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FOSTER'S HAND-LIST OF

Benson, William Ralph, of Bengal civil service 1851-77, a student of Lincoln's Inn 30 May, 1866 (then aged 36), called to the bar 30 April, 1868 (only surviving son of Rev. Ralph Lewin Benson, late rector of Easthope, Salop, dec.); born , 1830.

77, Gloucester Street, Portman Square, W.


Benthall, Francis, F.S.A. 1841, educated at Westminster school, a student of Lincoln's Inn 19 Nov., 1861 (then aged 45), called to the bar 6 June, 1864 (younger son of William Searle Benthall, Esq., late of Totnes and of Buckfast Abbey, formerly of Willen, Bucks, dec.); born 31 March, 1816; married 17 Dec., 1859, Susanna, widow of D. N. Bates, Esq., of Sudbury, Suffolk.

Hexton, near Ampthill; 7, Stone Buildings, W.C.


Bentinck, Rt. Hon. George Augustus Frederick Cavendish, M.P., M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1844, P.C. 1875, M.P. Whitehaven since 1865, Taunton 1859-65, secretary to Board of Trade 1874-5, judge advocate-general 1875-80, J.P. Cumberland and Dorset, a trustee of British Museum, a student of Lincoln's Inn 5 April, 1842 (then aged 20), called to the bar 29 Jan., 1846 (only son of Lord Frederick Bentinck, late of London, dec.); born 9 July, 1821; married 14 Aug., 1850, Prudence Penelope, 4th dau. of late Col. Charles Powell Leslie, of Glasslough, co. Monaghan, and has issue (see Foster's Peerage, D. Portland).

3, Grafton Street, Berkeley Square, W.; Branksea Island, Poole, Dorset; St. Stephen's, Travellers', Turf, and Carlton Clubs.


Bentinck, Henry Aldenburg, B.A., Exeter Coll., Oxon, 1874, from Marlborough Coll., a member of the Western circuit, a student of Lincoln's Inn 15 Nov., 1873 (then aged 21), called to the bar 13 June, 1877 (only son of Charles Aldenburg Bentinck, J.P., of Bovey Tracey, Devon); born 7 Jan., 1852 (see Foster's Peerage, D. Portland).

Indio, Bovey Tracey; 12, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C.; Conservative and United University Clubs.


Bentinck, William George Frederick Cavendish, M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1879, a member of the Western circuit, lieut. Notts yeomanry cavalry (Sherwood rangers) 1877, a student of Lincoln's Inn 12 Nov., 1875 (then aged 19), called to the bar 25 June, 1879 (2nd son of Rt. Hon. George Augustus Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, M.P., of Lincoln's Inn, bar.-at-law); born 27 Aug., 1856 (see Foster's Peerage, D. Portland).

5, Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C.


Benyon, Richard, M.P. Berks 1860-76, M.A., St. John's Coll., Camb., 1835, a Carthusian, J.P., D.L. Berks, high sheriff 1857 and a chairman of quarter sessions, high steward of Reading, assumed the surname of Benyon in lieu of his patronymic by royal licence 1854, a student of Lincoln's Inn 11 Nov., 1833 (then aged 21), called to the bar 23 Nov., 1837 (3rd but 2nd surviving son of late William Henry Fellowes, Esq., of Ramsey Abbey, Hunts, dec.); born 17 Nov., 1811; married 25 March, 1858, Elizabeth Mary, 2nd dau. of Robert Clutterbuck, Esq., of Watford House, Herts, and has issue.

Englefield House, Reading; 17, Grosvenor Square, W.; Carlton Club.


Bere, Montague, Q.C., judge of county courts (circuit No. 59) since 28 June, 1872, B.A., Balliol Coll., Oxon, 1846, J.P. Cornwall and Devon, chairman quarter sessions since 1879, recorder of Penzance 1857-62, Southampton 1862-70, Bristol 1870-72, a student of the Inner Temple 13 Nov., 1846 (then aged 22), called to the bar 3 May, 1850, Q.C. 11 June, 1869, bencher 31 May, 1870 (eldest son of Montague B. Bere, Esq., bar.-at-law); born 9 July, 1824; married Aug., 1852, Cecil Henrietta, dau. of Capt. T. W. Buller, R.N., of Strete Ralegh, Exeter, and has issue (see Foster's Peerage, B. Churston).

Grimstone, Horrabridge, South Devon; United University and Devon and Exeter Clubs.


Beresford, Cecil Hugh Wriothesley, B.A. Trin. Coll., Camb., a member of the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 16 Nov., 1872, called to the bar 7 June, 1875 (2nd son of William Beresford, Esq., bar.-at-law, of the Middle Temple, and county court judge); born , .

The Lodge, Kingsbury. Middlesex; 18, Belsize Square, N.W.; 2, Pump Court, Temple, E.C.


Beresford, William, B.A., St. John's Coll., Camb., 1842, judge of county courts (circuit No. 31) since I Jan., 1878, educated at Rugby and King's Coll., London, sometime deputy judge of Whitechapel county court, a student of the Middle Temple 17 Nov., 1838, practised as a special pleader 1843-58, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1858 (3rd son of Rev. Gilbert Beresford, of Anglestone, co. Leicester); born 19 Feb., 1817.

Hafod Neddyn, Llandilo, South Wales.


Berger, Edward, a student of the Inner Temple 2 Feb., 1877 (then aged 23), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1881 (elder son of late Samuel Benjamin Edward Berger, of Grove Lodge, Woodford, Essex); born , 1854.

Grove Lodge, Woodford, Essex


Berger, Ernest Maris, B.A. Oriel Coll., Oxon, a student of the Inner Temple 10 Jan., 1880 (then aged 23), called to the bar 18 April, 1883 (younger son of late Samuel Benjamin Edward Berger, of Grove Lodge, Woodford, Essex); born , 1857.


Berkeley, Charles Clement, B.A., Jesus Coll., Camb., 1835, equity draftsman and conveyancer, a student of Lincoln's Inn 27 Jan., 1831 (then aged 18), called to the bar 7 June, 1836 (3rd son of William Berkeley, Esq., of Coppersale Hall, Essex); born , .

13, Clarendon Road, W.; 5, New Square, W.C.


Berkeley, Henry Spencer Hardtman, solicitor-general of the Leeward Islands since July, 1878, acting attorney-general Aug., 1877, a student of the Inner Temple 3 Nov., 1878 (then aged 19), called to the bar 7 June, 1873 (3rd son of Thomas Berkeley Hardtman Berkeley, of St. Kitts, West Indies); born 3 Sept., 1851.

Leeward Islands.