Billing, Herbert Samuel, 1888-1962
Billing, Herbert Samuel, son of Samuel Billing, of Wimbledon, solicitor; b. March 31, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Easter 1906; Univ. Coll. London; LL. B. (London Univ.) 1911; adm. a solicitor March 1912; practised at Guildford, Surrey; d. May 1962.
Bigwood, (James Edward) Cecil, 1863-1947
BIGWOOD, SIR (JAMES EDWARD) CECIL, eldest son of James Bigwood MP, The Lawn, Popes Grove, Twickenham, Middlesex, and Marian, only dau. of Edward Webb, Torquay, Devon; b. 1 Jun 1863; adm. (G) 1 Jun 1877; left Easter 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. 1882, matr. Mich. 1882; BA 1885; MA 1890; spare man for Cambridge rowing VIII in 1885; chairman, Finsbury Bench and Standing Joint Committeee of County of London; JP Co. London 1892, DL London 1935; knighted 1938; m. 1908 Maud, second dau. of Robert Porter, Blackheath, Kent; d. 4 Jul 1947.
Biggs, Thomas Howard Ashford, 1917-1994
Biggs, Thomas Howard Ashford, son of Edgar Arnold Biggs, artist and pianist, of Chelsea, and Ida Bright Ashford, miniaturist; b. 28 March 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left after ten days because of ill health and went to Canford Sch.; Lincoln Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936; a prep. school master, Broadstairs, 1945-68; author, journalist and archaeologist; RNLI Gold Badge 1974, Bar 1984; author of The Sound of Maroons 1977, The River Medway 1984; m. 1957 Lola Doreen Hussey, 2nd Officer WRNS; d. 1994.
Biggs, George Nixon, 1881-1922
Biggs, George Nixon, only son of Moses George Biggs, M. D., M.R.C.S., of New Wandsworth, by Elizabeth, elder daughter of William Nixon, of Pembrokeshire; b. March 28, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (G); left July 1898; St. Thomas's Hospital; L. S. A. 1905; M.B. and B. S. (Durham Univ.) 1905; aural and throat surgeon; practised in Wimpole Street, London; Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C. (T.) April 1, 1918; was consulting aurist and laryngologist at the Boulogne base and also to the R.A.F. during Great War I; mentioned in despatches; Portuguese military order of Avis; m. Gladys Victoria, second daughter of H. Archer; d. Nov. 10, 1922.
Bigge, Thomas Charles, 1739-1794
BIGGE, THOMAS CHARLES, son of William Bigge, Little Benton, Northumberland, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and Mary, dau. of Charles Clarke, Ovingham, Northumberland; b. 24 Jan 1739; adm. Oct. 1750 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Mar 1757; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1755; Grand Tour (Italy) 1764-5; High Sheriff Northumberland 1771; contested Morpeth 1774; m. 6 Nov 1772 Jemima, dau. of William Ord MP, Fenham, Northumberland; d. 10 Oct 1794.
Bigge, Edward Thomas, 1807-1844
BIGGE, EDWARD THOMAS, third son of Charles William Bigge (qv); b. 19 Oct 1807; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1821; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 May 1828; BA 1832; MA 1835; Fellow of Merton Coll. 1833, later Tutor and Dean; ordained deacon 25 May 1834, priest 14 Jun 1835; Vicar of Eglingham, Northumberland, from 1837; Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 15 Sep 1842; his name was remembered at Merton Coll. as the introducer of an especially strong ale, known as “archdeacon”; d. unm. 3 Apr 1844.
Bigge, Charles Richard, 1808-1874
BIGGE, CHARLES RICHARD, youngest son of Thomas Bigge, Bryanston Square, Hyde Park, London, and Beddington, Surrey, and Maria, dau. of Thomas Rundell, Bath; b. 6 Nov 1808; adm. (G) 19 Jan 1818; left 8 Aug 1823; m. 19 May 1835 Kate Scovell (IGI); d. 21 Apr 1874. [perhaps Cornet, 13th Light Dragoons 25 Dec 1823, retd. 20 Jan 1825]
Bigge, Charles John, 1803-1846
BIGGE, CHARLES JOHN, eldest son of Charles William Bigge (qv); b. 11 Apr 1803; adm. (G) 9 Jun 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Mar 1821; partner in Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne c. 1823-39, subsequently dir. Northumberland and District Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; m. 23 May 1833 Lewis Marianne, eldest dau. of Prideaux John Selby, Ightham Mote, Kent; d. 16 Mar 1846.
Biddulph, Victor Roundell George, 1897-1916
Biddulph, Victor Roundell George, only son of George Tournay Biddulph, of Petersham, Surrey, banker, by Lady Sarah Wilfreda Palmer, youngest daughter of Roundell, 1st Earl of Selborne; b. May 24, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (G); left Easter 1914; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. April 8, 1915; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. (Reserve) the Rifle Brigade Aug. 11, 1915; went out to the western front July 12, 1916, and was attached 8th Batt.; killed in action on the Somme Sept. 15, 1916; unm.
Bickmore, Charles Edward, 1848-1901
BICKMORE, CHARLES EDWARD, eldest son of Rev. Charles Bickmore DD, Leamington, Warwicks., and Elizabeth, dau. of William Calrow, Walton-le-Dale, Lancs.; b. 20 Apr 1848; adm. (G) 23 Jan 1862; QS (Capt. ) 1863; Capt. of the School 1866; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1867, matr. 12 Jun 1867; 1st cl. Mathematics and 2nd cl. Classics (Mods) 1869, 1st cl. Mathematics 1871; BA 1871; MA 1874; Fellow of New Coll. Oxford 1872-86; Mathematical Lecturer, New Coll., 1872-82, Pembroke Coll. 1873-4, Keble Coll. 1875-82; Mathematical Moderator 1876-7; m. 18 Dec 1885 Marianne Charlotte, younger dau. of Sydenham Davis, Richmond Park, Co. Dublin; d. 30 Apr 1901.