BISHOP, MATTHEW, only son of John Bishop, Conduit Street, London; b.; adm. : KS (aged 14) 1763; left Aug 1765, “expelled” (MS note in a copy of Welch); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Oct 1766, scholar 15 May 1767, matr. Easter 1767; resided to 1769; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1769; Ensign, 6 May 1770; Lieut., 5 Mar 1773; res. 16 Aug 1773; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Oct 1777. [Possibly Matthew Bishop, son of John Bishop, and Sarah ---, bapt. St. John, Smith Square 21 Jul 1751 (IGI)]

BISSE, GEORGE POYNER, third son of James Bisse MD, Codicote, Herts., and Anne, only dau. of George Poyner, Codicote, Herts.; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1726/7; Min. Can. 1728; KS 1729; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1733, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1733, scholar 17 May 1734, matr. 1734; BA 1736/7; migr. to Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 25 May 1737, incorp. BA 26 May 1737; MA 1740; of Codicote, Herts. (sold in 1771); JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1761-70); d. 17 Jan 1772.

Dix, George Eglington Alston, son of the Rev. George Henry Dix, Principal of St. John's Coll., Battersea, by Mary Jane, daughter of James Eteson Walker, of Preston, Lancs; b. Oct. 4, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left (with Triplett) July 1920; Merton Coll. Oxon., exhibitioner (history), matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. 1923; lecturer at Keble Coll. 1923 and 1924-26; professed as Dom Gregory Dix, O. S. B., 1926; Prior 1948; author of The Shape of the Liturgy (1944) and other works; d. May 12, 1952.

DODDINGTON, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS in 1570; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1574, but never adm.

Stapleton, Bryan, brother of Thomas Stapleton (q.v.); b. Aug. 20, 1871; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1884; left July 1889; King's Coll. London; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E. Feb. 1, 1898; M.Inst.C.E. Jan. 11, 1910; Fellow, Coopers Hill Coll., 1893; asst. engineer, Indian State Railways Oct. 1, 1893; exec. engineer Oct. 1904; chief engineer, Burma Railways; m. 1st July 17, 1912, Geraldine Emma, daughter of Col. John Henry Crowdy, R.E.; 2nd Nov. 15, 1918, Ruth Jane, youngest daughter of R. T. Friel, of Waterford; d. March 26, 1941.

STAPLEY, ERNEST GORE, son of Rev. Frederick Anthony Stapley, Vicar of Midhurst, Sussex, and Mary Charlotte, only dau. of Frederick Robert Gore, Devonshire Terrace, Hyde Park, London; b. 21 Mar 1856; adm. 30 Sep 1867 (James'); QS 1870; d. 11 Sep 1870.

Starforth, Michael John, son of William Percy Starforth MB, of Upper Norwood, and Astraea, d. of Roger Hall of Sydenham; b. 27 Oct. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1947, MA 1963; RA in WW2 (Capt.); called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) June 1947; Colonial Legal Service; Crown Counsel Uganda 1951, Solicitor-General and Perm. Sec. Min. of Justice 1962-4; CBE 1963; Parly Counsel Malavsia 1965-8; adviser on legislative drafting Nigeria 1969-71; legal adviser Price Commission 1973-6; asst solicitor DTI 1976-81; retd 1981; d. 6 Feb. 2001.

STEDMAN, JOHN, only son of John Stedman, Chester [presumably adm. 1800, qv]; b. 20 Jul 1817; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1835, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1835, scholar 1836; adm, . Lincoln’s Inn 10 Jun 1835, called to bar 15 Jun 1840; equity draftsman and conveyancer; signed Play Protest 1847 as “John Stedman, jun. ”; d. 4 May 1872.

STENNING, GEORGE COVEY, second son of William Stenning, East Grinstead, Sussex, timber merchant, and Mary Child, eldest dau. of John Cuthbert Joyner, Denmark Hill, Surrey; b. 23 Sep 1840; at St. Nicholas Coll., Shoreham, Sussex Oct 1850 – Jul 1851; adm. 7 Oct 1852 (James'); QS 1855; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1859, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Thomas’s, Ryde, Isle of Wight 1863-5, Holy Trinity, Ryde 1867-71, St. Mary’s, Southampton, Hampshire 1871-3; Rector of Beaulieu, Hampshire 1873-86; Vicar of All Saints, Alton, Hampshire 1886-92; Rector of Bishopstoke, Hampshire 1892-6; Rector of Overton, Hampshire 1896-1909; Hon. Canon, Winchester 1899; m. 27 Sep 1870 Emily Louisa, eldest dau. of Capt. Edward Williams Pilkington, Royal Navy, Chilgrove, Sussex; d. 7 Dec 1915.

STEPHENS, CHARLES, son of Jonas Stephens, Bestbrooke, Radnorshire; b.; adm.; KS 1687; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1690, aged 18, scholar 24 May 1691, matr. 1690; adm. Middle Temple 6 Dec 1692. [note will Jonas Stephens, Presteigne, Radnorshire, proved PCC 29 Oct 1722]