BELCHES (or BELSHES), ALEXANDER HEPBURN MURRAY, son of Col. John Hepburn Belches, Invermay, Forteviot, Perthshire; b. 26 Jun 1778 (IGI); adm. 20 Jun 1791 (Clapham), having previously been at the High School, Edinburgh, with Hon. George Murray (qv) (letter of 22 Jun 1791 from William Vincent (qv) to Alexander Adam, printed W. Steven, History of the High School of Edinburgh, 1849, 136); still at school Christmas 1794; Cornet, 3rd Dragoon Guards 3 May 1797; Lieut., 11 Jan 1800; Capt. in Army 10 Jul 1801; Capt., 3rd Dragoon Guards 3 Dec 1802; Maj., 15th Light Dragoons 31 Aug 1809; still in Army List 1812 (not 1813); of Invermay, Perthshire; living 1826.
Bell, Alexander Montgomerie, son of Rev. William Montgomerie Bell, Vicar of St Barnabas, Kensington, and Beatrice Frances Mary, d. of Maj. Charles Reginald Hoskins RE; b. 29 May 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1938; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938, BA 1947, MA 1951; Lane. Fusiliers 1940-5 (Lieut.), wounded in France; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1950, practised in London; d. 28 Jan. 1998.
BELL, BEAUPRE, only son of Beaupré Bell, Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norfolk, and Margaret, eldest dau. of Sir John Oldfield, Bart.; b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; Min . Can. (aged 14) 1718; KS 1719; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 May 1722, scholar 1723, matr. 1722; 6th in ordo 1725/6; BA 1725/6; MA 1729; adm. Middle Temple 2 Jul 1722; an antiquary and collector; FSA 18 Jan 1725; a correspondent of the Oxford antiquary Thomas Hearne; assisted Blomefield in his History of Norfolk; left unfinished a work on the coins of the Roman Emperors; bequeathed his books, coins and MSS to Trinity Coll. Cambridge; d. unm. on his way to Bath, and was buried at Outwell 6 Sep 1741. DNB.
Bell, Edward Allen, brother of George Kennedy Allen Bell (q.v.); b. May 8, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1908; M.A. 1910; assist. Master at Giggleswick 1910, at Eton 1920; Head Master of St. Bees School 1926-35; 2nd Lieut. Giggleswick School O.T.C. March 2, 1915; served in France 1918, Lieut. 9th Batt. Norfolk Regt., and in 1919 as Major and Chief Instructor Army General College, Cologne; author of a History of Giggleswick School; was engaged in the work of the Oxford Group; d. July 9, 1959.
BELL, EDWARD LLOYD; b. 19 Dec 1807; adm. (G) 7 Nov 1821.
Bell, Evelyn Victor Allen, brother of George Kennedy Allen Bell (q.v.); b. Feb. 6, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Hants Regt. July 19, 1916, attached to R. F. C.; Lieut. Jan. 19, 1918; taken prisoner by the Germans; killed in a motor-cycle accident near Linaskea, Ireland, Aug. 23, 1922.
Bell, George Kennedy Allen, son of the Rev. James Allen Bell, Canon of Norwich, by Sara Georgina, daughter of John George Megaw, of Upper Norwood, Surrey; b. Feb. 4, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1901, matric. Michaelmas 1901; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1903; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1905; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1904; B.A. 1905; M.A. 1910; D.D. 1924; Lecturer and Tutor at Ch. Ch. 1910-4, official student 1911-4; Wells Theol. Coll. 1906; ordained 1907; Curate of Leeds 1907-10; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Wakefield 1910-6; Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1914-24; Dean of Canterbury March 21, 1924; editor of The Meaning of the Creed (1917), and other works; consecrated Bishop of Chichester June 12, 1929; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. 1952; resigned his bishopric 1958; for many years the recognized leader of the Anglican Communion in ecumenical matters; Asst. Sec. of the Lambeth Conference 1920; Epicopa; Sec. 1930; Chairman of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches at its first assembly in 1948, and elected Hon. President of the Council on his retirement from the chair in 1954; author of Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (1935); a Busby Trustee June 17, 1931; m. Jan. 8, 1918, Henrietta Grace Millicent, elder daughter of the Rev. Richard John Livingstone, Rector of Pencombe, co. Hereford; d. Oct. 4, 1958.
Bell, Henry John, son of Henry John Bell of Narainganj, Bengal, and Elizabeth Annie, d. of John Wheeler of Savernake, Wilts; b. 30 May 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left Dec. 1924; a chartered accountant, FCA 1947; RAFVR 1941-5 (Flt-Lieut. A & SD); Macfarlane & Co., Calcutta, 1931- 47, Bulawayo Omnibus Co. 1948-51, Northern Trust Co., Lusaka, 1951-4; in private practice 1954-69; m. 11 Sept. 1938 Eileen Bernadette, d. of William Hill of Bombay; d. 18 Jan. 1969.
Bell, James Donald Allen, brother of George Kennedy Allen Bell (q.v.); b. March 12, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left Dec. 1903; a clerk in the office of the Royal Exchange Assurance Co. 1907-12; went to Norfolk Island in the Western Pacific on behalf of the Melanesian Mission in Aug. 1913, returned home in 1915, and in the following year enlisted in the 22nd (Reserve) Batt. of the King's Royal Rifles; went out with the 10th Batt. to the western front in Sept. 1916; returned home in Feb. 1917, on being recommended for a commission; in hospital with a frost-bitten hand until April; 5th Officer Cadet Corps April - Aug.; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Lancashire Fusiliers Aug. 29; returned to the western front in Oct. 1917; m. Aug. 9, 1913, Lilian Graham, elder daughter of Cassanet Barker Donne, of Wimbledon, Surrey; killed in action at Templeux, near Roisel, March 21, 1918.
BELL, JAMES ROBERTSON, only son of James Robertson Bell, Onslow Gardens, South Kensington [previously of Glasgow]; b. 25 May 1861; adm. (G) 30 Oct 1872; left May 1880; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1880; BA 1884; adm. Inner Temple 28 Oct 1881; lived latterly at Tunbridge Wells; d. unm. 31 Jan 1914.