Sidney Patrick Shelley Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Sidney Patrick Shelley
Honorific Suffix:Bt
8th Baronet of Castle Goring
Birth Date:18 January 1880
Parents:Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Shelley, 5th Bt.
Lady Mary Stopford

Sir Sidney Patrick Shelley, 8th Baronet (18 January 1880 – 25 July 1965) was an English professional soldier.

A great-nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Shelley was born to Lt. Col. Sir Charles Shelley, 5th Baronet and Lady Mary Jane Jemima Shelley (née Stopford), daughter of James Stopford, 5th Earl of Courtown. He was educated at Wellington College. As a soldier he served in the Second Boer War, and in World War I as Captain in the Hampshire Yeomanry.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: archives.nypl.org -- Sir Sidney Patrick Shelley manuscript material. New York Public Library. 13 October 2017.