BISHOP, MATTHEW, only son of John Bishop, Conduit Street, London; b.; adm. : KS (aged 14) 1763; left Aug 1765, “expelled” (MS note in a copy of Welch); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Oct 1766, scholar 15 May 1767, matr. Easter 1767; resided to 1769; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1769; Ensign, 6 May 1770; Lieut., 5 Mar 1773; res. 16 Aug 1773; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Oct 1777. [Possibly Matthew Bishop, son of John Bishop, and Sarah ---, bapt. St. John, Smith Square 21 Jul 1751 (IGI)]
BISHOP, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1741 (Russel's); left 1747. [Presumably William Bishop, son of William Bishop, Frensham, Surrey, and Betty ---; b. 25 Aug 1730; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1747, aged 17; adm. Middle Temple 19 Nov 1746, called to bar 9 Feb 1753]
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.
BISSE, GEORGE POYNER, third son of James Bisse MD, Codicote, Herts., and Anne, only dau. of George Poyner, Codicote, Herts.; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1726/7; Min. Can. 1728; KS 1729; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1733, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1733, scholar 17 May 1734, matr. 1734; BA 1736/7; migr. to Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 25 May 1737, incorp. BA 26 May 1737; MA 1740; of Codicote, Herts. (sold in 1771); JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1761-70); d. 17 Jan 1772.
BISSET, ALEXANDER, son of Maj. William Bisset, Southampton; b.; adm. Jan 1725/6; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1729; KS 1730; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1734, matr. 12 Jun 1734, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1734 - 5 Mar 1744 (void, expiry year of grace); BA 1738; MA 1741; BD and DD 1753; ordained deacon 18 Jun 1742, priest 19 Dec 1742 (both Oxford); Rector of Ravensthorpe, Northants., 21 Dec 1742-7; Rector of Kilmore, co. Down; Chancellor, Down 1748-59, Archdeacon of Connor from 10 Nov 1759; Prebendary of Armagh 2 Jul 1757- Jan 1765, Chancellor from 30 Jan 1765; m. Jane, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Maurice Bocland MP, Knighton, Isle of Wight; d. 1781.
BISSET, ALEXANDER, third son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b. ; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS (aged 12) 1773; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1777, matr. 30 May 1777, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1777 - 30 Jun 1781 (void); Lieut. , Lord Strathnaver’s new Corps, 23 Jul 1781, half-pay 1783; Ensign, Princess of Wales’s Aberdeen Highland Regt. of Fencible Infantry, 1 Oct 1796; Lieut. , Royal Navy 27 Dec 1808; Cdr. (ret. ) 3 Feb 1847; m. 26 Aug 1783 Catherine, dau. of Beauchamp Bagenal MP (I), Dunleckney, co. Carlow; d. at Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope 12 Jul 1847.
BISSET, GEORGE, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 20 Oct 1778; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 - 16 Dec 1794 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Malmesbury; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1787; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. to London) Aug 1793, to curacy of Soberton, Hants., priest Nov 1793; Vicar of Malmesbury, Wilts., 1793 (year of grace from 23 Dec 1793); Rector of Dauntsey, Wilts., 17 Jun 1800; m. 9 Sep 1820 Lady Catherine Howard, dau. of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, Gen. in the Army; d. 21 Nov 1828.
BISSET, HENRY, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan. 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 12 Sep 1771; KS (aged 13) 1777; left 1780; a Midshipman, Royal Navy; killed in action between HMS Flora and La Nymphe, off Ushant, 10 Aug 1780 (see London Gazette, 1780, no. 12110).
BISSET, MAURICE GEORGE, eldest son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 5 Mar 1770; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1775, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jun 1779; of Lessendrum, Huntly, Aberdeenshire; a memoir of his life by J. M. Bulloch was privately published, 1929; m. 21 Oct 1787 Lady Harriet Mordaunt, dau. of Charles Mordaunt, 4th Earl of Peterborough and 2nd Earl of Monmouth (qv), and his second wife; d. 16 Dec 1821.
BISSET, WILLIAM, son of William Bisset, London; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 17, scholar 27 Apr 1688; BA 1690/1; described in a letter from William Gale, who was endeavouring to procure a Fellowship for Bisset, as “an extraordinarily learned man, but without friends, was Captain of Westminster School and senior of his year at Cambridge” (HMC Report, i, 22); ordained priest (London) 23 May 1692; Perpetual Curate of Iver, Bucks.; Rector of Whiston, Northants., from 3 Sep 1697; an Elder Brother of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, 1699; a fierce opponent of Dr Sacheverell; Chaplain to Queen Caroline; Cole describes him as “almost a madman”; author, The Modern Fanatick, 1710, and other works; m. 5 Nov 1704 Hennaretta Panier; d. 7 Nov 1747. DNB.