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Bassett, Henry Gordon Tilney, son of Arthur Tilney Bassett OBE and Mary, d. of William Bar­ton; b. 25 June 1902; adm. Sept. 1914 (A); left Apr. 1920; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut., Spec. Branch); a clerk in the Bank of England, retd 1958; m. 1st 7 June 1933 Anne, d. of Arthur Edwards Ham­mond; 2nd Apr. 1946 Mary Denise, d. of Algernon Henry Arnold of Falmouth; d. 16 Dec. 1990.

BASEVI, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, son of George Basevi FRS FSA FIBA, architect, and Frances Agneta, fourth dau. of Joseph Seymour Biscoe, Clifton, Somerset; b. 29 Jun 1833; at Highgate Sch. Jan 1841 - Mar 1846; adm. 28 Sep 1847 (Rigaud's); left Whitsun 1848; went to Cheltenham Coll., adm. Aug 1848; Ensign, 92nd Foot 26 Oct 1855; retd. 25 Aug 1857; d. at sea 8 Feb 1865, unm.

BARWELL, WILLIAM, son of William Barwell, EICS Bengal, Governor of Bengal, a director of the East India Company, and his third wife Elizabeth Pierce, Calcutta; bapt. 13 Oct 1740; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1749/50 (Grant's); in school list 1754.

Barwell, Wilfred Thomas de Berdewelle, brother of Charles Sedley William Barwell (q.v.); b. Nov. 28, 1872; adm. Sept. 16, 1886 (G); left July 1891; adm. a solicitor March 1896, in practice at Seaford, Sussex; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers Sept. 13, 1914; obtained a commission in the Royal Engineers (Railway Transport Establishment) March 31, 1915, and became Major July 1, 1918, whilst D. A. D. of Railway Traffic; served one year in France and seventeen months in Italy; m. Jan. 27, 1910, Dorothy, daughter of Hugh Clayton Armstrong, of Folkestone, Kent; d. Oct. 8, 1961.

BARWELL, STEPHEN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1745/6 (Watts'); left 1751.

BARWELL, RICHARD, brother of William Barwell (qv); b. 8 Oct 1741; adm. Jan 1749/50 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Writer, EICS Bengal 1756; Sub-Accomptant 1763; Resident, Malda, 1766, Rampur Boalia, 1769; member, Supreme Council 1769-75; chief at Dacca, 1772; member of Bengal Council, Calcutta, 20 Oct 1774 - res 3 Mar 1780; a supporter of Warren Hastings (qv) against the party on the Council led by Philip Francis; returned to England 1780 with a substantial fortune; purchased Stansted estate, Sussex 1781; MP Helston 12 Mar 1781-4, St. Ives 1784-90, Winchelsea 1790-6; m. 1st, 13 Sep 1776 Elizabeth Jane (the “reigning beauty” of Calcutta), dau. of Robert Sanderson; m. 2nd, 24 Jun 1785 Catherine, dau. of Nathaniel Coffin, Bristol, formerly Cashier of Customs, Boston, Mass., USA; d. 2 Sep 1804. DNB.

BARWELL, JOHN BROOKE, brother of William Barwell (qv); bapt. 20 Jul 1743; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1751 (Grant's); KS 1757; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1760, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1760, scholar 17 Apr 1761, matr. Mich. 1760; BA 1764; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jul 1764.

Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth, only son of Richard Barwell, F.R.C.S., of London, by Mary Diana, daughter of Thomas Shuttleworth, of Preston, Lancs; b. Oct. 25, 1875; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 1889 (R); left April 1892; St. George's Hospital, entrance scholarship, Dec. 1893; William Browne Exhibition; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1899; F.R.C.S. 1901; M.B. (Lond.) 1901; surgeon for, and lecturer on, diseases of the throat and ear at St. George's Hospital; President of the Laryngological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and author of Disease of the Larynx (3rd ed. 1928); m. Dec. 18, 1907, Evelyn Foster, third surviving daughter of Dr. James Foster-Palmer, of Chelsea; d. May 27, 1959.

BARWELL, CHARLES SEDLEY WILLIAM, son of John Barwell, Hoveton Hall, Neatishead, Norfolk, wine merchant and farmer, and Sabine Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas William Budd, Shropham Hall, Norfolk; b. 4 May 1869; adm. as exhibitioner 31 May 1883; QS 12 Jun 1884; left Jul 1888; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. Mich 1888; played Association Football v. Cambridge Feb 1889, and competed for Oxford in long jump at Inter-University Sports Mar 1889; emigrated to Canada, where he became a Government Surveyor; enlisted in Yukon Infantry Co. 1915; Sergeant, Canadian Machine Gunners; served in France 1918.

BARTRAME, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1544 (Chapter Muniments).