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BISSET, GEORGE, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 20 Oct 1778; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 - 16 Dec 1794 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Malmesbury; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1787; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. to London) Aug 1793, to curacy of Soberton, Hants., priest Nov 1793; Vicar of Malmesbury, Wilts., 1793 (year of grace from 23 Dec 1793); Rector of Dauntsey, Wilts., 17 Jun 1800; m. 9 Sep 1820 Lady Catherine Howard, dau. of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, Gen. in the Army; d. 21 Nov 1828.

BISSET, HENRY, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan. 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 12 Sep 1771; KS (aged 13) 1777; left 1780; a Midshipman, Royal Navy; killed in action between HMS Flora and La Nymphe, off Ushant, 10 Aug 1780 (see London Gazette, 1780, no. 12110).

BISSET, MAURICE GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1775, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jun 1779; of Lessendrum, Huntly, Aberdeenshire; a memoir of his life by J. M. Bulloch was privately published, 1929; m. 21 Oct 1787 Lady Harriet Mordaunt, dau. of Charles Mordaunt, 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth (qv), and his second wife; d. 16 Dec 1821.

BISSET, RICHARD; b.; adm. 19 Jul 1775; left 1777. [presumably Richard Lamar Bisset, son of Robert Bisset, Madeira, wine merchant; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1777, aged 16; will proved PCC 9 Oct 1833, as of Heavitree, Devon]

BISSET, WILLIAM, son of William Bisset, London; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 17, scholar 27 Apr 1688; BA 1690/1; described in a letter from William Gale, who was endeavouring to procure a Fellowship for Bisset, as “an extraordinarily learned man, but without friends, was Captain of Westminster School and senior of his year at Cambridge” (HMC Report, i, 22); ordained priest (London) 23 May 1692; Perpetual Curate of Iver, Bucks.; Rector of Whiston, Northants., from 3 Sep 1697; an Elder Brother of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, 1699; a fierce opponent of Dr Sacheverell; Chaplain to Queen Caroline; Cole describes him as “almost a madman”; author, The Modern Fanatick, 1710, and other works; m. 5 Nov 1704 Hennaretta Panier; d. 7 Nov 1747. DNB.

BISSET, WILLIAM, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b. 27 Oct 1758; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1775 - 2 Aug 1786 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Dunbin); BA 1779; MA 1782; ordained deacon May 1782; Rector of Dunbin, co. Louth, 1785-91 (year of grace from 13 Jan 1786); Prebendary of Armagh, 23 Feb 1791-1807; Archdeacon of Ross, 30 Sep 1804-22; Rector of Donoghmore, 1807-12; Rector of Loughgilly, 1812-7; Chancellor of Armagh, 30 Aug 1817-22; Chaplain to Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieut. Ireland; consecrated Bishop of Raphoe, 21 Jul 1822; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 17 Mar 1822; declined Archbishopric of Dublin, 1831; author, The Complete History of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1807; m. 15 May 1789 Jane, dau. of Rev. Christopher Erle; d. 5 Sep 1834. DNB.

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Bittleston, Kenneth George, eldest son of Col. George Hastings Bittleston, R. A., of Tavistock, Devon, by Edith Caroline, daughter of Lawrence James Baker, of Eastleigh, Rants; b. May 10, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left Oct. 1899; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Dec. 24, 1902, Lieut. Dec. 24, 1905, Remount Officer March 13, 1907 - March 31, 1909, Staff Officer for Remounts April 1, 1909 - March 13, 1911; retired May 3, 1911; Capt. R. F. A. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 5, 1914; Major Nov. 16, 1916; served in Great War I 1914-9, on the western front with the 4th Div. Aug. 21, 1914 - Dec. 15, 1915, and with the 34th Div. Jan. 10, 1916 - Nov. 22, 1916, and in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 8, 1917 - Oct. 31, 1913; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917, Jan. 22, 1919, and June 5, 1919; D.S.O. June 3, 1919; m. Dec. 21, 1907, Alice Katharine, youngest daughter of the Hon. John Charles Dundas, M. P.; d. June 10, 1946.