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BIGGE, THOMAS CHARLES, son of William Bigge, Little Benton, Northumberland, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and Mary, dau. of Charles Clarke, Ovingham, Northumberland; b. 24 Jan 1739; adm. Oct. 1750 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Mar 1757; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1755; Grand Tour (Italy) 1764-5; High Sheriff Northumberland 1771; contested Morpeth 1774; m. 6 Nov 1772 Jemima, dau. of William Ord MP, Fenham, Northumberland; d. 10 Oct 1794.

Biggs, George Nixon, only son of Moses George Biggs, M. D., M.R.C.S., of New Wandsworth, by Elizabeth, elder daughter of William Nixon, of Pembrokeshire; b. March 28, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (G); left July 1898; St. Thomas's Hospital; L. S. A. 1905; M.B. and B. S. (Durham Univ.) 1905; aural and throat surgeon; practised in Wimpole Street, London; Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C. (T.) April 1, 1918; was consulting aurist and laryngologist at the Boulogne base and also to the R.A.F. during Great War I; mentioned in despatches; Portuguese military order of Avis; m. Gladys Victoria, second daughter of H. Archer; d. Nov. 10, 1922.

Biggs, Thomas Howard Ashford, son of Edgar Arnold Biggs, artist and pianist, of Chelsea, and Ida Bright Ashford, miniaturist; b. 28 March 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left after ten days because of ill health and went to Canford Sch.; Lincoln Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936; a prep. school­ master, Broadstairs, 1945-68; author, journalist and archaeologist; RNLI Gold Badge 1974, Bar 1984; author of The Sound of Maroons 1977, The River Medway 1984; m. 1957 Lola Doreen Hussey, 2nd Officer WRNS; d. 1994.

BIGNELL, WILLIAM EDWARD PHILLIPS, brother of Richard Bignell (qv); bapt. Banbury, Oxfordshire 13 Sep 1803; at Charterhouse Sch. 1814; adm. 11 Jan 1815 (Du Brieux's); left Midsummer 1817; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1826; Ensign, unattached, 8 May 1827; 69th Bengal Native Infantry, 3 Jan 1828; Lieut., 1 Dec 1836; Capt., 11 Sep 1845; m. at Saugor, India 2 Feb 1838 Mary Kyd Duckett, natural dau. of James Kyd, Calcutta, proprietor of Kidderpore Dockyard and Master Shipbuilder to EICS; d. at Moosanuggur, 17 Nov 1852.

BIGWOOD, SIR (JAMES EDWARD) CECIL, eldest son of James Bigwood MP, The Lawn, Popes Grove, Twickenham, Middlesex, and Marian, only dau. of Edward Webb, Torquay, Devon; b. 1 Jun 1863; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1877; left Easter 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 1882, matr. Mich. 1882; BA 1885; MA 1890; spare man for Cambridge rowing VIII in 1885; chairman, Finsbury Bench and Standing Joint Committeee of County of London; JP Co. London 1892, DL London 1935; knighted 1938; m. 1908 Maud, second dau. of Robert Porter, Blackheath, Kent; d. 4 Jul 1947.

Billing, Herbert Samuel, son of Samuel Billing, of Wimbledon, solicitor; b. March 31, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Easter 1906; Univ. Coll. London; LL. B. (London Univ.) 1911; adm. a solicitor March 1912; practised at Guildford, Surrey; d. May 1962.

BILLINGHURST, HERBERT HAMILTON, son of Henry Billinghurst MD MRCS LSA, Lingfield, Surrey, and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Watkins, Stanley House, Dulwich, Surrey; b. 5 Jul 1861; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1877; left Aug 1878; in brewing trade until retirement in 1908; Capt., 11th battn., Loyal North Lancashire Regt., 25 Jan 1915; served in France and Flanders Jun 1916 - Sep 1917.

BINCKES, WILLIAM, son of Richard Binckes, Cheapside, London, attorney, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Wheler, Martin Hussingtree, Worcs.; b.; adm.; KS 1668; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Apr 1671, aged 18, Wood scholar 6 Nov 1671, matr. 1671; BA 1674/5; MA 1678; DD 1699; Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 2 Jul 1677-83; ordained; Vicar of Kelshall, Herts., 1681-2; Vicar of Leamington, Warwicks., 1683; Prebendary of Lincoln from 2 May 1683; Prebendary of Lichfield, 15 Jul 1697 - Jun 1703; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Lichfield; his sermon preached before the Lower House of Convocation 30 Jan 1701/2, in which he argued that the execution of Charles I was an act of greater enormity than the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, was adjudged by the House of Lords to contain “several expressions that give just scandal and offence to all Christian people”, but the resolution that it should be burnt was negatived (Journals of House of Lords, xvii, 132); Dean of Lichfield from 19 Jun 1703; Prolocutor to Convocation 1705; d. 19 Jun 1712. DNB.

Bindloss, Arthur Alexander, brother of Edward Rendell Bindloss (qv); b. 27 May 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left July 1935; Wye Agric. Coll., BSc, Dip. Agric. 1938; agric. field advisory service Unilever Ltd 1947, agric. devel. officer Unilever Group 1951-75; Pres. EEC Scient. Committee of animal feed manufacturers 1972-5; retd 1975; m. 12 Apr. 1941 Joan Elizabeth Marcelle, d. of Reginald Benjamin Featherstone (qv); d. 26 Aug. 2005.

Bindloss, Edward Alexander Morgan, son of the Rev. Edward Bindloss by Maria, daughter of Felix Clarke, of Archangel, Russia; b. Aug. 22, 1875; adm. May 10, 1888 (H); left April, 1892; A.M.I.C.E. Feb. 3, 1903; practised as an electircal engineer in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Birmingham; served in the South African War with the Northumberland Fusiliers; Hon. Lieut. in the Army July 8, 1902; Capt. 5th Batt. Royal Warwickshire Regt. (T. F.) Jan. 1, 1912; temp. Major June 17, 1915; mentioned in despatches Jan. 6, 1919; m. April 29, 1909, Margery Emily, younger daughter of John Rendell, of Newton Abbot, Devon; killed in action June 15, 1918 on the Asiego Plateau.