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BEDFORD, ALBERT EDWARD RILAND, son of William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (qv); b. 27 Dec 1864; adm. (R) 26 Jan 1877; left Dec 1883; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Jan 1884; BA 1886; MA 1890; ordained deacon 1888 (York), priest 1889 (Worcester); Curate, Kimberworth, Yorks., 1888-9, New Milverton, Warwicks., 1889-90, St. Nicholas’s, Warwick, 1890-2, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1893-4; Vicar of Boldmere, Warwicks., 1894-7; Rector of West Hallam, Derbs., 1907 (check)-15; Vicar of St. George’s, Kidderminster, Worcs., 1915-8; Rector of Morley, Derbs., from 1918; m. 9 Oct 1901 Eva Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Henry Herbert Coldwell Horsfall, Penna Hall, Erdington, Warwicks., wire manufacturer.

BEDFORD, CHARLES ARTHUR, son of Charles Bedford, Huntingdon, Proctor, Doctors Commons, and Registrar of the Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Sarah, dau. of Laurence Desborough; b. 24 Jan 1805; adm. 19 Jan 1820; a proctor and notary, Doctors’ Commons, adm. 1829; m. at British Embassy, Paris, 31 Jul 1829 (IGI) Claudine Conroy, dau. of John Palmer, Calcutta; d. 27 Sep 1837.

BEDFORD, CHARLES JOHN RILAND, brother of William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (qv); b. 28 Aug 1828; adm. (G) 21 Feb 1842; QS 1842; rowed no. 3 in race against Eton 29 Jul 1845; left 23 Jan 1846; Ensign, 55th Foot, 14 Dec 1849, 50th Foot, 12 Jul 1850, retd. 12 Nov 1850; rejoined as Ensign, 9th Foot, 19 Feb 1855; Lieut., 21 Jun 1855; 92nd Foot, 9 Oct 1855; retd. 1857; served Crimean War 1855-6; m. 9 Aug 1871 Emily, elder dau. of Robert Garnett, Moor Hall, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., and Rous Lench Court, Worcs.; d. 1910.

BEDFORD, CHARLES YVONE RILAND, son of William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (qv); b. 28 Oct 1853; adm. 28 Mar 1866 (James'); Min. Can. 1868; left Aug 1869; merchant (1881 Census), no occupation stated (1901 Census); m. 29 Jan 1907 Isabel Mary, eldest dau. of Edward James Watherston, Barkston Gardens, South Kensington, goldsmith; d. 22 May 1923.

Bedford, David Edwin Wyatt, son of Edwin Curtis Bedford (q.v.); b. Aug. 26, 1902; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left July 1920; an insurance broker member of Lloyds; m. June 6, 1931, Ruth, daughter of Dr. Richard Houlton Jackson, of Bakewell, Derbyshire; 28 Apr. 1979.

BEDFORD, EDWIN CURTIS, eldest son of Edwin Bedford, Ladbroke Terrace, London, solicitor, and Caroline, dau. of John Donkin MICE [check], Ormond House, Old Kent Road, Peckham, Surrey, civil engineer; b. 3 Jul 1862; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 18 Apr 1876; QS 1877; left May 1881; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1881, matr. Mich. 1881; BA 1884; MA 1889; Wells Theological College 1885; ordained deacon (Nassau for Winchester) 1885, priest (Winchester) 1886; Curate Haslemere, Surrey, 1885-9, St. George the Martyr, Holborn, 1889-99 [check], Harrow Green, Essex, 1892-4, Little Ilford, Essex, 1894-9; Rector of St. George the Martyr, Holborn, 1899-1917; Rector of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, 1917-37; President, Sion College, 1920; m. 18 Jun 1901 Margaret Augusta, sister of Philip Humphry Wyatt (qv, vol. III); d. 1 Feb 1938.

Bedford, Felix Hugh Wyatt, brother of David Edwin Wyatt Bedford (qv); b. 13 Aug. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1979; a hotelier 1934-40 and 1945-7; RAFVR 1940-5 (Cpl), RAuxAF 1950-5 (Cpl); Lloyd's 1947-78; Div. Commissioner of Scouts in Greater London; Court of Assistants, Haberdashers' Company 1960; seven years on Holborn Borough Council; m. 1 Mar. 1941 Sara Elspeth Joyce, d. of Arthur Westerman MD; d. 31 Dec. 1998.

BEDFORD, FRANCIS DONKIN, brother of Edwin Curtis Bedford (qv); b. 21 May 1864; adm. (J) 27 Sep 1877; left May 1881; an architect; articled to Sir Arthur Blomfield 1883-6; commenced independent practice 1888; ARIBA 13 Jan 1890, resigned 1896; worked as an illustrator of children's books. m. 5 Feb 1895 Katharine Helen, third dau. of Hugh Carter RI, Clarendon Road, Holland Park, Kensington, artist; d. 1954.

BEDFORD, GEORGE SALE, son of George Bedford, Bedford Row, London, solicitor, and his second wife Harriet, widow of Maj. --- Bladen, 19th Light Dragoons, and dau. of Col. --- Sale; half-brother of William Devaynes Bedford (qv); b. 31 Jan 1816; adm. 31 Jan 1827 (Stikeman's); a Senior Clerk, Office of Woods and Forests; m. 18 Dec 1849 Elizabeth Charlotte, widow of --- D’Olier, and eldest dau. of Joseph Strong, Kithenan, co. Dublin; d. 25 Dec 1870.

BEDFORD, GROSVENOR CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Bedford, Brixton, Surrey, and New P{alace Yard, Westminster, Deputy Usher, Court of Exchequer, and Mary Page; b. 1773; adm. 2 Mar 1784; took the part of the Dauphin in play King John acted by the Town Boys Dec 1789; assisted Robert Southey (qv) and Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (qv) in the production of the short-lived Flagellant, Mar-Apr 1792; Assistant Clerk, Exchequer Office, 1792-1803, Clerk of the Cash Book 1803-6, Clerk of the Registers and Issues 1806-22, Chief Clerk in Auditor’s Office 1822-34; adm. Gray’s Inn 26 Jan 1797; his correspondence with Southey is printed in Southey’s Life and Correspondence, 1849; translated Musaeus’s Lives of Hero and Leander, 1797; co-editor with Southey of Specimens of the Later English Poets, 1807; d. unm. 14 Jun 1839.