BERNARD, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1623, but there is no record of his adm., matr., or degrees. [Possibly James Bernard, Trinity Coll., literate, ordained deacon (Peterborough) 24 Sep 1627, and priest 8 Apr 1630 as “M. A. of Trin. Coll. ”]
Benvenisti, Jaques Lincoln, 1890-?
Benvenisti, Jaques Lincoln, son of Leon Benvenisti, of Hampstead; b. Aug. 7, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1913; joined the H. A. C. at the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (T.F.) March 5, 1915, Lieut. June 1, 1916.
BERNARD, SIR FRANCIS, BART., eldest son of Rev. Francis Bernard BD, Rector of Brightwell, Berks., and Margaret, dau. of Richard Winlowe, Lewknor, Oxfordshire; b. 12 Jul 1712 (IGI); in school list 1721; KS (aged 12) 1725; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1729, matr. 12 Jun 1729, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1729 - 19 Jan 1742 (void, by marriage); BA 1733; MA 1736; DCL 2 Jul 1772; adm. Middle Temple 22 Oct 1733, called to bar 29 Apr 1737, Bencher 26 Jan 1770; Midland Circuit; Recorder of Boston, Lincs., 1757; Governor of New Jersey 27 Jan 1758- Nov 1759; Governor of Massachusetts Bay 27 Nov 1759; his administration of British ministerial policy and his want of political tact appear to have hastened the American War of Independence; created baronet 5 Apr 1769; recalled to England 1769, remaining nominally Governor until 1771; inherited Nether Winchendon estate, Bucks., 1771; a Commissioner of Excise (I) 22 Jan 1773- Dec 1774; a Commissioner of Customs (I) 25 Dec 1773 - Dec 1774; edited the Latin odes of his stepfather Anthony Alsop (qv) in 1752; author of several pamphlets; m. 1741 Amelia, dau. of Stephen Offley, Norton Hall, Derbs.; d. 16 Jun 1779. DNB.
BENTHAM, JOSEPH, son of Rev. Joseph Bentham DD, Rector of Broughton, Northants., and Frances, sister of Lewis Maidwell (qv); bapt. 8 Jun 1653; adm.; KS 1669; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Feb 1670/1, Hale Scholar 5 May 1671 (see his father’s letter of 8 May 1671 to Sir Joseph Williamson (qv), CSP Dom 1671, 221-2), matr. 1671; BA 1674/5; MA 1678; DD 1696; Fellow of Peterhouse 1677-87; ordained; Minor Canon of Westminster; Rector of Stevenage, Herts., from 29 Oct 1680; subscribed the petition to William of Orange requesting him to assume the Crown, 1688; an unsuccessful candidate for the Mastership of Peterhouse 1699; Prebendary of Lincoln from 7 Mar 1703/4; Rector of Abington Pigotts, Cambs., from 25 Jun 1718; m. ---, dau. of Thomas Ducket, Steeple Morden, Cambs.; d. 5 Apr 1723.
BENTLEY, EDWARD; b. West Horndon, Essex; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1595, adm. scholar 1596; BA 1599/1600; MA 1603; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1608, priest 25 Sep 1609, aged 31 (both London); Curate, St. Mary-at-Hill, London; a legatee in the will of John Bowle (qv), dated 16 Apr 1637, in which Bowle mentions their friendship of forty-six years. [Perhaps Edward Bentley, son of Anthony Bentley, bapt. Belchamp Walter, Essex 15 Dec 1577 (IGI)]
Berkeley, Joshua, ca. 1743-1807
BERKELEY, JOSHUA, second son of Rev. Robert Berkeley DD, Treasurer and Vicar-General of Cloyne, and Anne Elizabeth Dawson; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1756; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jan 1760, Canoneer Student 4 Jan 1760 - 27 May 1783 (void, expiry year of grace as D. Tuam), Tutor 1767-79, Junior Censor 1771, Senior Censor 1772-3; BA 1763; MA 1766; BD 1776; DD 1780; Proctor 1774; adm. Middle Temple 2 Feb 1759; ordained deacon 14 Jun 1767, priest 28 May 1768 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1775; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford, 1 May 1778; Dean of Tuam from 15 May 1782; d. unm. 21 Jun 1807.
Berman, Humphrey David, 1903-1994
Berman, Humphrey David, son of Emil Berman, stockbroker, and Frida Pauline, d. of Pius Lewenz of Nottingham; b. 2 Nov. 1903; adm. Sept. 1917 (KS); left Aug. 1922; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1922, BA 1925, MA 1937; Lond. Stock Exchange 1934; Lincolnshire Regt 1939-40 (Capt.); Pioneer Corps 1941, invalided 1942; Admiralty (Secretariat) 1942-6; partner John Stone & Co. 1954 (now Seligmann, Harris & Co.); lecturer and author of works on Stock Exchange law and practice; examiner on SE subjects for Roy. Soc. of Arts; m. 24 Feb. 1940 Elizabeth May, d. of John Baillie Noble, wine merchant, of Inverness; d. 1 Sep. 1994
BERNARD, CHARLES, son of Charles Bernard, London; b.; adm. (aged 9) 10 Jan 1714/5; KS 1720; left 1724. [Possibly Charles Bernard, son of Charles Bernard, barrister, adm. Inner Temple 7 Jul 1720 and Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1726, aged 20].
Benyon (or Benion), Thomas, ca. 1608-1635
BENYON (or BENION), THOMAS, son of Thomas Benyon, London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1626, matr. 19 Oct 1627, aged 19, Westminster Student to death; BA 1630; d. 1635.
Berkinshaw-Smith, Bernard Cyril, 1929-2005
Berkinshaw-Smith, Bernard Cyril, son of Cyril John Berkinshaw-Smith, bank man., of Surbiton, and Germaine, d. of Pierre Gode, farmer, of Corrèze, France; b. 1 May 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (KS); left July 1947; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1956; a chartered accountant, ACA 1956, FCA 1962; partner Fuller Jenks Beecroft 1961-85, Touche Ross & Co. 1985-8; retd. 1988; m. 3 Apr. 1956 Eva Marianna Inez Nohel MB BCh, med. practitioner, d. of Eugene Nohel, co. sec.; d. 22 Sept. 2005.