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BEAVOIRE (or BEAUVOIR), PETER; b.; adm.; KS in 1619; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 May 1621 (as Beauvoir), matr. Mich. 1621, scholar 1624; BA 1624/5; MA 1628; Master of Stoke-by-Clare Sch., Suffolk, c. 1639.

BECHER, JOHN THOMAS, eldest son of Michael Becher, Cork, Ireland, and Catherine French; bapt. 23 Dec 1769; adm. 13 Jan 1783; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 - 23 Oct 1802 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Rampton and Midsomer Norton); BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1788; ordained deacon 15 Jul 1792 (York), priest 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York); Perpetual Curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Notts., from 13 Dec 1799; Vicar of Rampton, Notts., and Midsomer Norton, Somerset, 11 Mar 1802 (but year of grace from 3 Nov 1801); Prebendary and Vicar-General of Southwell, Notts., from 22 Jan 1818; Vicar of Farnsfield, Notts., 1827 (still 1829); Rector of Barnborough, Yorks., from 1830; Chairman of Quarter Sessions, North Notts., 1806-36; devoted himself to local administration and took a great interest in the social condition of the people; author, The Anti-Pauper System, 1830, and other works on social economy; m. 6 Jan 1802 Mary, dau. of Rev. William Becher, Rector of Cole Orton, Leics., and Prebendary of Southwell; d. 3 Jan 1848. DNB.

BECKFORD, PETER, only son of Julines Beckford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8 (Butler's); in school list 1752; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Apr 1757; of Iwerne Stepleton, Dorset; travelling in Italy 1765-6; High Sheriff, Dorset 1780; MP Morpeth 1768-74; a man of many accomplishments, and a famous sportsman; hunted the country subsequently known as the South Dorset; went to live permanently in Italy 1783; author, Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, 1781, Essays on Hunting, 1781, and Familiar Letters from Italy to a Friend in England, 1805; m. 22 Mar 1773 Hon. Louisa Pitt, dau. of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers; d. 18 Feb 1811. DNB.

BECKINGHAM, STEPHEN, son of Stephen Beckingham, St. Giles [check], London, member Corporation of Cursitors, and Mary, dau. of Joseph Cox, Kidderminster, Worcs., attorney; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1743/4 (Morel's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Jul 1748; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Sep 1748; Grand Tour (Germany, Italy) 1751-3; Leipzig Univ. 1751; of Bishopsbourne Park, Kent; m. 1758 Dorothy [or Mary : check], dau. of John Sawbridge, Olantigh, Kent; d. 12 Oct 1813.

Bedell, Benjamin John, son of Benjamin H. Bedell, of Lee, Kent; b. Jan. 31, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left July 1915.

BEDFORD, ALBERT EDWARD RILAND, son of William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (qv); b. 27 Dec 1864; adm. (R) 26 Jan 1877; left Dec 1883; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Jan 1884; BA 1886; MA 1890; ordained deacon 1888 (York), priest 1889 (Worcester); Curate, Kimberworth, Yorks., 1888-9, New Milverton, Warwicks., 1889-90, St. Nicholas’s, Warwick, 1890-2, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1893-4; Vicar of Boldmere, Warwicks., 1894-7; Rector of West Hallam, Derbs., 1907 (check)-15; Vicar of St. George’s, Kidderminster, Worcs., 1915-8; Rector of Morley, Derbs., from 1918; m. 9 Oct 1901 Eva Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Henry Herbert Coldwell Horsfall, Penna Hall, Erdington, Warwicks., wire manufacturer.

BEDFORD, CHARLES JOHN RILAND, brother of William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (qv); b. 28 Aug 1828; adm. (G) 21 Feb 1842; QS 1842; rowed no. 3 in race against Eton 29 Jul 1845; left 23 Jan 1846; Ensign, 55th Foot, 14 Dec 1849, 50th Foot, 12 Jul 1850, retd. 12 Nov 1850; rejoined as Ensign, 9th Foot, 19 Feb 1855; Lieut., 21 Jun 1855; 92nd Foot, 9 Oct 1855; retd. 1857; served Crimean War 1855-6; m. 9 Aug 1871 Emily, elder dau. of Robert Garnett, Moor Hall, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., and Rous Lench Court, Worcs.; d. 1910.

BEDFORD, CHARLES YVONE RILAND, son of William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (qv); b. 28 Oct 1853; adm. 28 Mar 1866 (James'); Min. Can. 1868; left Aug 1869; merchant (1881 Census), no occupation stated (1901 Census); m. 29 Jan 1907 Isabel Mary, eldest dau. of Edward James Watherston, Barkston Gardens, South Kensington, goldsmith; d. 22 May 1923.

Bedford, David Edwin Wyatt, son of Edwin Curtis Bedford (q.v.); b. Aug. 26, 1902; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left July 1920; an insurance broker member of Lloyds; m. June 6, 1931, Ruth, daughter of Dr. Richard Houlton Jackson, of Bakewell, Derbyshire; 28 Apr. 1979.

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.