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BINGHAM, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv), and his first wife; b. 1768; adm. 14 Feb 1780; KS 1781; the hero of “Bingham’s Leap” in Tothill Fields; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1786 - 13 Nov 1788 (deprived, probably for absence); Ensign, 17th Foot, 5 Oct 1787; Lieut., 21 Jul 1790; Capt., 102nd Foot, 31 Oct 1793; Maj., 26 Nov 1794; Lieut. -Col., 16 Sep 1795; 9th Foot, 25 Nov 1799; 3rd Foot, 9 Jul 1803; Col. in the Army, 25 Sep 1803; Brig. -Gen., 25 Jul 1804 - 24 Jun 1806; Maj. -Gen., 25 Jul 1810; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; served in the Helder expedition 1799; m. 26 May 1792 Priscilla, dau. of Paul Carden, Cashel, Ireland; d. 18 Nov 1829.

BINGHAM, ROBERT TURBERVILLE, eldest son of William Bingham (qv); b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1793; Ensign, 18th Foot, 19 Jun 1793; Lieut., 82nd Foot, 8 Apr 1794; Capt., 16 Sep 1794; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards, 27 Jun 1798; Brevet Maj., 1 Jan 1805; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 1 Jan 1812; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 23 Sep 1812; retd. 8 Apr 1813; m. 26 Jan 1815 (IGI) Mary, only dau. of Thomas Elliott, The Vines, Rochester, Kent; d. 14 Apr 1851.

BINGHAM, WILLIAM, brother of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1758; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Oct 1761; BA 1765; MA 1769; DD 1790; ordained; Vicar of Stebbing, Essex 1766-78; Vicar of Great Gaddesden, Herts., from 17 Dec 1777 (disp. to hold with V. Stebbing, Essex 1777, both held 1777-8); Rector of Hemel Hempstead, Herts., from 28 Nov 1778; Archdeacon of London 13 Aug 1789 - Dec 1813; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III, 1792; JP Hertfordshire; m. 1775 Agneta, dau. of Libert Dorrien, West Ham, Essex; d. 31 Dec 1819.

Binney, Alexander Lindsay, brother of William Max Binney (qv); b. 13 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H), KS 1921; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929; asst master at the school 1930-1; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1931-69, housemaster 1948-63; Army Gen. List 1941-5 (Maj., Special Duties); m. 20 Nov. 1943 Heather, d. of Frederick William Gillespie, solicitor, Chair­man Leeds Bench of Magistrates; d. 22 aug. 2001.

Binney, William Max, son of Rev. Maximilian Frederick Breffitt Binney, Vicar of Ringwood, Hams, and Emily, d. of William Blinkhorn of St Helen's, Lancs; b. 20 Oct. 1899; adm. Sept. 1913 (KS); Capt. of the school 1917-8; left July 1918; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1923, MA 1955; dir. Siber, Hegner & Co., Zurich; Gren. Guards 1940-5 (Capt.); m. 5 May 1930 Gret, d. of C. Wehrli-Thielen of Zurich; d. 21 Sept. 1991.

Binyon, Denis Edmund Fynes-Clinton, son of John Frederick Binyon, solicitor, of Grange­-over-Sands, Lancs, and Mabel, d. of Rev. Osbert Fynes-Clinton, Vicar of Didsbury, Lancs; b. 29 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A), KS 1920; left July 1924; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928 (1st class hons Classical Mods); asst lecturer in Latin, Univ. of Leeds, 1928, sen. lecturer 1950; m. 25 Mar. 1933 Nancy, d. of John Emmerson of Harrogate, Yorks; d. 11 Apr. 1970.

BIRCH (or BURCH), JOSEPH, son of Samuel Birch, medical practitioner, Westminster, and Elizabeth ----; bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster, 6 Aug 1682 (as Burch); at school under Knipe (J. Peile, Biog. Reg. Christ’s Coll. , ii, 140); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Jan 1697/8, aged 15, scholar 21 Feb 1698/9, matr. 1698; MB 1703; living 1719.

BIRCH, ---; in under school lists 1720, 1721.

BIRCH, ---; in school list 1733.

BIRCH, ---; adm. 1803; left before May 1803 (The Times, 23 Feb 1803).