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BECK, THOMAS (bu farw 1293), bishop of S. Davids The second son of Walter Bek, baron of Eresby, Lincs. In the University of Oxford he attained the degree of master, and in 1269 was elected chancellor. Upon the return of Edward I to England in August 1274, he entered, with his younger brother Antony, afterwards bishop of Durham, the service of the Crown, and by his ability and fidelity won the warm approval of the king. The post which he held
teulu BERRY, industrialists and newspaper proprietors a new Salvation Army Citadel in Merthyr was laid in memory of him in 1936 and he is also commemorated by the J.M. Berry Technical College which was built by his eldest son. HENRY SEYMOUR BERRY, 1st Baron BUCKLAND (1877 - 1928) industrialist Business and Industry; their eldest son, born 17 September 1877 in Gwaelod-y-garth, Merthyr Tydfil. In 1892 he was a monitor at Abermorlais Boys' School and
BIRCH, EVELYN NIGEL CHETWODE (Baron Rhyl of Holywell), (1906 - 1981), Conservative politician president of the Johnson Society in 1966, and was created a life peer in 1970, taking the title of Lord Rhyl. His hobbies included reading history, gardening, shooting and fishing. He married the Hon. Esmé Glyn, daughter of the 4th Baron Wolverton on 1 August 1950. There were no children of the marriage. His addresses were 73 Ashley Gardens, London SW1, and Holywell House, Swanmore, Hampshire. Nigel Birch
teulu BLAYNEY Gregynog, Essex to Ireland. He distinguished himself in the fighting in Ireland, and in 1603 he was knighted and, in 1621, elevated to the peerage of Ireland as lord Blayney, baron of Monaghan, co. Monaghan. His second son, ARTHUR (the husband of Joyce Blayney), was knighted for bravery in the battle of Beaumaris He was sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1644. During the Civil War he assisted Sir William Owen of
BOSTON, sixth Baron - gweler IRBY, GEORGE FLORANCE
BOWDEN, HERBERT WILLIAM (BARON AYLESTONE), (1905 - 1994), politician the Independent Broadcasting Authority. On accepting this office, Bowden resigned his seat in the House of Commons and was created a life peer as Baron Aylestone, of Aylestone in the city of Leicester. Lord Aylestone was well suited to the Independent Television Authority. His taste can be described as middlebrow and he liked the popular entertainment provided by the commercial television companies
teulu BRAOSE Robert of Normandy, but in 1110 revolted against Henry, his estates being confiscated. He regained possession in 1112 and, shortly after 1130, the territories passed to his eldest son, WILLIAM, the third baron, who, c. 1155, also inherited one-half of the Honour of Barnstaple, agreeing to pay a fee of 1,000 marks. William married Bertha, daughter of Milo of Gloucester, whose vast territories, after the
BRECON, 1st Baron - gweler LEWIS, DAVID VIVIAN PENROSE
BROOKE, Dame BARBARA MURIEL (Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte), (1908 - 2000), politician State for Northern Ireland 1989-92; Secretary of State for National Heritage 1992-94; and a life peer in 2001 as Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville; the younger son, Sir Henry Brooke (born 1936) was a Lord Justice of Appeal, 1996-2006.
BRUCE, HENRY AUSTIN (1815 - 1895), 1st baron Aberdare
BRUCE, MORYS GEORGE LYNDHURST (4th Baron Aberdare), (1919 - 2005), politician and sportsman He was born at 67 Victoria Road, Kensington, on 16 June 1919, the elder son of Clarence Napier Bruce, later 3rd Baron Aberdare, and Margaret Bethune Black. From 1932 to 1938, he was a pupil at Winchester College, and then entered New College, Oxford, where he read philosophy, politics and economics. The outbreak of war interrupted Bruce's university studies and he enlisted in the Welsh Guards
BUCKLAND, 1st Baron (1877 - 1928) - gweler BERRY

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