STANNYNOUGH, PETER, son of Lawrence Stannynough, Wrightington, Lancs.; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642; had a special order to pass in Nov and Dec 1642, and allowed to come up to Christ Church by Parliament Apr 1643 (Madan, Oxford Books, ii, 681), matr. 16 May 1643, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA 1646; ejected from Studentship by Parliamentary Visitors for non-submission 8 Jul 1648; ordained; Curate, Liverpool, Lancs., 1651; Rector of Aughton, Lancs., from 6 Mar 1651 (but not instituted until 27 Oct 1662); “appointed King’s Preacher at the Restoration” [what does this mean ? Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II ?]; d. 28 Feb 1674.

STANTON, ROBERT, son of William Stanton, Newport, Shropshire; b.; adm. (perhaps --- Stanton (at school c. 1660 (qv)); KS 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1663 – void 1680; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70.

STANYAN, TEMPLE, younger son of Lawrence Stanyan, Monken Hadley, Middlesex, merchant, farmer and Commissioner of Revenue (I), and Dorothy, dau. of Henry Knapp, Woodcote, South Stoke, Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; KS 1691; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 18 Jun 1695, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1695 – void 1700; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Feb 1708 – Feb 1709, Chief Clerk Feb 1709 – Jul 1711, Sep 1713 – Aug 1715, Under-Secretary Oct 1715 – Jun 1729; Clerk in Ordinary, Privy Council, from 3 Feb 1719/20 [previously Clerk Extraordinary from 1717 ?]; FRS 12 May 1726; author, Grecian History, 1739; m. 1st, Elizabeth, widow of William Boys, Hawkhurst, Kent, and dau. of Sir Anthony Shirley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1720/1 Susanna, only dau. of Dr. Thomas Hobbs, Asley, Hampshire; m. 3rd, 28 Apr 1726 Grace, dau. of Grimbold Pauncefort, Clater Park, Herefs.; d. 29 Mar 1752. DNB.

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.

STAPYLTON, CHRISTOPHER, brother of Sir Miles Stapylton, Bart. (qv); bapt. Myton, Yorks. 10 Jun 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jun 1740 (Bourne's); KS 1741; d. at school, and buried Merton, Surrey 24 May 1743.

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.

STAVERTON, PERCIVAL; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1577, Westminster Student (still 1578).

STEAD, HENRY, son of Henry Stead, London; b.; adm.; KS 1672; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1675, matr. 18 Jun 1675, aged 18, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1675 – void 1690; BA 1679; MA 1682; ordained deacon 24 Sep 1682, priest 24 Dec 1682 (both Oxford).

STEBBING, WILLIAM, brother of John Stebbing (qv); b. 16 May 1832; adm. 25 Jan 1844 (Scott's); QS 1845; left 1846; went to King’s Coll. Sch.; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1850, scholar 1850-2; migr. to Worcester Coll., scholar 1852-6; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1852, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1853, 1st cl. Law and Modern History 1854; BA 1854; MA 1856; Fellow, Worcester Coll. 1856-70, subsewquently Hon. Fellow; Hon. Fellow, King’s Coll. London 1853; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Jan 1856, called to bar 17 Nov 1858; equity draftsman and conveyancer; for nearly thirty years on staff of Times newspaper as leader writer and assistant editor; contributor to Saturday Review, Edinburgh Review; author, Some Verdicts of History Reviewed, 1887, and other works; left the sum of £150 to the School to provide a prize for English prose or verse; m. 1 Oct 1870 Anne Pinckard, third dau. of John Sills Pidgeon, Warley Elms, Essex; d. 16 May 1926.