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BERESFORD, MARCUS, eldest son of Most Rev. William Beresford (afterwards 1st Baron Decies (I)), Archbishop of Tuam, and Elizabeth, second dau. of John Fitzgibbon, barrister, Mount Shannon, Co. Limerick, and sister of John Fitzgibbon, 1st Earl of Clare PC (I), Lord Chancellor of Ireland; b. 1 Jun 1764; adm. 13 Jan 1777; left 1779; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 7 Nov 1780, aged 16; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1785; Ensign, 9th Foot, 26 Oct 1786; Lieut., 30 Jun 1787; Capt., 27th Foot, 30 Nov 1789; Maj., 102nd Foot, 31 Oct 1793; Lieut. -Col., 135th Foot, 26 Nov 1794; half-pay 1798-1803; Brevet Col. 1 Jan 1801; local rank of Brig. -Gen. in Windward, Leeward and Caribbean Islands, 27 Jun 1802; MP (I) St. Canice 1790 - Jan 1794, Swords 1798; d. unm. at Barbados, West Indies, 1803.

BERKELEY, HON. GEORGE, brother of Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley (qv); b. 24 Feb 1691/2; adm.; QS (Capt., aged 15) 1708; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, scholar 15 May 1712, readm. nob. 10 Feb 1713; MA 1713; adm. Inner Temple 1 Aug 1707; Clerk of the Privy Council 1716-26; MP Dover 20 Dec 1720-34, Hedon 1734-41, and from 4 Mar 1742; Master, Hospital of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, London, from 28 May 1738; m. 1 Jul 1735 [or 26 Jun ?] Henrietta, widow of Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk, and sister of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); d. 29 Oct 1746. DNB.

BERKELEY, NORBORNE, 4TH BARON BOTETOURT, only son of John Symes Berkeley, Stoke Gifford, Gloucs., and his second wife Elizabeth, widow of Edward Devereux, 8th Viscount Hereford, and dau. of Walter Norborne, Calne, Wilts.; b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1726; left 1727; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1735-8; succeeded father 1736; of Stoke Gifford, Gloucs.; member, Society of Dilettanti 1739; MP Gloucestershire 1741- Apr 1763; DCL Oxford 12 Apr 1749; a Groom of the Bedchamber 11 Dec 1760- Apr 1764; Lord Lieut., Gloucestershire, 4 Jun 1762- 5 Jul 1766; summoned 4th Baron Botetourt 13 Apr 1764; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 6 Nov. 1767; Governor of Virginia from 1768; d. unm. during his residence there 15 Oct 1770 (M. I. Stoke Gifford, Gloucs. ).

BERNARD, SIR ROBERT, BART., only son of Sir Robert Bernard, Bart., Brampton, Hunts., and Mary, youngest dau. of Sir Francis St. John, Bart., Longthorpe, Northants; b.; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1769); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1758, aged 18; MP Huntingdonshire 28 Dec 1765-8, Westminster 30 Apr 1770-4; succ. father as 5th baronet 15 Dec 1766; Recorder of Bedford from 1771; d. unm. 2 Jan 1789.

BERNARD, SIR THOMAS TYRINGHAM, BART., brother of Sir Francis Bernard-Morland, Bart. (qv); b. 15 Sep 1791; in school lists 1801, May and Oct 1803; afterwards went to Harrow, where he shared Lord Byron’s bedroom at Dr Drury’s, and to Eton, where he became acquainted with Shelley; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1810; DL JP Buckinghamshire, High Sheriff 1816; Agent for Half-Pay, Ireland (jointly with brother) c. 1806 – 25 Dec 1822, when post abolished; MP (Conservative) Aylesbury 1857-65; succ. his brother Francis as 6th baronet 22 Jan 1876; m. 1st, 26 Jul 1819, Sophia Charlotte, only child of Sir David Williams, Bart, Rose Hall, Sarratt, Herts.; m. 2nd, 12 Oct 1840, Martha Louisa, second dau. of William Minshull, London; m. 3rd, 28 Jul 1864, Ellen, widow of Henry Elwes, Marcham Park, Bucks.; d. 8 May 1883.

BERTIE, BROWNLOW, 5TH DUKE OF ANCASTER AND KESTEVEN, brother of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (qv); b. 1 May 1729; adm. Sep 1743 (Ludford's); left 1746; MP Lincolnshire 1761- 8 Jul 1779; succ. his nephew as 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven 8 Jul 1779; Lord Lieut., Lincolnshire, from 9 Aug 1779; m. 1st, 6 Nov 1762 Harriet, only dau. of George Morton Pitt MP, Twickenham, Middlesex, previously EICS Madras, Governor of Fort St. George; m. 2nd, 2 Jan 1769 Mary Anne, youngest dau. of Maj. Peter Layard, Sutton Friars, Canterbury, Kent; d. 8 Feb 1809.

