Biscoe, William Archibald, 1810-1832
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.
BISHOP, ELIJAH, son of Elisha Bishop, Silchester, Berks.; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1760; d. 1761. [Note that an Elisha Bishop m. at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 1 Nov 1738 Alice Hopkins (IGI)]
BISHOP, HENRY; b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642, Westminster Student; MA 1649; kept a private school in London, where Nathaniel, Lord Crewe, was one of his pupils (Camden Society, 2nd ser., liii, 3).
BISHOP, MATTHEW, only son of John Bishop, Conduit Street, London; b.; adm. : KS (aged 14) 1763; left Aug 1765, “expelled” (MS note in a copy of Welch); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Oct 1766, scholar 15 May 1767, matr. Easter 1767; resided to 1769; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1769; Ensign, 6 May 1770; Lieut., 5 Mar 1773; res. 16 Aug 1773; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Oct 1777. [Possibly Matthew Bishop, son of John Bishop, and Sarah ---, bapt. St. John, Smith Square 21 Jul 1751 (IGI)]
BISPHAM, WILLIAM, second son of William Bispham, Billing, Lancs., and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Richard Some, Essex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1618, adm. scholar 1619; BA 1622/3; MA 1626; ordained; Rector of mediety of Lymm, Lancs., 1627; Rector of Brindle, Lancs., 1629-36; Prebendary of Chester 4 Feb 1632; Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire, 1636 - deprived by 2 Jul 1644, restored 1660; m. before 1640 Elizabeth Smythe, Devon; d. 6 Jan 1685/6.
Bisse, George Poyner, ca. 1715-1772
BISSE, GEORGE POYNER, third son of James Bisse MD, Codicote, Herts., and Anne, only dau. of George Poyner, Codicote, Herts.; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1726/7; Min. Can. 1728; KS 1729; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1733, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1733, scholar 17 May 1734, matr. 1734; BA 1736/7; migr. to Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 25 May 1737, incorp. BA 26 May 1737; MA 1740; of Codicote, Herts. (sold in 1771); JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1761-70); d. 17 Jan 1772.
Bisset, Alexander, ca. 1716-1781
BISSET, ALEXANDER, son of Maj. William Bisset, Southampton; b.; adm. Jan 1725/6; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1729; KS 1730; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1734, matr. 12 Jun 1734, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1734 - 5 Mar 1744 (void, expiry year of grace); BA 1738; MA 1741; BD and DD 1753; ordained deacon 18 Jun 1742, priest 19 Dec 1742 (both Oxford); Rector of Ravensthorpe, Northants., 21 Dec 1742-7; Rector of Kilmore, co. Down; Chancellor, Down 1748-59, Archdeacon of Connor from 10 Nov 1759; Prebendary of Armagh 2 Jul 1757- Jan 1765, Chancellor from 30 Jan 1765; m. Jane, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Maurice Bocland MP, Knighton, Isle of Wight; d. 1781.
BISSET, ALEXANDER, third son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b. ; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS (aged 12) 1773; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1777, matr. 30 May 1777, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1777 - 30 Jun 1781 (void); Lieut. , Lord Strathnaver’s new Corps, 23 Jul 1781, half-pay 1783; Ensign, Princess of Wales’s Aberdeen Highland Regt. of Fencible Infantry, 1 Oct 1796; Lieut. , Royal Navy 27 Dec 1808; Cdr. (ret. ) 3 Feb 1847; m. 26 Aug 1783 Catherine, dau. of Beauchamp Bagenal MP (I), Dunleckney, co. Carlow; d. at Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope 12 Jul 1847.
BISSET, GEORGE, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 20 Oct 1778; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 - 16 Dec 1794 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Malmesbury; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1787; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. to London) Aug 1793, to curacy of Soberton, Hants., priest Nov 1793; Vicar of Malmesbury, Wilts., 1793 (year of grace from 23 Dec 1793); Rector of Dauntsey, Wilts., 17 Jun 1800; m. 9 Sep 1820 Lady Catherine Howard, dau. of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, Gen. in the Army; d. 21 Nov 1828.
BISSET, HENRY, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan. 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 12 Sep 1771; KS (aged 13) 1777; left 1780; a Midshipman, Royal Navy; killed in action between HMS Flora and La Nymphe, off Ushant, 10 Aug 1780 (see London Gazette, 1780, no. 12110).