Bigge, Charles Richard, 1808-1874
BIGGE, CHARLES RICHARD, youngest son of Thomas Bigge, Bryanston Square, Hyde Park, London, and Beddington, Surrey, and Maria, dau. of Thomas Rundell, Bath; b. 6 Nov 1808; adm. (G) 19 Jan 1818; left 8 Aug 1823; m. 19 May 1835 Kate Scovell (IGI); d. 21 Apr 1874. [perhaps Cornet, 13th Light Dragoons 25 Dec 1823, retd. 20 Jan 1825]
Biggs, Thomas Howard Ashford, 1917-1994
Biggs, Thomas Howard Ashford, son of Edgar Arnold Biggs, artist and pianist, of Chelsea, and Ida Bright Ashford, miniaturist; b. 28 March 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left after ten days because of ill health and went to Canford Sch.; Lincoln Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936; a prep. school master, Broadstairs, 1945-68; author, journalist and archaeologist; RNLI Gold Badge 1974, Bar 1984; author of The Sound of Maroons 1977, The River Medway 1984; m. 1957 Lola Doreen Hussey, 2nd Officer WRNS; d. 1994.
Bickmore, Charles Edward, 1848-1901
BICKMORE, CHARLES EDWARD, eldest son of Rev. Charles Bickmore DD, Leamington, Warwicks., and Elizabeth, dau. of William Calrow, Walton-le-Dale, Lancs.; b. 20 Apr 1848; adm. (G) 23 Jan 1862; QS (Capt. ) 1863; Capt. of the School 1866; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1867, matr. 12 Jun 1867; 1st cl. Mathematics and 2nd cl. Classics (Mods) 1869, 1st cl. Mathematics 1871; BA 1871; MA 1874; Fellow of New Coll. Oxford 1872-86; Mathematical Lecturer, New Coll., 1872-82, Pembroke Coll. 1873-4, Keble Coll. 1875-82; Mathematical Moderator 1876-7; m. 18 Dec 1885 Marianne Charlotte, younger dau. of Sydenham Davis, Richmond Park, Co. Dublin; d. 30 Apr 1901.
Billing, Herbert Samuel, 1888-1962
Billing, Herbert Samuel, son of Samuel Billing, of Wimbledon, solicitor; b. March 31, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Easter 1906; Univ. Coll. London; LL. B. (London Univ.) 1911; adm. a solicitor March 1912; practised at Guildford, Surrey; d. May 1962.
BINGHAM, HENRY, son of John Batt Bingham (qv); b. 1 May 1836; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1849; Ensign, 90th Foot, 16 Feb 1855; Lieut., 9 Sep 1855; served Crimean War and Indian Mutiny; severely wounded in one of Havelock’s actions at Lucknow, 6 Oct 1857; d. from effects of wounds received in India, 9 Jan 1860.
Bigwood, (James Edward) Cecil, 1863-1947
BIGWOOD, SIR (JAMES EDWARD) CECIL, eldest son of James Bigwood MP, The Lawn, Popes Grove, Twickenham, Middlesex, and Marian, only dau. of Edward Webb, Torquay, Devon; b. 1 Jun 1863; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1877; left Easter 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 1882, matr. Mich. 1882; BA 1885; MA 1890; spare man for Cambridge rowing VIII in 1885; chairman, Finsbury Bench and Standing Joint Committeee of County of London; JP Co. London 1892, DL London 1935; knighted 1938; m. 1908 Maud, second dau. of Robert Porter, Blackheath, Kent; d. 4 Jul 1947.
Bird, Sidney Arthur, 1864-1929
BIRD, SIDNEY ARTHUR, son of Henry Bird, Uxbridge, Middlesex; b. 20 Jan 1864; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1877; QS 1878; left Dec 1881; man. dir., The Century Trust; m. 6 Jun 1904 Norah Agnes Sarah Jane, dau. of Alexander Patrick McClery; d. 6 Sep 1929.
Biscoe, Henry Germain, 1840-1904
BISCOE, HENRY GERMAIN, third son of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 21 Oct 1840; adm. (G) 20 Jan 1853; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1858; BA 1862; emigrated to Australia by 1868; settled in Queensland; m. K. Anderson; d. at Waroonga, Albion, Brisbane, 6 Mar 1904.
Bird, Clifford Gordon, 1877-1947
Bird, Clifford Gordon, son of Charles Ellis Bird, of London, solicitor, by Ellen Lancaster, daughter of Alexander Henderson; b. Oct. 15, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (G); left July 1894; St. Edmund Hall, Oxon., matric. Lent 1899; B.A. 1902; entered the South African Civil Service; seconded to the S. W. African Administration as Public Trustee; retired 1925; Senior Announcer, South African Broadcasting Corpn., Cape Town 1925-42; Property Manager of the Board of Executors, Cape Town; served in the Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War 1900, and as Capt., Cape Garrison Artillery, in Great War I; m. June 24, 1911, Joan Elizabeth, daughter of Andries Petrus Brink, of Worcester, Cape Province; d. 1947.
Black, Alured Elliot, 1859-1935
BLACK, ALURED ELLIOT, son of Lieut. -Col. George Black, Chief Constable of Norfolk, and Louisa Phillips, dau. of Adm. Sir John Marshall, Elstree, Herts.; b. 5 Jan 1859; adm. (G) 24 Jul 1872; QS 1873; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Triplett) 1877, adm. pens. 11 Oct 1877, matr. Mich. 1877; BA 1882; MA 1886; ordained deacon 1883, priest 1884 (both Rochester); Curate, Holy Trinity, Greenwich, Kent, 1883-7; Rector of Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, 1887-9; Rector of Oxnead with Buxton, Norfolk, 1889-1907; Vicar of Holmfirth, Yorks., 1914-6; Vicar of Silsoe, Beds., 1916 - res Feb 1931; m. 14 Nov 1883 Annie, dau. of James Cleland, Toban, Mhuire, co. Down; d. 1935.