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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.

BIRD, ELPHINSTONE WILLIAM, son of James Bird FRCP MRCS, Hyde Park Square, London, sometime Surgeon, EICS Bombay, and Physician-Gen. to Bombay Medical Board, and Georgina Elizabeth Craig Taylor, Bombay, India (dau. of George Taylor : EICS ?]; b. 7 Aug 1846; adm. (G) 20 Jan 1860; QS 1861; left Oct 1863; d. 6 Mar 1873.

BIRKHEAD, CHRISTOPHER, son of Gabriel Birkhead, Westminster, by Frances Fann; probably grandson of Christopher Bryckett (qv); bapt. 4 Mar 1604/5; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1623, matr. 24 Jul 1624, aged 18, Westminster Student to (?) 1637; BA 1627; MA 1630; BD 1637; ordained; Vicar of Long Preston, Yorks., 1636; d. 1643.

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, 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, 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, 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, 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.

BISCOE, VINCENT HILTON, eldest son of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 5 Apr 1837; adm. 23 Jan 1850 (Scott's); QS 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1856, matr. 15 May 1856, Westminster Student to 1870; BA 1860; MA 1863; a clerk, General Post Office, Mar 1862; private secretary to Secretary of General Post Office for twenty years; Principal Clerk, Secretary’s Office, General Post Office, Oct 1877, Assistant Secretary 1899, retd. 1902; m. 1st, 1 Mar 1871 (IGI) Emily Aylesbury, dau. of Dr --- Haller; m. 2nd, 24 Jun 1886 Ada Florence, dau. of Henry Joseph Keer, Aldeburgh, Suffolk; d. 25 Aug 1909.