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Bennett, Allred Meredyth, son of A. Bennett, of Stockwell; b. March 28, 1897; adm. Jan. 19, 1911 (R); left March 1916; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. R. West Surrey Regt. Oct. 27, 1916; seconded to R. F. C. and R.A.F.; Lieut. April 27, 1918; Univ. of London, King's Coll. 1922; Royal Dental Hosp. 1922-28; Charing Cross Hosp. 1935-38; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1938; a dental surgeon; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Oct. 18, 1939 with seniority from Nov. 8, 1938; Army Dental Corps Feb. 22, 1940; m. Dec. 18, 1939, Elis Lydia, daughter of Charles Rofe, of Greenwich.

Bennett, Francis Ernest Herman, son of Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett MP, Fellow of Hertford Coll. Oxford, and Marguerite Wilhelmina, d. of Herman Greverus Kleinwort, merchant banker, of Wierton Place, Kent; b. 5 Nov. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left Dec. 1934; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1939, MA 1977; RA 1942-5, attached Intelligence Corps (Greece and Italy) 1944-5; RA Educational Corps 1945 (Capt.); asst press attaché HM Embassy Bucharest 1947-9; Sec. Gen. Liberal International 1951-2; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Feb. 1953; LCC 1955; Cons. Chief Whip LCC 1959, GLC 1965-74; Dep. Chairman GLC 1975-6; JP 1959; CBE 1963; Governor Lond. Festival Ballet; chairman William Cox Ltd (Tring) 1959- 7 4; m. 14 Feb. 1947 Hon. Ruth Gordon Catto, d. of Thomas Sivewright, 1st Baron Catto PC, Governor of the Bank of England; d. 8 Feb. 2005

Bennett, Leonard Herbert, elder son of Herbert Bennett, of Bickley, Kent, by Florence Harriet, daughter of John Withers, of Leicester; b. June 5, 1881; adm. April 27, 1893 (R); exhibitioner 1895; Q.S. (non-resident) Sept. 24, 1896; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1900, matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1904; a solicitor; Chairman and Managing Director of Queen Anne's Residential Mansions and Hotel Co.; served on the western front 1916-7 with 3rd Batt. R. West Surrey Regt.; m.; d. Oct. 3, 1959.

Bennett-Dampier, Arthur Cecil William, son of Capt. W. H. Bennett-Dampier, of Chelsea; b. Feb. 17, 1897; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left Easter 1909.

Berens, Atherton, youngest son of Richard Benyon Berens (q.v.); b. May 21, 1877; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (R); left July 1896; Pembroke Coll. Oxon., matric. Jan. 1897; served in Great War I in the R.A.S.C. 1915-8; m. Nov. 3, 1906, Wenefride Dorothy, eldest daughter of Joseph Watson Overbury, of Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London; d. Feb. 1940.

Berens, Edward, fifth son of Richard Benyon Berens (q.v.); b. Oct. 24, 1873; adm. May 10, 1888 (R); left July 1892; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1892; B.A. 1897; d. Oct. 1938.

Berryman, Frederic Donald, brother of Montague Levander Berryman (q.v.); b. Oct. 15, 1902; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (R); left Dec. 1920; admitted a solicitor Oct. 1926.

Berryman, Frederick Donald, brother of Montague Levander Berryman (qv); b. 15 Oct. 1902; adm. Sept. 1915 (R); left Dec. 1920; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1926; practised in City of London; retd 1979; d. 6 June 1990.

Berryman, Montague Levander, son of Frederic John Berryman, of Lewisham, Kent, solicitor, by Mabel, daughter of James Wright, of Barnstaple, Devon; b. July 21, 1899; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (R); left Dec. 1917; served in the 3rd Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. during Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Aug. 28, 1918; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1921; S.E. Circuit; editor of the eighth edition of Elliott's Workmen's Compensation Acts (1925); K.C. 1945; Recorder of Gravesend 1945; of Dover 1947; Deputy Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for Herts 1959; m. Aug. 22, 1923, Marjorie, daughter of Addy Nunn Myhill, of Saffron Walden, Essex; d. 1974.

Beyts, Anthony Grant Ayerst, son of Cyril Freeman Beyts MC, cotton merchant, of Ramleh, Egypt, and Flora Mary Penuel, d. of Rev. Nicholas MacDonald, Baptist minister, previously stockbroker, of Chard, Somerset; b. 27 Dec. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (R); left Apr. 1933; King's Coll. Lond.; Indian Army 1938-48 (Maj.), serving with Rajputana Rifles and Chitral Scouts; export business in New Delhi; m. 1946 Joan Hilary, d. of Frank Lewis Brigstocke ICS, and widow of R. A. Lendon Smith, Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb.; d. 10 Oct. 1997.