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THE KNIGHTAGE. 701 BELLEAU, Sir Nabcisse FoRTtrxAT, k.c.m.g. 24 May, 1879, knighted 21 Aug, 18(iO. lieut.- gov. province of Quebec 1869/73, bar. Lower Canada 1832, M.L.C. 1852/7, speaker L.C. Canada 1857/62, minister of agriculture 18B2/5, premier and receiver- gen. 1865/9, mayor of Quebec 1850/1/2, Q.c. 1854 (son of Gabriel Belleau, of Quebec); b. 20 Oct. 1808 ; m. 15 Sept. 1835, Marie Reine Josette, dau. of late Louis Gauvreau, merchant, M.P. Quebec. BENEDICT, Sir Julius, knighted 1871, a cele- brated musical composer, knight of the order of Leopold of Belgiiim, of the crown of Prussia, and many other foreign orders (son of Herr M. Benedict, banker, of Stuttgart, by Flora van Geldern); b. 27 Nov, 1804; m. 1st— 1833, Adele, dau. of M. C Jean, of Geneva ; she d. 1851, leaving with other issue a dau. (1) Georgina, m. 7 April, 1866, to Reginald Palgrave Simpson, and has 2 sons and a dau. Aubrey Palgrave Simpson, b. 8 Jan. 1867.— Julius Benedict, b. 15 Dec. 1872.— Adele. Sir Julius m. 2ndly — 23 Dec 1879, Mary Coriiber, eldest dau. of Henry Fortey, Esq. inspector of schools Madras presidency, and has a son, (2) Albert Edward Julius Wilbraham Scott, b. 12 May, 1881. 2, Manchester Square, W. BENNETT, Sir James Risdon, president B. coll. physicians since 1876, m.d. Edin. 1833, ll.d. (hon.) 1878, f.r.c.p. 1846, &c. (eldest son of late Rev. James Bennett, d.d. of Islington, by Sarah, dau. of John Comley, esq. of Romsey, Hants.); b. 1809; m. 8 June, 1841, Ellen Selfe, youngest dau. of Rev. Henry Page, M.A. of Rose Hill, Wore. 22, Cavendish Square, w. BENNETT, Sir John, knighted 1872, of London, watchmaker, member school board London 1870/3 and 1876/9, sherifE 1871/2, one of h.m.'s lieuts. for the City, k.l.h.m. 1878 (brother of W. C. Bennett, LL.D. a well-known song-writer, sons of John Bennett, of Greenwich, watchmaker); b. 1814; m. 1843, Agnes, dau. of John Wilson, of Deptford, and has a son and 2 daus. (1) John Mountfield, b. ; m. 31 Mar. 1880, Clarissa Selina, eldest dau. of Joseph Brindle. Esq. of London. (2) Alice EUzabeth, m. 6 Sept. 1865, to Sydney John, son of J. G. Cockerell, Esq. (3) Juliet, m. 30 Oct. 1873, to Richard Douglas Powell, M.D. son of late Capt. Scott Powell, E.w. fusiliers, and has 2 sous and a dau. Douglas Powell, b. 8 Aug. 1874.— A son, b. 19 Dec. 1879.— A dau. b. 18 Dec. 1877. The Banks, Mountfield, Sussex, and Glen Druid. Chislehurst. BERKELEY, Sir George, k.c.m.g. (1881), i C.M.G. (1874), gov. and com. - in - chief Leeward Islands 1875/81, B.A. Trin. Coll. Dublin, | 1842, col. sec. British Honduras 1845, acting lieut.- j gov. Dominica 1860,1, lieut.-gov. St. Vincent 1864 71, governor West African Settlements 1873 (eldest i son of Gen. Sackville Hamilton Berkeley, col. 16th regt. by his wife Elizabeth Pilgrim, dau. of Wil- liam Murray, Esq. of Bruce Yale Estate, Barbados, W.I.); b. 2 Nov. 1819. i BESSEMER, Sir Henry, knighted at Windsor Castle 26 June, 1879, the celebrated patentee of manufacture of malleable iron and steel, and the inventor of the present mode of affixing stamps to i legal documents, thereby saving the exchequer, in round figures, half-a-mi"llion sterling annually ; it | is stated that he himself has taken out more than I 100 patents, representing the payment of £10,000 | in stamps ; k.f.j. of Austria, g.c.l.h. received from the Prince of Wales the Allaert gold medal (son of i Anthony Bessemer, of