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.

SMALRIDGE, GEORGE, son of Philip Smalridge (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1742 (Smalridge's); Min. Can. 1747; KS 1748; left 1750; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1750, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1750 – void 10 Jul 1762 (expiry year of grace as R. Bothal from 31 Jul 1761); BA 1754; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1757, priest 25 Sep 1757 (both Oxford); Rector of Bothal with Shipwash, Northumberland, from 23 Jun 1761; m. 1st, 17 Aug 1761 Mary, sister of Francis Capper (adm. 1742, qv); m. 2nd, 4 Feb 1788 (IGI) Alice, dau. of William Creswell, Creswell, Northumberland; d. 16 Jan 1804.

SMALRIDGE, GEORGE, son of Thomas Smalridge, Lichfield, Staffs., dyer; b. 18 May 1662; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1682, matr. 18 Dec 1682, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1682 – void 1700, Tutor 1687-97, Junior Censor 1693, Senior Censor 1694-5; BA 1686; MA 1689; BD 1698; DD 1701; author, Auctio Davisiana, 1689; with Francis Atterbury (qv) and Anthony Alsop (qv) assisted Charles Boyle in the production of Dr. Bentley’s Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, 1698; ordained; Prebendary of Lichfield 12 Jun 1693-1714; Minister of Broadway Chapel, Westminster 1698-1713; Deputy to Regius Prof. Divinity, Oxford 1700-7; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne 1710; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 6 Sep 1711 – Jul 1713, Dean from 18 Jul 1713; Dean of Carlisle 3 Nov 1711 – Jul 1713; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 4 Apr 1714; Lord Almoner Mar 1714 – Nov 1715, when he was dismissed for refusing to sign declaration against the Pretender; the “famous Dr. Smalridge”, as Swift called him, was the most popular bishop of his day; Steele speaks of him in The Tatler as “abounding in the sort of virtue and knowledge which makes religion beautiful”, while Whiston declared him to be one of the most learned and excellent persons in the kingdom; Busby Trustee 14 Feb 1701/2; an edition of sixty of his sermons was published in 1726; he and Robert Freind (KS 1680, qv) married sisters; m. 18 Jul 1700 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Rev. Samuel De L’Angle DD, Prebendary of Westminster and Vicar of Steventon, Berks.; d. 27 Sep 1719. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

SMALLWELL, EDWARD, of London; b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 9 Jun 1710, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1710 – void 1724; BA 1714; MA 1717; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1719, priest 12 Jun 1720 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate, Benson, Oxfordshire, from 16 Jul 1720; m. 2 Feb 1724/5 Ann Goodchild, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London; d. 1730 (will proved PCC 11 Jul 1730).

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.

SLEEP, ANTHONY; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1601, adm. scholar 1602, matr. 1601; BA 1605/6; MA 1609 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1611); BD 1617; Fellow Trinity Coll. 1608 – c. 1621 (check), Junior Dean 1627-9 (check); Deputy Public Orator, Cambridge Univ.; ordained; Rector of Great Wratting, Suffolk 1618 [check]; buried Trinity Coll. Chapel, Cambridge 30 Jul 1630.

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.

SLADE, RICHARD, son of Rev. Deggory Slade, Rector of Holsworthy, Devon, and Anne, dau. of Jonathan Prideaux, Sutcombe, Devon; bapt. 5 Aug 1709; adm. Jan 1721/2; KS (aged 14) 1725; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1729, matr. 12 Jun 1729, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1729 – void 26 Sep 1747 (expiry year of grace as R. Westwell from 18 May 1747, sic ), Tutor 1743; BA 1733; MA 1736; ordained; Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, from 1746; m. 1 May 1766 (IGI) Annabella Goodenough, by whom he became father of Grace Annabella Slade, benefactress to the School; d. 7 Jan 1784.

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.

SKYNNER, THOMAS, brother of Sir John Skynner (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1738/9 (Bainbrigg's); KS 1742; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1746, matr. 6 Jun 1746, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1746 – void 8 Jun 1775 (expiry year of grace as R. Bratton Clovelly from 17 Jun 1774), Tutor 1753-63, Junior Censor 1760-2; BA 1750; MA 1753; DCL 1772; ordained deacon 24 May 1752, priest 17 Jun 1753 (both Oxford); Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1759; Prebendary of Exeter from 9 Jan 1769, Archdeacon of Totnes 10 Mar 1772-5, Precentor of Exeter from 8 Jun 1775; Rector of Bratton Clovelly, Devon, from 1774; Vicar of Pinhoe, Devon, from 25 Jan 1781; m. 18 Apr 1785 Martha Stooke, The Close, Exeter; d. 7 Aug 1789.