Berman, Humphrey David, son of Emil Berman, stockbroker, and Frida Pauline, d. of Pius Lewenz of Nottingham; b. 2 Nov. 1903; adm. Sept. 1917 (KS); left Aug. 1922; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1922, BA 1925, MA 1937; Lond. Stock Exchange 1934; Lincolnshire Regt 1939-40 (Capt.); Pioneer Corps 1941, invalided 1942; Admiralty (Secretariat) 1942-6; partner John Stone & Co. 1954 (now Seligmann, Harris & Co.); lecturer and author of works on Stock Exchange law and practice; examiner on SE subjects for Roy. Soc. of Arts; m. 24 Feb. 1940 Eliz­abeth May, d. of John Baillie Noble, wine merchant, of Inverness; d. 1 Sep. 1994

Berkinshaw-Smith, Bernard Cyril, son of Cyril John Berkinshaw-Smith, bank man., of Surbiton, and Germaine, d. of Pierre Gode, farmer, of Corrèze, France; b. 1 May 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (KS); left July 1947; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1956; a chartered accountant, ACA 1956, FCA 1962; partner Fuller Jenks Beecroft 1961-85, Touche Ross & Co. 1985-8; retd. 1988; m. 3 Apr. 1956 Eva Marianna Inez Nohel MB BCh, med. practitioner, d. of Eugene Nohel, co. sec.; d. 22 Sept. 2005.

BERKELEY, MAURICE, son of Robert Berkeley, Oxford; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1630, matr. 24 Feb 1631/2, aged 20, Westminster Student to 1641; BA 1634; MA 1637; ordained; Rector of Seagrave, Leics., from 1639; dead by 22 Aug 1645.

BERKELEY, JOSHUA, second son of Rev. Robert Berkeley DD, Treasurer and Vicar-General of Cloyne, and Anne Elizabeth Dawson; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1756; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jan 1760, Canoneer Student 4 Jan 1760 - 27 May 1783 (void, expiry year of grace as D. Tuam), Tutor 1767-79, Junior Censor 1771, Senior Censor 1772-3; BA 1763; MA 1766; BD 1776; DD 1780; Proctor 1774; adm. Middle Temple 2 Feb 1759; ordained deacon 14 Jun 1767, priest 28 May 1768 (both Oxford); Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1775; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford, 1 May 1778; Dean of Tuam from 15 May 1782; d. unm. 21 Jun 1807.

BERKELEY, HON. GEORGE, brother of Charles Berkeley, Viscount Dursley (qv); b. 24 Feb 1691/2; adm.; QS (Capt., aged 15) 1708; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, scholar 15 May 1712, readm. nob. 10 Feb 1713; MA 1713; adm. Inner Temple 1 Aug 1707; Clerk of the Privy Council 1716-26; MP Dover 20 Dec 1720-34, Hedon 1734-41, and from 4 Mar 1742; Master, Hospital of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, London, from 28 May 1738; m. 1 Jul 1735 [or 26 Jun ?] Henrietta, widow of Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk, and sister of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); d. 29 Oct 1746. DNB.

BERENS, WILLIAM JOSEPH, eldest son of Joseph Berens, Kevington, Kent, and Charlotte, dau. of Richard Benyon MP, Englefield House, Berks.; b.; adm. Mich. 1812; KS (aged 14) 1815; Ensign, 2nd Foot, 11 Jul 1822; Lieut., 26 Jan 1825; 6th Dragoon Guards, 14 Apr 1825; Capt., 26 Apr 1827; retd. 13 Mar 1837; m. 20 Jul 1837 Louisa Maria, second dau. of Col. Lancelot Rolleston MP, Watnall Hall, Notts.; d. 11 Jun 1854.

BENYON (or BENION), THOMAS, son of Thomas Benyon, London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1626, matr. 19 Oct 1627, aged 19, Westminster Student to death; BA 1630; d. 1635.

Benvenisti, Jaques Lincoln, son of Leon Benvenisti, of Hampstead; b. Aug. 7, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1913; joined the H. A. C. at the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (T.F.) March 5, 1915, Lieut. June 1, 1916.

BENTLEY, THOMAS RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bentley, Teddington, Middlesex, artist and dramatist, and grandson of Rev. Richard Bentley DD, Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm. 24 Mar 1768; KS 1772; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1776, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1776, aged 17, scholar 18 Apr 1777, matr. Mich. 1777; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Nov 1779, called to bar 5 Feb 1785; d. at Calais Oct 1831.

BENTLEY, EDWARD; b. West Horndon, Essex; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1595, adm. scholar 1596; BA 1599/1600; MA 1603; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1608, priest 25 Sep 1609, aged 31 (both London); Curate, St. Mary-at-Hill, London; a legatee in the will of John Bowle (qv), dated 16 Apr 1637, in which Bowle mentions their friendship of forty-six years. [Perhaps Edward Bentley, son of Anthony Bentley, bapt. Belchamp Walter, Essex 15 Dec 1577 (IGI)]