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, 1933-2014
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, 1846-1884
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.
BISCOE, ELISHA, elder son of Joseph Biscoe, Norwood, Middlesex, barrister, Inner Temple, and Chirographer, Court of Common Pleas, and Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin Alsop; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1717/8; in under school list 1719; adm. solicitor 2 Dec 1730; clerk in Fine Office at Feb 1744/5; clerk in Chirographer’s Office, Court of Common Pleas (Chamberlayne 1748), subsequently Deputy Chirographer; tenant chambers in Inner Temple from 30 Apr 1751; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 7 Feb 1766; of Holton Park, Oxfordshire, Bedford Row, London, and Spring Grove, Middlesex; m. 1st, 27 Apr 1746 Elizabeth, dau. of Humphrey Ambler, Stubbings, Berks,; m. 2nd, 27 Nov 1767 Frances, dau. of Thomas Western, Cambridgeshire; d. 29 Jan 1776.
BISCOE, FREDERICK, brother of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 23 Sep 1807; adm. 14 Apr 1819 (Packharness'); KS 1822; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1826, matr. 13 May 1826, Westminster Student; BA 1830; MA 1832; ordained deacon 14 Jun 1835, priest 29 May 1836 (both Oxford); Vicar of Turkdean, Gloucs., from 1837; m. 7 Dec 1837 Mary Susannah, youngest dau. of Rear-Adm. Robert Gambier Middleton; d. 14 Dec 1880.
Biscoe, Henry Germain, 1840-1904
BISCOE, HENRY GERMAIN, third son of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 21 Oct 1840; adm. (G) 20 Jan 1853; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1858; BA 1862; emigrated to Australia by 1868; settled in Queensland; m. K. Anderson; d. at Waroonga, Albion, Brisbane, 6 Mar 1904.
Biscoe, Joseph William Edwin, 1800-1827
BISCOE, JOSEPH WILLIAM EDWIN, son of John Edwin Biscoe, Limpsfield, Surrey, and his second wife Mary Ann Pettingal, Bath, Somerset; bapt. Broad Clyst, Devon 24 May [or Mar] 1800; adm. 26 Apr 1813; left 1813; RMC; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1819; Cornet, unattached, 3 Apr 1820; Lieut., 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, 16 Jul 1823; m. 13 Mar 1827 Mary Harris (IGI) [or Maclennan ?]; d. in London 24 May 1827.
BISCOE, ROBERT, fourth son of Vincent Hilton Biscoe, Hookwood, Surrey, and Anna Catherine Noel (ward of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth), Edward Street, Portman Square; b. 11 Jun 1801; adm. 9 Jun 1809; KS 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student, Tutor; 1st cl. Classics 1822; BA 1823; MA 1825; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1828 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate, North and Mid Littleton, and South Littleton, Worcs., 22 Aug 1831 – Dec 1833; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 3 Jan 1833; Prebendary of Hereford from 27 Nov 1834; m. 28 Feb 1832 Anne, eldest dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); d. 14 Nov 1870.