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.

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.

SMALWOOD, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1674, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1674, scholar 1675, matr. 1676; BA 1677/8; MA 1681; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1680 – c. 1698, Tutor 1682-5, Moderator 1683; ordained; Chaplain to Earl of Romney; Chaplain, 1st Foot Guards 9 Mar 1691/2; two of his sermons preached to troops in the Netherlands in 1694 and 1705 have been published; d. 27 Sep 1719.

SMEDLEY, EDWARD, son of Francis Smedley, Holywell, Flintshire, smelter, and Jane ---; b. 5 Nov 1750; adm.; KS 1764; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1769, adm. pens. 23 May 1769, scholar 4 May 1770, matr. 1770; BA 1773; MA 1776; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1775; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 6 Jun 1773, priest 30 Nov 1776; an Usher at the School 1774-1820; Reader, The Rolls Chapel; Vicar of Cotes Parva, Lincs., 1782 [check name of parish]; Rector of Meopham, Kent 1786-1816; Rector of Bradford Abbas, Dorset 28 Sep 1812; Rector of Clifton Maybank, Dorset 3 Oct 1812; Rector of North Bovey, Devon from 11 Apr 1816; Rector of Powderham, Devon, from 4 Apr 1816; author, Erin, 1810 (poem, published for subscribers); m. 21 Aug 1782 Hannah, fourth dau. of George Bellas, Witley, Surrey; d. 8 Aug 1825. Monument West Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

SMITH, DOUGLAS, eldest son of Rev. Sydney Smith, Canon of St. Paul’s, and Catharine Amelia, dau. of John Pybus, Cheam, Surrey; b. 27 Feb 1805; adm. 16 Sep 1818 (Best's); KS 1819; Capt. of the School 1823; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student; BA 1828; adm. Inner Temple 1828; d. 14 Apr 1829.