BERTIE, HON. CHARLES, fifth son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey PC KG, Lord Great Chamberlain, and his first wife Martha, widow of John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness, and dau. of Sir William Cockayne, Kt., Lord Mayor of London; b. c. 1641; at school under Busby; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1658; travelling in France and Switzerland 1660-2, in Spain and France 1664-5; MA Oxford Univ. 8 Sep 1665 (incorp. Cambridge 1667); in attendance on George Monk, 1st Duke of Albemarle, in sea battles against Dutch 1666; Capt., Coldstream Foot Guards, 21 Sep 1668-73; Envoy Extraordinary to Denmark May 1671 – Feb 1672; present at battle of Sole Bay 1673; Secretary to Earl of Danby, Lord Treasurer Jul 1673 - Mar 1679; Commissioner of Appeals in Excise 17 Aug 1677 – 14 May 1679; MP Stamford 4 Feb 1677/8 - Jan 1678/9, Mar 1684/5-7, and from 1689; Envoy Extraordinary to Germany 1680; Treasurer of the Ordnance 12 Aug 1681 (under reversionary grant of 23 Jan 1675) – Jun 1699, 16 Jun 1702 – May 1705; of Uffington, Lincs.; Busby Trustee 27 Feb 1705/6; m. Mary, widow of Sir Samuel Jones, Kt., Courteenhall, Northants., and dau. of Peter Tryon, Harringworth, Northants.; d. 22 Mar 1710/1.

BERTIE, LORD VERE, son of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC, Lord Great Chamberlain, and his second wife Albinia, dau. of Maj. -Gen. William Farrington, Chislehurst, Kent; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1723/4; in school list 1727/8; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 19 Mar 1728/9; retd. 9 Jul 1737; MP Boston 1741-54; m. 4 Oct 1736 Anne Casey, Branston, Lincs., illegitimate dau. of Sir Cecil Wray, Bart. MP; d. 13 Sep 1768.

BERTIE, HON. PEREGRINE FRANCIS, brother of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (qv); b. 13 Mar 1741; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1750 (Porten's); in school list 1754; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 17 Dec 1759; Cdr., 1 Jan 1762; Capt., 6 Nov 1762, commanding HMS Shannon; travelling in Italy 1765; MP Oxford from 1774; m. 7 May 1790 Elizabeth, dau. of William Hutchins, Yattendon, Berks.; d. 20 Aug 1790.

BINGHAM, GEORGE CHARLES, 3RD EARL OF LUCAN (I), eldest son of Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (I) (qv); b. 16 Apr 1800; adm. Midsummer 1812; left 1814; Ensign, 6th Foot, 29 Aug 1816; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards, 24 Dec 1818; half-pay, 25 Dec 1818; Lieut., 8th Foot, 20 Jan 1820; Capt., 74th Foot, 16 May 1822; 1st Life Guards, 20 Jun 1822; Maj., unattached, 23 Jun 1825; 17th Lancers 1 Dec 1825; Lieut. -Col., 9 Nov 1826; half-pay, 14 Apr 1837; Brevet Col., 23 Nov 1841; Maj. -Gen., 11 Nov 1851; Col., 8th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 17 Nov 1855 – Feb 1865; Lieut. -Gen., 24 Dec 1858; Col., 1st Life Guards, from 22 Feb 1865; Gen., 28 Aug 1865; Field-Marshal, 21 Jun 1887; attached to Russian Staff in Balkans 1828; commanded the Cavalry Division in the Crimean War; censured by Lord Raglan for the loss of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, where he was wounded, 25 Oct 1854; recalled on account of his differences with the Commander-in-Chief, 1855; MP Co. Mayo 1826-30; succ. his father as 3rd Earl of Lucan (I) 30 Jun 1839; an Irish Representative Peer from 1840, taking Conservative whip in House of Lords; Lord Lieut., Co. Mayo, from 1845; KCB 5 Jul 1855; GCB 2 Jun 1869; published his divisional orders and correspondence in the Crimea under the title English Cavalry in the Army of the East, 1856; m. 29 Jun 1829 Lady Anne Brudenell, seventh dau. of Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan; d. 10 Nov 1888. DNB.