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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.

Baudhuin, Andre Jean; b. March 19, 1901; adm. May 4, 1916 (H); left July 1917.