Beardwood, John, son of Percy Charles Beardwood of E. Sheen and Ethel, d. of William John Hayes of Stoke-on-Trent; b. 12 Dec. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (H); left July 1928; a wool merchant, partner in Fl. Claessens, Antwerp; m. 28 Aug. 1934 Simone, d. of Florent Claessens of Vieux-Dieu, Antwerp; d. 27 May 1997.
Beattie, Hugh Montgomery, 1912-1961
Beattie, Hugh Montgomery, brother of William John Hunt Montgomery Beattie (qv); b. 25 July 1912; adm. Jan. 1926 (A); left Apr. 1930; Lloyd's 1933; RAFVR (Tech.) 1941-5 (Flt Lieut.); m. Katharine, d. of Arthur I'Anson; d. 6 Feb. 1961.
Beattie, William John Hunt Montgomery, 1902-1993
Beattie, William John Hunt Montgomery, son of John Montgomery Beattie of Croydon and Ophelia Jane, d. of John Hunt of Measham, Derbyshire; b. 25 Oct. 1902; adm. Sept. 1916 (A); left Apr. 1921; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1921, BA 1924, MA 1928; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., BChir 1928, MB 1930, MD 1933; FRCS 1929, FRCOG 1942, FRCGP; consult. gynaecologist and obstetric surgeon, St Barth. Hosp.; examiner in obstetrics and gynaecology, Univs of Oxf., Camb. and Lond.; m. 1st 11 Sept. 1933 Marjorie Gertrude, d. of Bernard Beresford Baddeley of Reigate; 2nd May 1980 Dorothy Janet, d. of Dr C. H. B. Thompson of Suva, Fiji.
BEAUCHAMP, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1638, adm. pens. 2 May 1638, scholar 1639; BA 1641/2; MA 1645.
Becher, John Thomas, 1769-1848
BECHER, JOHN THOMAS, eldest son of Michael Becher, Cork, Ireland, and Catherine French; bapt. 23 Dec 1769; adm. 13 Jan 1783; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 - 23 Oct 1802 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Rampton and Midsomer Norton); BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1788; ordained deacon 15 Jul 1792 (York), priest 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York); Perpetual Curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Notts., from 13 Dec 1799; Vicar of Rampton, Notts., and Midsomer Norton, Somerset, 11 Mar 1802 (but year of grace from 3 Nov 1801); Prebendary and Vicar-General of Southwell, Notts., from 22 Jan 1818; Vicar of Farnsfield, Notts., 1827 (still 1829); Rector of Barnborough, Yorks., from 1830; Chairman of Quarter Sessions, North Notts., 1806-36; devoted himself to local administration and took a great interest in the social condition of the people; author, The Anti-Pauper System, 1830, and other works on social economy; m. 6 Jan 1802 Mary, dau. of Rev. William Becher, Rector of Cole Orton, Leics., and Prebendary of Southwell; d. 3 Jan 1848. DNB.
Bedell, Benjamin John, son of Benjamin H. Bedell, of Lee, Kent; b. Jan. 31, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left July 1915.
Bedford, Felix Hugh Wyatt, 1910-1998
Bedford, Felix Hugh Wyatt, brother of David Edwin Wyatt Bedford (qv); b. 13 Aug. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1979; a hotelier 1934-40 and 1945-7; RAFVR 1940-5 (Cpl), RAuxAF 1950-5 (Cpl); Lloyd's 1947-78; Div. Commissioner of Scouts in Greater London; Court of Assistants, Haberdashers' Company 1960; seven years on Holborn Borough Council; m. 1 Mar. 1941 Sara Elspeth Joyce, d. of Arthur Westerman MD; d. 31 Dec. 1998.
BEDINGFELD, THOMAS, son of John Bedingfeld, Halesworth, Suffolk, and Joyce, dau. of Edward Morgan, Lambeth, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1650, matr. 14 Mar 1650/1, Westminster Student to 1660, Faculty Student 1660-3; BA 17 Jan 1653/4; MA 1656; MB 1659; MD 1662; lic. to m. 20 Jul 1670 Mary, dau. of John Weston, Isleworth, Middlesex; buried Isleworth 20 Apr 1691.
Beard, Richard William, 1931-2012
Beard, Richard William, son of Brig. William Horace Gladstone Beard, Indian Army, of Great Chart, Ashford, Kent, and Irene Foote; b. 4 May 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (B); left July 1948; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1957; Barts Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BChir 1955, MD 1971; RAF Singapore and Malaya 1957-60; MRCOG 1963, FRCOG 1972; house appts. Redhill County Hosp. and Barts Hosp; sen. lecturer and hon. consult., Queen Charlotte’s Hosp. 1967-8, King’s Coll. Hosp. 1968-72; Prof. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch. 1972-96, Prof. Emeritus 1996-; m. 1st, 1957 Jane Elisabeth, d. of Rev. Harry Charles Frederick Copsey, Vicar of East Grinstead, Sussex; 2nd, 1979 Irène Victoire Elisabeth de Marotte de Montigny, d. of Comte Baudouin de Marotte; d. 13 Jan. 2012.
BEARE, HENRY, son of Henry Beare, Bideford, Devon, and St. Giles in the Fields, London, and Mary ---; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1713; QS 1714; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1718, matr. 17 Jun 1718, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1718-25 (void, marriage or expiry year of grace); BA 1722; Master of the Free School at Ripon 1721; ordained; Rector of Bildeston, Suffolk, from 1723; m. 5 Nov 1723 (IGI) Mary, sister of Jacob Brand (qv); d. 30 Oct 1733, aged 34.