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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.

BERNARD, SIR ROBERT, BART., only son of Sir Robert Bernard, Bart., Brampton, Hunts., and Mary, youngest dau. of Sir Francis St. John, Bart., Longthorpe, Northants; b.; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1769); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1758, aged 18; MP Huntingdonshire 28 Dec 1765-8, Westminster 30 Apr 1770-4; succ. father as 5th baronet 15 Dec 1766; Recorder of Bedford from 1771; d. unm. 2 Jan 1789.

BERNARD, SIR THOMAS TYRINGHAM, BART., brother of Sir Francis Bernard-Morland, Bart. (qv); b. 15 Sep 1791; in school lists 1801, May and Oct 1803; afterwards went to Harrow, where he shared Lord Byron’s bedroom at Dr Drury’s, and to Eton, where he became acquainted with Shelley; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1810; DL JP Buckinghamshire, High Sheriff 1816; Agent for Half-Pay, Ireland (jointly with brother) c. 1806 – 25 Dec 1822, when post abolished; MP (Conservative) Aylesbury 1857-65; succ. his brother Francis as 6th baronet 22 Jan 1876; m. 1st, 26 Jul 1819, Sophia Charlotte, only child of Sir David Williams, Bart, Rose Hall, Sarratt, Herts.; m. 2nd, 12 Oct 1840, Martha Louisa, second dau. of William Minshull, London; m. 3rd, 28 Jul 1864, Ellen, widow of Henry Elwes, Marcham Park, Bucks.; d. 8 May 1883.

BERNARD, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1745/6; left 1749.

BERNARD-MORLAND, SIR FRANCIS, BART., third son of Sir Scrope Bernard-Morland (formerly Bernard), Bart., DCL MP, Nether Winchendon, Bucks., advocate Doctors’ Commons, and Harriet, only child of William Morland MP, Lee, Kent, banker; grandson of Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. (qv); b. 7 Jun 1790; in school lists 1801, 1803; left 1806; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jul 1806; Agent for Half-Pay, Ireland (jointly with brother) c. 1806 – 25 Dec 1822, when post abolished; succ. his father as 5th baronet 18 Apr 1830; d. unm. 22 Jan 1876.