Black, John Robert, son of Stanley Black of St John’s Wood, and Doris, d. of Joseph Aaron Isaacson of Westminster; b. 9 Jan. 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (B); left July 1958; merchant banking 1963-; m. 18 June 1980 Margaret, d. of Gilles Cornelus Brandt of Dordrecht, Netherlands; d. 1 Aug. 2010.
Black, Jacob Misha, son of Sir Misha Black OBE RDI FSIAD MInstRA, Prof. of Industrial Design, Roy. Coll. of Art, and Helen Lillian, d. of Frank Foster Evans; b. 26 Oct. 1938; adm. Sept. 1952 (B); left July 1957; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1958, BA 1961, MA 1966; SOAS, Univ. of Lond. 1966-71, MPhil 1969; guest lecturer, Bergen Univ., Norway, 1971; sociological consult. to Quebec Govt., Canada, 1973-5; m. 1962 Nicole Chouanne; d. 1 Jan. 1998.
Bindloss, Edward Rendell, 1915-1996
Bindloss, Edward Rendell, son of Edward Alexander Morgan Bindloss (qv); b. 17 Jan. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1933; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936; Dip. Ed. (Lond.) 1937; Rifle Brigade 1941-5 (Capt.); asst master Tonbridge Sch. 1946- 7 7, seconded Prince of Wales Sch., Nairobi, 1950-1; Scout Assoc. Silverwolf; Queen's Jubilee Medal 1977; m. Feb. 1942 Elizabeth Berrisford, d. of Maj. H. Hanford of Northampton; d. 2 Apr. 1996.
Bindloss, Arthur Alexander, 1917-2005
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.
Bevis, Alfred Anthony Thornton, 1923-1999
Bevis, Alfred Anthony Thornton, son of Alfred Herbert Bevis, stockbroker, and Rebe Kate, d. of George Thornton Tubbs; b. 24 Oct. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1938; tech. asst. Min. of Aircraft Production 1941-55; Nat. Physical Lab., Teddington, 1955-; retd. 1983; m. 8 July 1961 Joan Margaret Felton; d. 11 Dec. 1999.
Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood, 1925-2014
Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood, brother of Hon. Michael Julius Wedgwood Benn (qv); b. 3 Apr. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA 1946, MA 1949, hon. Fellow 2005; RAFVR 1943-5, RNVR 1945-6; Pres. of Oxford Union 1947; producer BBC N. American Service 1949-50; MP (Lab. ) Bristol South-East Dec. 1950-60 and Aug. 1963-83, Chesterfield Mar. 1984-2001; succ. his father as 2nd Viscount Stansgate 17 Nov. 1960; unsuccessfully attempted to renounce his succession in 1955 and 1960, and after winning a by-election at Bristol South-East in May 1961 was disqualified from taking his seat; later instigated the Peerage Act 1963, and renounced the title for life; chmn. Fabian Soc. 1964; Postmaster-General 1964-6, founding the PO Giro; PC 1964; Min. of Technology 1966-70, assuming responsibility for Aviation in 1967, for Power 1969; hon. LLD Strathclyde Univ. 1969, hon. DTech Bradford Univ. 1969, hon. DSc Aston Univ., 1970; Sec. of State for Industry 1974-5, for Energy 1975-9; member NEC, Lab. Party 1959-60, 1962-93, chmn. 1971-2; pres., Campaign Group of Labour MPs 1987-2001; pres., Stop the War Coalition 2004-14; author of a number of works on political subjects; published nine volumes of his diaries; m. 17 June 1949 Caroline, d. of James Miltonn De Camp of Cincinnati, USA; d. 14 Mar. 2014.
Beecroft, Murray Garrard, 1923-2011
Beecroft, Murray Garrard, son of Leonard Charles Beecroft FCA JP, of Hampstead, and Beulah Murray, d. of George Wood Garrard of Frontenac, MN, USA; b. 12 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943; RAFVR in WW2, RAF (short service) 1947-52 (Flt. -Lieut. ), reverted to Reserve 1952; an antique furniture dealer; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1983-4, BA 1984, MA 1986; a charity administrator 1985-; d. 19 July 2011.
Beard, Richard William, 1931-2012
Beard, Richard William, son of Brig. William Horace Gladstone Beard, Indian Army, of Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, and Irene Foote; b. 4 May 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (B); left July 1948; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1957; Barts Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BChir 1955, MD 1971; RAF Singapore and Malaya 1957-60; MRCOG 1963, FRCOG 1972; house appts. Redhill County Hosp. and Barts Hosp; sen. lecturer and hon. consult., Queen Charlotte’s Hosp. 1967-8, King’s Coll. Hosp. 1968-72; Prof. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch. 1972-96, Prof. Emeritus 1996-; m. 1st, 1957 Jane Elisabeth, d. of Rev. Harry Charles Frederick Copsey, Vicar of East Grinstead, Sussex; 2nd, 1979 Irène Victoire Elisabeth de Marotte de Montigny, d. of Comte Baudouin de Marotte; d. 13 Jan. 2012.
Beale, Ronald Venus, 1917-1992
Beale, Ronald Venus, son of Frederic Montague Beale of Epsom, Surrey, and Ruby, d. of John Thomas Venus of Chester-le-Street, Northumberland; b. 21 July 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (B); left Dec. 1933; m.; d. 28 May 1992
Barnett, William Edward Rupert, 1924-1986
Barnett, William Edward Rupert, son of Lieut. -Col. Rupert Noel Barnett TD FCA, and Marion Willoughby, d. of William Edward Hawkins of Cardiff; b. 6 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B), KS 1939; left July 1943; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1947, MA BLitt. 1951; Foreign Office 1951; m. 12 Aug. 1961 Mary Adele, d. of Allan Chester Skidmore, engineer, of Shaw, Lancs; d. 7 Nov. 1986.