BIRT, JAMES, son of James Birt, Monmouth; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1761; d. c. 1763. [Perhaps James Birt, son of James Birt, and Elizabeth (Middlebrook ?), bapt. Newland, Gloucs. 21 Apr 1747 (IGI)]

BISHOP, HENRY; b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642, Westminster Student; MA 1649; kept a private school in London, where Nathaniel, Lord Crewe, was one of his pupils (Camden Society, 2nd ser., liii, 3).

BISHOP, MATTHEW, only son of John Bishop, Conduit Street, London; b.; adm. : KS (aged 14) 1763; left Aug 1765, “expelled” (MS note in a copy of Welch); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Oct 1766, scholar 15 May 1767, matr. Easter 1767; resided to 1769; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1769; Ensign, 6 May 1770; Lieut., 5 Mar 1773; res. 16 Aug 1773; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Oct 1777. [Possibly Matthew Bishop, son of John Bishop, and Sarah ---, bapt. St. John, Smith Square 21 Jul 1751 (IGI)]

BISSE, GEORGE POYNER, third son of James Bisse MD, Codicote, Herts., and Anne, only dau. of George Poyner, Codicote, Herts.; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1726/7; Min. Can. 1728; KS 1729; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1733, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1733, scholar 17 May 1734, matr. 1734; BA 1736/7; migr. to Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 25 May 1737, incorp. BA 26 May 1737; MA 1740; of Codicote, Herts. (sold in 1771); JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1761-70); d. 17 Jan 1772.

BISSET, GEORGE, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 20 Oct 1778; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 - 16 Dec 1794 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Malmesbury; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1787; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. to London) Aug 1793, to curacy of Soberton, Hants., priest Nov 1793; Vicar of Malmesbury, Wilts., 1793 (year of grace from 23 Dec 1793); Rector of Dauntsey, Wilts., 17 Jun 1800; m. 9 Sep 1820 Lady Catherine Howard, dau. of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, Gen. in the Army; d. 21 Nov 1828.

Black, Archibald Adam Gordon, son of Adam Black, publisher, and Emily McKenzie, d. of Dr William Eagleson Gordon of Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire; b. 23 Dec. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (KS); left July 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1930, MA 1953; Lond. Scottish (TA) 1939 (Maj.); successively chairman, president and hon. president A. & C. Black, publishers (founded 1807); m. 30 Apr. 1934 Violet Rosamund, d. of Lieut.-Col. Charles Hyde Villiers, Roy. Horse Guards; d. 9 Sept. 1990.

BLACKSTONE (or BLAXTON), JOSHUA, brother of Henry Blackstone (at school 1582, qv); b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1599, adm. scholar 1600; BA 1603/4; MA 1607; BD 1614; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1607 - c. 1614; ordained; Vicar of St. Peter’s, Wisbech, Cambs., from 1612; d. 1615 (will proved PCC 9 Sep 1615, surname given as Blaxton).

BLAGDEN, HENRY, son of John James Blagden, Petworth, Sussex, surgeon, and Harriet Ayling (IGI); b. 25 Oct 1832; adm. 27 Sep 1844 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1847; Capt. of the School 184 (?) [check]; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1851, adm. pens. 30 May 1851, scholar 1852, matr. Mich. 1851; BA 1855; MA 1858; ordained deacon 1855, priest 1856 (both Ely); held curacies 1855-69; Vicar of Hughenden, Bucks., 1869-93; Hon. Canon, Christ Church, from 1892; m. Isabella Catherine, second dau. of James Searight, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, London; d. 16 Dec 1922.

BLAIKIE, JOHN ROBERT, son of Robert Blaikie MRCS LSA, Oswestry, Shropshire, surgeon, and Margaret --- (IGI); b. 26 May 1854; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); QS 1869; left Aug 1871; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Oct 1871, matr. Mich. 1871; BA 1875; a medical student in Dublin; d. at Dublin 23 Dec 1876.

BLOMER, THOMAS, of Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1653, scholar 1653; BA 1656/7; MA 1660 (incorp. Oxford 22 Sep 1663); DD 1671; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1658 - c. 1671, Tutor 1663; signed for deacon’s and priest’s orders (London) 31 May 1667; chaplain to Earl of Northumberland in 1660s and 1670s; Prebendary of Canterbury 30 Jul 1673 – res May 1706; Rector of All Hallows, Bread Street, London, from 3 May 1681; m. by Sep 1670 Margaret (or Dorothy ?) Beavis; d. 3 May 1723.