Beattie, William John Hunt Montgomery, son of John Montgomery Beattie of Croydon and Ophelia Jane, d. of John Hunt of Measham, Derbyshire; b. 25 Oct. 1902; adm. Sept. 1916 (A); left Apr. 1921; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1921, BA 1924, MA 1928; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., BChir 1928, MB 1930, MD 1933; FRCS 1929, FRCOG 1942, FRCGP; consult. gynaecologist and obstetric surgeon, St Barth. Hosp.; examiner in obstetrics and gynaecology, Univs of Oxf., Camb. and Lond.; m. 1st 11 Sept. 1933 Marjorie Gertrude, d. of Bernard Beresford Baddeley of Reigate; 2nd May 1980 Dorothy Janet, d. of Dr C. H. B. Thompson of Suva, Fiji.

BEAUCHAMP, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1638, adm. pens. 2 May 1638, scholar 1639; BA 1641/2; MA 1645.

BEAUCLERK, CHAMBERS, son of Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere, Admiral, Royal Navy, Lord Lieut. Berkshire, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Chambers, Hanworth, Middlesex; b. 22 Feb 1737/8 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1746 (as James Beauclerk) (Hawkins'); left 1746; d. 16 Jul 1747.

BECHER, JOHN THOMAS, eldest son of Michael Becher, Cork, Ireland, and Catherine French; bapt. 23 Dec 1769; adm. 13 Jan 1783; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 - 23 Oct 1802 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Rampton and Midsomer Norton); BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1788; ordained deacon 15 Jul 1792 (York), priest 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York); Perpetual Curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Notts., from 13 Dec 1799; Vicar of Rampton, Notts., and Midsomer Norton, Somerset, 11 Mar 1802 (but year of grace from 3 Nov 1801); Prebendary and Vicar-General of Southwell, Notts., from 22 Jan 1818; Vicar of Farnsfield, Notts., 1827 (still 1829); Rector of Barnborough, Yorks., from 1830; Chairman of Quarter Sessions, North Notts., 1806-36; devoted himself to local administration and took a great interest in the social condition of the people; author, The Anti-Pauper System, 1830, and other works on social economy; m. 6 Jan 1802 Mary, dau. of Rev. William Becher, Rector of Cole Orton, Leics., and Prebendary of Southwell; d. 3 Jan 1848. DNB.

Bedell, Benjamin John, son of Benjamin H. Bedell, of Lee, Kent; b. Jan. 31, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left July 1915.

Bedford, Felix Hugh Wyatt, brother of David Edwin Wyatt Bedford (qv); b. 13 Aug. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1979; a hotelier 1934-40 and 1945-7; RAFVR 1940-5 (Cpl), RAuxAF 1950-5 (Cpl); Lloyd's 1947-78; Div. Commissioner of Scouts in Greater London; Court of Assistants, Haberdashers' Company 1960; seven years on Holborn Borough Council; m. 1 Mar. 1941 Sara Elspeth Joyce, d. of Arthur Westerman MD; d. 31 Dec. 1998.

BEDINGFELD, THOMAS, son of John Bedingfeld, Halesworth, Suffolk, and Joyce, dau. of Edward Morgan, Lambeth, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1650, matr. 14 Mar 1650/1, Westminster Student to 1660, Faculty Student 1660-3; BA 17 Jan 1653/4; MA 1656; MB 1659; MD 1662; lic. to m. 20 Jul 1670 Mary, dau. of John Weston, Isleworth, Middlesex; buried Isleworth 20 Apr 1691.

Beesley, Henry Alfred, only son of Thomas Beesley, of South Lambeth, Surrey, licensed lay preacher, by Mattie, daughter of Edward Spinney, of Salisbury, Wilts; b. Oct. 11, 1874; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 22, 1887 (H); elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon, July, 1893, matric. Oct. 1893; B.A. 1897; d. Nov. 29, 1908.

BEEVOR, MILES BRANTHWAYT, eldest son of Frederick Balders [or Bolders ?] Beevor, Gray’s Inn, and Mary, youngest dau. of Rev. Miles Beevor DD, Dorset Square, London; b. 4 Apr 1833; adm. 15 Feb 1847 (Rigaud's); left Whitsun 1847; entered Rugby School 1848; emigrated to Cape Colony, South Africa; m. 23 Sep 1862 Emma Lord, eldest dau. of Rev. William Godfrey Pollard Burton, Rector of St. Thomas in the Vale, Jamaica; d. at Middelburg, Transvaal, 26 Oct 1909.

Bell, Edward Allen, brother of George Kennedy Allen Bell (q.v.); b. May 8, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1908; M.A. 1910; assist. Master at Giggleswick 1910, at Eton 1920; Head Master of St. Bees School 1926-35; 2nd Lieut. Giggleswick School O.T.C. March 2, 1915; served in France 1918, Lieut. 9th Batt. Norfolk Regt., and in 1919 as Major and Chief Instructor Army General College, Cologne; author of a History of Giggleswick School; was engaged in the work of the Oxford Group; d. July 9, 1959.