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BALDWIN, JOHN LORAINE, only son of John Baldwin (qv); b. 1 Jun 1809; adm. (Stelfox) 21 Jan 1822; left Dec 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1827; a well-known dandy and inventor of a scent; a staunch supporter of the Canterbury Cricket Week, and one of the original “Old Stagers” who acted at their first performance in 1842 (see History of Kent County Cricket, 149, 151, 168); one of the founders of I Zingari in 1845; Chairman of the Portland Committee, which drew up the rules of Short Whist; the Baldwin Club, which was called after him, was founded at 3 Pall Mall East in 1887; edited The Laws of Short Whist and a Treatise on the Game by J. C., 1864; author, A Glimpse of Whist, 1866, and other works; m. 31 Jul 1873 Elizabeth, widow of Lord Francis John Russell, and dau. of Algernon Peyton (qv); d. 25 Nov 1896.

BALDWIN, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Baldwin, Paternoster Row, London, bookseller and publisher, and his cousin Maria, third dau. of Henry Baldwin; b. 23 Mar 1809; adm. 15 Jan 1821 (Stelfox's); KS 1823; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1827, adm. pens. 29 May 1827, scholar 1828, matr. Mich. 1827; BA 1831; MA 1834; adm. Middle Temple 21 Aug 1828, called to bar 20 Nov 1840; special pleader; Home Circuit; d. 6 Jun 1848.

BARNES, GEORGE CARNAC, eldest son of Ven. George Barnes DD, Archdeacon of Barnstaple, and Harriet Penelope, dau. of James Rivett-Carnac, EICS Bombay; grandson of Ralph Barnes (adm. 1744, qv); b. 4 Jun 1818; adm. 7 Sep 1831 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; left Dec 1835; at Haileybury Coll. 1836-7; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1837; arrived in India 27 Nov 1837; Deputy Commissioner, Trans-Sutlej territory 1848-52; Commissioner, Cis-Sutlej States 1853-61; CB 18 May 1860 (for his services in collecting supplies for the Delhi army during the Mutiny); Foreign Secretary to the Government of India at Calcutta 1861; m. 25 Sep 1856 Margaret Diana, dau. of Maj. Henry Richard Chetwynd-Stapylton, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) (see The Times, 4 Jul 1927, 16); d. at Hazaribagh, Bengal, 13 May 1861.

BARNES, JAMES RALPH, brother of George Carnac Barnes (qv); b. 11 Sep 1819; adm. 16 Jan 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1834; left 1836; at Haileybury Coll. 1836-8; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1838; arrived in India 12 Jan 1839; held various posts; in 1854 was Magistrate and Collector at Shahjahanpur; m. 26 Sep 1849 Mary Jane, dau. of George Powney Thompson, EICS Bengal, Judge of the High Court, Allahabad; d. at Nynee Tal 5 Oct 1854.

BARNES, RALPH, eldest son of Frederick Barnes (adm. 1785, qv); b. 8 Oct 1810; adm. 15 Jan 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; rowed in University Eight v. Leander at Henley 20 Jun 1831; BA 1833; MA 1835; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1836, priest 10 Jun 1839 (both Oxford); Vicar of Ardington, Berks., 4 Apr 1839; Vicar of 3rd portion of Bampton, Oxfordshire 1844 (dispensation to hold with Ardington, 1844); Vicar of Bampton Aston, Oxfordshire 1857; extracts from the diary which he kept when at Oxford were used by Sherwood, Oxford Rowing, 1900; m. 11 Aug 1870 Charlotte St. Leger, dau. of Charles James Fox Combe, Cobham Park, Surrey; d. 21 Apr 1884.

BARNETT, EDWARD, son of James Barnett (qv); b. 19 Nov 1818; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); Cornet, 2nd Dragoons 23 Feb 1838; Lieut., 28 Dec 1841; retd. 16 May 1845; d. 1899.

BARNETT, WILLIAM, son of James Barnett (qv); b. 19 Nov 1818; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); Cornet, 5th Dragoon Guards 5 Apr 1839; Lieut., 11 May 1841; retd. 30 Jul 1844; d. 26 Mar 1867.

BENNETT, JOHN, son of John Rowe Bennett, Sandwell, nr. Totnes, Devon; b. 30 Aug 1809; adm. 1 Oct 1822 (Stelfox's); Haileybury Coll. 1827-9; Writer, EICS Bengal 1830; Assistant to Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit, Agra 14 Feb 1832, to Magistrate and Collector, Agra, 10 Jun 1832; in charge Judge’s Office, Agra, 29 Jun 1833; d. at Calcutta 9 Jan 1834.

BERENS, EDWARD RIOU, brother of William Joseph Berens (qv); b. 12 Jan 1807; adm. 22 Jun 1821 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Mar 1825; migr. to St. Mary Hall; BA 1831; MA 1832; ordained deacon 1831 (lit. dim. from Canterbury), priest (Canterbury) 23 Dec 1832; Curate, Orpington with St. Mary Cray, Kent; Vicar of Broxted, Essex, 25 Jan 1833; Vicar of Wickford, Essex, 15 Feb 1833; Vicar of Downham, Essex, 11 Oct 1839 (dispensation to hold with Wickford, 1839); m. 21 Aug 1849 Sophia Frances, youngest dau. of Thomas Walpole, Stagbury, Surrey, Minister Plenipotentiary at Munich; d. 31 Jul 1856.

BISCOE, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, brother of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 17 Jul 1810; adm. 11 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; d. unm. 23 Feb 1832.