Born at
Aldborough, Norfolk on 12 July 1843, he was the third and eldest surviving son in the family of twelve children of Robert Shuckburgh, rector of the parish, by his wife Elizabeth (died 1876), daughter of Dr. Lyford of Winchester. He was educated for some time at a preparatory school kept at Winchester by the Rev. E. Huntingford; then he went to
Ipswich School, under
Hubert Ashton Holden, whose teaching Shuckburgh enjoyed. His father died in 1860, and in 1862 Shuckburgh entered
Emmanuel College, Cambridge as an exhibitioner. He was president of the
Cambridge Union in 1865, and graduated in the classical tripos of 1866. From 1866 to 1874 Shuckburgh was a fellow and assistant tutor of Emmanuel College. In the latter year, having vacated his fellowship by his marriage, he became an assistant master at
Eton College. There he remained for ten years, when he returned to Cambridge. He was appointed librarian of Emmanuel College, and concentrated on his teaching and writing. Later Shuckburgh undertook examining in universities and public schools. In 1901 he was appointed by the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland to report on secondary education in Irish schools. He died suddenly on 10 July 1906, in the train between
Berwick and
Edinburgh, while on his way to examine at
St. Leonard's School,
St. Andrews, and was buried at
Grantchester, where for some years he had lived. ==Family==