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BAGOT, WILLIAM, 1st BARON BAGOT, second son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, Bart., MP, Blithfield, Staffs., and Lady Barbara Legge, eldest dau. of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 28 Feb 1728; adm. from Repton Sch. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); left 1746; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1746/7; MA 1749; DCL 1754; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-2; MP Staffordshire 1754-80; succeeded his father as 6th baronet 28 Jan 1768; created Baron Bagot (GB) 17 Oct 1780; of Blithfield, Staffs.; m. 20 Aug 1760 Hon. Elizabeth Louisa St. John, only surviving dau. of John St. John, 2nd Viscount St. John; d. 22 Oct 1798.

BARRY, SIR NATHANIEL, BART., eldest son of Sir Edward Barry, Bart., MD FRS FRCP, President, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, also MP (I), who practised medicine successively in Dublin and London, and his first wife; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1738 (Preston's); Min. Can. 1739; left 1741; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. . 29 Feb 1739/40 (sic), aged 15 (pupil of “Dr. Grey”); BA 1744, MB 1748, MD 1751; entered medical profession; King’s Professor of Surgery and Midwifery, Trinity Coll. Dublin, from 1749; Physician-Gen. to Army, Ireland, jointly with father 17 Mar 1749/50- Mar 1776, afterwards on his own; FRCP (I); succeeded father as 2nd baronet 29 Mar 1776; m. 3 Jan 1758 Catherine, dau. of Walter Jones, Headfort, co. Leitrim; d. 1785.

BARWELL, RICHARD, brother of William Barwell (qv); b. 8 Oct 1741; adm. Jan 1749/50 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Writer, EICS Bengal 1756; Sub-Accomptant 1763; Resident, Malda, 1766, Rampur Boalia, 1769; member, Supreme Council 1769-75; chief at Dacca, 1772; member of Bengal Council, Calcutta, 20 Oct 1774 - res 3 Mar 1780; a supporter of Warren Hastings (qv) against the party on the Council led by Philip Francis; returned to England 1780 with a substantial fortune; purchased Stansted estate, Sussex 1781; MP Helston 12 Mar 1781-4, St. Ives 1784-90, Winchelsea 1790-6; m. 1st, 13 Sep 1776 Elizabeth Jane (the “reigning beauty” of Calcutta), dau. of Robert Sanderson; m. 2nd, 24 Jun 1785 Catherine, dau. of Nathaniel Coffin, Bristol, formerly Cashier of Customs, Boston, Mass., USA; d. 2 Sep 1804. DNB.

BAYNTUN, SAMUEL ADLAM, eldest son of Rev. Henry Bayntun, Rector of Bromham, Wilts., and Lucy ---; b. 15 Mar 1804; adm. 18 Sep 1817 (Packharness'); left Christmas 1817; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1821; BA 1824; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Nov 1825; Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards, 20 Jul 1826; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 1st Life Guards, 27 Jul 1828; Lieut., unattached, 7 Jun 1831; 1st Life Guards, 5 Jul 1831; retd. 23 Mar 1832; MP York from 1830; d. 28 Sep 1833.

BEAUCLERK, AUBREY, 5TH DUKE OF ST. ALBANS, brother of Chambers Beauclerk (qv); b. 3 Jun 1740; adm. Jun 1746 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1758; MP Thetford 1761-8, Aldborough 1768-74; abroad in Italy 1778-81; succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Vere 1 Oct 1781 and his cousin as 5th Duke of St. Albans 15 Feb 1787; Hereditary Grand Falconer of England and Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery; m. 4 May 1763 Lady Catherine Ponsonby, dau. of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (I) PC PC (I); d. 9 Feb 1802.

Beechman, Nevil Alexander, son of Charles Beechman, of Hampstead, Middlesex, by Emily, daughter of S. Frankel, of Hampstead; b. Aug. 5, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; non-resident K.S. 1911; left (with Triplett) July 1915; Ball. Coll., Oxon., Domus Exhibitioner (Classics) 1915, matric. Michaelmas 1919; joint editor and founder of the Oiford Outlook 1919; Secretary of the Union Society 1920, President 1921; B.A. 1922; 2nd Lieut. E. Surrey Regt. May 28, 1915, attached 21st Batt. K. R. R. C.; Capt. July 20, 1917; served in France from Sept. 1916 until he was wounded Sept. 21, 1917; M.C. Sept. 26, 1917; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1923; K.C. 1947; M. P. for St. Ives 1937-50; Parliamentary Private Sec. to the Minister of Health 1941-2; Chief Whip of the Liberal National Party 1942-45; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1943-5; m. July 11, 1953; Mary Gwendolen, widow of Capt. Garth Caradoc Williams, R.E.

