SHIFFNER, Henry (1721-95), of Pontrylas, Herefs.

b. at St. Petersburg 1721, 1st s. of Matthew Shiffner, Russia merchant, by his w. Agnata Brewer, gouvernante to Anne, Duchess of Courland, niece of Peter the Great.Ex inf. Shiffner fam. educ. sent to England aged three, and at seven ‘put to a public school’.Jas. Sheer to H. F. Luttrell, 28 Dec. 1754, Luttrell mss at Dunster Castle. m. (1) 9 Aug. 1749, Ann Bronsdon (d. c.1757) of Blackheath, s.p.; (2) 10 Mar. 1759, Mary, da. and h. of John Jackson (at his d. in Feb. 1748, second in council of Bengal), 5s. 1da. suc. fa. Dec. 1756.