SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), FRANCIS, son of William Sidney, Kent; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1580; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1584, matr. 2 Jul 1585, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1611; BA 1588; MA 1591; Proctor 1599; ordained; Rector of Chevening, Kent 1610; Rector of Penshurst, Kent, from 1617; m.; buried Penshurst, Kent 15 May 1633. [Evidently Francis Sydney, son of William Sydney, bapt. Sevenoaks, Kent 30 Jan 1566 (IGI)]

SILVER, WILLIAM, eldest son of James Silver, Kensington, Middlesex; b.; adm. 11 Jan 1813; KS (aged 14) 1819; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1823, adm. pens. 9 May 1823, scholar 1824; BA 1827; MA 1835; adm. Middle Temple 1 May 1827, called to bar 12 Jan 1844; d. 26 Dec 1867.

SIM, JOHN LAMBERT, eldest son of John Coysgarne Sim, Old Broad Street, London, and Coombe Wood, Surrey, and Harriet, dau. of Charles Lambert, London and Blendon Hall, Kent; b. 6 Feb 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; left 1855; a coffee planter in Ceylon; d. 21 Mar 1893.

SIM, MALCOLM OVANS, brother of John Lambert Sim (qv); b. 28 Feb 1845; adm. 6 Apr 1858 (James'); QS 1860; rowed v. Eton 28 Jul 1864; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, with Triplett, 1864, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1864, matr. Lent 1865; BA 1868; MA 1875; a timber broker, firm Churchill and Sim, Clement’s Lane, London; m. 20 Aug 1879 Helen, dau. of Sir William Bovill, Kt, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; d. 25 Oct 1894.

Simmons, Jack, son of Seymour Francis Simmons of Isleworth and Katherine Lilias, d. of Thomas Finch MB, of Babbacombe, Devon; b. 30 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G), KS Sept. 1929; left July 1933; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1933, BA MA 1942; Beit lecturer in the History of the British Empire, Univ. of Oxford, 1943-7; Prof. of History Univ. of Leicester 1947-75, Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1960-3, Public Orator 1965-8; FRSL FRHistS; FSA 1975; Advisory Council Science Museums 1970-; vice-chairman Nat. Railway Museum, York; joint ed. The journal of Transport History 1953-73; author of Livingstone and Africa 1955, The Railways of Britain 1961; d. 3 Sept. 2000.

SIMPKINSON, SIR JOHN AUGUSTUS FRANCIS, only son of Rev. John Simpkinson, Rector of Cliffe, Kent, and Renée, dau. of Abraham de Wesselow, Russian Ambassador at Vienna; b. 30 Nov 1780; adm.; KS 1794; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1798, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1798, Canoneer Student 25 Jun 1800 – void 26 Jun 1809; BA 1802; MA 1804; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jan 1803, called to bar 15 Nov 1806, Bencher 1831, Treasurer 1845; practised in Chancery courts; KC Trinity 1831; knighted on opening by Queen Victoria of new Hall of Lincoln’s Inn 30 Oct 1845; FRS 22 Apr 1847; FSA; m. 14 Apr 1814 Mary, third dau. of John Griffin, Bedford Place, Russell Square, London; d. 8 Jul 1851.

SIMPKINSON, JOHN NASSAU, elder son of Sir John Augustus Francis Simpkinson (qv); b. 1 Jan 1817; adm. 27 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; went to Rugby Sch. 1831; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Oct 1834; 10th Classic and 27th Junior Optime 1839; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Mar 1839; ordained deacon 1840, priest 6 Jun 1841 (both Chichester); Curate, Herstmonceux, Sussex 1840-5; Assistant Master, Harrow Sch. 1845-55; Rector of Brington, Northants 11 Apr 1855-68; Rector of North Creake, Norfolk, from 9 Jun 1868; author, The Washingtons, a Tale of the Seventeenth Century, 1860; m. 6 Dec 1849 Sarah Dorothea, dau. of Rev. Edward Thomas Vaughan, Vicar of St. Martin’s, Leicester; d. 17 Apr 1894.

SIMPSON (or SIMSON), EDWARD, son of Rev. Edward Simpson, Rector of Tottenham, Middlesex; b. 9 May 1578; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1596, scholar 1597; BA 1600/1; MA 1604; BD 1611; DD 1624; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1602-28 (sic); ordained; Chaplain to Sir Moyle Finch, Eastwell, Kent 1611-5; Rector of Eastling, Kent, from 1618 (sic); Prebendary of Lincoln from 4 Aug 1628; Rector of Pluckley, Kent 1628-49; author Chronicon Historiam Catholicam complectans, 1652; m. 1st, ---, dau. of Richard Barham, Kent; m. 2nd, ---; buried Eastling, Kent 9 Jun 1651. DNB.

SIMPSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Simpson, Town Clerk of Lichfield, Staffs., and Mary, dau. of Edward Cheyney, Yoxall, Staffs.; bapt. 12 May 1765; adm. 16 Jan 1775; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1783, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1783, scholar 19 Apr 1784; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Middle Temple 14 Dec 1781, called to bar 6 Feb 1789; practised at Lichfield and afterwards in London, as an attorney [check]; m. 1800 Maria, dau. of John Iddins, Birmingham; d. 14 Dec 1820.

Simpson, George Gregory, son of George Rand Simpson of Windsor and Mary Alice, d. of Wil­liam Parker of Bury, Lancs; b. 28 June 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (KS); left July 1928; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1928, BA 1932; a chartered surveyor, ARICS 1935; asst surveyor Min. of Public Building & Works 1942, surveyor 1955; m. 1 June 1939 Ivy Mary Louise, d. of George Edward Charles of Windsor; d. 4 Dec. 1981.