BINGHAM, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv), and his first wife; b. 1768; adm. 14 Feb 1780; KS 1781; the hero of “Bingham’s Leap” in Tothill Fields; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1786 - 13 Nov 1788 (deprived, probably for absence); Ensign, 17th Foot, 5 Oct 1787; Lieut., 21 Jul 1790; Capt., 102nd Foot, 31 Oct 1793; Maj., 26 Nov 1794; Lieut. -Col., 16 Sep 1795; 9th Foot, 25 Nov 1799; 3rd Foot, 9 Jul 1803; Col. in the Army, 25 Sep 1803; Brig. -Gen., 25 Jul 1804 - 24 Jun 1806; Maj. -Gen., 25 Jul 1810; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; served in the Helder expedition 1799; m. 26 May 1792 Priscilla, dau. of Paul Carden, Cashel, Ireland; d. 18 Nov 1829.

BINGHAM, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bingham, barrister, Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset, and Martha, dau. of William Batt, Salisbury; nephew of John Bingham (qv); b. 12 Sep 1741; adm.; in school list 1754; KS (aged 14) 1756; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, but never adm.; of Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset; High Sheriff, Dorset 1777; Col., Dorset Militia; m. 1st, 2 Apr 1766 Sophia, dau. of Charles Halsey, Great Gaddesden, Herts.; m. 2nd, 26 Oct 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of John Ridout, Dean’s Lease, Dorset; d. 27 Apr 1824.

BINGHAM, JOHN, second son of Richard Bingham MP, Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset, and Philadelphia, dau. of John Potenger, Comptroller of the Pipe; b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1721; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1725, matr. 2 Jun 1725, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1725-34 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Much Marcle from 14 Aug 1733); BA 1729; MA 23 Mar 1731/2; ordained; Vicar of Much Marcle, Herefs., from 1733; d. 17 Aug 1735.

BINGHAM, GEORGE, brother of John Bingham (qv); b. 7 Nov 1715; adm. Jun 1726; KS 1728; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 May 1732; BA 28 Jan 1735/6; MA 1739; BD 1748; Fellow of All Souls Coll.; Proctor 1747; ordained deacon 14 Jan 1738/9, priest 13 Jan 1739/40 (both Oxford); Rector of Pimperne, Dorset, 23 May 1748; Rector of More Crichel, Dorset, 1755 (with Long Crichel from 8 Sep 1774) (dispensation to hold with Pimperne, 1755); an eminent divine and an antiquary; assisted Hutchins with his History of Dorsetshire; author of Tachilia Ete, 1772, and other works; m. 1748 Sarah Beale; d. 11 Oct 1800. DNB.

BINCKES, WILLIAM, son of Richard Binckes, Cheapside, London, attorney, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Wheler, Martin Hussingtree, Worcs.; b.; adm.; KS 1668; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Apr 1671, aged 18, Wood scholar 6 Nov 1671, matr. 1671; BA 1674/5; MA 1678; DD 1699; Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 2 Jul 1677-83; ordained; Vicar of Kelshall, Herts., 1681-2; Vicar of Leamington, Warwicks., 1683; Prebendary of Lincoln from 2 May 1683; Prebendary of Lichfield, 15 Jul 1697 - Jun 1703; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Lichfield; his sermon preached before the Lower House of Convocation 30 Jan 1701/2, in which he argued that the execution of Charles I was an act of greater enormity than the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, was adjudged by the House of Lords to contain “several expressions that give just scandal and offence to all Christian people”, but the resolution that it should be burnt was negatived (Journals of House of Lords, xvii, 132); Dean of Lichfield from 19 Jun 1703; Prolocutor to Convocation 1705; d. 19 Jun 1712. DNB.

BIGGE, HENRY LANCELOT, second son of Charles William Bigge (qv); b. 10 May 1806; adm. (G) 21 May 1818; KS 1820; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1824; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1827; Ensign, 66th Native Infantry, 10 May 1828; Lieut., 13 Mar 1834; Capt., 16 May 1844; d. unm. at Bakerganj, Dacca, Bengal, 9 Dec 1844.

BIDDULPH, CUTHBERT EDWARD, son of Rev. Francis John Biddulph, Head Master of Bampton GS, Oxfordshire, and Julianna Mackwatt (sic) (IGI); b. 2 Jun 1850; adm. 26 May 1864; QS 1865; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1869, adm. pens. 30 Jul 1869, matr. Mich. 1869; BA 1873; MA 1879; entered Indian Civil Service 19 Jan 1878, as probationary Settlement Officer, Sind; served Afghan War 1878-80 as Assistant to Political Superintendent; Assistant Surveyor and Settlement Commissioner, Baroda, Nov 1883; Revenue Settlement Officer, Mewar, Dec 1886; Assistant Commissioner, Berar, Feb 1891; Cantonment Magistrate, Secunderabad, Jan 1895, Special Assistant Commissioner from Mar 1897; author, Our Western Frontier of India, 1887, and other works; killed by a panther while out shooting near Chilkalda, Mar 1899.

BICKFORD, SAMPSON, son of Sampson Bickford, Westminster, and Elizabeth Fox (IGI); bapt. 10 Oct 1667; adm.; KS 1683; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1686, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1686, aged 17, scholar 15 Apr 1687, matr. 1686; BA 1689/90.

BICKERTON, HENRY, son of Capt. Henry Bickerton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and Mary Dowdal, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1735/6 (Philips'); KS 1739. [note will Henry Bickerton, Lieut. Dragoons, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, proved PCC 17 Feb 1746]

Beyts, Nicholas MacDonald, brother of Anthony Grant Ayerst Beyts (qv); b. 18 Mar. 1917; adm. Sept. 1929 (R), KS Jan. 1932; Capt. of the school 1934; left July 1935; BNC Oxf., matric. 1935; boxed against Cambridge 1937-9; threw the javelin against Cambridge 1939; ICI Northwich 1939; RAF 1941-5 (Sqdn Ldr); ICI India 1948-58; Brit. Nylon Spinners 1958-60; Alfred Lockhart Ltd 1960, dir. 1964; m. 16 Aug. 1947 Judith Kathleen Marie, d. of Charles Gordon Joseph, lecturer, Univ. of Cambridge; d. 18 July 2008.