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Berkinshaw-Smith, Bernard Cyril, son of Cyril John Berkinshaw-Smith, bank man., of Surbiton, and Germaine, d. of Pierre Gode, farmer, of Corrèze, France; b. 1 May 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (KS); left July 1947; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1956; a chartered accountant, ACA 1956, FCA 1962; partner Fuller Jenks Beecroft 1961-85, Touche Ross & Co. 1985-8; retd. 1988; m. 3 Apr. 1956 Eva Marianna Inez Nohel MB BCh, med. practitioner, d. of Eugene Nohel, co. sec.; d. 22 Sept. 2005.

Berman, Humphrey David, son of Emil Berman, stockbroker, and Frida Pauline, d. of Pius Lewenz of Nottingham; b. 2 Nov. 1903; adm. Sept. 1917 (KS); left Aug. 1922; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1922, BA 1925, MA 1937; Lond. Stock Exchange 1934; Lincolnshire Regt 1939-40 (Capt.); Pioneer Corps 1941, invalided 1942; Admiralty (Secretariat) 1942-6; partner John Stone & Co. 1954 (now Seligmann, Harris & Co.); lecturer and author of works on Stock Exchange law and practice; examiner on SE subjects for Roy. Soc. of Arts; m. 24 Feb. 1940 Eliz­abeth May, d. of John Baillie Noble, wine merchant, of Inverness; d. 1 Sep. 1994

BERMINGHAM, GEORGE RITCHIE, son of George Bermingham FRCS, Kentish Town Road, London, and Payhembury, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, and Charlotte --- (IGI); b. 27 Jul 1846; adm. 26 Sep 1861 (James'); left Christmas 1862; m.

BERNARD, CHARLES, son of Charles Bernard, London; b.; adm. (aged 9) 10 Jan 1714/5; KS 1720; left 1724. [Possibly Charles Bernard, son of Charles Bernard, barrister, adm. Inner Temple 7 Jul 1720 and Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1726, aged 20].

Bernard, Edward John Courtenay, son of Edward Bernard, of Bexley Heath, Kent, solicitor; b. June 12, 1877; adm. April 28, 1892 (G); left April 1894.

BERNARD, EDWARD, son of Henry Bernard, Bucks., and Anne ---; b.; at school (aged 15) 2 Jul 1582; QS; d. 27 Dec 1584; buried in Westminster Abbey Cloisters.

BERNARD, SIR FRANCIS, BART., eldest son of Rev. Francis Bernard BD, Rector of Brightwell, Berks., and Margaret, dau. of Richard Winlowe, Lewknor, Oxfordshire; b. 12 Jul 1712 (IGI); in school list 1721; KS (aged 12) 1725; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1729, matr. 12 Jun 1729, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1729 - 19 Jan 1742 (void, by marriage); BA 1733; MA 1736; DCL 2 Jul 1772; adm. Middle Temple 22 Oct 1733, called to bar 29 Apr 1737, Bencher 26 Jan 1770; Midland Circuit; Recorder of Boston, Lincs., 1757; Governor of New Jersey 27 Jan 1758- Nov 1759; Governor of Massachusetts Bay 27 Nov 1759; his administration of British ministerial policy and his want of political tact appear to have hastened the American War of Independence; created baronet 5 Apr 1769; recalled to England 1769, remaining nominally Governor until 1771; inherited Nether Winchendon estate, Bucks., 1771; a Commissioner of Excise (I) 22 Jan 1773- Dec 1774; a Commissioner of Customs (I) 25 Dec 1773 - Dec 1774; edited the Latin odes of his stepfather Anthony Alsop (qv) in 1752; author of several pamphlets; m. 1741 Amelia, dau. of Stephen Offley, Norton Hall, Derbs.; d. 16 Jun 1779. DNB.

BERNARD, FRANCIS, eldest son of Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. (qv); b. 27 Sep 1743; adm.; KS 1757; sustained a serious injury by falling on his head when tossed in a blanket on his election into College, which caused the custom of tossing the successful Min. Cans. to be discontinued for some time; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1761, matr. 21 May 1761, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1761 (with leave of absence to go to North America 15 Apr 1767); BA 1766; d. unm. at Boston, Mass., 20 Nov 1770.

BERNARD, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1623, but there is no record of his adm., matr., or degrees. [Possibly James Bernard, Trinity Coll., literate, ordained deacon (Peterborough) 24 Sep 1627, and priest 8 Apr 1630 as “M. A. of Trin. Coll. ”]

Bernard, Oliver Owen, son of Capt. Oliver Percy Bernard MC OBE FRIBA, architect, and Edith Dora Hodges (aka Fedora Roselli), singer, d. of Joseph Thomas Hodges, master butcher; b. 6 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (H); left July 1940; RAFVR 1943-7; Goldsmiths’ Coll., Univ. of Lond., 1950-3, BA; teaching English in France 1948-56; advertising copywriter, Nolly Advertising Ltd. 1958-64; English and Drama teacher, Bury St Edmunds GS 1965-82; Gold Medal, Poetry Soc. 1982; author of Country Matters 1961, Poems 1983, Five Peace Poems 1985; ed. and trans. Rimbaud, Collected Poems 1962, Apollinaire, Selected Poems, 1965-85; writer, translator 1961-2001; m. 1st, 1952 Veronica Ann, d. of William Humble, accountant; 2nd, 1958 Jacqueline Pamela Guise, dancer, d. of Walter Guise, fisherman; d. 1 June 2013.