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Byam Shaw, John James, brother of George Byam Shaw (qv); b. 12 Jan. 1903; adm. Sept. 1915 (H), KS (non-res.) 1917; left July 1921; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1921, BA 1925, MA 1928; lecturer and asst to Dir. Courtauld Inst. 1933-4; dir. P. & D. Colnaghi 1936-68; Roy. Scots 1939-45 (Maj.), wounded; lecturer Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1964-73, assoc. curator of pictures 1973-4, hon Student 1976; FSA 1965; CBE 1972; hon. DLitt (Oxon.) 1976; Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana 1982; author of The Drawings of Francesco Guardi 1951, The Drawings of Domenico Tiepolo 1962, Paintings by Old Masters at Christ Church Oxford 1976; m. 1st 10 Apr. 1929 Eveline, d. of Capt. Arthur Dodgson RN; 2nd 23 July 1945 Adeline Margaret, d. of Arthur George Saunders of Taunton, Somerset; 3rd 12 Jan. 1967 Christine Pamela, d. of Francis George Ogilvy of Liss, Hants, and widow of William Pettigrew Gibson (qv); d. 19 Mar. 1992.

Byers, Charles Frank, Baron Byers, son of Charles Cecil Byers, dir. United Molasses Ltd, of Potters Bar, Middx, and Florence May, d. of James Fairclough of Northenden, Cheshire; b. 24 July 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (H); left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, ran against Cambridge in the relay races 1935, in the Univ. Sports 1936-7; BA 1938, MA 1946; RA 1940-5 (Lieut-Col.); GSOI Eighth Army; despatches Feb. 1943, July 1944 and May 1945; OBE (Middle East) Jan. 1944; Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre (palmes); MP (L) N. Dorset 1945-50; Lib. Chief Whip 1946-50; exec. dir. RTZ Corpn 1951-73; Vice-Pres. Liberal Party 1954-65, Chair­man 1965-7; created Baron Byers (Life Peer) 1964; FBIM 1965; Lib. Leader House of Lords 1967-84; PC 1972; DL (Surrey) 1974; m. 1939 Joan Elizabeth, d. of William Oliver of Golders Green; d. 6 Feb. 1984.

Caine, William, eldest son of William Sproston Caine, M. P., of Clapham, Surrey, by Alice, eldest daughter of the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, of Liverpool; b. July 14, 1873; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (H); left Dec. 1886; St. Andrew's Univ.; Non-Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 15, 1892, adm. to Balliol Coll. in 1893; B.A. 1895; called to the bar at the Middle Temple, Nov. 17, 1897; Northern Circuit; author of The Angler at Large (1911), of The Strangeness of Noel Carton (1920), and a number of other novels; m. July 26, 1907, Edith Gordon, only daughter of Farmer Rees Walker, of Boston, Mass., U. S. A.; d. Sept. 1, 1925, at Wenduyne, Belgium.

Callos, Fered; b. Jan. 14, 1889; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (H); left July 1906.

CAMM, REGINALD PERCY JOHN (afterwards CAMM, REGINALD BEDE), eldest son of Rev. John Brooke Maher Camm, Rector of Monkton Wyld, Dorset, and formerly Cornet, 12th Lancers, and Caroline, dau. of Richard Edward Arden, Sunbury Park, Middlesex; b. 26 Dec 1864; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1881; left Aug 1883; Keble Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1883; BA 1887; MA Cambridge (from Christ’s Coll. ) 1920; ordained deacon 1888 (Rochester); Curate, St. Agnes, Kennington, Surrey 1888-90; received into Roman Catholic church 1890; clothed with Benedictine habit at Maredsons, Belgium, 1890, and professed 1891; St. Anselm’s Coll., Rome; ordained 1895; stationed at Erdington, Warwicks., 1895-1912; novice master, Caldey Abbey 1913; affiliated to St. Gregory’s Abbey, Downside, 1913; Chaplain to Forces (4th class) 1915-9, serving in Egypt; Master of Downside House of Studies, Cambridge, 1919-31; FSA 1 Jun 1922; author, The Lives of the Blessed English Martyrs, 1904-5, and other works; d. unm. 8 Sep 1942.

Campbell, Cohn Keith, son of Colin Campbell of Purley, Surrey, and Florence May, d. of Elijah Crick of Folkestone; b. 17 Mar. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (H); left July 1928; Bank of England 1937; d. 16 Mar. 1953.

Campion, Hubert Wilton, son of Harold Gilmore and Ellen Campion, of Streatham, Surrey; b. Jan. 28, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left Easter 1913; Midshipman R. N. V. R. London Division July 13, 1914; Flight Sub-Lieut. R. N. A. S. (Armoured Car Section) Sept. 20, 1915; Flight-Lieut. April 1, 1917; served in the expedition to Antwerp Sept. 1914, and in France and Belgium April 1918 - Feb. 1919; admitted a solicitor Nov. 1925 and practised in London until he retired in 1933; m. April 9, 1923, Mary Margaret Harriet, daughter of Aaron Wylie Hill, of Dingwall, Ross; d. Aug. 9, 1935.

CANNING, ERNEST, son of Sir Samuel Canning, Kt, Inverness Gardens, London, civil engineer, and Elizabeth Anne, dau. of William H. Gale, Grateley, Hampshire; b. 11 Oct 1865; adm. (H) 23 Sep 1879; left Dec 1883; with Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co.; d. Cannes, France, 15 Mar 1892.

Canning, Miles Howell, son of William Canning, of Kilburn, by Catherine Annie, daughter of Horace Sydney Howell, of St. John's Wood, b. Aug. 8, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left July 1913; temp. 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers Sept. 17, 1914; Lieut. June 21, 1916; Capt. Sept. 23, 1918; served in France and Belgium with the 58th (London) Div. R.E.; mentioned in despatches L. G. July 7, 1919; M.C. June 3, 1919; A. R. S. M. 1921; B.Sc. (London) 1921; a metallurgical engineer.

Carey, Myles Francis Maxwell, son of Francis Johnston Carey, barrister-at-law, of Dulwich, and Meta May, d. of Isaac Samuel Skelly of Bangor, co. Down; b. 8 June 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (H); left July 1935; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1942; RNVR 1940-5 (Paymr Lieut.); a private tutor; m. 29 May 1948 Sheila Mary, d. of Robert Kingsley Chappell KC; d. 16 Jan. 1998.