Shears Information
Shears at the Old Bailey
Document Details for SP 461631fo 122
Lettercode Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries of S 1782
Class Title State Papers Domestic: Supplementary
Title
John Trenhele to Nathaniel Duckett, Exchequer attorney. Requesting help in procurrinc sequestration on living of William Shears, vicar of Brixham. Kingsweare. 14 Oct. 1612.
Place of Deposit Public Record Office, Kew Deposit
SHEARS formerly OF CORK
CURTIS CHARLES BARBER SHEARS, of New York, Assistant U.S. District Attorney from 1934; served in U.S. Navy with rank of Midshipman from 22 June, 1918, until honorably discharged at Annapolis, Md., 5 June, 1922, awarded Victory Medal by U.S. Govt, World War Medal by Society of Colonial Wars of New York, commissioned Lt, U.S. Fleet Reserve 1931, City of New York Chm "Navy Day" Observance 1936, associated with Otis Elevator Company 1922-32, elected Associate Member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1928, Attorney from 1932, Assistant Secretary, American Bar Association from 1935, and Member, Resolutions, Criminal Law and International Law Committees, Chm of the Junior Bar Committee of New York County Lawyers Association, and Member, Professional Ethics Committee, Membre du Conseil de l'Union Internationale des Avocats; b 4 July, 1901; educ U.S. Naval Academy, BS, and New York University Law School, J.D; m 30 June, 1938, Virginia Bruce, dau of Mrs. Martin Schultz, of 825, Fifth Avenue, N.Y.
Lineage-HENRY SHEARES, of Cork, Ireland, became a partner in the banking concern of Rogers, Travers and Sheares (later known as Sheares Bank). He was Member for Clanakilty in the Irish Parliament 1761-67, ..