BINGHAM, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv), and his first wife; b. 1768; adm. 14 Feb 1780; KS 1781; the hero of “Bingham’s Leap” in Tothill Fields; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1786 - 13 Nov 1788 (deprived, probably for absence); Ensign, 17th Foot, 5 Oct 1787; Lieut., 21 Jul 1790; Capt., 102nd Foot, 31 Oct 1793; Maj., 26 Nov 1794; Lieut. -Col., 16 Sep 1795; 9th Foot, 25 Nov 1799; 3rd Foot, 9 Jul 1803; Col. in the Army, 25 Sep 1803; Brig. -Gen., 25 Jul 1804 - 24 Jun 1806; Maj. -Gen., 25 Jul 1810; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; served in the Helder expedition 1799; m. 26 May 1792 Priscilla, dau. of Paul Carden, Cashel, Ireland; d. 18 Nov 1829.

BINGHAM, WILLIAM, brother of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1758; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Oct 1761; BA 1765; MA 1769; DD 1790; ordained; Vicar of Stebbing, Essex 1766-78; Vicar of Great Gaddesden, Herts., from 17 Dec 1777 (disp. to hold with V. Stebbing, Essex 1777, both held 1777-8); Rector of Hemel Hempstead, Herts., from 28 Nov 1778; Archdeacon of London 13 Aug 1789 - Dec 1813; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III, 1792; JP Hertfordshire; m. 1775 Agneta, dau. of Libert Dorrien, West Ham, Essex; d. 31 Dec 1819.

Binyon, Denis Edmund Fynes-Clinton, son of John Frederick Binyon, solicitor, of Grange­-over-Sands, Lancs, and Mabel, d. of Rev. Osbert Fynes-Clinton, Vicar of Didsbury, Lancs; b. 29 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A), KS 1920; left July 1924; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928 (1st class hons Classical Mods); asst lecturer in Latin, Univ. of Leeds, 1928, sen. lecturer 1950; m. 25 Mar. 1933 Nancy, d. of John Emmerson of Harrogate, Yorks; d. 11 Apr. 1970.

Birt, Malcolm Douglas, son of Ronald Birt AMIEE AM ICE, of Ealing, and Ellen Mary, d. of Arthur Castle; b. 10 May 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (KS); left July 1951; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1953, BA 1956, MA 1960; ord. deacon 1958, priest 1959 (Carlisle); Curate, St Mark’s, Barrow­in-Furness 1958, St John’s, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1960; Vicar of St Paul’s, Constable Lee, Lancs, 1963-72; Rector of Rolleston and Vicar of Anslow, Staffs 1972-99, retd.; m. 30 Apr. 1960 Beryl Frances, d. of R. Spence of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancs; d. 4 Feb. 2014.

BISBY, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. John Bisby, Perpetual Curate of Tipton, Staffs., Prebendary of Lichfield, and Margaret, dau. of Anthony Hoo, Bradely Hall, Staffs.; b. 5 Jun 1635; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 10 Nov 1654; BA 4 Feb 1657/8; MA 1660 (incorp. Cambridge 1662); BD and DD 1668 (incorp. Cambridge 1669); ordained priest (Chichester) 5 Oct 1660; Rector of Long Melford, Suffolk, 12 Nov 1660 - deprivation as non-juror Feb 1690; published a number of sermons, mostly violent invectives against the Nonconformists; m. 1672 Elizabeth, dau. of John Wall, Radwater Grange, Essex; d. 14 May 1695. DNB.

BISCOE, ROBERT, fourth son of Vincent Hilton Biscoe, Hookwood, Surrey, and Anna Catherine Noel (ward of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth), Edward Street, Portman Square; b. 11 Jun 1801; adm. 9 Jun 1809; KS 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student, Tutor; 1st cl. Classics 1822; BA 1823; MA 1825; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1828 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate, North and Mid Littleton, and South Littleton, Worcs., 22 Aug 1831 – Dec 1833; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 3 Jan 1833; Prebendary of Hereford from 27 Nov 1834; m. 28 Feb 1832 Anne, eldest dau. of Samuel Smith (adm. 1772, qv); d. 14 Nov 1870.

BISCOE, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, brother of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 17 Jul 1810; adm. 11 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; d. unm. 23 Feb 1832.

BISPHAM, WILLIAM, second son of William Bispham, Billing, Lancs., and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Richard Some, Essex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1618, adm. scholar 1619; BA 1622/3; MA 1626; ordained; Rector of mediety of Lymm, Lancs., 1627; Rector of Brindle, Lancs., 1629-36; Prebendary of Chester 4 Feb 1632; Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire, 1636 - deprived by 2 Jul 1644, restored 1660; m. before 1640 Elizabeth Smythe, Devon; d. 6 Jan 1685/6.

Bittleston, Kenneth George, eldest son of Col. George Hastings Bittleston, R. A., of Tavistock, Devon, by Edith Caroline, daughter of Lawrence James Baker, of Eastleigh, Rants; b. May 10, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left Oct. 1899; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Dec. 24, 1902, Lieut. Dec. 24, 1905, Remount Officer March 13, 1907 - March 31, 1909, Staff Officer for Remounts April 1, 1909 - March 13, 1911; retired May 3, 1911; Capt. R. F. A. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 5, 1914; Major Nov. 16, 1916; served in Great War I 1914-9, on the western front with the 4th Div. Aug. 21, 1914 - Dec. 15, 1915, and with the 34th Div. Jan. 10, 1916 - Nov. 22, 1916, and in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 8, 1917 - Oct. 31, 1913; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4, 1917, Jan. 22, 1919, and June 5, 1919; D.S.O. June 3, 1919; m. Dec. 21, 1907, Alice Katharine, youngest daughter of the Hon. John Charles Dundas, M. P.; d. June 10, 1946.

BLACKSTONE (or BLAXTON), HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Blackstone DD, Chancellor of Chichester, and Joan, sister of Sir George Buck, Master of the Revels; b.; at school 2 Jul 1582; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1585, adm. scholar 1586; BA 1589/90; MA 1593; ML 1597; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1591 - res 1597; two Latin letters written by him to William Camden are printed in Camdeni Epistolae, 1691, 44-5, 344-5.