BENNETT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Bennett, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1750/1; Min. Can. 1757; KS 1758; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1762, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1762, scholar 6 May 1763, matr. Mich. 1763; BA 1766; MA 1769; DD 1801; ordained; Curate, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, 1767; Minor Canon, Westminster, 1782; Minor Canon, St. Paul’s, from 4 Feb 1783; Vicar of Good Easter, Essex, 29 Apr 1789 – May 1797; Vicar of Tillingham, Essex, from 15 May 1797; Master of the Free School at Highgate, Middlesex, from 1793; m. 1st, Mary Large, Cambridgeshire; m. 2nd, 11 Jul 1793 Ellinor, widow of Daniel Thomas, Islington, Middlesex, and dau. of --- Cosby; d. 24 Aug 1816.

BENNETT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Bennett (adm. 1750/1, qv), and his first wife; b.; adm. 12 Jan 1780; KS (aged 13) 1784; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1788, adm. pens. 22 May 1788, scholar 8 May 1789, matr. Mich. 1788; BA 1792; MA 1795; ordained deacon (Peterborough, litt. dim. from Winchester) 24 Feb 1795, priest (Peterborough) 1 Mar 1795; Minor Canon of Westminster 1797; Minor Canon of Canterbury from 1810; Rector of St. Alphege, and Vicar of St. Mary Northgate, Canterbury, from 30 Oct 1812; Rector of Turville, Bucks., 15 Apr 1817; Vicar of Stone in Oxney, Kent, from 16 Aug 1820; m. 16 Sep 1806 Charlotte Julian, dau. of Francis Julian Levett, Juliantown, Georgia, USA; buried Canterbury Cathedral 29 Nov 1824.

BENT, JOHN, eldest son of James Bent MD, Bafford, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.; bapt. Newcastle under Lyme 30 Dec 1776 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1791; Capt. of the School 1795; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1796, adm. pens. 25 May 1796, scholar 29 Apr 1797, did not matr.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jun 1798; d. from a wound caused by the accidental discharge of a fowling piece, 12 Nov 1798.

BENTHALL, JOHN, brother of William Benthall (qv); b. 8 Feb 1808 [but if so, too young for ordination as priest 1830 ?]; adm. (G) 12 Jan 1818; Min. Can. 1819; KS 1820; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1824, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1824, scholar 1825, matr. Mich. 1824; BA 1828; MA 1831 (incorp. Oxford 14 May 1853); ordained deacon (London) 14 Jun 1829, priest 5 Jun 1830; Usher at the School 1829-46, Housemaster 1832-46; Chaplain to Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquis of Ailsa (qv), 1846-70; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 1852; m. 1st, 20 May 1835 Harriet, youngest child of Joseph Everett, Salisbury, Wilts.; m. 2nd, 7 May 1861 Frances, dau. of William Levi, Moulsoe, nr. Newport Pagnell, Bucks.; d. 1 Sep 1887.

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.

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.

BERNARD, FRANCIS, eldest son of Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. (qv); b. 27 Sep 1743; adm.; KS 1757; sustained a serious injury by falling on his head when tossed in a blanket on his election into College, which caused the custom of tossing the successful Min. Cans. to be discontinued for some time; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1761, matr. 21 May 1761, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1761 (with leave of absence to go to North America 15 Apr 1767); BA 1766; d. unm. at Boston, Mass., 20 Nov 1770.

CHAPMAN, GEORGE WALTER, eldest son of George Chapman, Afon House, Mortlake, Surrey, land agent and auctioneer, and Lucy Weston (IGI); b. 14 Jul 1847; adm. 27 Sep 1860; QS 1862; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1866, matr. 23 May 1866; BA 1870; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Jun 1869, called to bar 7 Jun 1873; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Assistant Receiver, Court of Bankruptcy, 1888-96, Senior Assistant Receiver 1896-9, an Official Receiver 1899-1912; m. 19 Sep 1888 Marion Patterson, third dau. of Frederic Sewell, Redcliffe Square, South Kensington; d. 5 Sep 1913.

CHARE, GEORGE, third son of John Chare, Wandsworth, Surrey; b. 12 Oct 1646; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1658-60; adm. 20 Jan 1660/1; a boarder; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1664, adm. pens. 1664, scholar 1665; BA 1667/8; MA 1671; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1670, Tutor 1674; d. 27 Jan 1676/7. Buried Trinity Coll. Chapel, Cambridge.

CHAUNCY, CHARLES, fifth son of George Chauncy, Yardley Bury and New Place, Gilston, Herts., and his second wife Agnes, widow of Edward Humberstone, and dau. of Edward Welch, Great Wymondley, Herts.; bapt. 5 Nov 1592; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1609, adm. scholar 1610, matr. Easter 1610; 2nd in ordo 1613/4; BA 1613/4; MA 1617 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1619); BD 1624; Fellow Trinity Coll. 1614 - c. 1621; ordained; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge, 1626; Vicar of Ware, Herts., 27 Feb 1627 - 16 Oct 1633; Vicar of Marston St. Lawrence, Northants., 28 Aug 1633 - 28 Aug 1637; brought before Court of High Commission for neglect of church ceremonies in 1630 and 1634; submitted to Laud after some months’ imprisonment, 4 Feb 1635/6; emigrated to America in 1637, after writing a solemn “Retractation”; Assistant Minister, Plymouth, New England; Minister at Scituate, 1641-54; President, Harvard College, from 29 Nov 1654; published sermons and theological tracts; m. 17 Mar 1630 Catherine, dau. of Robert Eyre, Salisbury, Wilts., barrister; d. at Harvard 19 Feb 1671/2. DNB.