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CHAMBERS, ROBERT HARCOURT, younger son of William Frederick Chambers (KS 1800, qv); b. 4 Jan 1830; adm. 2 Jun 1842 (Benthall's); Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Apr 1850, matr. Mich. 1850; BA 1854; adm. Inner Temple 31 Jan 1851, called to bar 30 May 1856; Junior Examiner, Audit Office Nov 1854; transferred to War Office Jun 1856; 2nd class Clerk, Accountant General’s Dept., War Office Jul 1865; Senior Clerk, War Office; m. 4 Dec 1855 Julia Eliza Dormer, younger dau. of Rev. Thomas Robinson, Vicar of Milford, Hants.; d. 26 Sep 1907.

CHAMBERS, WILLIAM FREDERICK, elder son of Sir William Frederick Chambers (qv); b. 17 Jan 1829; adm. 2 Jun 1842 (Benthall's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Nov 1847, matr. Mich. 1848; BA 1852; MA 1856; ordained deacon 1853 (Hereford), priest 1854 (Lincoln); Curate, Willey-cum-Barrow, Shropshire, 1853-4, Titchfield, Hants., 1854; Vicar of North Kelsey, Lincs., 1854-82; Curate, Hitcham, Suffolk 1884-8; m. 29 Sep 1863 Augusta Catharine Rebecca, elder dau. of Rev. Thomas Robinson, Vicar of Milford, Hants.; d. 10 Apr 1898.

CHAMBERS, SIR CHARLES HARCOURT, brother of William Frederick Chambers (KS 1800, qv); b. 31 Aug 1789; in school list 1801; Min. Can. 1802; KS 1803; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1807, adm. pens. 3 May 1807, scholar 1808, matr. Mich. 1807; 5th Wrangler 1811; BA 1811; MA 1814; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1813, Major Fellow 1814, Assistant Tutor 1813-4; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Jan 1812, called to bar 26 Nov 1816; knighted 21 Nov 1823; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court of Bombay from 8 Dec 1823, acting Chief Justice Aug 1828; edited A Treatise on Estates and Tenures by the late Sir Robert Chambers, 1824; m. 12 Nov 1823 Isabella, dau. of Maj. William Wilson, Polmailie, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire; d. at Bombay 13 Oct 1828.

CADOGAN, HON. HENRY, son of Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, and his second wife Mary, dau. of Charles Churchill (adm. 1730, qv); half-brother of Hon. William Bromley Cadogan (qv); b. 26 Feb 1780; at Charterhouse Sch. 1788-90; at school under Vincent; Ensign, 18th Foot, 9 Aug 1797; Lieut. , 1798; Capt. , 60th Foot, 1799; Lieut. and Capt. , 2nd Foot Guards, 9 Dec 1799; Maj. , 53rd Foot, 8 Dec 1804; Lieut. -Col. , 18th Foot, 22 Aug 1805; Lieut. -Col. , 71st Foot, 7 Jan. 1808; ADC to Sir Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) in early stages of Peninsular War; commanded 71st Foot in Portugal and Spain 1810-3; killed at battle of Vittoria 21 Jun 1813. DNB.

BOUCHIER, RALPH, fourth son of Sir Barrington Bouchier, Kt., Benningbrough, Yorks., and his second wife Margaret, dau. of Thomas Hardwicke, Potter Newton, Yorks.; b.; at school under Knipe (W. W. R. Ball and J. A. Venn, eds., Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb., iii, 17); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Apr 1706, aged 17, readm. as fellow commoner 10 Dec 1706; MB 1711; MD 1716; FRCP 22 Mar 1724/5, Censor 1727, 1737, 1740, 1748, Harveian Orator 1732; m. 7 Dec 1738 Barbara, dau. of Sir Richard Musgrave, Ashby, Westmorland; d. 3 Aug 1768.

BOUCHIER, WILLIAM, brother of Ralph Bouchier (qv); b. ; at school under Knipe (W. W. R. Ball and J. A. Venn, eds. , Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb. , iii, 31); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Nov 1709, aged 16, scholar 14 Apr 1711, matr. 1710; BA 1713/4; adm. Middle Temple 10 Mar 1709/10.

BISSET, GEORGE, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 20 Oct 1778; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 - 16 Dec 1794 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Malmesbury; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1787; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. to London) Aug 1793, to curacy of Soberton, Hants., priest Nov 1793; Vicar of Malmesbury, Wilts., 1793 (year of grace from 23 Dec 1793); Rector of Dauntsey, Wilts., 17 Jun 1800; m. 9 Sep 1820 Lady Catherine Howard, dau. of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, Gen. in the Army; d. 21 Nov 1828.

BISSET, MAURICE GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1775, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jun 1779; of Lessendrum, Huntly, Aberdeenshire; a memoir of his life by J. M. Bulloch was privately published, 1929; m. 21 Oct 1787 Lady Harriet Mordaunt, dau. of Charles Mordaunt, 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth (qv), and his second wife; d. 16 Dec 1821.

BISSET, WILLIAM, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b. 27 Oct 1758; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1775 - 2 Aug 1786 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Dunbin); BA 1779; MA 1782; ordained deacon May 1782; Rector of Dunbin, co. Louth, 1785-91 (year of grace from 13 Jan 1786); Prebendary of Armagh, 23 Feb 1791-1807; Archdeacon of Ross, 30 Sep 1804-22; Rector of Donoghmore, 1807-12; Rector of Loughgilly, 1812-7; Chancellor of Armagh, 30 Aug 1817-22; Chaplain to Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieut. Ireland; consecrated Bishop of Raphoe, 21 Jul 1822; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 17 Mar 1822; declined Archbishopric of Dublin, 1831; author, The Complete History of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1807; m. 15 May 1789 Jane, dau. of Rev. Christopher Erle; d. 5 Sep 1834. DNB.

BISSET, HENRY, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan. 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 12 Sep 1771; KS (aged 13) 1777; left 1780; a Midshipman, Royal Navy; killed in action between HMS Flora and La Nymphe, off Ushant, 10 Aug 1780 (see London Gazette, 1780, no. 12110).