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Barnes, William Peter Ward, son of Rt Rev. Ernest William Barnes DSc DD FRS, Bishop of Bir­mingham, and Adelaide Caroline Theresa, d. of Sir Adolphus William Ward, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge; b. 16 Apr. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (KS); Capt. of the school 1937; left July 1938; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1946 (1st class hons Classical Tripos Pts 1 & 2), MA 1948; Friends' Ambulance Unit 1940-5; Civil Service 1947-64; Nuffield Foundn Fellowship (Canada and Latin America) 1957; private sec. to Pres. of Board of Trade 1958-60; Asst Sec. BOT, seconded to UK delegation to OECD, Paris, 1960; sec. Lond. Bus. Sch. 1964-70; Dir. of Housing, Lond. Borough of Camden, 1971-80; chairman Nat. Assoc. for Disabled (Arts Access) 1981-; author of Mildred Buxton, a Memoir 1966, A Londoner's Lot 1974; m. 27 May 1961 Mary, d. of Rev. Maurice George Jesser Ponsonby MC, Rector of Much Hadham, Herts.

BARNES, WILLIAM, eldest son of Samuel Barnes FRCS, Great Duryard, Exeter, surgeon, and Juliana, dau. of William Speke, Jordans, Somerset; grandson of Ralph Barnes (adm. 1744, qv); b. 25 Jan 1817; adm. 24 Sep 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1829; left 1834; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Canoneer Student 1835-40; BA 1839; MA 1865; a banker at Exeter, firm Sanders & Co. , by 1845; JP (1858) Devon; m. 2 Jul 1840 Lucy, fifth dau. of Walter Long, Preshaw House, Hants. ; d. 21 Jan 1892.

BARNES, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Barnes (adm. 1828, qv); b. 29 Nov 1843; adm. 25 Sep 1856 (James'); QS 1858; left Whitsun 1862; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1862; a partner in firm of Sanders & Co., bankers, Exeter; m. 6 Oct 1874 his cousin Jessie Annie, fifth dau. of Walter Jervis Long, Preshaw House, Hants.; d. 27 Mar 1886.

Barnett, William Edward Rupert, son of Lieut. -Col. Rupert Noel Barnett TD FCA, and Marion Willoughby, d. of William Edward Hawkins of Cardiff; b. 6 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B), KS 1939; left July 1943; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1947, MA BLitt. 1951; Foreign Office 1951; m. 12 Aug. 1961 Mary Adele, d. of Allan Chester Skidmore, engineer, of Shaw, Lancs; d. 7 Nov. 1986.

Barraclough, Noel Edgar, younger son of Norman Charles Barraclough, of Kensington, solicitor, by Blanche Christiana, daughter of Joseph Allen, of Herne Hill; b. Dec. 29, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left July 1913; King's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1913; joined the 16th (Service) Batt. Middlesex Regt.; M.C. Sept. 26, 1917; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1921, practised in London; m. Oct. 8, 1921, Marjorie Delicia, only daughter of Ernest Hill, of Regent's Park, London; d. July 15, 1960.

BARRETT-LENNARD, HENRY, brother of Thomas Stirling George Barrett-Lennard (qv); b. 28 May 1818; adm. 10 Oct 1825; KS 1833; left 1837; a bill broker in London; m. 30 Aug 1845 his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of George Barrett-Lennard, Inner Temple, barrister; d. 31 Aug 1899.

BARRINGTON, GEORGE, 5TH VISCOUNT BARRINGTON (I), third son of Maj. -Gen. Hon. John Shute Barrington, Lieutenant Governor of Berwick, and Elizabeth, dau. of Florentius Vassal (qv); b. 16 Jul 1761; adm. 5 May 1773; KS 1774; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1778, matr. 17 Jun 1778, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1778 - 14 Feb 1787 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Grantham); BA 1782; MA 1785; ordained; Prebendary of Salisbury 9 Jan 1786- res May 1802; Vicar of Grantham, Lincs., 1786-91 (year of grace from 14 Feb 1786); Rector of Great Ponton, Lincs., 1789 (dispensation to hold with Grantham, 1789); Rector of Sedgefield, Co. Durham, from Dec 1791; Prebendary of Durham from 22 Sep 1796 (holding the “golden stall” from 16 Nov 1801); Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham (?); succ. his brother as 5th Viscount Barrington (I) Jan 1814; m. 12 Feb 1788 Elizabeth, sister of Sir Robert Adair (qv); d. at Rome 5 Mar 1829.

BARRINGTON, WILLIAM KEPPEL, 6TH VISCOUNT BARRINGTON (I), eldest son of George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington (I) (qv); b. 1 Oct 1793; adm. (G) ; KS 1806; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1811, matr. 28 May 1811; BA 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Nov 1814; DL JP co. Durham, High Sheriff 1825-6, also DL JP Berkshire; succeeded father as 6th Viscount Barrington (I) 5 Mar 1829; MP (Conservative) Berkshire 1837-57; Chairman, Great Western Railway Co. 1856-7; a Busby Trustee from 3 Jun 1845; m. 21 Apr 1823 Hon. Jane Elizabeth Liddell, fourth dau. of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth; d. 9 Feb 1867.

Barrington-Ward, Frederick Temple, eldest son of the Rev. Mark James Barrington-Ward, D.D., Rector of Duloe, Cornwall, by Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Pearson, of St. Peter Port, Guernsey; b. Aug. 30, 1880; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; left (with Triplett, and a Triplettgratuity)July 1899; Hertford Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; scholar 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. and B.C. L. 1906; Vinerian Law Scholar 1904; Fellow of All Souls 1904-11; Tancred Student, Lincoln's Inn, 1902-4; Barstow Scholar 1904; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn May 17, 1905; South-Eastern Circuit; K.C. 1919; Bencher; Recorder of Hythe 1914-28, of Chichester 1928; a Metropolitan Police Magistrate 1930; m. June 6, 1908, Mary Alice Forster, second daughter of Arthur Lionel Smith, Master of Balliol Coll. Oxon.; d. Feb. 22, 1938.

Barrington-Ward, John Grosvenor, brother of Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward (q.v.); b. Dec. 26, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1907; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; Hertford Scholar 1914; Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse 1914; B.A. 1917; M.A. 1919; Student and Classical Tutor of Ch. Ch. 1919; Lieut. R.M.A. March 27, 1915; Adjt. and Quartermaster Nov. 23, 1915; served in France, the Dardanelles, and Egypt 1915-8; a Governor of the School Nov. 18, 1920; m. June 30, 1924, Diana Beatrice Eleanor, only daughter of John Embleton Macfarlane, of Hindhead, Surrey; d. June 6, 1946.