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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.

BOLTON, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, son of George Bolton, Palace Road, Surbiton, Surrey, and Elizabeth Anne Harding; b. 6 Jan 1858; adm. 27 May 1869 (James'); exhibitioner 1871; QS 1872; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1876, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1876, matr. Mich. 1876; BA 1880; MA, BCh and MB 1884; St. George’s Hospital; MRCS 1884; a medical practitioner in Twickenham, Middlesex; d. 16 Nov 1933.

BOOTH, AUGUSTUS AUDLEY NEVILLE, son of Neville Jackson (qv); b. 26 May 1857; adm. 4 Mar 1872 (James'); left May 1876; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. 30 Sep 1876, matr. Mich. 1876; assumed surname of Booth in lieu of Jackson 20 Aug 1878; lived at Vilvorde, Belgium; m. Margaret Portia O’Brien.

BOURKE, HON. EDWARD RODEN, sixth son of Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo (qv); b. 13 Dec 1835; adm. 31 Jan 1851 (James'); left 1854; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1855, matr. Mich. 1856; Cornet, 6th Dragoons, 18 Nov 1857; Lieut., 25 Jun 1858; Capt., 30 Nov 1860; Maj., 2 Dec 1868; 3rd Hussars, 8 Dec 1869; retd. 5 Oct 1872; Military Secretary to his brother, Richard, 6th Earl of Mayo, Governor-Gen. of India 1869-72; Postmaster-Gen., Madras, 1872-6; subsequently member, London Stock Exchange; m. 20 Nov 1872 Emma Mary Augusta, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. George Cliffe Hatch CSI, Bengal Staff Corps (previously EICS Bengal); d. 10 Jun 1907.

BREWER, HARRIS HEAL, eldest son of Alfred Brewer, Watford, Herts., and Anne, dau. of John Harris Heal, Tottenham Court Road, London, furniture manufacturer; b. 12 Dec 1863; adm. 28 May 1875 (James'); left May 1881; adm. solicitor Feb 1887; m. 1 Sep 1887 Amy Elizabeth, younger dau. of Stephen Salter, Watford, Herts.; d. 22 Nov 1891.

BROWN, DOUGLAS PHILIP, second son of Douglas Brown QC, Recorder of King’s Lynn, Arncliffe Hall, Northallerton, Yorks., and Georgina Helen, second dau. of William Mauleverer, Arncliffe Hall; b. 11 May 1864; adm. 24 Jan 1878 (J); left May 1881; a mining engineer; m. 15 Mar 1898 Louisa Thorn Sinet, elder dau. of Lieut. -Col. William Stewart Thorburn, Army Pay Department; d. 27 Sep 1921.