BELLI, CHARLES ALMERIC, fourth son of John Belli, Bath, Somerset, EICS Bengal, Secretary to Warren Hastings (qv), and Elizabeth Stuart, widow of Bryan Glover [check if EICS], Calcutta, India, and only dau. of John Cockerell, Bishops Hull, Somerset; b. 8 Dec 1792; adm. Christmas 1806; KS 1806; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; BA 1814; MA 1816; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 1816, priest (London) 1817; Vicar of Prittlewell, Essex, 1816-22; Precentor, St. Paul’s Cathedral, from 16 Mar 1819; Vicar of Witham, Essex, 1820-1; Rector of Aldham, Essex, 1821-3; Rector of Paglesham, Essex, 1822-60; Rector of South Weald, Essex, 1823-77; a munificent benefactor to the church in South Weald and in the Brentford district; m. 14 Nov 1827 Frances, second dau. of W. Willan, How Hatch, Essex; d. 5 Jan 1886.

Bell, William Cory Heward, son of William Heward Bell, of Seend, Wilts, by Hannah, eldest daughter of W. Cory, of London; b. Oct. 21, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 1889; left Jan. 1893; R.M.A. Woolwich Aug. 1893; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Nov. 2, 1895; Lieut. Nov. 2, 1898; Capt. Nov. 19, 1901; served in the South African War 1902; retired on half-pay Aug. 23, 1911; rejoined on mobilization Aug. 3, 1914, and in Nov. following went out to the western front, where he served with the Artillery of the 1st Div. until Jan. 1919; Major Nov. 16, 1915; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 22, 1917, placed in Reserve of Officers Dec. 29, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Jan. 4, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1917; Croix de Guerre 1918; M. P. Wilts (Devizes) Dec. 1918 - Nov. 1923; High Sheriff of Wilts 1932; D. L. Wilts 1952; m. 1903, Violet Mary, daughter of Capt. James Devereux Bowley, R.E.; d. Feb. 25, 1961.

BELL, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

BELL, JOHN, son of Rev. John Bell, Sedlescombe, Sussex; bapt. 5 Jan 1614/5; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS, lxix, 224); afterwards at a school in Aldermanbury, City of London; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Mar 1631, matr. 1631.

Bell, George Kennedy Allen, son of the Rev. James Allen Bell, Canon of Norwich, by Sara Georgina, daughter of John George Megaw, of Upper Norwood, Surrey; b. Feb. 4, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1901, matric. Michaelmas 1901; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1903; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1905; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1904; B.A. 1905; M.A. 1910; D.D. 1924; Lecturer and Tutor at Ch. Ch. 1910-4, official student 1911-4; Wells Theol. Coll. 1906; ordained 1907; Curate of Leeds 1907-10; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Wakefield 1910-6; Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1914-24; Dean of Canterbury March 21, 1924; editor of The Meaning of the Creed (1917), and other works; consecrated Bishop of Chichester June 12, 1929; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. 1952; resigned his bishopric 1958; for many years the recognized leader of the Anglican Communion in ecumenical matters; Asst. Sec. of the Lambeth Conference 1920; Epicopa; Sec. 1930; Chairman of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches at its first assembly in 1948, and elected Hon. President of the Council on his retirement from the chair in 1954; author of Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (1935); a Busby Trustee June 17, 1931; m. Jan. 8, 1918, Henrietta Grace Millicent, elder daughter of the Rev. Richard John Livingstone, Rector of Pencombe, co. Hereford; d. Oct. 4, 1958.

Bell, Edward Allen, brother of George Kennedy Allen Bell (q.v.); b. May 8, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1903, matric. Michaelmas 1903; B.A. 1908; M.A. 1910; assist. Master at Giggleswick 1910, at Eton 1920; Head Master of St. Bees School 1926-35; 2nd Lieut. Giggleswick School O.T.C. March 2, 1915; served in France 1918, Lieut. 9th Batt. Norfolk Regt., and in 1919 as Major and Chief Instructor Army General College, Cologne; author of a History of Giggleswick School; was engaged in the work of the Oxford Group; d. July 9, 1959.

BELL, BEAUPRE, only son of Beaupré Bell, Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norfolk, and Margaret, eldest dau. of Sir John Oldfield, Bart.; b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; Min . Can. (aged 14) 1718; KS 1719; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 May 1722, scholar 1723, matr. 1722; 6th in ordo 1725/6; BA 1725/6; MA 1729; adm. Middle Temple 2 Jul 1722; an antiquary and collector; FSA 18 Jan 1725; a correspondent of the Oxford antiquary Thomas Hearne; assisted Blomefield in his History of Norfolk; left unfinished a work on the coins of the Roman Emperors; bequeathed his books, coins and MSS to Trinity Coll. Cambridge; d. unm. on his way to Bath, and was buried at Outwell 6 Sep 1741. DNB.

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.

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.

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.