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BELL, JOHN, son of Rev. John Bell, Sedlescombe, Sussex; bapt. 5 Jan 1614/5; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS, lxix, 224); afterwards at a school in Aldermanbury, City of London; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1631, matr. 1631.

BELL, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

BELL, RALPH; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1718; in under school list 1719.

Bell, William Cory Heward, son of William Heward Bell, of Seend, Wilts, by Hannah, eldest daughter of W. Cory, of London; b. Oct. 21, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 1889; left Jan. 1893; R.M.A. Woolwich Aug. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Nov. 2, 1895; Lieut. Nov. 2, 1898; Capt. Nov. 19, 1901; served in the South African War 1902; retired on half-pay Aug. 23, 1911; rejoined on mobilization Aug. 3, 1914, and in Nov. following went out to the western front, where he served with the Artillery of the 1st Div. until Jan. 1919; Major Nov. 16, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 22, 1917, placed in Reserve of Officers Dec. 29, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1917; Croix de Guerre 1918; M. P. Wilts (Devizes) Dec. 1918 - Nov. 1923; High Sheriff of Wilts 1932; D. L. Wilts 1952; m. 1903, Violet Mary, daughter of Capt. James Devereux Bowley, R.E.; d. Feb. 25, 1961.

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.

BELL, WILLIAM; b. 27 Jul 1800; adm. 20 Feb 1815.

Bell, William; b. July 25, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (R); left Easter 1909; was serving in a United States O. T. C. 1917.

BELLAIRS, RALPH HAMON, second son of Rev. Henry Spencer Kenrick Bellairs, Baton End, Oxfordshire, and Mary Jane, dau. of Benjamin Helps Starey, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire; b. 5 Sep 1867; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 16 Jun 1881; QS Jan 1883; left (with Triplett) 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886, Abbott Scholar 1887; BA 1890; MA 1897; MusB1897; MusD 1904; organist and musical director, Bradfield Coll., 1893-6; FRCO 1898; ARCM (Theory) 1899; organist and choirmaster, Christ Church, Cheltenham, from 1901; author, The Elements of Pianoforte Technique arranged upon a Rhythmic Basis, 1905; composer, Suite Idyllique, and other works; m. 3 Aug 1893 Mary Estrella Eleanor, dau. of Rev. Thomas Godfrey Pembroke Pope DD, Consular Chaplain at Lisbon and Canon of Gibraltar.