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Balfour, Gerald Peter Aylmer Mortimer, brother of Douglas Frederick Aylmer Mortimer Bal­four (qv); b. 19 June 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (B); left Dec. 1936; Imp. Coll. London.

Bannister, Lemuel, son of Lemuel Bannister, counsellor-at-law, of Montclair, NJ, USA, and Mary Monroe, d. of Henry M. Faxon of Quincy, Mass.; b. 18 Nov. 1918; adm. from Milton Acad. Apr. 1936 (B); left July 1936; Harvard Univ, BA 1941, LLB 1948; member of Mass. and New York Bars, practising in New York City; USNR 1942-6 (Lieut.); m. 24 May 1941 Virginia Elizabeth, d. of Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Chief Justice of New Jersey; d. 8 Nov. 1984.

Barker, Rodney Mylne, son of Geoffrey Mylne Barker MC, solicitor, of Gerrards Cross, Bucks, and Sybil Joyce, d. of Frank Hickman of Oxted, Surrey; grandson of Charles Mylne Barker (qv); b. 15 Sept. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (B); left July 1952; Trin. Hall. Camb., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1959; fenced against Oxford 1953-5; adm. solicitor 1959, practised in London 1959-63; MA Teaching, Oberlin Coll., OH, USA 1964-5; secondary sch. teacher, USA 1965-77; chmn. History Dept., Thayer Acad., Braintree, MA, USA 1969-77; adm. attorney-at-law, MA, USA 1977, practised in MA, USA; Alderman, City of Newton, MA, 1977-89; dir. paralegal program, Mount Ida Coll. Newton, MA 1979-1982; Prof. of US Immigration Law, Suffolk Univ., MA 2001-8; jt. author, Solicitors’ Clerks’ Handbook 1957 and 1964; editor-in-chief, Immigration Options for Religious Workers, American Immigration Lawyers Assn. 2005, 2010; m. 10 May 1958 Elizabeth Hatfield Hines, teacher, d. of Frank Bristow Hines of Cleveland, OH, USA; d. 2017

Barlow, Arthur Charles Horace, brother of Evan Firth Barlow (qv); b. 22 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (B), KS 1934; left July 1938; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1941 (1st class hons Law Tripos Pts 1 and 2), MA 1947; res. schol.; PhD (Lond.); RAMC in WW2; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) 1948; lecturer in Roman Law, King's Coll. Lond., 1949; d. 1 June 1956.

Barnett, William Edward Rupert, son of Lieut. -Col. Rupert Noel Barnett TD FCA, and Marion Willoughby, d. of William Edward Hawkins of Cardiff; b. 6 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B), KS 1939; left July 1943; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1947, MA BLitt. 1951; Foreign Office 1951; m. 12 Aug. 1961 Mary Adele, d. of Allan Chester Skidmore, engineer, of Shaw, Lancs; d. 7 Nov. 1986.

Beale, Ronald Venus, son of Frederic Montague Beale of Epsom, Surrey, and Ruby, d. of John Thomas Venus of Chester-le-Street, Northumberland; b. 21 July 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (B); left Dec. 1933; m.; d. 28 May 1992

Beard, Richard William, son of Brig. William Horace Gladstone Beard, Indian Army, of Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, and Irene Foote; b. 4 May 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (B); left July 1948; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1957; Barts Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BChir 1955, MD 1971; RAF Singapore and Malaya 1957-60; MRCOG 1963, FRCOG 1972; house appts. Redhill County Hosp. and Barts Hosp; sen. lecturer and hon. consult., Queen Charlotte’s Hosp. 1967-8, King’s Coll. Hosp. 1968-72; Prof. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch. 1972-96, Prof. Emeritus 1996-; m. 1st, 1957 Jane Elisabeth, d. of Rev. Harry Charles Frederick Copsey, Vicar of East Grinstead, Sussex; 2nd, 1979 Irène Victoire Elisabeth de Marotte de Montigny, d. of Comte Baudouin de Marotte; d. 13 Jan. 2012.

Beecroft, Murray Garrard, son of Leonard Charles Beecroft FCA JP, of Hampstead, and Beulah Murray, d. of George Wood Garrard of Frontenac, MN, USA; b. 12 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943; RAFVR in WW2, RAF (short service) 1947-52 (Flt. -Lieut. ), reverted to Reserve 1952; an antique furniture dealer; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1983-4, BA 1984, MA 1986; a charity administrator 1985-; d. 19 July 2011.

Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood, brother of Hon. Michael Julius Wedgwood Benn (qv); b. 3 Apr. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA 1946, MA 1949, hon. Fellow 2005; RAFVR 1943-5, RNVR 1945-6; Pres. of Oxford Union 1947; producer BBC N. American Service 1949-50; MP (Lab. ) Bristol South-East Dec. 1950-60 and Aug. 1963-83, Chesterfield Mar. 1984-2001; succ. his father as 2nd Viscount Stansgate 17 Nov. 1960; unsuccessfully attempted to renounce his succession in 1955 and 1960, and after winning a by-election at Bristol South-East in May 1961 was disqualified from taking his seat; later instigated the Peerage Act 1963, and renounced the title for life; chmn. Fabian Soc. 1964; Postmaster-General 1964-6, founding the PO Giro; PC 1964; Min. of Technology 1966-70, assuming responsibility for Aviation in 1967, for Power 1969; hon. LLD Strathclyde Univ. 1969, hon. DTech Bradford Univ. 1969, hon. DSc Aston Univ., 1970; Sec. of State for Industry 1974-5, for Energy 1975-9; member NEC, Lab. Party 1959-60, 1962-93, chmn. 1971-2; pres., Campaign Group of Labour MPs 1987-2001; pres., Stop the War Coalition 2004-14; author of a number of works on political subjects; published nine volumes of his diaries; m. 17 June 1949 Caroline, d. of James Miltonn De Camp of Cincinnati, USA; d. 14 Mar. 2014.

Bevis, Alfred Anthony Thornton, son of Alfred Herbert Bevis, stockbroker, and Rebe Kate, d. of George Thornton Tubbs; b. 24 Oct. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1938; tech. asst. Min. of Aircraft Production 1941-55; Nat. Physical Lab., Teddington, 1955-; retd. 1983; m. 8 July 1961 Joan Margaret Felton; d. 11 Dec. 1999.