SELWYN, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Jasper Selwyn (qv); b. 14 Jun 1732; adm. Mar 1739/40; KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jul 1749, called to bar 6 Nov 1754, Bencher 10 Nov 1780, Treasurer 1793; KC 1780; [perhaps Counsel for Colonial Business, Home Office Jul 1782 – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Feb 1796]; MP Whitchurch 17 Mar 1783-90; m. 15 Sep 1763 Frances Elizabeth, dau. of John Dod, Woodford, Essex; d. 21 Aug 1817.

SELWYN, CHARLES JASPER, eldest son of Henry Selwyn, Westminster, and Ruth, dau. of Anthony Compton, Gainslow, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1735/6; KS 1741; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1745, matr. 12 Jun 1745, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1745 – res 13 Dec 1750; BA 1749; MA 1767; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1751, priest 24 May 1752 (both Oxford); Curate, Blockley, Worcs. (now Gloucs. ), 1755-61, Vicar from 22 Oct 1761; Rector of Beverstone with Kingscote, Gloucs., from 1767; Prebendary of Salisbury from 24 Feb 1775; Chaplain to his brother-in-law, Lord Boston; JP Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; m. 9 Jun 1750 (IGI) Elizabeth Coxeter, Bampton, Oxfordshire; d. 10 Sep 1794.

SELLON, WILLIAM, son of John Sellon, Marlow, Bucks.; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1739/40; KS 1745; Capt. of the School 1749; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1750, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1750, scholar 26 Apr 1751, matr. 1751; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 14 Mar 1756; Curate, St. James’s, Clerkenwell 1756-8, Vicar from 1758; alternate evening preacher at the Magdalen Hospital from 13 Nov 1777; alternate afternoon lecturer at St. Giles in the Fields from 1758, and of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, from 1762; Chaplain to Earl of Pomfret 1763; proprietor and preacher, Portman Chapel, Baker Street, London; a popular preacher of the time; lic. to m. 4 May 1753 Sarah, sister of Baker John Littlehales (qv); d. 18 Jul 1790.

SEIGNIOR, GEORGE, son of George Seignior, Fleet Street, London; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, aged 18, adm. pens. 10 May 1659, scholar 1659, matr. Easter 1659; BA 1662/3; MA 1666; BD 1673; DD 1678; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1664; signed for deacon’s orders (London) 16 Dec 1664; Chaplain to Dr. George Wilde, Bishop of Derry; Domestic Chaplain to Earl of Burlington; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge; a liberal benefactor to Trinity Coll. and assisted many of the students “so as to enable them to remain resident at the College, free from the distractions of poverty”; an account of his life, written by James Fawket (qv), was published in 1682; d. 16 Oct 1678.

Secker Walker, David, son of Geoffrey Secker Walker BM, of Farnborough, Hants, and Joan Alice, d. of William John Hubert Diplock, solicitor, of Croydon; b. 10 June 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (KS); left July 1950; St John’s Coll. Oxf., matric. 1952, BA 1956; coxed the men’s pairs in London 1948 Olympics; worked for The Financial Times, The Times and The Sunday Telegraph 1957-63; dir. N. M. Rothschild & Sons 1963-83; founder Causeway Group Ltd. 1983-97; man. dir. Cayzer Gartmore Ltd.; m. 7 Sept. 1957 Lorna Margaret, d. of William Elmer Lea of Hampstead; d. 24 Mar. 2014.

SEARLE, EDWARD; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1604, adm. scholar 1605; BA 1608/9; MA 1612; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1610 – c. 1618.

SEARANCKE, THOMAS; b. c. 1653 (aged 27 in 1680); adm.; KS 1669; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1671, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1671, scholar 1672, matr. 1674/5; BA 1674/5; MA 1678; ordained priest (London) 23 Dec 1677; Rector of Billingford, Norfolk 1679-1703; Rector of Ashley, Cambs., from 1682; Rector of Chieveley, Bucks., from 1703; m.; d. 1730. [perhaps son of Thomas Searancke, Hatfield, Herts., and Elizabeth --- (IGI)]

SEALY, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Sealy, Rector of Wishford, Wilts.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1711 (as William Swabey); QS (aged 16) 1712; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1716, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1716 – void 6 Dec 1729 (expiry year of grace as R. Allington from 26 Oct 1728); BA 1720; MA 1723; ordained deacon 30 Jul 1721 (Rochester), priest 22 Sep 1723 (Oxford); Rector of Allington, Wilts., from 1728; Rector of Bighton, Hampshire, from 16 Mar 1732/3; m. (by 1729) Margaret ---; d. 1 Feb 1767 [will PCC 15 Jul 1767]

SEALY, WILLIAM, son of William Sealy (qv); bapt. Basingstoke 16 Oct 1729; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1742; Capt. of the School 1746; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – res 18 Dec 1751; severely punished by Dean and Chapter of Christ Church for his complicity with Richard James (qv) in celebration of the Pretender’s birthday 10 Jun 1750; BA 1751; penitential speech and suspension from degree for a year for riot 15 Nov 1751; ordained deacon (Norwich, lit. dim. from Winchester) Mar 1754. [Rev. William Sealy, clerk, Swarraton, Hampshire, will PCC 16 May 1768]

SEALY, ROBERT WALPOLE, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv); b. 3 Sep 1853; adm. 26 Jan 1867 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1868; Capt. of the School 1872; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1872, matr. 23 May 1872; BA 1876; MA 1879; played Association Football for Oxford Univ. 1874 and for England v. Scotland 1873; ordained deacon 1877, priest 1878 (Salisbury); Curate, St. Edmund’s, Salisbury, Wilts., 1877-8; Vice-Principal, Ely Theological Coll. 1878-81; Curate, Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambs., 1880-1; Vicar of Abbbotsham, Devon, from 1881; assumed surname of Sealy in lieu of Sealy Vidal 26 May 1892; Prebendary of Exeter 1914; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1881 Lucy Christina, dau. of T. Fortescue Carter, Wood Park, Neston; m. 2nd, 15 Jul 1885 Gertrude, elder dau. of Major-Gen. Hickman Thomas Molesworth, Royal Artillery, Abbotsham, Devon; d. 5 Nov 1914.