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BISSET, MAURICE GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1775, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jun 1779; of Lessendrum, Huntly, Aberdeenshire; a memoir of his life by J. M. Bulloch was privately published, 1929; m. 21 Oct 1787 Lady Harriet Mordaunt, dau. of Charles Mordaunt, 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth (qv), and his second wife; d. 16 Dec 1821.

BISSET, WILLIAM, son of William Bisset, London; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 17, scholar 27 Apr 1688; BA 1690/1; described in a letter from William Gale, who was endeavouring to procure a Fellowship for Bisset, as “an extraordinarily learned man, but without friends, was Captain of Westminster School and senior of his year at Cambridge” (HMC Report, i, 22); ordained priest (London) 23 May 1692; Perpetual Curate of Iver, Bucks.; Rector of Whiston, Northants., from 3 Sep 1697; an Elder Brother of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, 1699; a fierce opponent of Dr Sacheverell; Chaplain to Queen Caroline; Cole describes him as “almost a madman”; author, The Modern Fanatick, 1710, and other works; m. 5 Nov 1704 Hennaretta Panier; d. 7 Nov 1747. DNB.

BISSET, WILLIAM, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b. 27 Oct 1758; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS 1771; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1775, matr. 14 Jun 1775, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1775 - 2 Aug 1786 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Dunbin); BA 1779; MA 1782; ordained deacon May 1782; Rector of Dunbin, co. Louth, 1785-91 (year of grace from 13 Jan 1786); Prebendary of Armagh, 23 Feb 1791-1807; Archdeacon of Ross, 30 Sep 1804-22; Rector of Donoghmore, 1807-12; Rector of Loughgilly, 1812-7; Chancellor of Armagh, 30 Aug 1817-22; Chaplain to Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieut. Ireland; consecrated Bishop of Raphoe, 21 Jul 1822; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 17 Mar 1822; declined Archbishopric of Dublin, 1831; author, The Complete History of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1807; m. 15 May 1789 Jane, dau. of Rev. Christopher Erle; d. 5 Sep 1834. DNB.

Bittleston, Kenneth George, eldest son of Col. George Hastings Bittleston, R. A., of Tavistock, Devon, by Edith Caroline, daughter of Lawrence James Baker, of Eastleigh, Rants; b. May 10, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left Oct. 1899; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Dec. 24, 1902, Lieut. Dec. 24, 1905, Remount Officer March 13, 1907 - March 31, 1909, Staff Officer for Remounts April 1, 1909 - March 13, 1911; retired May 3, 1911; Capt. R. F. A. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 5, 1914; Major Nov. 16, 1916; served in Great War I 1914-9, on the western front with the 4th Div. Aug. 21, 1914 - Dec. 15, 1915, and with the 34th Div. Jan. 10, 1916 - Nov. 22, 1916, and in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 8, 1917 - Oct. 31, 1913; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917, Jan. 22, 1919, and June 5, 1919; D.S.O. June 3, 1919; m. Dec. 21, 1907, Alice Katharine, youngest daughter of the Hon. John Charles Dundas, M. P.; d. June 10, 1946.

Black, Archibald Adam Gordon, son of Adam Black, publisher, and Emily McKenzie, d. of Dr William Eagleson Gordon of Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire; b. 23 Dec. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (KS); left July 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1930, MA 1953; Lond. Scottish (TA) 1939 (Maj.); successively chairman, president and hon. president A. & C. Black, publishers (founded 1807); m. 30 Apr. 1934 Violet Rosamund, d. of Lieut.-Col. Charles Hyde Villiers, Roy. Horse Guards; d. 9 Sept. 1990.

BLACKALL, JOHN OFFSPRING, son of John Blackall MD FRCP, Southernhay, Exeter, Devon, and Laura, youngest [eldest ?] dau. of Ralph Barnes (adm. 1744, qv); b. 4 Nov 1809; adm. 9 Oct 1822 (Stelfox's); KS 1823; drowned in the River Exe 9 Aug 1826.

BLACKBURNE, LANCELOT, son of Richard Blackburne, London; b. 10 Dec 1658; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1676, matr. 20 Oct 1676, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1676-85 (void); BA 1680; MA (in his absence) 28 Jan 1683/4; ordained 1681; went to Antigua, West Indies, soon after his ordination; a protegé of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (q. v. ), Bishop of Exeter; Prebendary of Exeter 15 Jun 1691, Sub-Dean 1695-1702, 1704-5; Rector of Calstock, Cornwall, 29 May 1696 (dispensation to hold with Bishopric of Exeter 1716/7); Vicar of Altarnun, Cornwall, 1699 (dispensation to hold with Calstock, 1699); Dean of Exeter 3 Nov 1705 - Feb 1716/7; Archdeacon of Cornwall 24 Jan 1714/5 - Feb 1716/7 (but dispensation to hold with Bishopric of Exeter, 1716/7 ?); Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); DD Lambeth 28 Jan 1716; consecrated Bishop of Exeter 24 Feb 1716/7; Lord Almoner from 26 Oct 1723; Archbishop of York from 8 Nov 1724; Privy Councillor 10 Dec 1724; Busby Trustee from 18 Feb 1725/6; a gay and witty divine of remarkably free manners, which gave rise to many scandalous stories; was described by Horace Walpole as “the jolly old Archbishop of York who had all the manners of a man of quality, though he had been a buccaneer, and was a clergyman; but he retained nothing of his first profession, except his seraglio” (Walpole, Memoirs of the Reign of George II, 1847, i, 87); m. 2 Sep 1684 Catherine, widow of Walter Littleton, Lichfield, Staffs., and dau. of William Talbot, Stourton Castle, Staffs.; d. 23 Mar 1742/3. DNB.

BLACKSTONE (or BLAXTON), HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Blackstone DD, Chancellor of Chichester, and Joan, sister of Sir George Buck, Master of the Revels; b.; at school 2 Jul 1582; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1585, adm. scholar 1586; BA 1589/90; MA 1593; ML 1597; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1591 - res 1597; two Latin letters written by him to William Camden are printed in Camdeni Epistolae, 1691, 44-5, 344-5.

BLACKSTONE (or BLAXTON), JOSHUA, brother of Henry Blackstone (at school 1582, qv); b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1599, adm. scholar 1600; BA 1603/4; MA 1607; BD 1614; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1607 - c. 1614; ordained; Vicar of St. Peter’s, Wisbech, Cambs., from 1612; d. 1615 (will proved PCC 9 Sep 1615, surname given as Blaxton).

BLACKSTONE, HENRY; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1615, adm. scholar 1616.