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BAIRD, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Baird, Auchmedden, Banffshire, and Anne, dau. of William Duff, Dipple, Morayshire, and sister of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (I); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1733; Min. Can. 1736; KS 1737; elected to Trin. Coll. Cambridge 1741, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1741, scholar 7 May 1742; BA 1744/5; MA 1748; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1747, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1748; adm. Middle Temple 12 Nov 1739, called to bar 20 May 1748; d. May 1750, of gaol fever contracted at the Old Bailey.

BAINHAM, JOSEPH, son of Alexander Bainham, Westbury, Gloucs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Arnold Oldisworth, of Broadley, Gloucs., Clerk of the Hanaper; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1629; KS 1630 (Tanner MSS, Bodleian Library, lxix, f. 137 and f. 224).

BAINES, THOMAS, second son of John Baines, Laxham, Suffolk, and Elizabeth, sister of James Johnson (KS 1719, qv); bapt. 12 Sep 1738; in school list 1744; KS (aged 13) 1751; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1756, matr. 16 Jun 1756, Westminster Student 5 Jan - 9 Feb 1757 (void on migration to Cambridge [check]); migrated to Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jan 1764, matr. Mich. 1764; BA 1768; MA 1772; ordained priest Dec 1768; Rector of Upton on Severn, Worcs. 1768 – Oct 1772; Rector of Richard’s Castle, Herefs. , from 20 Oct 1772; [dispensation to hold R. Tolleshunt Darcy, Essex, with R. Little Wratting, Norfolk, 1786 : different individual ?]; Vicar of Caynham, Shropshire, 7 Sep 1792 - res Jul 1799; JP Shropshire, Herefordshire; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 4 Oct 1796 Mary, widow of Rev. Evan Humphreys, Rector of Montgomery and of Clungunford, Shropshire, and dau. of Rev. Salusbury Pryce DD, Rector of Montgomery; d. 7 Feb 1802.

Baines, Anthony Cuthbert, son of Cuthbert Edward Baines, a Principal at the India Office, and Margaret Clemency Lane, d. of Reginald Lane Poole FBA DLitt, Fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxford; b. 6 Oct. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (KS); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1970; Roy. Coll. of Music 1933-4; professional bassoonist; Roy. Tank Regt 1941-5 (Lieut.); wounded and p.o.w. Libya 1942; escaped in Italy Oct. 1943, but recaptured March 1944 and p.o.w. in Germany; transferred to Army Educ. Corps Aug. 1945; asst conductor Lond. Philhar­monic Orchestra 1949; assoc. conductor Internat. Ballet Co. 1950-53; music staff Uppingham Sch. 1954-65, Dean Close Sch. 1965-70; editor of Musical Instruments Through the Ages 1961, author of Woodwind Instruments and their History 1957, Bagpipes 1960, European and American Musi­cal Instruments 1966, Brass Instruments, their History and Development 1976; lecturer and curator Bate Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, Univ. of Oxf., 1970-80; Fellow Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1974-80; DLitt 1977; FBA 1980; m. 16 June 1960 Patricia Margaret Stammers.

BAIN, FRANCIS WILLIAM, third son of Joseph Bain FSA (Scot), Sweethope, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, archivist, and Charlotte, dau. of Edward Piper, Alstonby on the Eden, Cumberland; b. 29 Apr 1863; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 31 May 1877; QS (Capt. ) 1878; Capt. of the School 1881; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1882, matr. 13 Oct 1882; played Association Football against Cambridge 1883-6, Capt. 1886; 2nd cl. Cl. Mod. 1884, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1886; BA 1886; MA 1889; Fellow of All Souls Coll. Nov 1889-96; entered Indian Educational Service; Professor of History and Political Economy, Deccan College, Poona, India 1 Jun 1892-1919; Junior Principal Mar 1908, Senior Principal Apr 1911-19; CIE 3 Jun 1918; author, A Digit of the Moon, 1899, and numerous other works; m. 4 Jun 1890 Helen Margarita, dau. of Henry Blandford, Blandford, Dorset; d. 24 Feb 1940. DNB.

