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.

BEDFORD, JOHN, son of Rev. William Bedford, Bedford; b.; adm.; KS 1698; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 - 27 Jan 1714 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Willen); BA 1706; MA 1709 (incorp. Cambridge 1730); ordained; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 20 Jan 1712/3, being the first vicar presented by the Busby Trustees; d. Jan 1765.

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.

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.

BELLI, FREDERIC MACQUOID SAMUEL, fourth son of William Hallowes Belli, EICS Bengal, Hooghly, Bengal, and Sarah Sherman; b. 4 Feb 1840; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (Scott's); QS 1855; left 1858; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1859; d. at Debrooghur, Assam, 21 Dec 1870.

BENNET, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS 1668; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1671, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1671, scholar 1672, 3rd in “ordo” 1674/5; BA 1674/5.

BENNET, JOHN, son of John Bennet, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, High Bailiff of Westminster, and Jane, dau. of William Gavell, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b. 28 Oct 1657; adm.; KS 1672; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1676, matr. 20 Oct 1676, aged 18, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1676, Tutor 1683-6; BA 1680; MA 1683; author, Constantius the Apostate, 1683 (a reply to Samuel Johnson’s Julian the Apostate); d. 6 Oct 1686. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

BENNETT, HENRY LEIGH, second son of Rev. John Leigh Bennett, Thorpe Place, Surrey, and Harriott Eliza, dau. of Rev. Thomas Leigh Bennett; b. 17 May 1795; adm. Mich. 1806; KS 1808; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1812, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Nov 1812; BA 1817; MA 1819; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 20 Sep 1818, priest 1819; Rector of Croughton, Northants., 15 Jun 1819-49; Vicar of Thorpe, Surrey, 1849-74; JP Northamptonshire; m. 11 Sep 1845 Caroline, fourth dau. of George Henry Crutchley (formerly Duffield), Sunning Hill Park, Berks.; d. 31 Aug 1880.

Bennett, Robert Lewis, son of Arthur Henry Bennett, of Blackheath, Kent, by Ethel Jane, daughter of Robert Lewis, of Sidcup, Kent; b. April 10, 1902; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; Capt. of the School 1919; left (with Triplett) July 1920; New Coll. Oxon. scholar (modern history), matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. 1923; 2nd Lieut. The Rangers, King's Royal Rifle Corps (T. A.) Feb. 1, 1925; Lieut.-Col. May 5, 1939; Major Reconnaissance Corps Jan. 22, 1941; relinquished commission for ill-health and was restored to rank of Lieut.-Col. Feb. 7, 1944; admitted a solicitor 1928; Asst. Solicitor, Treasury Solicitor's Dept.; m. Sept. 28, 1932, Enid Blanche, daughter of H. C. Read, of Bridlington, Yorks; d. May 11, 1960.

BENNETT, WILLIAM HENRY, only son of William James Early Bennett (qv); b. 30 Aug 1834; adm. 29 Jan 1847 (Rigaud's); QS (Capt. ) 1848; left 1850; Cadet, EICS Bengal, 1853; Ensign, Native Infantry, unattached, 13 Feb 1853; 7th Bengal Native Infantry, 6 Sep 1853; 2nd European Fusiliers, 16 Feb 1854; d. at Prome, Burma, 22 Aug 1854.