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BISSET, MAURICE GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1775, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jun 1779; of Lessendrum, Huntly, Aberdeenshire; a memoir of his life by J. M. Bulloch was privately published, 1929; m. 21 Oct 1787 Lady Harriet Mordaunt, dau. of Charles Mordaunt, 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth (qv), and his second wife; d. 16 Dec 1821.

BISSET, RICHARD; b.; adm. 19 Jul 1775; left 1777. [presumably Richard Lamar Bisset, son of Robert Bisset, Madeira, wine merchant; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1777, aged 16; will proved PCC 9 Oct 1833, as of Heavitree, Devon]

BISSET, WILLIAM, son of William Bisset, London; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 17, scholar 27 Apr 1688; BA 1690/1; described in a letter from William Gale, who was endeavouring to procure a Fellowship for Bisset, as “an extraordinarily learned man, but without friends, was Captain of Westminster School and senior of his year at Cambridge” (HMC Report, i, 22); ordained priest (London) 23 May 1692; Perpetual Curate of Iver, Bucks.; Rector of Whiston, Northants., from 3 Sep 1697; an Elder Brother of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, 1699; a fierce opponent of Dr Sacheverell; Chaplain to Queen Caroline; Cole describes him as “almost a madman”; author, The Modern Fanatick, 1710, and other works; m. 5 Nov 1704 Hennaretta Panier; d. 7 Nov 1747. DNB.

BISSET, WILLIAM, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b. 27 Oct 1758; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1775 - 2 Aug 1786 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Dunbin); BA 1779; MA 1782; ordained deacon May 1782; Rector of Dunbin, co. Louth, 1785-91 (year of grace from 13 Jan 1786); Prebendary of Armagh, 23 Feb 1791-1807; Archdeacon of Ross, 30 Sep 1804-22; Rector of Donoghmore, 1807-12; Rector of Loughgilly, 1812-7; Chancellor of Armagh, 30 Aug 1817-22; Chaplain to Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieut. Ireland; consecrated Bishop of Raphoe, 21 Jul 1822; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 17 Mar 1822; declined Archbishopric of Dublin, 1831; author, The Complete History of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1807; m. 15 May 1789 Jane, dau. of Rev. Christopher Erle; d. 5 Sep 1834. DNB.

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Bittleston, Kenneth George, eldest son of Col. George Hastings Bittleston, R. A., of Tavistock, Devon, by Edith Caroline, daughter of Lawrence James Baker, of Eastleigh, Rants; b. May 10, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left Oct. 1899; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Dec. 24, 1902, Lieut. Dec. 24, 1905, Remount Officer March 13, 1907 - March 31, 1909, Staff Officer for Remounts April 1, 1909 - March 13, 1911; retired May 3, 1911; Capt. R. F. A. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 5, 1914; Major Nov. 16, 1916; served in Great War I 1914-9, on the western front with the 4th Div. Aug. 21, 1914 - Dec. 15, 1915, and with the 34th Div. Jan. 10, 1916 - Nov. 22, 1916, and in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 8, 1917 - Oct. 31, 1913; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917, Jan. 22, 1919, and June 5, 1919; D.S.O. June 3, 1919; m. Dec. 21, 1907, Alice Katharine, youngest daughter of the Hon. John Charles Dundas, M. P.; d. June 10, 1946.

BLACHFORD, ROBERT; b.; adm. 22 Apr 1776 (surname read by Russell Barker and Stenning as Blackford); left 1782 (“appears in account books as Blatchford”). [possibly Robert Blachford, assistant public department, Bengal, came out by ship Foulis 1785 (East India Calendar 1793)]

BLACK, ALURED ELLIOT, son of Lieut. -Col. George Black, Chief Constable of Norfolk, and Louisa Phillips, dau. of Adm. Sir John Marshall, Elstree, Herts.; b. 5 Jan 1859; adm. (G) 24 Jul 1872; QS 1873; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Triplett) 1877, adm. pens. 11 Oct 1877, matr. Mich. 1877; BA 1882; MA 1886; ordained deacon 1883, priest 1884 (both Rochester); Curate, Holy Trinity, Greenwich, Kent, 1883-7; Rector of Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, 1887-9; Rector of Oxnead with Buxton, Norfolk, 1889-1907; Vicar of Holmfirth, Yorks., 1914-6; Vicar of Silsoe, Beds., 1916 - res Feb 1931; m. 14 Nov 1883 Annie, dau. of James Cleland, Toban, Mhuire, co. Down; d. 1935.