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BEDFORD, EDWIN CURTIS, eldest son of Edwin Bedford, Ladbroke Terrace, London, solicitor, and Caroline, dau. of John Donkin MICE [check], Ormond House, Old Kent Road, Peckham, Surrey, civil engineer; b. 3 Jul 1862; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 18 Apr 1876; QS 1877; left May 1881; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1881, matr. Mich. 1881; BA 1884; MA 1889; Wells Theological College 1885; ordained deacon (Nassau for Winchester) 1885, priest (Winchester) 1886; Curate Haslemere, Surrey, 1885-9, St. George the Martyr, Holborn, 1889-99 [check], Harrow Green, Essex, 1892-4, Little Ilford, Essex, 1894-9; Rector of St. George the Martyr, Holborn, 1899-1917; Rector of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, 1917-37; President, Sion College, 1920; m. 18 Jun 1901 Margaret Augusta, sister of Philip Humphry Wyatt (qv, vol. III); d. 1 Feb 1938.

BEDFORD, WILLIAM CAMPBELL RILAND, son of William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (qv); b. 29 May 1852; adm. 13 Apr 1865 (James'); left Aug 1869; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. 18 Oct 1871, matr. Mich. 1871; ran v. Oxford in the hurdles 1874, 1875, and in the 100 yards 1875; BA 1875; MA 1878; ordained deacon 1875, priest 1876 (both Worcester); Curate, St. Michael’s, Coventry, Warwicks., 1875-7, All Saints, Leamington, 1878; Vicar of Little Aston, Birmingham, 1878-81; Curate, Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1882-7; Vicar of Knowle, Warwicks., 1889-92; Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1892-1908; Hon. Canon Birmingham 1906-8; Grand Chaplain, United Grand Lodge of England, 1902; m. 5 Dec 1877 Eleanor Phoebe, fourth dau. of Sir James Timmins Chance, Bart., glass manufacturer; d. 15 Aug 1922.

BELLAIRS, RALPH HAMON, second son of Rev. Henry Spencer Kenrick Bellairs, Baton End, Oxfordshire, and Mary Jane, dau. of Benjamin Helps Starey, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire; b. 5 Sep 1867; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 16 Jun 1881; QS Jan 1883; left (with Triplett) 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886, Abbott Scholar 1887; BA 1890; MA 1897; MusB1897; MusD 1904; organist and musical director, Bradfield Coll., 1893-6; FRCO 1898; ARCM (Theory) 1899; organist and choirmaster, Christ Church, Cheltenham, from 1901; author, The Elements of Pianoforte Technique arranged upon a Rhythmic Basis, 1905; composer, Suite Idyllique, and other works; m. 3 Aug 1893 Mary Estrella Eleanor, dau. of Rev. Thomas Godfrey Pembroke Pope DD, Consular Chaplain at Lisbon and Canon of Gibraltar.

BERE, SANDFORD, third son of His Hon. Montagu Bere QC, County Court Judge, Grimstone Horrabridge, Devon, and Cecil Henrietta, second dau. of Cdr. Thomas Wentworth Buller, RN, Strete Raleigh, Devon; b. 6 Jun 1862; adm. (J) 27 Jan 1876; exhibitioner 1876; QS 1877; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1881, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1881, matr. Mich. 1881; entered Indian Civil Service 6 Feb 1888; Assistant Commissioner, 4th grade, Burma, Jul 1888, 3rd grade, 1895, 2nd grade 1898; d. 17 Feb 1899.

BERMINGHAM, GEORGE RITCHIE, son of George Bermingham FRCS, Kentish Town Road, London, and Payhembury, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, and Charlotte --- (IGI); b. 27 Jul 1846; adm. 26 Sep 1861 (James'); left Christmas 1862; m.

BESLY, WILLIAM BLUNDELL, eldest son of William Henry Besly, Dunmore, Devon, and Frances, dau. of William Land, Hayne, Devon; b. 20 Sep 1844; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); QS May 1860; rowed bow v. Eton 1 Aug 1861, no. 6 v. Eton 1 Aug 1862; left Whitsun 1863; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Jan 1864; BA 1867; MA 1873; ordained deacon 1869 (Bishop Trower for Exeter), priest (Exeter) 1870; Curate, Lew Trenchard, Devon, 1869-74, Romansleigh, Devon, 1874-5; Vicar of Peters Marland, Devon, from 1875; m. 22 Jun 1875 Margaret, dau. of Robert Chichester, Hall, Devon; d. 7 Mar 1891.

BIDDULPH, JOHN, third son of Robert Biddulph MP, Ledbury, Herefs., and Elizabeth, dau. of George Palmer MP, Nazeing Park, Essex; brother of Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph; b. 25 Jul 1840; adm. 5 Jul 1853 (James'); Cadet, EICS Bengal, 1858; Cornet, unattached, 20 Jan 1858; arrived in India 4 Mar 1858; Cornet, 5th Bengal Cavalry, 20 Jan 1858; Lieut., 18 May 1858; 19th Hussars, 30 Jul 1862; Capt., 1 Nov 1871; ADC to Viceroy of India May 1872 - Mar 1877; half-pay 15 Aug 1877; Bengal Staff Corps, 19 Sep 1877; Brevet Maj., 8 Dec 1877; Lieut. -Col., 24 Feb 1884; Col., 24 Feb 1888; served Indian Mutiny 1858-9; employed on special duty as member of mission to Yarkand 1873-4, on secret mission to countries beyond Gilgit 1876, and on special duty in Gilgit Sep 1877; Political Agent at courts of various Indian princes 1882-95; reverted to Military Dept., Jul 1895; on unemployed supernumary list, 25 Jul 1897; retired to England; JP (1906) Surrey; author, The Tribes of the Hindu Kush, 1880, and other works; m. 1882 Julia Errington, dau. of Sir Ranald Martin CB FRS; d. 31 Dec 1921.

BIRKETT, LLOYD BATLEY, eldest son of Edmund Lloyd Birkett MD FRCP, Russell Square, London, and Audrey Heydon, dau. of Benjamin Elisha Batley, Russell Square; b. 10 Aug 1853; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); left Aug 1872; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1873; BA 1877; MA 1881; ordained deacon 8 Jun 1879, priest 23 May 1880 (both Chichester); Curate, Westbourne, Sussex, 1879-84; Rector and Vicar of Westbourne, Sussex, from 3 Feb 1884; Prebendary of Chichester from 1930; d. 19 Aug 1931.

BLAIKIE, JOHN ROBERT, son of Robert Blaikie MRCS LSA, Oswestry, Shropshire, surgeon, and Margaret --- (IGI); b. 26 May 1854; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); QS 1869; left Aug 1871; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Oct 1871, matr. Mich. 1871; BA 1875; a medical student in Dublin; d. at Dublin 23 Dec 1876.

BLUMBERG, GEORGE HENRY, son of George Frederick Blumberg, Mansfield House, Clifton Gardens, London (British subject born in Russia), and Rosalie Susannah Jane ---- (IGI); b. 12 Sep 1861; adm. 23 Sep 1875 (James'); left Nov 1876; went to Christchurch, New Zealand, for the sake of his health; d. there in winter of 1881.