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]

SISSON, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Sisson, Rector of Norton, co. Durham, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Thomas Rudd, Prebendary of Ripon; bapt. Norton 20 May 1749 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1764; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1769, matr. 24 May 1769, aged 19, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1769; BA 1773; MA 1776; ordained; Curate to Rev. William Baptist Cadogan (qv) at Reading, Berks.; d. 29 Mar 1794.

Simpson, John Home, son of David Crighton Simpson (qv); b. 8 Feb. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (QS); left July 1957; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1959, BA 1963, Dip. Ed. 1964, MA 1968; asst. master Malvern Coll. 1964-8; sen. Classics master Portsmouth GS 1969-80; Sub-Lieut. RNR 1959, Lieut. -Cdr 1969; m. 12 Aug. 1961 Brigid, d. of Alfred Charles Ranger of Fairseat, Kent; d. 1 June 1993.

SIMPSON, JAMES HARVEY, son of Rev. Henry Winckworth Simpson, Rector of Bexhill, Sussex, and Prebendary of Chichester, and Bonella, only dau. of Jonathan Downes Macgregor Skinner; b. 13 Mar 1825; adm. 1 Feb 1837 (Scott's); QS 1838; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1842, adm. pens. 12 May 1842, scholar 1843; BA 1846; MA 1849; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1849 (both Canterbury); Curate, Kemsing, Kent 1848-50, Springfield, Essex 1850-2, Bexhill, Sussex 1852-7; Rector of St. Mark’s, Bexhill, Sussex 1857-1905; Prebendary of Chichester from 1892; m. 1857 Elizabeth Anna, dau. of Rev. James John Rowe, Rector of Morchard Bishop, Devon; d. 20 Jan 1915.

Simpson, George Gregory, son of George Rand Simpson of Windsor and Mary Alice, d. of Wil­liam Parker of Bury, Lancs; b. 28 June 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (KS); left July 1928; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1928, BA 1932; a chartered surveyor, ARICS 1935; asst surveyor Min. of Public Building & Works 1942, surveyor 1955; m. 1 June 1939 Ivy Mary Louise, d. of George Edward Charles of Windsor; d. 4 Dec. 1981.

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.

SIMPSON (or SIMSON), EDWARD, son of Rev. Edward Simpson, Rector of Tottenham, Middlesex; b. 9 May 1578; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1596, scholar 1597; BA 1600/1; MA 1604; BD 1611; DD 1624; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1602-28 (sic); ordained; Chaplain to Sir Moyle Finch, Eastwell, Kent 1611-5; Rector of Eastling, Kent, from 1618 (sic); Prebendary of Lincoln from 4 Aug 1628; Rector of Pluckley, Kent 1628-49; author Chronicon Historiam Catholicam complectans, 1652; m. 1st, ---, dau. of Richard Barham, Kent; m. 2nd, ---; buried Eastling, Kent 9 Jun 1651. DNB.

SIMPKINSON, JOHN NASSAU, elder son of Sir John Augustus Francis Simpkinson (qv); b. 1 Jan 1817; adm. 27 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; went to Rugby Sch. 1831; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Oct 1834; 10th Classic and 27th Junior Optime 1839; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Mar 1839; ordained deacon 1840, priest 6 Jun 1841 (both Chichester); Curate, Herstmonceux, Sussex 1840-5; Assistant Master, Harrow Sch. 1845-55; Rector of Brington, Northants 11 Apr 1855-68; Rector of North Creake, Norfolk, from 9 Jun 1868; author, The Washingtons, a Tale of the Seventeenth Century, 1860; m. 6 Dec 1849 Sarah Dorothea, dau. of Rev. Edward Thomas Vaughan, Vicar of St. Martin’s, Leicester; d. 17 Apr 1894.

SIMPKINSON, SIR JOHN AUGUSTUS FRANCIS, only son of Rev. John Simpkinson, Rector of Cliffe, Kent, and Renée, dau. of Abraham de Wesselow, Russian Ambassador at Vienna; b. 30 Nov 1780; adm.; KS 1794; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1798, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1798, Canoneer Student 25 Jun 1800 – void 26 Jun 1809; BA 1802; MA 1804; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jan 1803, called to bar 15 Nov 1806, Bencher 1831, Treasurer 1845; practised in Chancery courts; KC Trinity 1831; knighted on opening by Queen Victoria of new Hall of Lincoln’s Inn 30 Oct 1845; FRS 22 Apr 1847; FSA; m. 14 Apr 1814 Mary, third dau. of John Griffin, Bedford Place, Russell Square, London; d. 8 Jul 1851.

Simmons, Jack, son of Seymour Francis Simmons of Isleworth and Katherine Lilias, d. of Thomas Finch MB, of Babbacombe, Devon; b. 30 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (G), KS Sept. 1929; left July 1933; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1933, BA MA 1942; Beit lecturer in the History of the British Empire, Univ. of Oxford, 1943-7; Prof. of History Univ. of Leicester 1947-75, Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1960-3, Public Orator 1965-8; FRSL FRHistS; FSA 1975; Advisory Council Science Museums 1970-; vice-chairman Nat. Railway Museum, York; joint ed. The journal of Transport History 1953-73; author of Livingstone and Africa 1955, The Railways of Britain 1961; d. 3 Sept. 2000.