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.

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.

Beech, Guy, son of the Rev. Howard Beech, Rector of Barlavington and Burton with Coates, Sussex, by Henrietta Mildred, daughter of the Rev. William Worcester Godden, Vicar of Elmstead, Essex; b. Sept. 13, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left July 1901; Merton Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; M.A. 1911; Wells Theo!. Coll. 1909; ordained 1910; Curate of Aylesbury, Bucks, 1910-3, of Tring, Herts, 1914-9; temp. Chaplain of the Forces (4th class) Jan. 1, 1916 - April 1, 1919; served with B. E. F. in France and Belgium 1916-9; Rector of Turvey, Beds, 1919; Vicar of King's Langley 1934-8; Rector of Northchurch, Herts, 1938-54; Hon. Canon of St. Alban's 1948; m. Aug. 30, 1922, Judith Mary, only daughter of Douglas Upton, of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, co. Durham; d. Nov. 26, 1958.

BELL, JAMES ROBERTSON, only son of James Robertson Bell, Onslow Gardens, South Kensington [previously of Glasgow]; b. 25 May 1861; adm. (G) 30 Oct 1872; left May 1880; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1880; BA 1884; adm. Inner Temple 28 Oct 1881; lived latterly at Tunbridge Wells; d. unm. 31 Jan 1914.

BENBOW, WILLIAM LEONARD, brother of Herbert Clifton Benbow (qv); b. 11 Jul 1863; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1877; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1882, matr. 13 Oct 1882; 1st cl. Cl. Mod. 1884; BA 1886; a schoolmaster at Highgate Sch., Hilbrow, Rugby, and Oatlands, Harrogate, 1890-1908.

BELL, WILLIAM GEORGE, son of George William Bell, St. Edmund’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London; b. 19 May 1861; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 Mar 1875; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1879, adm. pens. 24 May 1879, matr. Mich. 1879; adm. solicitor Apr. 1885; practised in Great Marlborough Street; d. 31 Jul 1891.

BELL, EDWARD LLOYD; b. 19 Dec 1807; adm. (G) 7 Nov 1821.

Bennett, Ronald Claude, son of Charles Hudson Bennett, of Pimlico, by Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Strachan; b. Dec. 11, 1894; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1910; served in France Sept. 1915 to March 1916 as a voluntary ambulance driver for the B. R. C. S.; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1920; in practice in London and Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex; d. March 22, 1929.

Bennett, Edward Fleetwood Pellew, son of Frank Moss Bennett, artist, and Margaret Alma, d. of Fleetwood Hugo Pellew, Colonial Civil Service; b. 31 Mar. 1914, adm. Sept. 1927 (G); left July 1932; Lond. Univ. (City & Guilds Inst.), BSc 1936; Internat. Combustion Ltd, Derby, 1938, dir. 1960, retd 1977; m. 13 Mar. 1938 Beryl, d. of Walter Charles Tree of Southampton; d. 24 Mar. 1999.

Beresford, Timothy Edward de la Poer, son of George Henry William de la Poer Beresford of Bude, Cornwall, and Mary Isobel, d. of George Gibson Richardson of Gretna, Cumbria; b. 30 Nov. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left Dec, 1948; a professional photographer; m. 20 Sept. 1955 Mary Thorn Leburn, d. of John Waugh of Edinburgh; d. 7 Feb. 1974.