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BELLAIRS, RALPH HAMON, second son of Rev. Henry Spencer Kenrick Bellairs, Baton End, Oxfordshire, and Mary Jane, dau. of Benjamin Helps Starey, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire; b. 5 Sep 1867; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 16 Jun 1881; QS Jan 1883; left (with Triplett) 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886, Abbott Scholar 1887; BA 1890; MA 1897; MusB1897; MusD 1904; organist and musical director, Bradfield Coll., 1893-6; FRCO 1898; ARCM (Theory) 1899; organist and choirmaster, Christ Church, Cheltenham, from 1901; author, The Elements of Pianoforte Technique arranged upon a Rhythmic Basis, 1905; composer, Suite Idyllique, and other works; m. 3 Aug 1893 Mary Estrella Eleanor, dau. of Rev. Thomas Godfrey Pembroke Pope DD, Consular Chaplain at Lisbon and Canon of Gibraltar.

BEDFORD, EDWIN CURTIS, eldest son of Edwin Bedford, Ladbroke Terrace, London, solicitor, and Caroline, dau. of John Donkin MICE [check], Ormond House, Old Kent Road, Peckham, Surrey, civil engineer; b. 3 Jul 1862; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 18 Apr 1876; QS 1877; left May 1881; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1881, matr. Mich. 1881; BA 1884; MA 1889; Wells Theological College 1885; ordained deacon (Nassau for Winchester) 1885, priest (Winchester) 1886; Curate Haslemere, Surrey, 1885-9, St. George the Martyr, Holborn, 1889-99 [check], Harrow Green, Essex, 1892-4, Little Ilford, Essex, 1894-9; Rector of St. George the Martyr, Holborn, 1899-1917; Rector of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, 1917-37; President, Sion College, 1920; m. 18 Jun 1901 Margaret Augusta, sister of Philip Humphry Wyatt (qv, vol. III); d. 1 Feb 1938.