Master, Epsom College 1876-7; held several curacies; Assistant Minister, St. Clement’s, Philadelphia, USA 1891; Vicar of St. Peter’s, Vauxhall, London 1895-8; received into Roman Catholic Church 1898; ordained (RC) 1900; Rector of St. Mary’s, Horseferry Road, Westminster 1900-2; Chaplain, Convent of the Daughters of the Cross, Carshalton, Surrey 1905-8; Westminster Diocesan Missionary; author, Mysticism, 1911, and other works; d. 1933.

SHARPE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments).