BIGNELL, RICHARD, son of Richard Benjamin Bignell, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, solicitor and banker, and Emily Phillips (IGI); bapt. Banbury, Oxfordshire 12 Oct 1801 (IGI); adm. 15 Jan 1813; left Midsummer 1817.
BIGNELL, WILLIAM EDWARD PHILLIPS, brother of Richard Bignell (qv); bapt. Banbury, Oxfordshire 13 Sep 1803; at Charterhouse Sch. 1814; adm. 11 Jan 1815 (Du Brieux's); left Midsummer 1817; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1826; Ensign, unattached, 8 May 1827; 69th Bengal Native Infantry, 3 Jan 1828; Lieut., 1 Dec 1836; Capt., 11 Sep 1845; m. at Saugor, India 2 Feb 1838 Mary Kyd Duckett, natural dau. of James Kyd, Calcutta, proprietor of Kidderpore Dockyard and Master Shipbuilder to EICS; d. at Moosanuggur, 17 Nov 1852.
BIGWOOD, SIR (JAMES EDWARD) CECIL, eldest son of James Bigwood MP, The Lawn, Popes Grove, Twickenham, Middlesex, and Marian, only dau. of Edward Webb, Torquay, Devon; b. 1 Jun 1863; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1877; left Easter 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 1882, matr. Mich. 1882; BA 1885; MA 1890; spare man for Cambridge rowing VIII in 1885; chairman, Finsbury Bench and Standing Joint Committeee of County of London; JP Co. London 1892, DL London 1935; knighted 1938; m. 1908 Maud, second dau. of Robert Porter, Blackheath, Kent; d. 4 Jul 1947.
Patron of the School; Dean of Westminster. Son of John Bill, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, and Margaret --- ; b. ; educated at St.John’s Coll., Cambridge ; BA 1532/3 ; MA 1536 ; BD 1544 ; DD 1547 ; ordained ; Fellow of St.John’s Coll. Nov 1535 – Mar 1547, Master of St.John’s Coll. 10 Mar 1546/7 – Nov 1551 ; Greek Reader, Cambridge Univ. 1541-3, subsequently Linacre Lecturer in Physic ; Rector of Sutton, Bedfordshire from 9 Jun 1547, and of Sandy, Bedfordshire, from 19 Mar 1550/1 ; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1548/9 ; Master of Trinity Coll., Cambridge Nov 1551 – deprived 1553, and from 11 Jan 1559 ; Chaplain Extraordinary to Edward VI Dec 1551 ; Almoner to Elizabeth I Nov 1558 ; Provost of Eton from Jul 1559 ; Prebendary of Lincoln from Sep 1559 ; Dean of Westminster from 21 May 1560 (installed 30 June 1560) ; d. unm. 15 July 1561. Buried St.Benedict’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
He drew up the statutes for the regulation of the College, and by his will dated 6 May 1561, proved 17 Dec 1561, left some plate to the College and some furniture for the scholars’ beds.
BILLERS, WILLIAM, illegitimate son of William Billers, Bengal; b.; adm. 24 Sep 1770; left Easter 1774; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1775, aged 16; BA 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Oct 1774, called to bar 27 Nov 1779.
Billing, Herbert Samuel, son of Samuel Billing, of Wimbledon, solicitor; b. March 31, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Easter 1906; Univ. Coll. London; LL. B. (London Univ.) 1911; adm. a solicitor March 1912; practised at Guildford, Surrey; d. May 1962.
BILLINGHURST, HERBERT HAMILTON, son of Henry Billinghurst MD MRCS LSA, Lingfield, Surrey, and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Watkins, Stanley House, Dulwich, Surrey; b. 5 Jul 1861; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1877; left Aug 1878; in brewing trade until retirement in 1908; Capt., 11th battn., Loyal North Lancashire Regt., 25 Jan 1915; served in France and Flanders Jun 1916 - Sep 1917.
BILLINGS, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1732; left 1733. [Perhaps William Billings, son of William Billings, and Esther (Adams ?), bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 11 Nov 1722 (IGI)]
BILLINGTON, ---; b.; at school c. 1660 (Busby’s Account Book).