Beard, Arthur John Wells, son of Arthur C. Beard of Hampstead and Cicely, d. of John Wells, physician; b. 10 Jan. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left July 1925; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1931; MB BS 1941, MD (Lond.) 1943; MRCGP 1970; a specialist in anaesthesia; m. 12 Oct. 1935 Jane Mary, d. of Henry William Ellis, wine merchant, of Wimbledon.
Beard, Balfour West, only son of Walter James Westcott Beard, of St. John's Wood, London, solicitor, by Annie Florence, daughter of Henry West, of Lordship Park, Middlesex; b. Jan. 28, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); left April 1892; was articled to his father, but subsequently left the law for a commercial career; served in Great War I in the R. A. S. C.; m. Sept. 14, 1898, Kate, only child of William Henry Butterworth, of South Africa; d.
Beard, Charles Henry, son of Arthur John Wells Beard (qv); b. 14 Aug. 1938; adm. Sept. 1952 (QS); Capt. of the Sch. 1956; left July 1957; Gonville & Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1957, BA 1960; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., BChir 1963, MB 1964, MRCP 1966, FRCS 1969; consult. plastic surgeon, Lancs Area Health Authority; m. 24 Mar. 1962 Patricia Anne Johnston, LRAM LRCM, flautist, d. of Michael Errington Johnston, Under-Sec. Min. of Agriculture, and granddaughter of Claude Errington Longden Johnston (qv); d. 27 Nov. 1980.
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.
BEARD, WILLIAM, son of Nathaniel Beard, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire; bapt. Newcastle under Lyme 2 Apr 1726 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Jul 1741 (Bourne's); left 1743; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1744, matr. 1744; adm. Middle Temple 3 May 1745, called to bar 29 Jun 1750; Recorder of Stafford; Judge of Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembrokeshire from 1775; d. 26 Feb 1789.
Beardwood, John, son of Percy Charles Beardwood of E. Sheen and Ethel, d. of William John Hayes of Stoke-on-Trent; b. 12 Dec. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (H); left July 1928; a wool merchant, partner in Fl. Claessens, Antwerp; m. 28 Aug. 1934 Simone, d. of Florent Claessens of Vieux-Dieu, Antwerp; d. 27 May 1997.
BEARE, HENRY, son of Henry Beare, Bideford, Devon, and St. Giles in the Fields, London, and Mary ---; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1713; QS 1714; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1718, matr. 17 Jun 1718, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1718-25 (void, marriage or expiry year of grace); BA 1722; Master of the Free School at Ripon 1721; ordained; Rector of Bildeston, Suffolk, from 1723; m. 5 Nov 1723 (IGI) Mary, sister of Jacob Brand (qv); d. 30 Oct 1733, aged 34.
Beasley, Sir Horace Owen Compton, son of Ammon Beasley, general manager of the Taff Vale Railway Co., by Lucy Adelaide -; b. July 2, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (R); left July 1896; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1896; played football (Association) against Oxford 1897 and 1898, Capt. C. U. A. F. C. 1898-9; B.A. 1899; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 27, 1902; South Western Circuit; a puisne judge of the High Court, Burma, from Feb. 1923; a Judge of the Hight Court, Madras, 1924; Chief Justice 1929; knighted 1930; one of the donors of the Madras Cup to the School 1931; President, Pensions Appeal Tribunal, England and Wales 1943-8; served on the western front 1916-9; temp. Major Labour Corps June 13, 1918; Assist. Controller of Labour; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 30, 1918; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; C.B.E. 1958; m. Evelyn Atherton, daughter of Major W. V. Upton, formerly Atherton; d. Jan 1, 1960.
BEASLEY, JOHN, second son of Capt. William Beasley, Surfleet, Lincs., and Mary ---; b. 3 Apr 1824; adm. 2 Jul 1838 (Scott's); BB 1839; left Aug 1842; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Oct 1842, matr. Mich. 1842; BA 1848; Capt., Royal South Lincoln Militia; d. 24 Dec 1855.
Beasley, Michael David Upton, son of Sir Horace Owen Compton Beasley (qv); b. 21 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (G); left July 1934; an architect, ARIBA 1947, AA Diploma; sen. lecturer North Lond. Poly.; m.