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Birch, Guy Stanley Maitland, son of Ernest Charles Birch, Prof. of Music, of Portsmouth; b. 15 Aug. 1910; adm. May 1924 (R); left Dec. 1926; adm. a solicitor April 1933; legal staff of Southern Railway 1933, later Brit. Transport Commission; OBE 1960; Chief Solicitor Lond. Transport 1966; 2nd Lieut. RE (TA) 1937, RA 1940-5 (Capt.); TD; m. 1st 28 Aug. 1937 Denise Adrienne Josephine, d. of Hugo Goldie of Bournemouth; 2nd Margaret, d. of John F. Stewart of Edin­burgh; 3rd 1 Nov. 1978 Philippa Quentrill; d. 12 May 1986.

Bird, Ashley Hinckes, son of Arthur Hinckes Bird, L. S. A., of Chelsea, by Kate, daughter of John Clark, of the same place; b. April 22, 1893; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); migrated up Rigaud's; left July 1912; Magd. Coll. Oxon. matric. Michaelmas 1912; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers Sept. 14, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Lincs. Regt. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. July 1, 1917; Capt.; wounded at Gallipoli 1915, on the Somme 1916, and at Arras 1917; M.A. (Oxon.) 1920; entered Wye Coll., Kent, Oct. 1922; Dip. Hort. (Wye) 1924; staff 1924; secy. and bursar 1932-45; m. April 26, 1916, Cicely, daughter of Arthur Hutchinson, of Grantham.

BIRD, SIDNEY ARTHUR, son of Henry Bird, Uxbridge, Middlesex; b. 20 Jan 1864; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 May 1877; QS 1878; left Dec 1881; man. dir., The Century Trust; m. 6 Jun 1904 Norah Agnes Sarah Jane, dau. of Alexander Patrick McClery; d. 6 Sep 1929.

Birdwood, Hubert Broderick, brother of Christopher Travers Birdwood (q.v.); b. Feb. 10, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Middlesex Regt. Feb. 17, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 2, 1916; was wounded; retired 1920 as acting Capt., having served in France some two and a half years; M.C. May 31, 1916; engaged in mercantile business; m. July 18, 1918, Brenda Clephane Forrester, daughter of James Brown Fortune, of Stoke Poges, Bucks.; d. 14 Aug. 1980

Birt, Malcolm Douglas, son of Ronald Birt AMIEE AM ICE, of Ealing, and Ellen Mary, d. of Arthur Castle; b. 10 May 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (KS); left July 1951; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1953, BA 1956, MA 1960; ord. deacon 1958, priest 1959 (Carlisle); Curate, St Mark’s, Barrow­in-Furness 1958, St John’s, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1960; Vicar of St Paul’s, Constable Lee, Lancs, 1963-72; Rector of Rolleston and Vicar of Anslow, Staffs 1972-99, retd.; m. 30 Apr. 1960 Beryl Frances, d. of R. Spence of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancs; d. 4 Feb. 2014.

BISBY, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. John Bisby, Perpetual Curate of Tipton, Staffs., Prebendary of Lichfield, and Margaret, dau. of Anthony Hoo, Bradely Hall, Staffs.; b. 5 Jun 1635; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654; BA 4 Feb 1657/8; MA 1660 (incorp. Cambridge 1662); BD and DD 1668 (incorp. Cambridge 1669); ordained priest (Chichester) 5 Oct 1660; Rector of Long Melford, Suffolk, 12 Nov 1660 - deprivation as non-juror Feb 1690; published a number of sermons, mostly violent invectives against the Nonconformists; m. 1672 Elizabeth, dau. of John Wall, Radwater Grange, Essex; d. 14 May 1695. DNB.

BISCOE, HENRY GERMAIN, third son of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 21 Oct 1840; adm. (G) 20 Jan 1853; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1858; BA 1862; emigrated to Australia by 1868; settled in Queensland; m. K. Anderson; d. at Waroonga, Albion, Brisbane, 6 Mar 1904.

BISCOE, ROBERT, fourth son of Vincent Hilton Biscoe, Hookwood, Surrey, and Anna Catherine Noel (ward of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth), Edward Street, Portman Square; b. 11 Jun 1801; adm. 9 Jun 1809; KS 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student, Tutor; 1st cl. Classics 1822; BA 1823; MA 1825; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1828 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate, North and Mid Littleton, and South Littleton, Worcs., 22 Aug 1831 – Dec 1833; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 3 Jan 1833; Prebendary of Hereford from 27 Nov 1834; m. 28 Feb 1832 Anne, eldest dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); d. 14 Nov 1870.

BISPHAM, WILLIAM, second son of William Bispham, Billing, Lancs., and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Richard Some, Essex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1618, adm. scholar 1619; BA 1622/3; MA 1626; ordained; Rector of mediety of Lymm, Lancs., 1627; Rector of Brindle, Lancs., 1629-36; Prebendary of Chester 4 Feb 1632; Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire, 1636 - deprived by 2 Jul 1644, restored 1660; m. before 1640 Elizabeth Smythe, Devon; d. 6 Jan 1685/6.

Binney, William Max, son of Rev. Maximilian Frederick Breffitt Binney, Vicar of Ringwood, Hams, and Emily, d. of William Blinkhorn of St Helen's, Lancs; b. 20 Oct. 1899; adm. Sept. 1913 (KS); Capt. of the school 1917-8; left July 1918; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1923, MA 1955; dir. Siber, Hegner & Co., Zurich; Gren. Guards 1940-5 (Capt.); m. 5 May 1930 Gret, d. of C. Wehrli-Thielen of Zurich; d. 21 Sept. 1991.