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BINGHAM, GEORGE, brother of John Bingham (qv); b. 7 Nov 1715; adm. Jun 1726; KS 1728; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 May 1732; BA 28 Jan 1735/6; MA 1739; BD 1748; Fellow of All Souls Coll.; Proctor 1747; ordained deacon 14 Jan 1738/9, priest 13 Jan 1739/40 (both Oxford); Rector of Pimperne, Dorset, 23 May 1748; Rector of More Crichel, Dorset, 1755 (with Long Crichel from 8 Sep 1774) (dispensation to hold with Pimperne, 1755); an eminent divine and an antiquary; assisted Hutchins with his History of Dorsetshire; author of Tachilia Ete, 1772, and other works; m. 1748 Sarah Beale; d. 11 Oct 1800. DNB.

BINGHAM, JOHN, second son of Richard Bingham MP, Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset, and Philadelphia, dau. of John Potenger, Comptroller of the Pipe; b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1725, matr. 2 Jun 1725, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1725-34 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Much Marcle from 14 Aug 1733); BA 1729; MA 23 Mar 1731/2; ordained; Vicar of Much Marcle, Herefs., from 1733; d. 17 Aug 1735.

BINGHAM, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bingham, barrister, Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset, and Martha, dau. of William Batt, Salisbury; nephew of John Bingham (qv); b. 12 Sep 1741; adm.; in school list 1754; KS (aged 14) 1756; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, but never adm.; of Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset; High Sheriff, Dorset 1777; Col., Dorset Militia; m. 1st, 2 Apr 1766 Sophia, dau. of Charles Halsey, Great Gaddesden, Herts.; m. 2nd, 26 Oct 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of John Ridout, Dean’s Lease, Dorset; d. 27 Apr 1824.

BINGHAM, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv), and his first wife; b. 1768; adm. 14 Feb 1780; KS 1781; the hero of “Bingham’s Leap” in Tothill Fields; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1786 - 13 Nov 1788 (deprived, probably for absence); Ensign, 17th Foot, 5 Oct 1787; Lieut., 21 Jul 1790; Capt., 102nd Foot, 31 Oct 1793; Maj., 26 Nov 1794; Lieut. -Col., 16 Sep 1795; 9th Foot, 25 Nov 1799; 3rd Foot, 9 Jul 1803; Col. in the Army, 25 Sep 1803; Brig. -Gen., 25 Jul 1804 - 24 Jun 1806; Maj. -Gen., 25 Jul 1810; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; served in the Helder expedition 1799; m. 26 May 1792 Priscilla, dau. of Paul Carden, Cashel, Ireland; d. 18 Nov 1829.

BINGHAM, WILLIAM, brother of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1758; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Oct 1761; BA 1765; MA 1769; DD 1790; ordained; Vicar of Stebbing, Essex 1766-78; Vicar of Great Gaddesden, Herts., from 17 Dec 1777 (disp. to hold with V. Stebbing, Essex 1777, both held 1777-8); Rector of Hemel Hempstead, Herts., from 28 Nov 1778; Archdeacon of London 13 Aug 1789 - Dec 1813; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III, 1792; JP Hertfordshire; m. 1775 Agneta, dau. of Libert Dorrien, West Ham, Essex; d. 31 Dec 1819.

Binney, Alexander Lindsay, brother of William Max Binney (qv); b. 13 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H), KS 1921; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929; asst master at the school 1930-1; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1931-69, housemaster 1948-63; Army Gen. List 1941-5 (Maj., Special Duties); m. 20 Nov. 1943 Heather, d. of Frederick William Gillespie, solicitor, Chair­man Leeds Bench of Magistrates; d. 22 aug. 2001.

Binney, William Max, son of Rev. Maximilian Frederick Breffitt Binney, Vicar of Ringwood, Hams, and Emily, d. of William Blinkhorn of St Helen's, Lancs; b. 20 Oct. 1899; adm. Sept. 1913 (KS); Capt. of the school 1917-8; left July 1918; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1923, MA 1955; dir. Siber, Hegner & Co., Zurich; Gren. Guards 1940-5 (Capt.); m. 5 May 1930 Gret, d. of C. Wehrli-Thielen of Zurich; d. 21 Sept. 1991.

Binyon, Denis Edmund Fynes-Clinton, son of John Frederick Binyon, solicitor, of Grange­-over-Sands, Lancs, and Mabel, d. of Rev. Osbert Fynes-Clinton, Vicar of Didsbury, Lancs; b. 29 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A), KS 1920; left July 1924; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928 (1st class hons Classical Mods); asst lecturer in Latin, Univ. of Leeds, 1928, sen. lecturer 1950; m. 25 Mar. 1933 Nancy, d. of John Emmerson of Harrogate, Yorks; d. 11 Apr. 1970.

Birchall, Sir Walter Raymond, son of the Rev. John Birchall, Vicar of Hyson Green, Notts; b. Jan. 20, 1888; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1906, having previously obtained an open exhibition there, matric. Michaelmas 1907; 1st class Math. Trip. (N. R.), part 1, 1909; Wrangler, part 2, 1910; B.A. 1910; passed the Civil Service exam. 1911; Director-General of the Post Office 1946-9; K. B. E. Jan 1, 1939; K.C. B. June 13, 1946; m. Sept. 6, 1911, Daisy, daughter of John Price, of Wimbledon, Surrey.

BIRD, EDWARD GORDON, brother of Elphinstone William Bird (qv); b. 29 Jul 1847; adm. (G) 27 Sep 1860; QS 30 Jan 1863; left Whitsun 1864; d. 30 Oct 1868.