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BERTIE, WILLIAM, third son of Hon. James Bertie MP, Stanwell, Middlesex, and Hon. Elizabeth Willoughby, dau. of George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham; b. 13 Jan 1706; adm. 10 Jan 1714/5; KS 1719; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1723, matr. 18 Jun 1723, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1723 - res 3 Jan 1741; BA 1727; MA 28 Mar 1729/30; BD 6 Mar 1741/2; DD 1752; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Crendon with Notley, Bucks., 1732; Rector of Albury, Oxfordshire, 1740 -57; Rector of Wytham, Berks. (disp. to hold both livings 1741/2); Proctor in Convocation, Diocese of Oxford (Chamberlayne 1748); d. c. 1767 (will proved PCC 14 Mar 1767).

BERTIE, WILLOUGHBY, 4TH EARL OF ABINGDON, second son of Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon, and Anna Maria, dau. of Sir John Collins, Kt.; nephew of William Bertie (qv); b. 16 Jan 1740; adm. Jun 1750; (Porten's, Jones); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jan 1759; MA 20 Jan 1761; succ. his father as 4th Earl of Abingdon 10 Jan 1760; in Italy and Switzerland 1763-5 and again 1770; a friend and supporter of John Wilkes MP; spoke frequently in House of Lords in defence of popular rights, and opposed Government policy on America; sympathised with the French Revolution; sentenced to three months’ imprisonment and a fine of £100 for libelling an attorney whom he had once employed, 12 Jan 1795; a curious satire on the Earl’s career, entitled An Adieu to the Turf, was published anonymously in 1778 (see Notes and Queries, 12th ser., iv, 16, 55); author of Thoughts on Mr Burke’s Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the Affairs in America, 1777, and other pamphlets; m. 7 Jul 1768 Charlotte, dau. of Vice Adm. Sir Peter Warren KB MP; d. 26 Sep 1799. DNB.

BESLY, WILLIAM BLUNDELL, eldest son of William Henry Besly, Dunmore, Devon, and Frances, dau. of William Land, Hayne, Devon; b. 20 Sep 1844; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); QS May 1860; rowed bow v. Eton 1 Aug 1861, no. 6 v. Eton 1 Aug 1862; left Whitsun 1863; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jan 1864; BA 1867; MA 1873; ordained deacon 1869 (Bishop Trower for Exeter), priest (Exeter) 1870; Curate, Lew Trenchard, Devon, 1869-74, Romansleigh, Devon, 1874-5; Vicar of Peters Marland, Devon, from 1875; m. 22 Jun 1875 Margaret, dau. of Robert Chichester, Hall, Devon; d. 7 Mar 1891.

Besson, Frank (Cisco), son of Anthony and Martha Besson, of London; b. Dec. 16, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1914; Flight Sub-Lieut. R.N.A.S. Dec. 21, 1914; gazetted after his death Lieut. Jan. 1, 1916; served at Dunkirk Aug. 1915; went out to the Dardanelles Sept. 9, 1915; drowned off the Gallipoli Peninsula whilst on reconnaisance patrol, his machine being brought down in the sea by the enemy, and his observer captured, Dec. 20, 1915; unm.

BEST, ---; b.; adm. Whitsun 1807.

BEST, ---; b.; in school list 1813 (upper fifth form).

Best, ---; listed as householder in Little Dean’s Yard, Boyle’s Court Guide 1817 – Jan 1823 (as Miss Best) ; took over management of boarding house at 1 Little Dean’s Yard after her mother’s death in 1815 ; last boarder admitted to house when under her name was on 3 Jun 1822. Her mother’s will shows that Mrs Best had two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth, and it seems probable that Jane Best, who acted as one of her mother’s executors together with her brother George, should be identified as the “Miss Best” who managed the boarding house. Jane Best, “daughter of the late George Best, esq., of Pershore, Worcester”, m. 12 Mar 1829 William Holmes, Chester Place, Kennington, Surrey. [Note that Elizabeth Best, “second daughter of the late George Best, of Pershore, Worcester, esq.”, m. at Granville, Nova Scotia 20 May 1823, as his second wife Thomas Ritchie (1777-1852), barrister, “member for the county of Annapolis”, later Judge ; d. spring 1825, having been “fatally injured when thrown from a horse”]