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Berman, Humphrey David, son of Emil Berman, stockbroker, and Frida Pauline, d. of Pius Lewenz of Nottingham; b. 2 Nov. 1903; adm. Sept. 1917 (KS); left Aug. 1922; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1922, BA 1925, MA 1937; Lond. Stock Exchange 1934; Lincolnshire Regt 1939-40 (Capt.); Pioneer Corps 1941, invalided 1942; Admiralty (Secretariat) 1942-6; partner John Stone & Co. 1954 (now Seligmann, Harris & Co.); lecturer and author of works on Stock Exchange law and practice; examiner on SE subjects for Roy. Soc. of Arts; m. 24 Feb. 1940 Eliz­abeth May, d. of John Baillie Noble, wine merchant, of Inverness; d. 1 Sep. 1994

BERNARD, CHARLES, son of Charles Bernard, London; b.; adm. (aged 9) 10 Jan 1714/5; KS 1720; left 1724. [Possibly Charles Bernard, son of Charles Bernard, barrister, adm. Inner Temple 7 Jul 1720 and Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1726, aged 20].

Bernard, Edward John Courtenay, son of Edward Bernard, of Bexley Heath, Kent, solicitor; b. June 12, 1877; adm. April 28, 1892 (G); left April 1894.

Bernard, Oliver Owen, son of Capt. Oliver Percy Bernard MC OBE FRIBA, architect, and Edith Dora Hodges (aka Fedora Roselli), singer, d. of Joseph Thomas Hodges, master butcher; b. 6 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (H); left July 1940; RAFVR 1943-7; Goldsmiths’ Coll., Univ. of Lond., 1950-3, BA; teaching English in France 1948-56; advertising copywriter, Nolly Advertising Ltd. 1958-64; English and Drama teacher, Bury St Edmunds GS 1965-82; Gold Medal, Poetry Soc. 1982; author of Country Matters 1961, Poems 1983, Five Peace Poems 1985; ed. and trans. Rimbaud, Collected Poems 1962, Apollinaire, Selected Poems, 1965-85; writer, translator 1961-2001; m. 1st, 1952 Veronica Ann, d. of William Humble, accountant; 2nd, 1958 Jacqueline Pamela Guise, dancer, d. of Walter Guise, fisherman; d. 1 June 2013.

Bentwich, Joseph Solomon, son of Herbert Bentwich, of Fountain Court, Temple, barrister­at-law, by Susannah, daughter of Joseph Solomon, of Maida Vale, London; b. Feb. 3, 1902; adm. as a non-resident K.S. Sept. 24, 1914 (A); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1920, having previously obtained an open scholarship there for science, matric. Michaelmas 1920; senior scholar 1921; 1st class Math. Trip., part 1, 1921; Wrangler, part 2, 1923; Stewart of Rannock Scholar (Hebrew) 1922; B.A. 1923; M.A. 1928; teacher, Gymnasium, Tel-Aviv, Palestine, 1925; district inspector, Jewish schools, Palestine, 1928; senior inspector 1937; asst. director 1944; Headmaster, Reali Secondary School, Haifa, 1948; Lecturer in Education, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem 1955; senior inspector, Ministry of Education, since 1960; m. Sept. 11, 1924, Sarah, daughter of Hilleh Yofe, of Haifa; d. 1982.

BENYON (or BENION), THOMAS, son of Thomas Benyon, London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1626, matr. 19 Oct 1627, aged 19, Westminster Student to death; BA 1630; d. 1635.

Berkinshaw-Smith, Bernard Cyril, son of Cyril John Berkinshaw-Smith, bank man., of Surbiton, and Germaine, d. of Pierre Gode, farmer, of Corrèze, France; b. 1 May 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (KS); left July 1947; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1956; a chartered accountant, ACA 1956, FCA 1962; partner Fuller Jenks Beecroft 1961-85, Touche Ross & Co. 1985-8; retd. 1988; m. 3 Apr. 1956 Eva Marianna Inez Nohel MB BCh, med. practitioner, d. of Eugene Nohel, co. sec.; d. 22 Sept. 2005.

BERNARD, FRANCIS, eldest son of Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. (qv); b. 27 Sep 1743; adm.; KS 1757; sustained a serious injury by falling on his head when tossed in a blanket on his election into College, which caused the custom of tossing the successful Min. Cans. to be discontinued for some time; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1761, matr. 21 May 1761, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1761 (with leave of absence to go to North America 15 Apr 1767); BA 1766; d. unm. at Boston, Mass., 20 Nov 1770.

BETHUNE, MONTAGU ROBERT, youngest son of Rev. George Cuddington Bethune, Rector of Chulmleigh, Devon, and Julia, dau. of Rev. George Hole, Rector of Chulmleigh, Devon, and Prebendary of Exeter; b. 13 Apr 1865; adm. QS 12 Jun 1879; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1884, adm. pens. 20 Aug 1884, matr. Mich. 1884; BA 1887; MA 1892; ordained deacon 1893, priest (Winchester) 1894; Assistant Master, Twyford Sch., Hants., 1891-7; Curate Twyford, Hants., 1893-7, Ashtead, Surrey, 1897-9, Farnham, Surrey, 1899-1904; Vicar of Woodham, Surrey, 1904-18; Vicar of Hindhead, Surrey, 1918-22; Vicar of Lymington, Hants., from 1922; m. 9 Jun 1904 Dorothea Katharine, younger dau. of Rev. William James Mellish, Winestead, Yorks.; d. 15 May 1950.

Bernays, Guy Henderson, son of the Rev. Arthur Edwin Bernays, of Durham, one of H. M. Inspectors of Schools; b. Feb. 23, 1880; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 23, 1893; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1898, matric. Michaelmas 1898; entered the Indian Police 1900; Superintendent (4th grade), Police Department, Madras; d. at Madras Feb. 24, 1916.