BEAVOIRE (or BEAUVOIR), PETER; b.; adm.; KS in 1619; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 May 1621 (as Beauvoir), matr. Mich. 1621, scholar 1624; BA 1624/5; MA 1628; Master of Stoke-by-Clare Sch., Suffolk, c. 1639.

BECKINGHAM, STEPHEN, son of Stephen Beckingham, St. Giles [check], London, member Corporation of Cursitors, and Mary, dau. of Joseph Cox, Kidderminster, Worcs., attorney; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1743/4 (Morel's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Jul 1748; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Sep 1748; Grand Tour (Germany, Italy) 1751-3; Leipzig Univ. 1751; of Bishopsbourne Park, Kent; m. 1758 Dorothy [or Mary : check], dau. of John Sawbridge, Olantigh, Kent; d. 12 Oct 1813.

BEDFORD, CHARLES YVONE RILAND, son of William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (qv); b. 28 Oct 1853; adm. 28 Mar 1866 (James'); Min. Can. 1868; left Aug 1869; merchant (1881 Census), no occupation stated (1901 Census); m. 29 Jan 1907 Isabel Mary, eldest dau. of Edward James Watherston, Barkston Gardens, South Kensington, goldsmith; d. 22 May 1923.

BEDFORD, GEORGE SALE, son of George Bedford, Bedford Row, London, solicitor, and his second wife Harriet, widow of Maj. --- Bladen, 19th Light Dragoons, and dau. of Col. --- Sale; half-brother of William Devaynes Bedford (qv); b. 31 Jan 1816; adm. 31 Jan 1827 (Stikeman's); a Senior Clerk, Office of Woods and Forests; m. 18 Dec 1849 Elizabeth Charlotte, widow of --- D’Olier, and eldest dau. of Joseph Strong, Kithenan, co. Dublin; d. 25 Dec 1870.

BEDFORD, JOHN, son of Rev. William Bedford, Bedford; b.; adm.; KS 1698; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 - 27 Jan 1714 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Willen); BA 1706; MA 1709 (incorp. Cambridge 1730); ordained; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 20 Jan 1712/3, being the first vicar presented by the Busby Trustees; d. Jan 1765.

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.

BEDFORD, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Bedford, Little Barford, Beds.; bapt. Great Barford, Beds. 19 Sep 1699; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1715; at school four years; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Jul 1717, matr. 1718/9; BA 1721/2; MA 1725 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1733); ordained deacon (Lincoln) 10 Mar 1722/3, priest 31 May 1724; Curate Willen, Bucks.; Rector of Finningley, Notts., 9 Feb 1725/6, res Apr 1733; Rector of Yelden, Beds., from 26 Jan 1732/3; Rector of Shelton, Beds., 15 Mar 1734/5-46; Rector of St. John’s, Bedford (and Master of Hospital of St. John), from 9 Jun 1746; m. 1736 Sarah, widow of Peter Haslewood, Bedford, draper, Alderman of Bedford, and dau. of Matthew Lacy, Shillington, Beds.; d. 30 May 1754.

BEDINGFELD, ROBERT, third son of Thomas Bedingfeld, Ditchingham, Norfolk, and Dorothy, dau. of John Southwell, Darsham, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1614, matr. 21 Nov 1617, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1632; BA 1618; MA 1621; BD 1628; DD 21 Jan 1630/1 (incorp. Cambridge 1631/2); ordained; Rector of Newton, Isle of Ely, Cambs., 1631-5; m. Anne, dau. of Edmund Thoresby; d. 1651.

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.