Balfour, Gerald Peter Aylmer Mortimer, brother of Douglas Frederick Aylmer Mortimer Balfour (qv); b. 19 June 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (B); left Dec. 1936; Imp. Coll. London.
Bannister, Lemuel, son of Lemuel Bannister, counsellor-at-law, of Montclair, NJ, USA, and Mary Monroe, d. of Henry M. Faxon of Quincy, Mass.; b. 18 Nov. 1918; adm. from Milton Acad. Apr. 1936 (B); left July 1936; Harvard Univ, BA 1941, LLB 1948; member of Mass. and New York Bars, practising in New York City; USNR 1942-6 (Lieut.); m. 24 May 1941 Virginia Elizabeth, d. of Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Chief Justice of New Jersey; d. 8 Nov. 1984.
Barker, Rodney Mylne, son of Geoffrey Mylne Barker MC, solicitor, of Gerrards Cross, Bucks, and Sybil Joyce, d. of Frank Hickman of Oxted, Surrey; grandson of Charles Mylne Barker (qv); b. 15 Sept. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (B); left July 1952; Trin. Hall. Camb., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1959; fenced against Oxford 1953-5; adm. solicitor 1959, practised in London 1959-63; MA Teaching, Oberlin Coll., OH, USA 1964-5; secondary sch. teacher, USA 1965-77; chmn. History Dept., Thayer Acad., Braintree, MA, USA 1969-77; adm. attorney-at-law, MA, USA 1977, practised in MA, USA; Alderman, City of Newton, MA, 1977-89; dir. paralegal program, Mount Ida Coll. Newton, MA 1979-1982; Prof. of US Immigration Law, Suffolk Univ., MA 2001-8; jt. author, Solicitors’ Clerks’ Handbook 1957 and 1964; editor-in-chief, Immigration Options for Religious Workers, American Immigration Lawyers Assn. 2005, 2010; m. 10 May 1958 Elizabeth Hatfield Hines, teacher, d. of Frank Bristow Hines of Cleveland, OH, USA; d. 2017
Barlow, Arthur Charles Horace, brother of Evan Firth Barlow (qv); b. 22 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B), KS 1934; left July 1938; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1941 (1st class hons Law Tripos Pts 1 and 2), MA 1947; res. schol.; PhD (Lond.); RAMC in WW2; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) 1948; lecturer in Roman Law, King's Coll. Lond., 1949; d. 1 June 1956.
Barnett, William Edward Rupert, son of Lieut. -Col. Rupert Noel Barnett TD FCA, and Marion Willoughby, d. of William Edward Hawkins of Cardiff; b. 6 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B), KS 1939; left July 1943; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1947, MA BLitt. 1951; Foreign Office 1951; m. 12 Aug. 1961 Mary Adele, d. of Allan Chester Skidmore, engineer, of Shaw, Lancs; d. 7 Nov. 1986.
Baynes, Simon Hamilton, son of Colin Hamilton Baynes, Headmaster New Coll. Sch., Oxford, and Mary Edith Caroline, d. of the Most Rev. Francis Robinson Phelps DD, Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa; b. 21 Dec. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (B); left July 1952; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1962; Dip. Th. 1959; ord. deacon 1959, priest 1960 (Bristol); Curate, Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon, Wilts 1959; joined CMS 1963; served with Anglican Church of Japan 1963-80, Rector of Holy Trinity, Niihama, diocese of Kobe, Japan, 1974; Vicar of Winkfield and Cranbourne, Berks, 1984-99; author, Jason and Delilah 1990, One of Our Lions is Missing 2006 and The New Self: The Character of a Christian 2012; poet, works incl. A Credible Universe: Poems of Faith 2002, Poems on a String 2010 and Gentle Market Town 2014; m. 14 May 1965 Caroline Isobel, d. of Eric Percy Thorp; d. 7 June 2022.
Beale, Ronald Venus, son of Frederic Montague Beale of Epsom, Surrey, and Ruby, d. of John Thomas Venus of Chester-le-Street, Northumberland; b. 21 July 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (B); left Dec. 1933; m.; d. 28 May 1992
Beard, Richard William, son of Brig. William Horace Gladstone Beard, Indian Army, of Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, and Irene Foote; b. 4 May 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (B); left July 1948; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1957; Barts Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BChir 1955, MD 1971; RAF Singapore and Malaya 1957-60; MRCOG 1963, FRCOG 1972; house appts. Redhill County Hosp. and Barts Hosp; sen. lecturer and hon. consult., Queen Charlotte’s Hosp. 1967-8, King’s Coll. Hosp. 1968-72; Prof. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch. 1972-96, Prof. Emeritus 1996-; m. 1st, 1957 Jane Elisabeth, d. of Rev. Harry Charles Frederick Copsey, Vicar of East Grinstead, Sussex; 2nd, 1979 Irène Victoire Elisabeth de Marotte de Montigny, d. of Comte Baudouin de Marotte; d. 13 Jan. 2012.
Beecroft, Murray Garrard, son of Leonard Charles Beecroft FCA JP, of Hampstead, and Beulah Murray, d. of George Wood Garrard of Frontenac, MN, USA; b. 12 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943; RAFVR in WW2, RAF (short service) 1947-52 (Flt. -Lieut. ), reverted to Reserve 1952; an antique furniture dealer; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1983-4, BA 1984, MA 1986; a charity administrator 1985-; d. 19 July 2011.
Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood, brother of Hon. Michael Julius Wedgwood Benn (qv); b. 3 Apr. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA 1946, MA 1949, hon. Fellow 2005; RAFVR 1943-5, RNVR 1945-6; Pres. of Oxford Union 1947; producer BBC N. American Service 1949-50; MP (Lab. ) Bristol South-East Dec. 1950-60 and Aug. 1963-83, Chesterfield Mar. 1984-2001; succ. his father as 2nd Viscount Stansgate 17 Nov. 1960; unsuccessfully attempted to renounce his succession in 1955 and 1960, and after winning a by-election at Bristol South-East in May 1961 was disqualified from taking his seat; later instigated the Peerage Act 1963, and renounced the title for life; chmn. Fabian Soc. 1964; Postmaster-General 1964-6, founding the PO Giro; PC 1964; Min. of Technology 1966-70, assuming responsibility for Aviation in 1967, for Power 1969; hon. LLD Strathclyde Univ. 1969, hon. DTech Bradford Univ. 1969, hon. DSc Aston Univ., 1970; Sec. of State for Industry 1974-5, for Energy 1975-9; member NEC, Lab. Party 1959-60, 1962-93, chmn. 1971-2; pres., Campaign Group of Labour MPs 1987-2001; pres., Stop the War Coalition 2004-14; author of a number of works on political subjects; published nine volumes of his diaries; m. 17 June 1949 Caroline, d. of James Miltonn De Camp of Cincinnati, USA; d. 14 Mar. 2014.