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Byam Shaw, Glencairn Alexander, brother of George Byam Shaw (q.v.); b. Dec. 13, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); left July 1923; an actor; first appeared on the London stage 1923 and in New York 1927; played a number of leading parts in productions of Sir John Gielgud (q.v.); Director of the Old Vic 1947-51; Director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 1952-60; member of the Drama Panel of the Arts Council 1953; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1954; Hon. D. Litt. (Birm.) 1959; 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots Jan. 3, 1940; m. Madelina Angela (the actress under the name of Angela Baddeley), daughter of William Herman Clinton Baddeley; 29 Apr. 1986.

Byam Shaw, John James, brother of George Byam Shaw (q.v.); b. Jan. 12, 1903; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 23, 1915 (H); K.S. (non-resident) 1917; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1921, matric. Michaelmas 1921; B.A. 1925; M.A. 1928; lecturer and asst. to the director, Courtauld Institute of Art, London Univ. 1933-4; joined the firm of P. & D. Colnaghi, picture dealers, 1934; a director since 1936; 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots Jan. 12, 1940; Major; wounded; author of The Drawings of Francesco Guardi (1951), The Drawings of Domenico Tiepolo (1962); m. ISt April 10, 1929, Eveline, daughter of Capt. Arthur Dodgson, R. N.; 2nd July 23, 1945, Adeline Margaret, daughter of Arthur George Saunders, of Taunton, Somerset.

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.

BYAM, EDWARD, brother of William Byam (at school 1715, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1720/1; left 1724 [but in school list 1727/8 ?]; went to Merchant Taylors’ School; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1728, readm. 11 Dec 1728, but did not matr.; adm. Gray’s Inn 4 Jan 1728/9; of Cedar Hill, Antigua, Clay Hill, Middlesex, and Lamian, Pembs.; m. 9 Nov 1734 Lydia, sister of George Byam (qv); d. 13 Jun 1768.

BYAM, FRANCIS, brother of George Byam (qv); b. 3 May 1709; adm. Oct. 1717; in under school list 1721; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1726; migr. to Trinity Coll., adm. pens. 3 Jul 1728, scholar 2 May 1729; BA 1729/30; MA 1733; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1732, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1733; ordained; went out to Antigua as “emigrant minister”, 1 Sep 1733, with usual bounty of £20; Rector of St. John’s, Antigua; Commissary in Antigua of Bishop of London; member, Council of Antigua; m. 2 Jan 1738 Jane, dau. of Col. Edward Warner, Eltham, Kent, sometime member Council of Antigua; d. at sea Jul 1757, on passage from Antigua to England.

BYAM, GEORGE, elder son of Col. Edward Byam, Clay Hill, Middlesex, Governor of the Leeward Islands and President, Council of Antigua, and his second wife Lydia, widow of Samuel Martin, and dau. of William Thomas; b. 24 Apr 1704; adm. Oct. 1715; a West India merchant in Antigua; m. Henrietta Maria, only dau. of Col. John Frye, member Council of Antigua; buried St. George’s, Antigua, 13 Nov 1734.

BYAM, SAMUEL, son of Maj. Samuel Byam, Antigua, and Elizabeth Anne, dau. of George Clarke, Clarke’s Hill, Antigua; half-brother of Thomas Warner (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1721; left 1729; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Jun 1729; of parish St. Andrew’s, Holborn, on marriage; m. 9 Dec 1735 Grace, dau. of Col. Edward Warner, Eltham, Kent, sometime member Council of Antigua; d. in Antigua 13 Jan 1738.

BYAM, WILLIAM, brother of George Byam (qv); b. 3 Jul 1706; adm. Oct 1717; in under school list 1720; a Col. in the Militia, and member, Council of Antigua; of Westbourne House, Paddington, Middlesex, and of Byams, Antigua; m. 19 Jun 1735 Anne, dau. of Col. John Gunthorpe, member, Council of Antigua; d. in Barbuda 26 Sep 1755, from a chill caught while saving some of a crew wrecked off that island.

BYAM, WILLIAM, eldest son of Col. William Byam, Cedar Hill, Antigua, member Council of Antigua, and Mary, widow of Nathaniel Sampson, and dau. of John Yeamans, Mill Hill, Old Road, Antigua, Lieut. -Gov. Antigua; b. ; in under school list 1715; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1720, aged 17, scholar 8 May 1721; BA 1723/4; adm. Gray’s Inn 30 Aug 1722; returned to Antigua; d. there.

Byard, Paul Spencer, son of Dever Spencer Byard, lawyer, of New York, and Margaret, d. of John Mather of Glasgow; b. 30 Aug. 1939; adm. from Milton Acad., MA, USA, May 1956 (QS); left July 1956; Yale Univ, CT, USA; Clare Coll. Camb., BA 1963, MA 1968; Harvard Law Sch., MA, USA; Grad. Sch. Architecture, Columbia Univ., New York, USA; architect, James Stewart Polshek & Associates 1977-89, partner 1981-9; partner, Charles A. Platt Partners 1989- (Platt Byard Dovell White 2007-); pres. Architectural League of New York 1989-94; a specialist in the renovation of historic buildings in New York City; m. 1965 Rosalie Starr Warren; d. 15 July 2008.