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Birdwood, Christopher Travers, son of Francis Travers Birdwood, of Ealing, Middlesex, solicitor, by Amy, daughter of Halsall Segar, of Huyton, Lancs; b. Aug. 25, 1894; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left Dec. 1912; Lieut. 3rd Batt. Devonshire Regt. March 5, 1918; was twice wounded in 1917; attached to Staff in France until the end of the war; subsequently Intelligence Officer with the Army of Occupation at Cologne until Aug. 1919; on the staff of Brunner Mond & Co., Shanghai, 1920-28; of Fairplay Publications Ltd., London, 1929-53; m. Nov. 3, 1923, Martha Mary, daughter of Charles Brooks, of Marlborough, Wilts.

Birdwood, Felix Tolcher, brother of Christopher Travers Birdwood (q.v.); b. May 20, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); K.S. 1912; left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut., unattached, Nov. 15, 1915; 36th Sikhs, later 4/11th Sikh Regt., Nov. 19, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 15, 1916; Capt. Nov. 15, 1919; served on the Mohmand Frontier 1915, in Mesopotamia 1916-20, and Waziristan 1921-3; Staff College, Quetta, 1929-30; served on Khajuri Plain, N. W. Frontier, 1931; Major Nov. 15, 1933; Lieut.-Col. Feb. 1, 1940; served in India, Iraq and Burma; O.B.E. 1946; retired Nov. 6, 1947, with rank of Col. and resided in Southern Rhodesia; m. Jan. 15, 1926, Louise Jesse Harriet, daughter of William Lamond, of Richmond, Surrey; d. 18 Apr. 1987.

Birdwood, Hubert Broderick, brother of Christopher Travers Birdwood (q.v.); b. Feb. 10, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Middlesex Regt. Feb. 17, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 2, 1916; was wounded; retired 1920 as acting Capt., having served in France some two and a half years; M.C. May 31, 1916; engaged in mercantile business; m. July 18, 1918, Brenda Clephane Forrester, daughter of James Brown Fortune, of Stoke Poges, Bucks.; d. 14 Aug. 1980

BIRKETT, LLOYD BATLEY, eldest son of Edmund Lloyd Birkett MD FRCP, Russell Square, London, and Audrey Heydon, dau. of Benjamin Elisha Batley, Russell Square; b. 10 Aug 1853; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); left Aug 1872; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1873; BA 1877; MA 1881; ordained deacon 8 Jun 1879, priest 23 May 1880 (both Chichester); Curate, Westbourne, Sussex, 1879-84; Rector and Vicar of Westbourne, Sussex, from 3 Feb 1884; Prebendary of Chichester from 1930; d. 19 Aug 1931.

BIRKHEAD, CHRISTOPHER, son of Gabriel Birkhead, Westminster, by Frances Fann; probably grandson of Christopher Bryckett (qv); bapt. 4 Mar 1604/5; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1623, matr. 24 Jul 1624, aged 18, Westminster Student to (?) 1637; BA 1627; MA 1630; BD 1637; ordained; Vicar of Long Preston, Yorks., 1636; d. 1643.

BIRKHEAD, WILLIAM, son of John Birkhead, Isleworth, Middlesex; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1725/6; in under school list 1730; articled 12 Feb 1730/1 to Thomas Newsome, Staple Inn, attorney; adm. solicitor 5 May 1738; practised in parish St. Andrew’s, Holborn.

BIRT, JAMES, son of James Birt, Monmouth; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1761; d. c. 1763. [Perhaps James Birt, son of James Birt, and Elizabeth (Middlebrook ?), bapt. Newland, Gloucs. 21 Apr 1747 (IGI)]

Birt, Malcolm Douglas, son of Ronald Birt AMIEE AM ICE, of Ealing, and Ellen Mary, d. of Arthur Castle; b. 10 May 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (KS); left July 1951; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1953, BA 1956, MA 1960; ord. deacon 1958, priest 1959 (Carlisle); Curate, St Mark’s, Barrow­in-Furness 1958, St John’s, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1960; Vicar of St Paul’s, Constable Lee, Lancs, 1963-72; Rector of Rolleston and Vicar of Anslow, Staffs 1972-99, retd.; m. 30 Apr. 1960 Beryl Frances, d. of R. Spence of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancs; d. 4 Feb. 2014.

BISBY, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. John Bisby, Perpetual Curate of Tipton, Staffs., Prebendary of Lichfield, and Margaret, dau. of Anthony Hoo, Bradely Hall, Staffs.; b. 5 Jun 1635; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654; BA 4 Feb 1657/8; MA 1660 (incorp. Cambridge 1662); BD and DD 1668 (incorp. Cambridge 1669); ordained priest (Chichester) 5 Oct 1660; Rector of Long Melford, Suffolk, 12 Nov 1660 - deprivation as non-juror Feb 1690; published a number of sermons, mostly violent invectives against the Nonconformists; m. 1672 Elizabeth, dau. of John Wall, Radwater Grange, Essex; d. 14 May 1695. DNB.

BISCOE, CHARLES THOMAS, fourth son of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 30 Sep 1846; adm. (G) 23 Jun 1859; QS 1861; Capt. of the School 1864; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1865, matr. 7 Jun 1865; BA 1870; MA 1877; ordained deacon 1871, priest 1872 (both Oxford); Curate Hurley, Berks., 1871-4, All Saints, Emscote, Warwicks., from 1874; d. unm. 29 Jun 1884.