Bell, William Cory Heward, son of William Heward Bell, of Seend, Wilts, by Hannah, eldest daughter of W. Cory, of London; b. Oct. 21, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 1889; left Jan. 1893; R.M.A. Woolwich Aug. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Nov. 2, 1895; Lieut. Nov. 2, 1898; Capt. Nov. 19, 1901; served in the South African War 1902; retired on half-pay Aug. 23, 1911; rejoined on mobilization Aug. 3, 1914, and in Nov. following went out to the western front, where he served with the Artillery of the 1st Div. until Jan. 1919; Major Nov. 16, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 22, 1917, placed in Reserve of Officers Dec. 29, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1917; Croix de Guerre 1918; M. P. Wilts (Devizes) Dec. 1918 - Nov. 1923; High Sheriff of Wilts 1932; D. L. Wilts 1952; m. 1903, Violet Mary, daughter of Capt. James Devereux Bowley, R.E.; d. Feb. 25, 1961.

Benn, Anthony Neil Wedgwood, brother of Hon. Michael Julius Wedgwood Benn (qv); b. 3 Apr. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA 1946, MA 1949, hon. Fellow 2005; RAFVR 1943-5, RNVR 1945-6; Pres. of Oxford Union 1947; producer BBC N. American Service 1949-50; MP (Lab. ) Bristol South-East Dec. 1950-60 and Aug. 1963-83, Chesterfield Mar. 1984-2001; succ. his father as 2nd Viscount Stansgate 17 Nov. 1960; unsuccessfully attempted to renounce his succession in 1955 and 1960, and after winning a by-election at Bristol South-East in May 1961 was disqualified from taking his seat; later instigated the Peerage Act 1963, and renounced the title for life; chmn. Fabian Soc. 1964; Postmaster-General 1964-6, founding the PO Giro; PC 1964; Min. of Technology 1966-70, assuming responsibility for Aviation in 1967, for Power 1969; hon. LLD Strathclyde Univ. 1969, hon. DTech Bradford Univ. 1969, hon. DSc Aston Univ., 1970; Sec. of State for Industry 1974-5, for Energy 1975-9; member NEC, Lab. Party 1959-60, 1962-93, chmn. 1971-2; pres., Campaign Group of Labour MPs 1987-2001; pres., Stop the War Coalition 2004-14; author of a number of works on political subjects; published nine volumes of his diaries; m. 17 June 1949 Caroline, d. of James Miltonn De Camp of Cincinnati, USA; d. 14 Mar. 2014.

Bennett, Sir Frederic Mackarness, brother of Francis Ernest Herman Bennett (qv); b. 2 Dec. 1918; adm. 20 Sept. 1932 (R); left Apr. 1936; RA 1940-6 (Maj.); called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) Nov. 1946, to the Southern Rhodesia Bar 1947; dipl. correspondent Birmingham Post 1950-2; MP (C) Reading North 1951-5, Torquay 1955-74, Torbay 1974-87; PPS to Under-Sec. of State, Home Office, 1953-5, to Rt Hon. Reginald Maudling as Min. of Supply 1956-7, Paymaster­ Gen. 1957-9, Pres. of Board of Trade 1959-61; Leader of UK Delegation and Chairman Coun­cil of Europe and WEU Assemblies 1979-87; dir. Kleinwort Benson Europe SA and many other financial companies and trusts; Kt 1964; PC 1985; m. March 1945 Marion Patricia, d. of Maj. Cecil Burnham OBE FRCS RAMC; d. 14 Sep. 2002

BENNETT, RICHARD HENRY ALEXANDER, only son of Bennett Alexander Bennett (qv); stepson of Richard Bull (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1752 (Morel's); in school list 1754; MP Newport (Cornwall) 12 Feb 1770-4; of North Court, Shorwell, Isle of Wight; FSA 20 Jun 1765; FRS 10 Dec 1767; m. 20 Jan 1766 Elizabeth Amelia, eldest dau. of Peter Burrell MP, Beckenham, Kent, Surveyor-Gen. of Crown Lands, and sister of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir; d. 14 Mar 1814.