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.

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.

Beaven, Coningsby Raywood, second son of the Rev. Alfred Beaven Beaven, Head Master of Preston Grammar School, by Margaret Rachel, daughter of William Blott, of Hartford, Hunts; b. Jan. 4, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1890; left (with Triplett) July 1895; Magd. Coll. Oxon., demy 1895, matric. Oct. 1895; 1st class Mathematics (Mods.) 1897; 2nd class Mathematics 1899; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1904; mathematical master at Warwick School 1902-6; at Campbell Coll. Belfast 1906-39 and 1941-46; d. Dec. 10, 1962.

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.

BEAUFORT, SIR LEICESTER PAUL, younger son of Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort, Rector of Lymm with Warburton, Cheshire, and Emily Nowell, second dau. of Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., KCB DCL FRS, EICS Canton, Governor of Hong Kong; b. 13 Dec 1853; adm. 21 Jun 1867 (James'); QS 29 Jan 1869; left Nov 1871; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1872; BA 1878; BCL and MA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 30 Jun 1876, called to bar 7 May 1879; Northern Circuit; member, London School Board 1888-9; Governor, Secretary and Judicial Commissioner, North Borneo 1889-95; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Labuan and North Borneo 1895-1900; Chief Justice of Northern Rhodesia 1901-18; acting administrator, North-Eastern Rhodesia 1905-11; knighted 18 Feb 1919; m. 29 Mar 1883 Edith Mary, dau. of Rev. Charles Higman Griffith, Rector of Stratfield Turgis, Hampshire; d. at Wynberg, South Africa, 12 Aug 1926.

BEAUCHAMP, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1638, adm. pens. 2 May 1638, scholar 1639; BA 1641/2; MA 1645.

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.

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.

BEARCROFT, COVENTRY BROOK, brother of Henry St. George Bearcroft (qv); bapt. 30 Apr 1785; at school 1794; in school list 1795; KS (aged 14) 1799; probably the Bearcroft who played against Eton in the cricket matches at Lord’s 31 Jul 1800 and 31 Jul 1801; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1802, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1802, but did not matr. ; “had some employment with the Government”; living 1821; m. Louisa O’Neil.

BEANE, SAMUEL, son of John Beane, Canterbury, Kent; b.; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1693, matr. 30 Jun 1693, aged 17, Westminster Student 14 Dec 1693-1715 (void), although conditionally expelled for riotous behaviour 24 Apr 1700; BA 1697; MA 1700; ordained deacon (Oxford) 14 Mar 1707/8.