Charlton, Herts, and of Lon- don) ; b. 19 Jan. 1813; married, and has 2 sons and a dau. (1) Henry, m. Henrietta, and had 2 sons and 2 daus. Henry William. — Herbert Alfred. — Emilie Augusta Florence, m. 9 Julj', 1879, to Frederick Charles Brown Clark, Esq. — Alexandra. (2) Alfi-ed George, m. Mary Jane Tetley, and has 3 sons, Alfi'ed George. — Henry Edward. — Ha%-ard Frank. (3) Bessie, m. 30 Aug. 1856, to William Wright, and had an only dau. Bessie Wright, m. 3 July, 1879, to Rev. Charles Edward Jones, M.A. vicar of St. Matthews, Denmark HiU. Denmark Hill, Surrey. BESTEL, Sir Nicholas Gustave, knighted by letters patent 27 Feb. 1880, late acting chief judge Mauritius, retd. 1879, puisne judge supreme court 1858, entered colonial ser'ice as 3rd judge of appeal, Mauritius 1832, bar.-at-law m.t. 1841 (son of M. Antoine Bestel. avocat, France); b. 19 Dec. 1812 ; m. 5 Aug. 1864, Marie Rosine Delie, dau. of M. Fran9ois Bestel-Belmaison, of the Mauritius. BIDDULPH, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Michael An- thony Shrapnel, k.c.b. 1879, r.a. k.l.h.m, comdg. Rawul Pindee divn. India, 1881, groom-in- waiting 1879, com. Quetta field force in AJflghanistan 1878/9, served in the Crimean war, at the battles of the Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol, d.a.g. r.a. India (son of Rev. Thomas Shrapnell Biddulph, of Amroth Castle, preb. of Brecon); b. 30 July, 1823; m. in the Crimea 1857, Katharine, dau. of Capt. Stamati, comdt. of Balaclava. Calcutta. BIDDULPH, Major-Gen. Sir Robert, k.c.m.g. 1880, C.B. 1877, lieut.-col. and brevet-col. R.A. high commissioner and com.-in-chief Cyprus 1879, with local rank of major-gen. and brigadier- gen, while commanding troops in that island, A.A.G. (for auxiliary and reserve forces) war office 1873/80; entered R.A. June 1853, served through- out the Crimean campaign, present at Alma, Balaklava, siege and fall of Sebastopol, capture of Kertch (Crimean war medal with three clasps, Turkish medal and medjidie); was in the Indian war of 1857 8, including the actions of Kalee Nuddee, Jamo, Daoudpore, Byswarra, passage of Gogra, forcing of Jerwah Pass, at the siege and capture of Lucknow; served in Chinese campaign ' of 1860, including Sinho, Tangku, Taku Forts, , Tangchow, and Pekin. Staff services : in India, 1858/60, successively brigade-major, d.a.q.m.g. and D.A.A.G. In China: military sec. 1860/61; Madras, military sec. 1861/5. Woolwich: D.A.Q.M.G. 1868/7]! Was private sec. to sec. of state for war from Oct. 1871 to June 1873, Indian Mutiny (son of Robert Biddulph, Esq. of Ledbury, and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of George Palmer, Nazing Park, Essex — B. Selboene — in Peerage); b. 26 Aug. 1835; m. 11 Aug. 1864, Sophia, dau. of Rev. Anthony Lewis Lam- bert, rector of ChUbolton, Hants, and widow of Richard Stuart Palmer, of Calcutta (B. Selbobne), and has had 5 sons and 5 daus. (1) Robert, b. 13 Mav, 1865; d. 11 May, 1870. (2) Hope, b. 27 Oct. 1866. (3) Michael, b. 5 April, 1871, (4) Harry, b. 19 July, 1872. (5) Lewis, b. 27 June, 1876. (6) Eva. (7) Constance. (8) Jessie. (9) Helen. (10) Georgiana, b. 26 June, 1880. Government House, Cyprus. BIRDWOOD, Sir George, m.d. c.s.l 1877, knighted at Windsor Castle 7 Dec. 1881, assistant reporter in statistics, India Office; gra- duated in medicine in Edinburgh University 1854, served in Persian campaign on medical staff, Bom- bay army, 185-, successively professor of anatomy