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BATLEY, JOHN ARMYTAGE, elder son of John Batley, Seaborough Court, Crewkerne, Somerset, and Louise Marie, dau. of James Bonsor, Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, Lille, France; b. 1 May 1856; adm. (G) 21 Jan 1870; left Aug 1875; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 May 1875, matr. Mich. 1875; LLB 1879; BA 1880; MA 1887; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Nov 1876, called to bar 17 Nov 1881; became a mechanical engineer; served Ministry of Munitions during 1914-18 war; m. 1st, 2 Apr 1891, Edith Marion, third dau. of Charles Harrison MP, Areley Court, Stourport, Worcs.; m. 2nd, 29 Dec 1921, Anne Muriel, second dau. of John William Sparrow, Beckminster, Wolverhampton, Staffs.; d. 1 May 1933.

BATLEY, RALPH CECIL, brother of John Armytage Batley (qv); b. 2 Dec 1862; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1872; left Aug 1881; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Oct 1881, matr. Mich. 1881; BA and LLB 1884; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jan 1882; adm. solicitor 1887; went out to South Africa; served in Matabele War, 1893, with Salisbury Horse, and with Rhodesian Horse in rising of 1895-7; returned to England 1897; commissioned Dorset Yeomanry 17 Nov 1897; served with Imperial Yeomanry in South African War 1900-1; wounded at Diamond Hill 12 Jun 1900; afterwards employed as Civil Commissioner for Pretoria and district; Hon. Capt. in Army 26 Jul 1901; despatches L. G. 10 Sep 1901; Maj., Dorset Yeomanry, 12 Apr 1902; medically unfit for foreign service when regiment ordered to Gallipoli, and given command of 3rd line Dorset Yeomanry battalion; res. on account of ill-health 24 Jan 1917; TD 1917; m. 14 Jun 1904 Mabel Gwynnedd Terry, youngest dau. of Arthur James Lewis, Moray Lodge, Campden Hill, Kensington; d. 23 Oct 1917.

BATT, RICHARD BUSH DRURY, son of Edward Batt MD MRCS LSA, Witney, Oxfordshire, subsequently of London, medical practitioner, and Emma Vere, dau. of Capt. Augustus Vere Drury RN; b. 14 Mar 1861; adm. (G) 23 Jan 1873; left Christmas 1875; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; LSA 1882; MRCS 1883; practised at Tring, Herts.; d. 6 Jun 1886.

Batten, Henry Herbert Evans, son of Herbert Ernest Batten FRCS and Margaret Elizabeth Evans, nursing asst matron Roy. Masonic Hosp., d. of James Evans, railway engineer, of Swindon; b. 8 Jan. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left July 1938; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1942, MA 1947; St Mary's Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1944; MB BChir (Cantab.) 1945; RAMC (Capt.) with African forces in India, Kenya and Mauritius; FRCS 1948; MRCGP 1955; med. examiner Civil Aviation Authority; in gen. med. practice in Cambridge; m. 9 Dec. 1946 Mary Noel Gwenellen Fowle SRN, d. of Rev. John Sydney Fowle, Vicar of Ogbourne St George, Wilts.

BATTERSBY, HENRY FRANCIS PREVOST, eldest son of Maj. -Gen. John Prevost Battersby, Commandant Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, and Louisa, dau. of Sir William Dillon, Bart.; b. 10 Feb 1862; adm. (G) 21 Jan 1875; left May 1878; RMA Woolwich and RMC Sandhurst; Lieut., 1st bn. Irish Rifles 10 May 1882; retd. 1883; played hockey for South v. North 1890-5; war correspondent for Morning Post in South Africa 1899-1900 (wounded), Somaliland 1902, France and Flanders 1915-6 (wounded); war correspondent for Reuters on American and British fronts 1918 (gassed); special correspondent with Prince of Wales in India 1905-6; author, In the web of a war, 1900, and a number of other works, poems, plays and translations, under pen name Francis Prevost; m. 21 Apr 1909 Frances Muriel (Pearl), elder dau. of Henry C. Saunders, Weybridge, Surrey; d. 20 Jun 1949.

Beale, Charles Ian Alexander, son of Hector Llewellyn Beale MB ChM, of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Florence, d. of William Henderson, bank man., of Auchenblae, Kincardineshire; b. 16 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left July 1941; King’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1948, MA 1950; RA 1943-5 (Capt. ), wounded NW Europe 1944; jackeroo and boundary rider in Victoria, Australia, 1950-2; dairy farmer, NSW, Australia 1953-6; agric. officer, Bank of NSW; pres. Australian Inst. of Agric. Sci., NSW branch, 1960; numerous appts. as agric. economist on dev. projects with the Food and Agric. Organisation of the United Nations, mainly in Africa, but also in the Middle East and South Pacific, 1967-85; retd. 1985; m. 29 Mar. 1947 Molly, d. of Athole George Allen, chemical manufacturer, of Worthing, Sussex; d. 7 Nov. 1999.

BEAMES, RUPERT, son of John Beames, Bengal Civil Service (previously EICS Bengal), Commissioner Presidency Division, and Ellen Mary, dau. of Frederick Augustus Geary, Boolundshur; b. 7 Mar 1865; adm. from Haileybury Coll. (G) 23 Sep 1880; left Whitsun 1883.

Beasley, Michael David Upton, son of Sir Horace Owen Compton Beasley (qv); b. 21 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (G); left July 1934; an architect, ARIBA 1947, AA Diploma; sen. lecturer North Lond. Poly.; m.

BEAUMONT, GEORGE, second son of Rev. Thomas George Beaumont, Rector of Chelmondiston, Suffolk [and/or Butterleigh, Devon], and Thomazine, dau. of Rev. John Bradshaw, Incumbent of Lambeg, co. Antrim, and Prebendary of Down; b. 30 Jun 1862; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1876; left Aug 1880; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; Lieut., 1st West Indian Regt., 11 Mar 1885; Liverpool Regt., 8 May 1889; Capt., 1 Mar 1893; retd. 23 Jul 1902; served South African War 1899-1902; Adjt. -Gen., Maritzburg Depot, afterwards Commandant, Nooitgedacht; despatches LG 29 Jan 1902; Capt., TF Reserve, 3 Nov 1914; m. 1893 Cecilia, dau. of R. Roberts; d. 18 Nov 1925.

BEDFORD, WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK RILAND, eldest son of Rev. William Riland Bedford, Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., and Grace Campbell, dau. of Charles Sharpe, Hoddam, Dumfries-shire; b. 12 Jul 1826; adm. (G) 4 Jun 1839; QS 1840; left 1844; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1844; Secretary, Oxford Union 1847; BA 1848; MA 1852; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Worcester); Curate, Southwell, Notts., 1849-50; Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1850-92, succeeding his uncle Richard Williamson (qv) and resigning in favour of his son William Campbell Riland Bedford (qv); Chaplain of Grand Lodge, Freemasons, 1861; Chaplain and Genealogist, Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 1878-1902; JP (1848) Warwickshire; a keen cricketer and expert archer; founded the Free Foresters Cricket Club 1856; winner, Arden Medal for archery at Meriden, 1857; author, The Blazon of Episcopacy, 1858, Rowing at Westminster, 1890, and other works; m. 1st, 18 Sep 1851 Maria Amy, youngest dau. of Joseph Houson, Southwell, Notts.; m. 2nd, 1900 Margaret, dau. of Denis Browne; d. 23 Jan 1905. DNB.