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BISCOE, JOSEPH WILLIAM EDWIN, son of John Edwin Biscoe, Limpsfield, Surrey, and his second wife Mary Ann Pettingal, Bath, Somerset; bapt. Broad Clyst, Devon 24 May [or Mar] 1800; adm. 26 Apr 1813; left 1813; RMC; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1819; Cornet, unattached, 3 Apr 1820; Lieut., 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, 16 Jul 1823; m. 13 Mar 1827 Mary Harris (IGI) [or Maclennan ?]; d. in London 24 May 1827.

BISCOE, ROBERT, fourth son of Vincent Hilton Biscoe, Hookwood, Surrey, and Anna Catherine Noel (ward of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth), Edward Street, Portman Square; b. 11 Jun 1801; adm. 9 Jun 1809; KS 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student, Tutor; 1st cl. Classics 1822; BA 1823; MA 1825; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1828 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate, North and Mid Littleton, and South Littleton, Worcs., 22 Aug 1831 – Dec 1833; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 3 Jan 1833; Prebendary of Hereford from 27 Nov 1834; m. 28 Feb 1832 Anne, eldest dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); d. 14 Nov 1870.

BISCOE, VINCENT HILTON, eldest son of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 5 Apr 1837; adm. 23 Jan 1850 (Scott's); QS 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1856, matr. 15 May 1856, Westminster Student to 1870; BA 1860; MA 1863; a clerk, General Post Office, Mar 1862; private secretary to Secretary of General Post Office for twenty years; Principal Clerk, Secretary’s Office, General Post Office, Oct 1877, Assistant Secretary 1899, retd. 1902; m. 1st, 1 Mar 1871 (IGI) Emily Aylesbury, dau. of Dr --- Haller; m. 2nd, 24 Jun 1886 Ada Florence, dau. of Henry Joseph Keer, Aldeburgh, Suffolk; d. 25 Aug 1909.

BISCOE, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, brother of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 17 Jul 1810; adm. 11 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; d. unm. 23 Feb 1832.

BISHOP, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1717; left 1719.

BISHOP, ELIJAH, son of Elisha Bishop, Silchester, Berks.; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1760; d. 1761. [Note that an Elisha Bishop m. at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 1 Nov 1738 Alice Hopkins (IGI)]