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BUSK, THOMAS TESHMAKER, eldest son of Edward Thomas Busk, Ford’s Grove, Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, barrister, and Susannah, dau. of Thomas Benson Pease, Chapel Allerton Hall, Yorks.; b. 13 Sep 1852; adm. 26 Jan 1864 (James'); Min. Can. 1867; left Aug 1871; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jan 1871, matr. Mich. 1871; BA 1875; MA 1879; adm. Middle Temple 4 Nov 1874; of Ford’s Grove, Winchmore Hill; JP Middlesex, Westminster; m. 9 Apr 1885 Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Brindley Acworth, Northaw, Herts., barrister; d. at Blankenberghe, Belgium, 28 May 1894.

BURY, WALTER WILFRED, brother of Oliver Robert Hawke Bury (qv); b. 10 Aug 1863; adm. 21 Jan 1875 (James'); QS 1878; left Aug 1881; adm. solicitor Feb 1888; practised in London; m. 3 Feb 1910 Dorothy, eldest dau. of Bernard Gibson, Warrington Crescent, Maida Hill, London, dir. electrical engineering co.

BURY, OLIVER ROBERT HAWKE, son of Edward Bury, Westbourne Square, Hyde Park, London, barrister, and Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Dowker, Laysthorpe, Helmsley, Yorks.; b. 3 Nov 1861; adm. 23 Jan 1874 (James'); left Dec 1878; a railway engineer, AMICE 5 Apr 1887, MICE 27 Feb 1894; began career in Locomotive Department, London and North-Western Railway Co.; General Manager and Chief Engineer, Entre Rios Railway, Argentina, 1894; General Manager, Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway, 1900-2; General Manager, Great Northern Railway (afterwards LNER) 1902-12, director 1912-45; one of Commissioners appointed to enquire into working and management of Egyptian State Railways, 1904; chairman, London Electricity Supply Corporation, and London Power Co.; JP (1917) Hertfordshire; d. 21 Mar 1946.

BULL, HENRY EDWARD, elder son of Henry Bull (qv); b. 8 Mar 1843; adm. 4 Oct 1856 (James'); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1861; played cricket v. Cambridge 1863, and for Gentlemen v. Players 1864; hon. sec. and treasurer, Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club; landowner; JP (1889) Buckinghamshire; m. 1st, 24 Sep 1867 Florentia, elder dau. of William Watts, Hanslope Park, Bucks.; m. 2nd, by 1881, Caroline H. ---; d. 31 May 1905.

BULL, CYRIL JOHN SPIERS, younger son of Henry Bull (qv); b. 10 Aug 1845; adm. 6 Apr 1858 (James'); rowed against Eton 1861, 1862; left Dec 1862; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Jan 1865; BA 1868; MA 1873; adm. Inner Temple 26 Jan 1869; d. 14 Nov 1888.

BUCKNILL, SIR THOMAS TOWNSEND, second son of Sir John Charles Bucknill, Kt., MD FRS FRCP, Bournemouth, Hants., one of the Lord Chancellor’s Visitors in Lunacy, and Mary Anne, only child of Thomas Townsend, Hillmorton Hall, Rugby, Warwicks.; b. 18 Apr 1845; adm. 29 Jan 1858 (James'); left Christmas 1858; went to Geneva; adm. Inner Temple 11 Nov 1865, called to bar 17 Nov 1868, Bencher 20 Nov 1891; Western Circuit and Admiralty Court; QC 1885; Recorder of Exeter 1885-99; Alderman, Surrey County Council, 1889-92; MP (Cons) Mid Surrey 1892 - Jan 1899; Judge of Queen’s Bench Division, High Court, Jan 1899 - Feb 1914, when he retired owing to ill health; knighted 14 Jan 1899; Privy Councillor 1914; JP (1904) Surrey; Busby Trustee 19 Jun 1894-1908; ed., Abbott on Shipping, and other legal works; m. 21 Dec 1878 Annie Bell, second dau. of Henry Bell Ford, Clifton, Gloucs.; d. 4 Oct 1915.

BUCKNILL, CHARLES, brother of Sir Thomas Townsend Bucknill (qv); b. 11 Jul 1846; adm. 5 Feb 1858 (James'); left Dec 1858; d. at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 Apr 1895.

BROWN, DOUGLAS PHILIP, second son of Douglas Brown QC, Recorder of King’s Lynn, Arncliffe Hall, Northallerton, Yorks., and Georgina Helen, second dau. of William Mauleverer, Arncliffe Hall; b. 11 May 1864; adm. 24 Jan 1878 (J); left May 1881; a mining engineer; m. 15 Mar 1898 Louisa Thorn Sinet, elder dau. of Lieut. -Col. William Stewart Thorburn, Army Pay Department; d. 27 Sep 1921.

BREWER, HARRIS HEAL, eldest son of Alfred Brewer, Watford, Herts., and Anne, dau. of John Harris Heal, Tottenham Court Road, London, furniture manufacturer; b. 12 Dec 1863; adm. 28 May 1875 (James'); left May 1881; adm. solicitor Feb 1887; m. 1 Sep 1887 Amy Elizabeth, younger dau. of Stephen Salter, Watford, Herts.; d. 22 Nov 1891.

BOURKE, HON. EDWARD RODEN, sixth son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo (qv); b. 13 Dec 1835; adm. 31 Jan 1851 (James'); left 1854; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1855, matr. Mich. 1856; Cornet, 6th Dragoons, 18 Nov 1857; Lieut., 25 Jun 1858; Capt., 30 Nov 1860; Maj., 2 Dec 1868; 3rd Hussars, 8 Dec 1869; retd. 5 Oct 1872; Military Secretary to his brother, Richard, 6th Earl of Mayo, Governor-Gen. of India 1869-72; Postmaster-Gen., Madras, 1872-6; subsequently member, London Stock Exchange; m. 20 Nov 1872 Emma Mary Augusta, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. George Cliffe Hatch CSI, Bengal Staff Corps (previously EICS Bengal); d. 10 Jun 1907.