Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Besant, William
Besant, William, 4s. Christopher, of Wyke Regis, Dorset, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 25 Oct., 1853, aged 19, B.A. 1857; Hertford Coll. M.A. 1878, vicar of Buglawton, Cheshire, 1869.