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, 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, 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.

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.

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

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.

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, MEINHARD, third son of Robert Shaw, Southwark, Surrey, and Hester Eyres, London; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1662, matr. 19 Jul 1662, aged 17, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1662 – void 1673, Tutor 1670-2; BA 1666; MA 1669; ordained deacon 20 Jan 1669/70, priest 25 Sep 1670 (both Oxford); licensed to preach 30 Jan 1673/4; Rector of Hartfield, Sussex, from 28 May 1672; Rector of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, from 30 Jan 1673/4; Domestic Chaplain to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde; lic. to m. 25 Jan 1672/3 Elizabeth, sister of William Duke (qv); d. 17 Feb 1701/2.

SHEARMAN, CHARLES HENRY, son of James Edward Shearman, Brixton, Surrey, solicitor, Vestry Clerk of St. Dunstan’s in the East, London, and Emily --- (IGI); b 29 Jul 1841; adm. Jan 1854 (James'); QS 1856, but left 21 May 1856 without entering College; King’s Coll. London 1867; d. 16 Jul 1901.

Shearme, David, brother of John Stewart Shearme (q.v.); b. Jan. 13, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1887; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies) July 1893 (adm. sub­ sizar Sept. 29, 1893, sizar 1894); president of the Union 1895; B.A. 1896; I.C.S. 1897; arrived in India Dec. 3, 1898; Asst. Commissioner, Burma; under-secretary to Govt. April 1903; private secretary to Lieut.-Gov. Dec. 1904; Secretary to Govt. of Burma Aug. 1907; retired Oct. 26, 1911; d. Jan. 9, 1913.