BAILEY, JOHN HOPKINS, son of John Bailey, Harwich, Essex; b. 1 Oct 1806; adm. 5 Feb 1819 (Packharness'); KS 1821; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1825, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1825, scholar 1826, matr. Mich. 1825; BA 1829; MA 1834; ordained deacon (London) 14 Jun 1835, priest 18 Dec 1836; Perpetual Curate of Billericay, Essex, 1844-59; Vicar of White Notley, Essex, from 1859; d. 13 Nov 1871.

BAGULIE, THOMAS; b.; at school in 1567; QS in 1572 (Chapter Muniments 25122).

BAGSHAW, HENRY, brother of Edward Bagshaw (KS in 1644, qv); bapt. 5 Sep 1633; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1648; KS (Capt. ) 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, subscribed 7 Jul 1651, Westminster Student; BA 1655; MA 1657 (incorp. Camb. 1659); BD 1668; DD 1671; ordained; Chaplain to Sir Richard Fanshawe, Ambassador to Spain and Portugal, 1663-6; Rector of Carlton in Lindrick, Notts., 18 Mar 1667 - res Jul 1670; Prebendary of York 12 Aug 1667- res Jul 1670, of Southwell 9 Jul 1668 -70; Rector of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London, 10 Jun 1670 -77; Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, co. Durham, from 13 Dec 1677; Prebendary of Durham from 18 Jul 1681; had a great reputation as a preacher; published several sermons; lic. to m. 7 Apr 1674 Mary, dau. of Sir Edward Nicolls, Bart., Faxton, Northants; also lic. to m. 8 Feb 1674/5 Elizabeth Wilshere; d. 30 Dec 1709. DNB.

BAGSHAW, EDWARD, only son of Henry Bagshaw (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 21 Jul 1690 (IGI); adm.; QS 1704; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 4 Oct 1709, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709-16 (void); BA 1713; MA 1716; ordained priest (Oxford) 31 May 1713; Vicar of Castleton, Derbs., from Aug 1723; some extracts from his diary are printed Transactions of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, ii, 74 seq.; m. 3 May 1716 Margaret Bignall, St. Anne’s, Soho; d. 12 Apr 1769.

BAGSHAW, EDWARD, son of Edward Bagshaw MP, barrister, of Moreton Pinkney, Northants., and Prudence ---; bapt. 20 Dec 1629; adm.; KS in 1644; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1646, but was detained at school “through the exigence of warre”, matr. 1 Feb 1646/7, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1662; submitted to the Parliamentary Visitors (see Register of Visitors of the University of Oxford 1647 to 1658, Camden Society, 2nd series, vol. xxix, 74, 268, 484); BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. at Cambridge 1654); took a prominent part in an agitation for the abolition of caps and gowns; adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Feb 1651/2; Under Master of the School May 1656; quarrelled with Richard Busby (qv), the Head Master (Barker, Memoir of Richard Busby, 1905, 55-76); suspended by the Governors 1 Dec 1657 and resigned in May 1658; ordained (Exeter) 3 Nov 1659; Vicar of Ambrosden, Oxfordshire 25 Aug 1659 – 1662 [or 1660 ?], when ejected for nonconformity under the Bartholomew Act; also ejected from his Studentship at Christ Church Hilary term 1662; Chaplain to Arthur, Earl of Anglesey 1661; accompanied him to Ireland Jul 1662; returned to England Sep 1662; imprisoned in Tower of London for abusing the King and Government 1663-4 and in Southsea Castle 1664-7; thrown into Newgate Prison for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, but was subsequently allowed out on parole; a man of learning and intellectual accomplishments which were rendered useless by his ungovernable temper and overweening conceit; author, A true and perfect narrative of the differences between Mr Busby and Mr Bagshaw, the First and Second Masters of Westminster School, 1659, and several controversial and religious works; m. Margaret, second dau. of John Peacock, Chawley, Cumnor, Oxfordshire, “a blind gentlewoman who had fallen in love with him for his sermons”; d. 28 Dec 1671. DNB.