BEAMES, RUPERT, son of John Beames, Bengal Civil Service (previously EICS Bengal), Commissioner Presidency Division, and Ellen Mary, dau. of Frederick Augustus Geary, Boolundshur; b. 7 Mar 1865; adm. from Haileybury Coll. (G) 23 Sep 1880; left Whitsun 1883.
Beasley, Michael David Upton, 1915-1961
Beasley, Michael David Upton, son of Sir Horace Owen Compton Beasley (qv); b. 21 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (G); left July 1934; an architect, ARIBA 1947, AA Diploma; sen. lecturer North Lond. Poly.; m.
BEAUMONT, GEORGE, second son of Rev. Thomas George Beaumont, Rector of Chelmondiston, Suffolk [and/or Butterleigh, Devon], and Thomazine, dau. of Rev. John Bradshaw, Incumbent of Lambeg, co. Antrim, and Prebendary of Down; b. 30 Jun 1862; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1876; left Aug 1880; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; Lieut., 1st West Indian Regt., 11 Mar 1885; Liverpool Regt., 8 May 1889; Capt., 1 Mar 1893; retd. 23 Jul 1902; served South African War 1899-1902; Adjt. -Gen., Maritzburg Depot, afterwards Commandant, Nooitgedacht; despatches LG 29 Jan 1902; Capt., TF Reserve, 3 Nov 1914; m. 1893 Cecilia, dau. of R. Roberts; d. 18 Nov 1925.
Bedford, William Kirkpatrick Riland, 1826-1905
BEDFORD, WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK RILAND, eldest son of Rev. William Riland Bedford, Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., and Grace Campbell, dau. of Charles Sharpe, Hoddam, Dumfries-shire; b. 12 Jul 1826; adm. (G) 4 Jun 1839; QS 1840; left 1844; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1844; Secretary, Oxford Union 1847; BA 1848; MA 1852; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Worcester); Curate, Southwell, Notts., 1849-50; Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1850-92, succeeding his uncle Richard Williamson (qv) and resigning in favour of his son William Campbell Riland Bedford (qv); Chaplain of Grand Lodge, Freemasons, 1861; Chaplain and Genealogist, Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 1878-1902; JP (1848) Warwickshire; a keen cricketer and expert archer; founded the Free Foresters Cricket Club 1856; winner, Arden Medal for archery at Meriden, 1857; author, The Blazon of Episcopacy, 1858, Rowing at Westminster, 1890, and other works; m. 1st, 18 Sep 1851 Maria Amy, youngest dau. of Joseph Houson, Southwell, Notts.; m. 2nd, 1900 Margaret, dau. of Denis Browne; d. 23 Jan 1905. DNB.
Beech, Guy, son of the Rev. Howard Beech, Rector of Barlavington and Burton with Coates, Sussex, by Henrietta Mildred, daughter of the Rev. William Worcester Godden, Vicar of Elmstead, Essex; b. Sept. 13, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left July 1901; Merton Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; M.A. 1911; Wells Theo!. Coll. 1909; ordained 1910; Curate of Aylesbury, Bucks, 1910-3, of Tring, Herts, 1914-9; temp. Chaplain of the Forces (4th class) Jan. 1, 1916 - April 1, 1919; served with B. E. F. in France and Belgium 1916-9; Rector of Turvey, Beds, 1919; Vicar of King's Langley 1934-8; Rector of Northchurch, Herts, 1938-54; Hon. Canon of St. Alban's 1948; m. Aug. 30, 1922, Judith Mary, only daughter of Douglas Upton, of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, co. Durham; d. Nov. 26, 1958.
BELL, EDWARD LLOYD; b. 19 Dec 1807; adm. (G) 7 Nov 1821.
Bell, James Robertson, 1861-1914
BELL, JAMES ROBERTSON, only son of James Robertson Bell, Onslow Gardens, South Kensington [previously of Glasgow]; b. 25 May 1861; adm. (G) 30 Oct 1872; left May 1880; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1880; BA 1884; adm. Inner Temple 28 Oct 1881; lived latterly at Tunbridge Wells; d. unm. 31 Jan 1914.
Bell, William George, 1861-1891
BELL, WILLIAM GEORGE, son of George William Bell, St. Edmund’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London; b. 19 May 1861; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 Mar 1875; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1879, adm. pens. 24 May 1879, matr. Mich. 1879; adm. solicitor Apr. 1885; practised in Great Marlborough Street; d. 31 Jul 1891.
Benbow, William Leonard, 1863-?
BENBOW, WILLIAM LEONARD, brother of Herbert Clifton Benbow (qv); b. 11 Jul 1863; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1877; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1882, matr. 13 Oct 1882; 1st cl. Cl. Mod. 1884; BA 1886; a schoolmaster at Highgate Sch., Hilbrow, Rugby, and Oatlands, Harrogate, 1890-1908.
Bennett, Edward Fleetwood Pellew, 1914-1999
Bennett, Edward Fleetwood Pellew, son of Frank Moss Bennett, artist, and Margaret Alma, d. of Fleetwood Hugo Pellew, Colonial Civil Service; b. 31 Mar. 1914, adm. Sept. 1927 (G); left July 1932; Lond. Univ. (City & Guilds Inst.), BSc 1936; Internat. Combustion Ltd, Derby, 1938, dir. 1960, retd 1977; m. 13 Mar. 1938 Beryl, d. of Walter Charles Tree of Southampton; d. 24 Mar. 1999.