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BOURKE, JOHN NICHOLAS, son of Thomas Bourke, Jamaica; b.; at school 1796; in school list 1797; KS (aged 13) 1800; probably the “Bourke” who played cricket against Eton 31 Jul 1801; m. 25 Mar 1809 Susan Wood Elliot, St. Paul, Covent Garden. [presumably John Nicholas Bourke, Capt. 3rd Yorkshire West Riding Militia, Army List 1808]

Bottomley, Arthur Cousen, son of A. W. Bottomley, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset; b. May 8, 1885; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 18, 1900; left (with Triplett) July 1904; Clare Coll. Camb., scholar 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; played chess against Oxford 1905-7; B.A. 1907; served in the R. N. V. R. during Great War I.

BOUQUETT, PHILIP, son of Thomas Bouquett, La Rochelle, France; b.; adm.; KS 1683; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1689, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1689, aged 18, scholar 2 May 1690; BA 1692/3; MA 1696; BD 1706; DD 1711; Major Fellow, Trinity Coll., 3 Jul 1696, a Senior Fellow from 1722; ordained priest (Lincoln) 14 Mar 1702/3; Regius Professor of Hebrew, Cambridge, 1704-5 and from 24 Aug 1712; refused to sign the petition against Bentley; much ridiculed for his oddities and way of living; d. 12 Feb 1747/8; buried in Trinity Coll. Chapel. DNB.

BOURKE, JOHN, son of John Bourke, Limerick, and Lucia Parker; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1754; KS (Capt. ) 1755; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Feb 1758; of Dromsally, co. Limerick, and St. Anne’s, Dublin; m. Sep 1774 Anne, dau. of Edmund Ryan, Dublin and Roscabell, co. Tipperary; d. 1795.

BOWLE, JOHN, son of Richard Bowle, Chesham, Bucks., auditor to Earl of Bedford, and his first wife Mary Brayton; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1593, adm. sizar 1593, scholar 1594, matr. Lent 1593/4; BA 1597/8; MA 1601 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1605); BD 1608; DD 1613 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1615); Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1599 -c. 1608; ordained; domestic chaplain to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury; Rector of St, Michael le Querne, London, 1 Mar 1607/8-14; Rector of Upminster, Essex, 1 Jun 1609; Rector of Bradfield, Berks., 1613; Rector of Tilehurst, Berks., 1613; Rector of Eynsford, Kent, 1614-29; Dean of Salisbury 28 Jul 1620 - Feb 1629/30; consecrated Bishop of Rochester 7 Feb 1629/30; Laud, in his account of his archiepiscopate written in 1637, complains that Bowle had been ill for three years before his death, and had neglected his diocese; m. Bridget, dau. of George Coppin, Dunwich, Suffolk, and sister of Sir George Coppin, Kt, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery; d. 9 Oct 1637. DNB.

BOWEN, THOMAS, of Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1654, adm. pens. 1 May 1654, scholar 1654, matr. Easter 1656; BA 1657/8.

BOWMAN, NICHOLAS, second son of Nicholas Bowman, Westminster, and Susan Barron, Kent; bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster 21 Jul 1634; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1652, matr. 2 Oct 1652; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Jul 1655.

BOWYER, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1606, adm. scholar 1607, matr. 1606. [Presumably the John Bowyer ordained deacon 26 May 1616, priest 27 May 1616 (both Peterborough), described as MA Trin. Coll. Camb. ]

BOWDLER, SAMUEL, fourth son of William Bowdler, Hereford, and his first wife Jane, dau. of Samuel Fell (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1670; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1673, matr. 31 May 1673, but not adm. as Westminster Student; d. 1678.

Boycott, Stephen James Branthwaite, son of Rev. George Alfred Branthwaite Boycott, Rector of West Halton, Lincs, and Eily St Clair, d. of Capt. George Osborn Springfield, 5th Dragoon Guards, of Holt, Norfolk; b. 26 Dec. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); left July 1934; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937; 2nd Lieut. RA Jan. 1936, Lieut. Jan. 1939, Capt. Jan. 1944, Maj. Jan. 1949; retd 1958; wounded (France) May 1940, despatches Dec. 1940; asst master The King's Sch. Gloucester 1958-62; bred and trained horses; m. 1st 1941 Edna Marion, d. of Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Curtis RAF; 2nd Rosemary, widow of Donald Landels Henderson and d. of Thomas Rawling Bridgwater, barrister-at-law; d. circa 1965.