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BENBOW, CLIFTON, eldest son of John Henry Benbow MP, attorney, Lincoln’s Inn, and agent to Lord Ward; b. 1 Oct 1798; adm. Christmas 1813; in school list Oct 1814; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Aug 1815; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Aug 1816, scholar 1816-9, matr. Mich. 1816; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1818; Lieut., 15th Native Infantry 15 Jan 1820; Capt., 18 Jun 1828; Brevet Maj., 23 Nov 1841; Maj., 15th Native Infantry, 3 Jul 1844; Lieut. -Col., 4th Native Infantry, 4 Jul 1849; Brevet Col., 28 Nov 1854; retd. 4 May 1850 [check]; m. 26 Feb 1857 [check] Maria, fifth dau. of Rev. Andrew Tucker, Rector of Wotton Fitzpaine, Dorset; d. 19 Aug 1881.

BENBOW, HERBERT CLIFTON, son of John Benbow, Uxbridge, Middlesex, merchant, and Adela, dau. of Daniel Tookey; grandson of Clifton Benbow (qv); b. 4 Oct 1861; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 27 May 1875; QS 1876; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1880, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1910; a schoolmaster at Cargilfield Sch., Cramond Bridge, Midlothian, 1883-1927; d. 2 Feb 1941.

BENBOW, WILLIAM LEONARD, brother of Herbert Clifton Benbow (qv); b. 11 Jul 1863; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1877; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1882, matr. 13 Oct 1882; 1st cl. Cl. Mod. 1884; BA 1886; a schoolmaster at Highgate Sch., Hilbrow, Rugby, and Oatlands, Harrogate, 1890-1908.

BEND, ---; adm. May 1663; a boarder (Busby’s Account Book).

Bendall, Geoffrey Skeat Manley, brother of Philip Manley Bendall (q.v.); b. Oct. 2, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (A); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 26, 1901; left Dec. 1904; a Director of Mark Mayhew, Ltd., Flour Millers, 1907-13; Capt. Oct. 21, 1915; and Adjutant June 1, 1916, 58th London Divisional Train R.A.S.C.; mentioned in despatches L.G. Dec. 30, 1918; d. 1 Jan. 1932.

Bendall, Philip Manley, son of Samuel John Bendall, of Norbury, Surrey, a member of the London Stock Exchange, by Ellen, eldest daughter of William Stone, of London; b. Oct. 24, 1884; adm. Sept. 30, 1897 (A); left July 1901; became a member of the London Stock Exchange 1907; went out to the Federated Malay States Sept. 1910 and engaged in rubber­planting, returned home in May 1915; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. and became Capt. and Adjt. 19th Batt. London Regt.; served in France June - Nov. 1916, Salonica Dec. 1916 - June 1917, and Palestine June 1917 - Aug. 1919; M.C. Jan. 1, 1919, and Order of the Nile (4th class) Aug. 1919; returned to the Federated Malay States March 1920; m. March 6, 1920, Ethel Maude Liddell, daughter of Morton Peto Betts, of Mentone, France; d. Aug. 23, 1948.

BENDYSHE, ROBERT, brother of Thomas Bendyshe (qv); b. 14 Jun 1707; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1719/20; in under school list 1721; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Mar 1725, scholar 1726; BA 1728/9; MA 1732; BD 1750; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1731, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1732; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 1 Jun 1735, priest 5 Jun 1737; Vicar of Shalford, Surrey, 1745-55; Rector of Dickleburgh, Norfolk, from 1755; d. unm. 26 Mar 1783.

BENDYSHE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Bendyshe, Barrington, Cambs., and Catherine, dau. of Richard Stacey; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields, London 12 Oct 1699 (IGI); adm. (aged 16) Jan 1716/7.

BENET, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1747 (Burges'); left 1747.

BENETT, THOMAS, second son of Thomas Benett, Norton Bavant, Wilts., Joint Registrar, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and Etheldreda, dau. of Most Rev. William Wake DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; b.; adm. (aged 15) Apr 1744 (Peirson's); left 1747; Wadham Coll. Oxford, fellow commoner, matr. 4 Jun 1747; adm. Middle Temple 2 Apr 1747; ? adm. Inner Temple from Middle Temple year 1752/3 (as Bennett), called to bar 13 Jun 1755, sold chambers in Inner Temple 29 May 1767; of Pythouse and Norton Bavant, Wilts.; High Sheriff, Wiltshire 1758; m. 1st, 7 Jun 1766 (IGI), Frances, dau. of Rev. Richard Reynolds, Little Paxton, Hunts.; m. 2nd, 3 Jan 1771 (IGI), Catherine, dau. of John Darell, York Street, St. James’s, London; d. 16 May 1797.