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Beechman, Nevil Alexander, son of Charles Beechman, of Hampstead, Middlesex, by Emily, daughter of S. Frankel, of Hampstead; b. Aug. 5, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; non-resident K.S. 1911; left (with Triplett) July 1915; Ball. Coll., Oxon., Domus Exhibitioner (Classics) 1915, matric. Michaelmas 1919; joint editor and founder of the Oiford Outlook 1919; Secretary of the Union Society 1920, President 1921; B.A. 1922; 2nd Lieut. E. Surrey Regt. May 28, 1915, attached 21st Batt. K. R. R. C.; Capt. July 20, 1917; served in France from Sept. 1916 until he was wounded Sept. 21, 1917; M.C. Sept. 26, 1917; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1923; K.C. 1947; M. P. for St. Ives 1937-50; Parliamentary Private Sec. to the Minister of Health 1941-2; Chief Whip of the Liberal National Party 1942-45; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1943-5; m. July 11, 1953; Mary Gwendolen, widow of Capt. Garth Caradoc Williams, R.E.

Byers, Charles Frank, Baron Byers, son of Charles Cecil Byers, dir. United Molasses Ltd, of Potters Bar, Middx, and Florence May, d. of James Fairclough of Northenden, Cheshire; b. 24 July 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (H); left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, ran against Cambridge in the relay races 1935, in the Univ. Sports 1936-7; BA 1938, MA 1946; RA 1940-5 (Lieut-Col.); GSOI Eighth Army; despatches Feb. 1943, July 1944 and May 1945; OBE (Middle East) Jan. 1944; Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre (palmes); MP (L) N. Dorset 1945-50; Lib. Chief Whip 1946-50; exec. dir. RTZ Corpn 1951-73; Vice-Pres. Liberal Party 1954-65, Chair­man 1965-7; created Baron Byers (Life Peer) 1964; FBIM 1965; Lib. Leader House of Lords 1967-84; PC 1972; DL (Surrey) 1974; m. 1939 Joan Elizabeth, d. of William Oliver of Golders Green; d. 6 Feb. 1984.

Ensor, Alick Charles Davidson, son of Charles William Ensor MRCS LRCP, of Ealing, and Helen Margaret, d. of Rev. Alexander Glegg Creighton, Vicar of Holy Trinity Kilmarnock; b. 27 Nov. 1906; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left July 1923; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1928; prosecuting solicitor Newcastle-on-Tyne 1932-5, Met. Police 1935-7; dep. Clerk of the Peace for Middx 1937-8; Clerk of the Peace for the County of London 1938-41; Army service 1939-44 (Capt.), despatches Dec. 1940; practised as solicitor in Brussels 1945-7; retd 1947 to farm in Dorset; MP (Lab.) Bury & Radcliffe 1964-70; subsequently a writer, lecturer and TV broadcaster; author of Thirty Acres and a Cow 1955, I was a Public Prosecutor 1958; appeared as presiding judge in TV series The Verdict is Yours; m. 1st 1932 Norah Russell; 2nd 1944 Frances Vivienne, d. of Francis William Mason MRCS LRCP of Bromsgrove, Worcs; d. 5 Feb. 1987 in France.

Skeffington-Lodge, Thomas Cecil, son of Thomas Robert Lodge of Settle, Yorks, and Winifred Marian, sister of Harold Ernest Skeffington (qv); b. 15 Jan. 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left Aug. 1922; advertising and publicity work in London and N. England; RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.); MP (Lab.) Bedford 1945-50; contested (Lab.) York 1951, Mid-Beds 1955, Grantham 1959, Brighton Pavilion Mar. 1969; PA to chairman Colonial Devel. Corpn 1950-2; vice-pres. Social­ist Christian Movement; chairman Brighton Committee Sussex branch CPRE; d. 23 Feb. 1994.