CRESPION, STEPHEN, son of Germain Crespion, St. Giles in the Fields, London, and Cornelia, eldest dau. of Stephen Nash; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1663; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1666, matr. 13 Jul 1666, aged 17, Westminster Student 17 Jan 1667-73, void; BA 1670; MA 22 Mar 1672/3; when still an undergraduate sang before Cosimo de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, on his visit to Oxford in May 1669 (Wood, Life and Times, ii, 158); a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 13 May 1673; ordained; Confessor to the Royal Household 1 Nov 1675 (still 1691); Sacrist and Chaunter, Westminster Abbey, from 25 Jul 1683; Prebendary of Bristol from 3 Aug 1683; m. 1st, by 1674 Margaret ---; m. 2nd, by 1693 Mary Orris; d. 25 Nov 1711. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

CROFT, SIR JAMES, son of Sir Herbert Croft MP, Croft Castle, Herefs., and Mary, dau. of Anthony Bourne, Holt Castle, Worcs.; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1617, matr. 8 Jun 1621, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1626; BA 1621; adm. Gray’s Inn 1625; a Col. in Royalist army; knighted at Oxford 18 Dec 1644; suffered much for his loyalty; buried St. Clement’s, London, 9 Aug 1659.

CROKER, TEMPLE HENRY, son of Henry Croker, Starsfield Court, co. Cork; b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1741; KS 1743; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1746, adm. pens. 29 May 1746, but did not matr.; went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Nov 1746; BA 1750; MA 1760; ordained deacon (Chichester) 28 Dec 1751, priest (Winchester) Dec 1753; Curate, Crondall, Hants., 1753; held curacies in Sussex 1751-68; Chaplain to William, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, 8 Feb 1755; Reader of Temple Church Mich. 1759 - dismissal Jun 1763, having gone abroad Sep 1761; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1761, serving on HMS Edgar in Sep 1763; Rector of Ightham, Kent, 28 Jul 1769-73; bankrupt 1773; emigrated to West Indies; Rector of St. John’s, Capisterre, St. Kitts; author of a translation of Orlando Furioso, 1755, and of other works; m. 1st, 15 Mar 1753 Anne McNally, St. James’s, Westminster; lic. to m. 2nd, 6 Mar 1758, Anne Whitehead, Petworth, Sussex [but GM records his marriage in 1763 (sic) to “Miss Whitehead, of Bramshot”, and IGI gives date of marriage as 23 Sep 1763]; d. in St. Kitts 1790 (?). DNB.

Crow, Colin Arthur, brother of Alwyn Douglas Crow (q.v.); b. June 12, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; elected to Trin. Coll. (with Samwaies) July 1914, matric. Michaelmas 1914; scholar (Mech. Science) 1914; temp. Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Air Service) July 16, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 30, 1917; Pilot Officer (Training) R.A.F.V.R. March 30, 1941; resigned Nov. 18, 1942; m. March 25, 1948, Alice Garnett.

Cuming, Sir Arthur Herbert, second son of William Cuming, of Bognor, Sussex, sometime Deputy-Accountant-General of the Navy, by Cecily Kemp, daughter of Joseph Cumming; brother of Joseph Henry Cuming (q.v.); b. Nov. 24, 1871; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 1884; left Dec. 1888; Oriel Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1893; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1893, arrived in India Jan. 3, 1895; served in Bengal as Assist. Magistrate and Collector; Asst. Commissioner Assam Jan. 1899; Magistrate and Collector East Bengal and Assam Jan. 1906; District and Sessions Judge March 1908; re-transferred to Bengal April 1912; officiating Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs Bengal April 1914; Acting Judge Calcutta High Court in 1916, 1917, 1919-20, and in 1921; Puisne Judge 1921; knighted 1928; retired 1931; m. Sept. 12, 1905, Beryl Christine, daughter of Capt. Henry Alfred Austen, of Bognor; d. Feb. 15, 1941.

BEVERLEY, JOHN, of Lincolnshire; b.; adm.; KS in 1644; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. 1645; 8th in ordo 1648/9; BA 1648/9; MA 1651; Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1649-c. 1653, Tutor 1651-2; after spending some time in Scotland, appointed the first pastor of an independent congregation at Rothwell, Northants., 1655; Vicar of Rothwell, Northants., from 22 Oct 1656; d. 2 Jun 1658 [or 3 Sep 1658 ?].

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.

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.

Binney, Alexander Lindsay, brother of William Max Binney (qv); b. 13 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H), KS 1921; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929; asst master at the school 1930-1; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1931-69, housemaster 1948-63; Army Gen. List 1941-5 (Maj., Special Duties); m. 20 Nov. 1943 Heather, d. of Frederick William Gillespie, solicitor, Chair­man Leeds Bench of Magistrates; d. 22 aug. 2001.

BIRD, ELPHINSTONE WILLIAM, son of James Bird FRCP MRCS, Hyde Park Square, London, sometime Surgeon, EICS Bombay, and Physician-Gen. to Bombay Medical Board, and Georgina Elizabeth Craig Taylor, Bombay, India (dau. of George Taylor : EICS ?]; b. 7 Aug 1846; adm. (G) 20 Jan 1860; QS 1861; left Oct 1863; d. 6 Mar 1873.