Baker, Hugh Morant, brother of Arthur Russell Baker (q.v.); b. Aug. 28, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (R); left July 1895; adm. a solicitor 1902; enlisted in the R.G.A. and served in France 1917-8; was wounded at Ypres in Sept. 1917; d. Jan. 11, 1950.
Baker-Cresswell, Thomas Henry, 1917-2011
Baker-Cresswell, Thomas Henry, brother of Gilfrid Edward Baker-Cresswell (qv); b. 13 Mar. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left Dec. 1934; RM 1935-1957 (Maj.); served with 41 RM Commando at Salerno; retd 1957; JP; DL (Northumberland) 1971; m. 23 Oct. 1946 Anne Sylvia, widow of Gilfrid Edward Baker-Cresswell (qv); d. 14 Nov. 2011.
Balfour, Archibald Edward, 1870-1951
Balfour, Archibald Edward, second son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. April 15, 1870; adm. as exhibitioner April 1884 (R); left (with Triplett) July 1888; Trin. Coll. Camb. adm. pensr. Oct. 6, 1888; 2nd class Law Tripos, part 1, 1890, 1st class, part 2, 1892; LL. B. 1892; LL. M. 1906; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Nov. 19, 1894; adm. a solicitor March 1912; practised in London, firm Bircham and Co.; m. Dec. 2, 1909, Hylda Snow, second daughter of Sir Richard Homer Paget, Bart; d. March 22, 1951.
Balfour, Arthur Montague, 1868-1936
Balfour, Arthur Montague, eldest son of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. Oct. 15, 1868; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (R); left July 1887; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. Lent 1889; served in Great War I; Lieut.-Col. R. F. A.; D.S.O.; d. April 20, 1936.
Ball, Robert Edward, 1911-1990
Ball, Robert Edward, son of James Ball, solicitor, of Purley, Surrey, and Mabel Louise, d. of William Laver of Beckenham; b. 8 Mar. 1911; adm. May 1924 (R); left Dec. 1927; Lycée de Vendôme, France, 1928-9; Univ. of Lond. (Law Society's Prize Studentship) 1929-32, LLB (1st class hons); adm. a solicitor 1933; practised in London and Chester; The Queen's Royal Regt 1940-5 (Lieut.-Col.); served in France and India; MBE Jan. 1946; a Master of the Supreme Court, Chancery Divn, 1954-68, Chief Chancery Master 1969-79; CB Jan. 1977; m. 15 June 1935 Edith Margaret Barbara, d. of Patrick Edward Campbell MB, of Caterham, Surrey; d. 7 Feb. 1990.
Balguy, Corbin, b. Nov. 8, 1893; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (R); left Dec. 1909.
Barnby, Arthur Charles, 1881-1937
Barnby, Arthur Charles, brother of Laurence Yorke Barnby (q.v.); b. Sept. 10, 1881; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (R); left July 1900; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. R. M. L. I. Sept. 1, 1900; Lieut. July 1, 1901; Capt. Sept. 1, 1911; Major June 6, 1917; employed under the Admiralty (temp. Major May 27, 1915 - June 5, 1917; temp. Lieut.-Col. Dec. 31, 1917 - March 31, 1918); employed under the Air Ministry April 1, 1918 -June 20, 1919; O.B.E. July 3, 1926; m. Sept. 3, 1915, Allis Mary Keeling; d. Oct. 30, 1937.
Barclay, George Reinhold, 1881-1918
Barclay, George Reinhold, only son of Sir Thomas Barclay, Kt., M. P., by Therese, daughter of Reinhold Teusscher, M. D., of Rio de Janeiro; b. Dec. 9, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (R); left July 1897; temp. 2nd Lieut. 7th (Serv.) Batt. Suffolk Regt. Sept. 9, 1914; Capt. Intelligence Service; killed by a bomb at Courtrai, Belgium, Oct. 18, 1918.
Barnby, Laurence Yorke, 1880-1937
Barnby, Laurence Yorke, elder son of Sir Joseph Barnby, of Westminster, Principal of the Guildhall School of (Music, by Edith Mary, daughter of Lieut.-Col. James Watson Silverthorne, of Ashurst, Sussex; b. Aug. 13, 1880; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (R); left July 1898; a clerk in the Bank of England 1898-1914; served in the R. N. R. during Great War I; Paymaster Commander Dec. 31, 1922; Manager of the Slough Trading Co. (Egypt) 1920-2; pen-and-ink illustrator for New York publications; m. Nov. 13, 1909, Jess, second daughter of James Clunes, of London; d. May 3, 1937.
Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, 1878-1957
Barnes, Sir Kenneth Ralph, brother of Reginald Walter Ralph Barnes (q.v.); b. Sept. 11, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (R); left July 1895; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Jan. 1897; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1904; a clerk in the Land Registry Office 1900; Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 1909; journalist and dramatist; served in Great War I in India and Siberia; Capt. 9th (Cyclist) Batt. Hampshire Regt. June 1, 1916; mentioned in despatches; author of two plays, Undercurrents (1921) and The Letter of the Law (1924); knighted 1938; retired from R. A. D. A. 1955; brother of two great actresses, Irene and Violet Vanbrugh, he did more than any one man in the whole history of the theatre to secure sound training for the young actor and actress; m. Dec. 12, 1925, Daphne, daughter of Sir Richard Graham, Bart; d. Oct. 16, 1957.