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BATTELL, ASSABELL, second surviving son of Rev. Ralph Battell DD, Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal and Prebendary of Worcester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Dod (qv); b. ; at school under Knipe (T. A. Walker, ed. , Admissions to Peterhouse, Cambridge, 225); Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jul 1710, aged 18, Hale Scholar 9 May 1711, matr. 1711; BA 1714/5; MA 1718 (incorp. Oxford 16 Mar 1718/9); ordained deacon 12 Jun 1715, priest 26 Feb 1715/6 (both London); Vicar of All Hallows, Hoo, Kent, 1719-23; buried at Ryton, co. Durham 26 Mar 1724.

BATTEN, FREDERICK EUSTACE, youngest son of John Winterbotham Batten KC, Airlie Gardens, Campden Hill, London, barrister, and Sarah Langstaff, dau. of Samuel Derry MRCS, Plymouth, Devon; b. 29 Sep 1865; adm. (R) 26 Sep 1878; left Aug 1883; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 May 1884, matr. Mich. 1884; BA 1887; MB BCh MA 1891; MD 1895; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCP 1894; FRCP 1901; Physiacian to the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, and to the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street; practised in London; m. 19 Oct 1907 Jean Evelyn, youngest dau. of John James Stevenson FRIBA, Porchester Gardens, Bayswater, architect; d. 27 Jul 1918.

Batten, Henry Herbert Evans, son of Herbert Ernest Batten FRCS and Margaret Elizabeth Evans, nursing asst matron Roy. Masonic Hosp., d. of James Evans, railway engineer, of Swindon; b. 8 Jan. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left July 1938; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1942, MA 1947; St Mary's Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1944; MB BChir (Cantab.) 1945; RAMC (Capt.) with African forces in India, Kenya and Mauritius; FRCS 1948; MRCGP 1955; med. examiner Civil Aviation Authority; in gen. med. practice in Cambridge; m. 9 Dec. 1946 Mary Noel Gwenellen Fowle SRN, d. of Rev. John Sydney Fowle, Vicar of Ogbourne St George, Wilts.

Batten, Richard Lindsey, son of Lindsey William Batten MB FRCP, of Hampstead, and Ellen Mary, d. of George Lindsay Turnbull, gen. med. practitioner; b. 29 Sept. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (R), KS 1935; left July 1939; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1939; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1944, FRCS 1953; RAMC 1944-7 (Capt.); house appts Westminster, Hereford and Birmingham 1948-55; lecturer Univ. Coll. Hosp. Ibadan, Nigeria, 1955-61; consult. orthopaedic surgeon Birmingham 1961-83; Fellow Brit. Orthopaedic Assn 1973; m. 18 Dec. 1954 Mary Longford, nurse at Great Ormond St Hosp., d. of Harry Longford, engineer; d. 29 Dec. 1997.

BATTERSBY, ALEXANDER, son of John Battersby, Fenchurch Street, London, apothecary; bapt. 14 Oct 1656; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1665-72; adm.; KS 1672; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1673, aged 16; adm. Inner Temple 1677; buried St. Dionis Backchurch, London, 23 Nov 1677.

BATTERSBY, HENRY FRANCIS PREVOST, eldest son of Maj. -Gen. John Prevost Battersby, Commandant Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, and Louisa, dau. of Sir William Dillon, Bart.; b. 10 Feb 1862; adm. (G) 21 Jan 1875; left May 1878; RMA Woolwich and RMC Sandhurst; Lieut., 1st bn. Irish Rifles 10 May 1882; retd. 1883; played hockey for South v. North 1890-5; war correspondent for Morning Post in South Africa 1899-1900 (wounded), Somaliland 1902, France and Flanders 1915-6 (wounded); war correspondent for Reuters on American and British fronts 1918 (gassed); special correspondent with Prince of Wales in India 1905-6; author, In the web of a war, 1900, and a number of other works, poems, plays and translations, under pen name Francis Prevost; m. 21 Apr 1909 Frances Muriel (Pearl), elder dau. of Henry C. Saunders, Weybridge, Surrey; d. 20 Jun 1949.

BATTIE, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; left 1768. [presumably William Wrightson Battie (afterwards Wrightson), son of John Battie, Sprotborough, Yorks., and Isabella, dau. of William Wrightson, Cusworth, Yorks., bapt. Sprotborough, Yorks., 20 May 1752 (IGI); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1768, aged 16; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1771; assumed surname of Wrightson; of Cusworth, Yorks.; MP Aylesbury 1784-90; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1819; m. 1st, 1 Jan 1781 Barbara, dau. of James Bland, Hurworth, co. Durham; m. 2nd, 20 Jul 1787 Henrietta, dau. of Richard Heber, Marton Hall, Yorks.; d. 26 Dec 1827]

BATTISCOMBE, ---; adm. 12 Jan 1767; left 1771.

Battle, Philip Marfieet, son of John Scoley Battle, of Woodhall Spa, Lincs, by Mary, daughter of Henry Marfteet, of Navenby, Lincs; b. June 7, 1882; adm. May 6, 1897 (H); left April 1901; A.M.I.C.E., 1908; assist. engineer Public Works Department, Ceylon, Jan. 1910, district engineer Dec. 1910; m. Oct. 28, 1911, Hetty, daughter of Joseph Barron, of Pannal, Yorks.

Baty, Charles Witcomb, son of William Charles Baty, of Ewell, Surrey, by Margarette Sarah, daughter of Thomas Ballinger, of Cheltenham, Gloucs; b. Sept. 22, 1900; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 24, 1914 (H); non-resident K.S. Sept. 1915; Mure Scholar 1917; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1918, matric. Hilary 1919; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1920; 2nd class (Lit. Hurn.) 1922; honourably mentioned Hertford Schol. exam. 1920; M.A. 1927; assist. master Bedford School 1923; Head Master of King's School, Chester 1929-46; Director, Education Division Allied Commission for Austria, 1946-8; H.M. Inspector of Schools 1949-62; Staff Inspector for Classics 1954; J.P., Bath, 1961; m. Aug. 4, 1923, Edith Halina, sister of Robert Alexander Polhill Bevan (q.v.); d. 1975.