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.

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.

SKINNER, DANIEL, son of Daniel Skinner, Mark Lane, London, merchant, and Frances, dau. of Robert Corbet, Edgmond, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS 1666; in a letter written by him to Samuel Pepys in 1676 he states that he was at the School for seven years; described by his contemporary William Taswell (qv) as “proud and empty and void of learning”; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1670, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1670, scholar 1671, matr. 1670; BA 1673/4; MA 1677; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1674, Major Fellow 23 May 1679 – c. 1685; acted as amanuensis to the poet John Milton 1673-4; was bequeathed by Milton the manuscripts of his Latin State Letters and The Treatise on Christian Doctrine; attempted to get Daniel Elzevier to print them in Amsterdam, but eventually handed them over to Sir Joseph Williamson (qv), then Secretary of State; the packet containing them was discovered in the State Paper Office at Whitehall in 1823 (Papers relating to Milton, Camden Soc. Pub., 1st series, lxxv); visited Barbados in 1680 and Nevis in 1681; in a letter written from Paris, dated 4 Feb 1682, Skinner congratulates Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (qv), on his appointment as Ambassador to France, and mentions “the recollection I have of beginning my studies with Your Excellency at the famous school of Westminster” (HMC, Graham MSS, vii, 380); his sister Mary appears to have become Samuel Pepys’s mistress; living 1684/5. [will of Daniel Skinner, London, merchant, proved PCC 9 Feb 1685 (his father ?); will of Daniel Skinner, St. Paul, Covent Garden, gentleman, proved PCC 11 Oct 1697]

Skrender, Erik Neil, brother of John Brooke Skrender (qv); b. 26 Sept. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (H), KS Sept. 1934; left July 1938; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1941; RNVR (Sp.) 1941-5 (Lieut.), despatches (Med.) Nov. 1944; chairman Richard Daleman Ltd, plastics manufactur­ers, 1950-; m. 27 Sept. 1947 Sheila Lorimer, d. of Verus Calvin Montgomery MB, of Feltham, Middx.; d. Jun 1993

SKYDMORE, MATTHEW; b.; adm.; QS 1 Apr 1554 (Acts of Chapter, i, 281b).

SLADE, SIR ALFRED FREDERICK ADOLPHUS, BART., eldest son of Sir Frederick William Slade, Bart. (qv); b. 28 May 1834; adm. 25 Jun 1846 (G); QS 1849; cut “A. Slade” in huge letters on the Dryden form, and is said to have got 500 lines for each letter (Elizabethan vi, 190); left 1853; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 May 1853, matr. Mich. 1853; Ensign, 57th Foot 15 Sep 1854; Lieut., 9 Feb 1855; Capt., 23 Aug 1859; 100th Foot 17 Apr 1860; retd. 9 Jun 1865; served in Crimean War, wounded in attack on the Redan 18 Jun 1855, and in Indian Mutiny; succ. father as 3rd baronet 8 Aug 1863; adm. Middle Temple 9 Nov 1866; Receiver-Gen., Inland Revenue, from 1875; one of founders of Primrose League 1883; m. 6 Sep 1860 Mary Constance, second dau. of William Cuthbert, Beaufront Castle, Northumberland; d. 19 Jul 1890.

SLADE, SAMUEL, son of Richard Slade (qv); b. 11 Apr 1771; adm. 13 Sep 1780; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1789, matr. 12 Jun 1789, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1789 – void 13 Apr 1816 (expiry year of grace as V. Staverton from 13 Apr 1815), Tutor 1796-9; BA 1793; MA 1796; ordained; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1798; Chaplain to Charles, Viscount Whitworth, Lord Lieut. Ireland 1813; Vicar of Staverton, Northants, from 11 Apr 1815; Rector of Hartfield, Sussex, from 24 Apr 1815; Dean of Chichester from 12 Mar 1824; Rector of Felpham, Sussex, from 26 May 1825; d. 29 Dec 1829.

SMALLWELL, EDWARD, son of John Smallwell, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 13) Mar 1733/4; KS (Capt. ) 1735; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1739, matr. 22 Jun 1739, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1739 – void 13 May 1775 (Canon), Tutor 1751-68, Junior Censor 1752, Senior Censor 1753-9, Librarian 1763-75; BA 1743; MA 13 Mar 1746/7; BD 1755; DD 1775; Proctor 1754; ordained deacon 25 May 1746, priest 24 Jun 1747 (both Oxford); Vicar of Rye, Sussex 25 Feb 1762-8; Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III 1766-77; Rector of Batsford, Gloucs., from 6 Nov 1767; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 13 May 1775; consecrated Bishop of St. David’s 6 Jul 1783; translated to Oxford 15 Apr 1788; Busby Trustee 18 Apr 1793; bequeathed £1000 to the School and £2000 to Christ Church, Oxford; d. 26 Jun 1799.

By his will dated 14 May 1799 (proved 23 Jul 1799), he bequeathed £1000 4 per cent annuities to his executor, “ to be paid by him for the benefit of the King’s Scholars of Westminster School”. By a codicil dated 3 Jul 1799 he directed that if a fund charged by him with payment of his debts and legacies was not thereby exhausted, the surplus should be divided between the King’s Scholars and certain other designated trusts. The fund was later consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the Bishop Smallwell exhibition.

SMALRIDGE, PHILIP, son of George Smalridge (KS 1678, qv); bapt. 7 Jul 1701; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1714; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 13 Jul 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717 – void 8 Jun 1728 (expiry year of grace as R. Christleton); BA 1721; MA 19 Mar 1723/4; BD and DD 1742; ordained; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire, from 8 May 1727; Curate, Mortlake, Surrey, from 1737; Prebendary of Worcester from 15 Jun 1731, Chancellor from 1742; m. 28 Apr 1730 his cousin Ann, dau. of William Freind (KS 1683, qv); d. 23 Oct 1751.