BAKER, EDWARD; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1616, adm. scholar 1617, matr. Easter 1617; BA 1620/1; MA 1624 (incorp. Oxford 15 Jul 1628); Rector of Loughton, Bucks., from 1625; m.; buried at Loughton 25 Feb 1651/2.

BAKER, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1637 (WAM 34165).

BAIRD, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Baird, Auchmedden, Banffshire, and Anne, dau. of William Duff, Dipple, Morayshire, and sister of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (I); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1733; Min. Can. 1736; KS 1737; elected to Trin. Coll. Cambridge 1741, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1741, scholar 7 May 1742; BA 1744/5; MA 1748; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1747, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1748; adm. Middle Temple 12 Nov 1739, called to bar 20 May 1748; d. May 1750, of gaol fever contracted at the Old Bailey.

BAINHAM, JOSEPH, son of Alexander Bainham, Westbury, Gloucs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Arnold Oldisworth, of Broadley, Gloucs., Clerk of the Hanaper; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1629; KS 1630 (Tanner MSS, Bodleian Library, lxix, f. 137 and f. 224).

BAINES, THOMAS, second son of John Baines, Laxham, Suffolk, and Elizabeth, sister of James Johnson (KS 1719, qv); bapt. 12 Sep 1738; in school list 1744; KS (aged 13) 1751; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1756, matr. 16 Jun 1756, Westminster Student 5 Jan - 9 Feb 1757 (void on migration to Cambridge [check]); migrated to Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jan 1764, matr. Mich. 1764; BA 1768; MA 1772; ordained priest Dec 1768; Rector of Upton on Severn, Worcs. 1768 – Oct 1772; Rector of Richard’s Castle, Herefs. , from 20 Oct 1772; [dispensation to hold R. Tolleshunt Darcy, Essex, with R. Little Wratting, Norfolk, 1786 : different individual ?]; Vicar of Caynham, Shropshire, 7 Sep 1792 - res Jul 1799; JP Shropshire, Herefordshire; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 4 Oct 1796 Mary, widow of Rev. Evan Humphreys, Rector of Montgomery and of Clungunford, Shropshire, and dau. of Rev. Salusbury Pryce DD, Rector of Montgomery; d. 7 Feb 1802.

Baines, Anthony Cuthbert, son of Cuthbert Edward Baines, a Principal at the India Office, and Margaret Clemency Lane, d. of Reginald Lane Poole FBA DLitt, Fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxford; b. 6 Oct. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (KS); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1970; Roy. Coll. of Music 1933-4; professional bassoonist; Roy. Tank Regt 1941-5 (Lieut.); wounded and p.o.w. Libya 1942; escaped in Italy Oct. 1943, but recaptured March 1944 and p.o.w. in Germany; transferred to Army Educ. Corps Aug. 1945; asst conductor Lond. Philhar­monic Orchestra 1949; assoc. conductor Internat. Ballet Co. 1950-53; music staff Uppingham Sch. 1954-65, Dean Close Sch. 1965-70; editor of Musical Instruments Through the Ages 1961, author of Woodwind Instruments and their History 1957, Bagpipes 1960, European and American Musi­cal Instruments 1966, Brass Instruments, their History and Development 1976; lecturer and curator Bate Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, Univ. of Oxf., 1970-80; Fellow Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1974-80; DLitt 1977; FBA 1980; m. 16 June 1960 Patricia Margaret Stammers.

BAIN, FRANCIS WILLIAM, third son of Joseph Bain FSA (Scot), Sweethope, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, archivist, and Charlotte, dau. of Edward Piper, Alstonby on the Eden, Cumberland; b. 29 Apr 1863; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 31 May 1877; QS (Capt. ) 1878; Capt. of the School 1881; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1882, matr. 13 Oct 1882; played Association Football against Cambridge 1883-6, Capt. 1886; 2nd cl. Cl. Mod. 1884, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1886; BA 1886; MA 1889; Fellow of All Souls Coll. Nov 1889-96; entered Indian Educational Service; Professor of History and Political Economy, Deccan College, Poona, India 1 Jun 1892-1919; Junior Principal Mar 1908, Senior Principal Apr 1911-19; CIE 3 Jun 1918; author, A Digit of the Moon, 1899, and numerous other works; m. 4 Jun 1890 Helen Margarita, dau. of Henry Blandford, Blandford, Dorset; d. 24 Feb 1940. DNB.

BAILEY, JOHN HOPKINS, son of John Bailey, Harwich, Essex; b. 1 Oct 1806; adm. 5 Feb 1819 (Packharness'); KS 1821; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1825, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1825, scholar 1826, matr. Mich. 1825; BA 1829; MA 1834; ordained deacon (London) 14 Jun 1835, priest 18 Dec 1836; Perpetual Curate of Billericay, Essex, 1844-59; Vicar of White Notley, Essex, from 1859; d. 13 Nov 1871.

BAGULIE, THOMAS; b.; at school in 1567; QS in 1572 (Chapter Muniments 25122).

BAGSHAW, HENRY, brother of Edward Bagshaw (KS in 1644, qv); bapt. 5 Sep 1633; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1648; KS (Capt. ) 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, subscribed 7 Jul 1651, Westminster Student; BA 1655; MA 1657 (incorp. Camb. 1659); BD 1668; DD 1671; ordained; Chaplain to Sir Richard Fanshawe, Ambassador to Spain and Portugal, 1663-6; Rector of Carlton in Lindrick, Notts., 18 Mar 1667 - res Jul 1670; Prebendary of York 12 Aug 1667- res Jul 1670, of Southwell 9 Jul 1668 -70; Rector of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London, 10 Jun 1670 -77; Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, co. Durham, from 13 Dec 1677; Prebendary of Durham from 18 Jul 1681; had a great reputation as a preacher; published several sermons; lic. to m. 7 Apr 1674 Mary, dau. of Sir Edward Nicolls, Bart., Faxton, Northants; also lic. to m. 8 Feb 1674/5 Elizabeth Wilshere; d. 30 Dec 1709. DNB.