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Beasley, Sir Horace Owen Compton, son of Ammon Beasley, general manager of the Taff Vale Railway Co., by Lucy Adelaide -; b. July 2, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (R); left July 1896; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1896; played football (Association) against Oxford 1897 and 1898, Capt. C. U. A. F. C. 1898-9; B.A. 1899; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 27, 1902; South Western Circuit; a puisne judge of the High Court, Burma, from Feb. 1923; a Judge of the Hight Court, Madras, 1924; Chief Justice 1929; knighted 1930; one of the donors of the Madras Cup to the School 1931; President, Pensions Appeal Tribunal, England and Wales 1943-8; served on the western front 1916-9; temp. Major Labour Corps June 13, 1918; Assist. Controller of Labour; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 30, 1918; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; C.B.E. 1958; m. Evelyn Atherton, daughter of Major W. V. Upton, formerly Atherton; d. Jan 1, 1960.

BEAUMONT, GEORGE, second son of Rev. Thomas George Beaumont, Rector of Chelmondiston, Suffolk [and/or Butterleigh, Devon], and Thomazine, dau. of Rev. John Bradshaw, Incumbent of Lambeg, co. Antrim, and Prebendary of Down; b. 30 Jun 1862; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1876; left Aug 1880; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; Lieut., 1st West Indian Regt., 11 Mar 1885; Liverpool Regt., 8 May 1889; Capt., 1 Mar 1893; retd. 23 Jul 1902; served South African War 1899-1902; Adjt. -Gen., Maritzburg Depot, afterwards Commandant, Nooitgedacht; despatches LG 29 Jan 1902; Capt., TF Reserve, 3 Nov 1914; m. 1893 Cecilia, dau. of R. Roberts; d. 18 Nov 1925.

BEAVOIRE (or BEAUVOIR), PETER; b.; adm.; KS in 1619; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 May 1621 (as Beauvoir), matr. Mich. 1621, scholar 1624; BA 1624/5; MA 1628; Master of Stoke-by-Clare Sch., Suffolk, c. 1639.

BEDFORD, JOHN, son of Rev. William Bedford, Bedford; b.; adm.; KS 1698; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 - 27 Jan 1714 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Willen); BA 1706; MA 1709 (incorp. Cambridge 1730); ordained; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 20 Jan 1712/3, being the first vicar presented by the Busby Trustees; d. Jan 1765.

BEDFORD, WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK RILAND, eldest son of Rev. William Riland Bedford, Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., and Grace Campbell, dau. of Charles Sharpe, Hoddam, Dumfries-shire; b. 12 Jul 1826; adm. (G) 4 Jun 1839; QS 1840; left 1844; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1844; Secretary, Oxford Union 1847; BA 1848; MA 1852; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Worcester); Curate, Southwell, Notts., 1849-50; Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1850-92, succeeding his uncle Richard Williamson (qv) and resigning in favour of his son William Campbell Riland Bedford (qv); Chaplain of Grand Lodge, Freemasons, 1861; Chaplain and Genealogist, Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 1878-1902; JP (1848) Warwickshire; a keen cricketer and expert archer; founded the Free Foresters Cricket Club 1856; winner, Arden Medal for archery at Meriden, 1857; author, The Blazon of Episcopacy, 1858, Rowing at Westminster, 1890, and other works; m. 1st, 18 Sep 1851 Maria Amy, youngest dau. of Joseph Houson, Southwell, Notts.; m. 2nd, 1900 Margaret, dau. of Denis Browne; d. 23 Jan 1905. DNB.

BEDFORD, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Bedford, Little Barford, Beds.; bapt. Great Barford, Beds. 19 Sep 1699; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1715; at school four years; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Jul 1717, matr. 1718/9; BA 1721/2; MA 1725 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1733); ordained deacon (Lincoln) 10 Mar 1722/3, priest 31 May 1724; Curate Willen, Bucks.; Rector of Finningley, Notts., 9 Feb 1725/6, res Apr 1733; Rector of Yelden, Beds., from 26 Jan 1732/3; Rector of Shelton, Beds., 15 Mar 1734/5-46; Rector of St. John’s, Bedford (and Master of Hospital of St. John), from 9 Jun 1746; m. 1736 Sarah, widow of Peter Haslewood, Bedford, draper, Alderman of Bedford, and dau. of Matthew Lacy, Shillington, Beds.; d. 30 May 1754.

BEDINGFELD, ROBERT, third son of Thomas Bedingfeld, Ditchingham, Norfolk, and Dorothy, dau. of John Southwell, Darsham, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1614, matr. 21 Nov 1617, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1632; BA 1618; MA 1621; BD 1628; DD 21 Jan 1630/1 (incorp. Cambridge 1631/2); ordained; Rector of Newton, Isle of Ely, Cambs., 1631-5; m. Anne, dau. of Edmund Thoresby; d. 1651.

Beard, Charles Henry, son of Arthur John Wells Beard (qv); b. 14 Aug. 1938; adm. Sept. 1952 (QS); Capt. of the Sch. 1956; left July 1957; Gonville & Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1957, BA 1960; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., BChir 1963, MB 1964, MRCP 1966, FRCS 1969; consult. plastic surgeon, Lancs Area Health Authority; m. 24 Mar. 1962 Patricia Anne Johnston, LRAM LRCM, flautist, d. of Michael Errington Johnston, Under-Sec. Min. of Agriculture, and granddaughter of Claude Errington Longden Johnston (qv); d. 27 Nov. 1980.

BEAUMONT, JOHN, son of Gilbert Beaumont, Whatfield, Suffolk; b.; adm.; QS in 1566; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1568, adm. scholar 1570; BA 1572/3; MA 1576 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1581); BD 1583; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1575-81; see Camdeni Epistola, 1691, 343-4, for a letter written by Beaumont to Camden, dated 29 Apr 1578; ordained; Rector of Whatfield, Suffolk, from 1581; Rector of Aldham, Suffolk, 1583-95; preached at Norwich at the burning of Peter Cole, a tanner of Ipswich, for blasphemy, 1587; Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk, from 1592; buried at Hadleigh 27 Apr 1599.

Bedford, David Edwin Wyatt, son of Edwin Curtis Bedford (q.v.); b. Aug. 26, 1902; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left July 1920; an insurance broker member of Lloyds; m. June 6, 1931, Ruth, daughter of Dr. Richard Houlton Jackson, of Bakewell, Derbyshire; 28 Apr. 1979.