Bell, William; b. July 25, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (R); left Easter 1909; was serving in a United States O. T. C. 1917.
BELL, WILLIAM GEORGE, son of George William Bell, St. Edmund’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London; b. 19 May 1861; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 31 Mar 1875; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1879, adm. pens. 24 May 1879, matr. Mich. 1879; adm. solicitor Apr. 1885; practised in Great Marlborough Street; d. 31 Jul 1891.
Bell, William Cory Heward, son of William Heward Bell, of Seend, Wilts, by Hannah, eldest daughter of W. Cory, of London; b. Oct. 21, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 1889; left Jan. 1893; R.M.A. Woolwich Aug. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Nov. 2, 1895; Lieut. Nov. 2, 1898; Capt. Nov. 19, 1901; served in the South African War 1902; retired on half-pay Aug. 23, 1911; rejoined on mobilization Aug. 3, 1914, and in Nov. following went out to the western front, where he served with the Artillery of the 1st Div. until Jan. 1919; Major Nov. 16, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 22, 1917, placed in Reserve of Officers Dec. 29, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1917; Croix de Guerre 1918; M. P. Wilts (Devizes) Dec. 1918 - Nov. 1923; High Sheriff of Wilts 1932; D. L. Wilts 1952; m. 1903, Violet Mary, daughter of Capt. James Devereux Bowley, R.E.; d. Feb. 25, 1961.
BELL, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).
BELL, JOHN, son of Rev. John Bell, Sedlescombe, Sussex; bapt. 5 Jan 1614/5; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS, lxix, 224); afterwards at a school in Aldermanbury, City of London; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1631, matr. 1631.
BELL, JOHN WILLIAM BROWNE, son of John Browne Bell, journalist, and Anne Millard; b. 1 May 1807; adm. 11 Jan 1819 (Packharness'); adm. solicitor; founder and proprietor, News of the World 1843; m. 1st, c. 1838, Jessie Temple, dau. of Col. --- Lowe; m. 2nd, 29 Jul 1852 (IGI) Louisa Helen, dau. of J. Chorley, Bridgwater, Somerset; d. 20 Nov 1877.
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.
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, 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, 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.