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BEST, ---; b.; in school list 1813 (upper fifth form).

Best, ---; listed as householder in Little Dean’s Yard, Boyle’s Court Guide 1817 – Jan 1823 (as Miss Best) ; took over management of boarding house at 1 Little Dean’s Yard after her mother’s death in 1815 ; last boarder admitted to house when under her name was on 3 Jun 1822. Her mother’s will shows that Mrs Best had two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth, and it seems probable that Jane Best, who acted as one of her mother’s executors together with her brother George, should be identified as the “Miss Best” who managed the boarding house. Jane Best, “daughter of the late George Best, esq., of Pershore, Worcester”, m. 12 Mar 1829 William Holmes, Chester Place, Kennington, Surrey. [Note that Elizabeth Best, “second daughter of the late George Best, of Pershore, Worcester, esq.”, m. at Granville, Nova Scotia 20 May 1823, as his second wife Thomas Ritchie (1777-1852), barrister, “member for the county of Annapolis”, later Judge ; d. spring 1825, having been “fatally injured when thrown from a horse”]

Best, Jane; daughter of --- Barton ; b.c.1755 ; Dame of 1 Little Dean’s Yard from c.1809 (in succession to Mrs Baines) ; her will shows that she owned the leasehold of the house in Little Dean’s Yard, as well as a leasehold cottage at Brixton Causeway, Surrey; m. 25 Nov 1782 George Best (d. 28 May 1812, aged 53), of Little Dean’s Yard, Westminster, attorney, at death, previously resident in Pershore, Worcestershire and Coroner for Worcestershire ; d. 1815 (will dated 27 Jul 1815, proved PCC 10 Jan 1816) (death of “the relict of George Best, esq.”, Dean’s Yard, Westminster, reported Monthly Magazine, issue for Sep 1815). Mother of Rev.George Best (qv), Archdeacon of New Brunswick.

BESTNEY, NICHOLAS, only son of Nicholas Bestney, barrister, Ancient Grays’ Inn, and Bridget, dau. of John Michell, Warnham, Sussex, and St. Dunstan’s [check], London; b.; adm.; KS 16 Nov 1610; adm. Gray’s Inn 18 Jun 1604; m. 1st, Anne, dau. of Thomas Methwold, London; lic. to m. 2nd, 18 Jun 1634 Catherine, dau. of William Temple, Leics.

BESTOSO, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1722/3; left 1724. [Doubtless a son of Girolamo Bestoso (will proved PCC 4 Apr 1734, as of St. John’s, Wapping, gentleman), and Mary Anne Maxfield, who m. at St. Martin in the Fields 4 Jul 1711 (IGI) : “Bistoso” in school lists. ]

BETHAM, CECIL WILLIAM, eldest son of Molyneux Cecil John Betham, Rockford, Co. Dublin, barrister, Cork Herald, and Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir Richard Ford (qv); b. 14 Apr 1840; adm. 19 Oct 1849 (Rigaud's); Ensign, 54th Foot, 20 Feb 1863; retd. 13 Feb 1866; m. 29 Apr 1869 Emily, dau. of John Mallet Williamson, Monkstown, Co. Dublin.

BETHUNE, MONTAGU ROBERT, youngest son of Rev. George Cuddington Bethune, Rector of Chulmleigh, Devon, and Julia, dau. of Rev. George Hole, Rector of Chulmleigh, Devon, and Prebendary of Exeter; b. 13 Apr 1865; adm. QS 12 Jun 1879; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1884, adm. pens. 20 Aug 1884, matr. Mich. 1884; BA 1887; MA 1892; ordained deacon 1893, priest (Winchester) 1894; Assistant Master, Twyford Sch., Hants., 1891-7; Curate Twyford, Hants., 1893-7, Ashtead, Surrey, 1897-9, Farnham, Surrey, 1899-1904; Vicar of Woodham, Surrey, 1904-18; Vicar of Hindhead, Surrey, 1918-22; Vicar of Lymington, Hants., from 1922; m. 9 Jun 1904 Dorothea Katharine, younger dau. of Rev. William James Mellish, Winestead, Yorks.; d. 15 May 1950.

BETTESWORTH, EDMUND, third son of John Bettesworth LLD, Dean of the Court of Arches, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Jones DD, Rector of Selattyn, Shropshire; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1738 (Preston's); left 1741; Univ. Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Apr 1741; BA 23 Jan 1744/5; MA 1749; ordained priest (Peterborough) 20 Dec 1747; Rector of Shepperton, Middlesex, 28 Feb 1751/2-3; Vicar of Highworth, Wilts., 21 Sep 1757-62; m. 3 Mar 1753 Anne, dau. of Rev. Thomas Harwood, Rector of Shepperton, Middlesex; d. before 1804 (library sold 14 Jan 1788).

BETTESWORTH, EDWARD, brother of Thomas Bettesworth (qv); bapt. Petworth, Sussex 30 Jun 1705 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Oct 1717; in under school list 1719.