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 B3o KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [BHOPAL at Camb. ; B.A. 1803, M.A. 1872 ; Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 18G5 ; Solicitor-Oen. for Jersey 1879-80, Attorney-Gen. 1880-4, and bailiff of Jersey and Pres. Legislative Assembly 1884-98, wlien he res. Residence — Grove Cottage, Rye, BEST, K.C.M.G. Great. 1908.— Hon. Sir Robert Wallace Best, s. of Robert Best, of Fitzroy, Victoria, customs officer. B. at Fitzroy, Victoria, 18 June, 1856 ; m. 1st, 13 April, 1881, Jane Caroline (d. 4 Aug. 1900), dau. of the Hon. Gl-eorge David Langridge, Chief Sec. for Victoria ; m. 2nd, 1902, Maud Evelyn, dau. of George CJrocker Smith, of St. Kilda ; ed. at Templeton's School, and Melbourne Univ. ; Barr.-at-law 1881 ; returned councillor for City of Fitzroy, 1880 (Mayor 1888-9) ; M.L.A. Victoria 1889, res. 1901 ; pres. of Board of Lands and Works, and Minister for Lands and C'ommnr. for Trade and Customs 1894-9 (Sir George Turner's govt.); chrmn. Roy. Commn. on Constitutional Reform ; one Df the original six senators returned to represent the State of Victoria 1901 ; 1st chrmn. of com- mittees in the Senate of the 1st Federal Parliament 1901-3 ; vice-pres. of the Federal Executive Council and I^eader of the Govt, in the Senate Feb. 1907-May, 1909 (2nd Deakin Govt.); Minister for Trade and Customs 10 June 1909 (3rd Deakin Govt.) ; returned to House of Repre- sentatives^ Aug. 1910, and May, 1913. Residence — " Kooyong," Mount Albei-t Road. Canterbury: near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [ssuc hy 1st m. — 1. George Robert Best, b. 4 March, 1883. 2. Artlmr FitzKoy Best, b. 1 Oct. 1888. 3. Sydney Best, b. 19 Dec. 1891. 1. Blanche Emily. 2. Beatrice Olive, m. Frederick Broad, [ssiie by. 2nd ni. — 3. .Alarsot Jhuide Elizabeth Wallace. 4. Phyllis Wallace. 5. Heiene Wallace. 6. Roberta Wallace. BETHELL, K.C.B. Creat. 1914 ; K.C.M.G. 1912; C.M.G. 1904. — Vice-Adm. Hon. Sir Alexander Edward Bethell, s. of 2nd Baron VVestbury, and Mary Florence, dau. of Rev. Alexander Fownes Luttrell, of East Quantoxhead, Somt. B. 28 Aug. 1855; m. 11 March, 1890, Hilda jNIary, tlau. of B. Huntsman, of West Ret- ford Hall, Notts; ent. R.N. 1869; sub-lieut. 1878: lieut. 1878; commr. 1891; capt. 1898; vice-adm. 1913 ; was rear-adm. and assist, dir. Df Ordnance ; dir. of naval intelligence 1909-12 ; oommr. -in-chief. East Indies, 1912 ; in command of Royal Naval War Coll. from Jan. 1913 ; A.D.C. to King Edward Vil, 1907. Club — Naval and Military. Issue — 1. Edward Walter Bethell, b. 17 Dec. 1891; lieut. Roy. W. Surrey Regt. 2. Maurice John Bethel!, b. 9 M:iroh, 1894 ; Mid. R.N. 1. Agatha Hilda. BETHELL, Knt. Bach, Creat. 1914.— Sir rnojiAs Robert Bethell, s. of late George Bethell, of South Woodford, Essex, and Frances, dau. of Robert Tipper. B. 8 Mav, 1867 ; Barr.- at-law (Middle Temple) ; J.P.!^ Essex ; M.P. E. Essex 1906-10. Residence— The Firs, South Woodford, Essex. Chambers — 2, Garden Court, Temple, E.C. Clubs — National Liberal ; Reform. BEVAN, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Louisa Har- riet, dau. of Niven Kerr, of the Consular Service ; m. 2S No^ 1804, Sir Alfred Henry Bevan, late Sheiiff of the City of London, who d. 8 Dec. 1900. Residence — 39, Queen's Gate, S.W. Issue — Ida Maud, m. 24 June, 1903, Alastair Campbell Sande- man. BEVILLE, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Eva, dau. of late Capt. Edward Grove, by Olivia Halliday, dau. of J. C. Parry Crooke, of Kempshott Park ; m. 1873, Gen. Sir George Francis Beville, K.C.B. , who d. 17 Jan. 1913. Residence — 41, Ashley Gardens, S.W. BEWLEY, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Anne Sophia Stewart, dau. of Henry Cope Colles, Barr., of Monkstown, co. Dublin ; m. 8 Aug. 1866, Sir Edmund Thomas Bewley, LL.D., K.C., regius professor of Feudal and English Law, Dublin Univ., 1884-90, judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland and judicial comitir. of the Irish Land Commission 1890-8, author of several books on legal and antiquarian subjects, who d. 27 June, 1908. Residence — Greenholm, Hindhead, Surrey. Issue — Rev. Edward Dawson Bewley, b. 1868 ; priest vicar of Chichester Cathedral ; m. 9 July, 1912 Florence dau. of Henry Webb, and widow of Arthur Scroggs. Resi- dence — St. George's House, Chichester. Nanette. BHANDARKAR, K.C.LE. Creat. 1911 ; CLE. 1889. — Sir Raji Krishna Gopal Bhandarkar. B. 1837 ; ed. at Rabnagiri Govt. English School, and Elphinstone Coll., Bombay ; M.A., hon. LL.D. Bombay and Edinburgh ; hon. Ph.D. Gottingen and Calcutta ; headmaster of High Schools 1864-8 ; prof, of Sanscrit, Elphinstone Coll., 1869-81; prof, of Oriental languages, Deccan Coll., Poona, 1882-93 ; Fellow and some- time vice-chanc. Bombay Univ. ; Fellow, Calcutta Univ. ; memb. of Bombay Legis. Council ; is a leader of Hindu social and religious reform move- ments ; author, translator, and editor of many philological and antiquarian essays and articles, and Sanscrit works. Residence — Poona, Deccan. BHATAWDEKAR, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1900.— Sir Bhalchandra Krishna Bhatawdekar, s. of Krishnashastri Dhondew, of Talegaou (Poona dist.), and Rakhmabai, dau. of Balaji Vishwaneth Wakankar, of Palaspa (Colaba district). B. at Palaspa 19 Feb. 1852; m. 1st, 6 May, 1876, Gangabai, dau. of Morjoshi Wakankar (d. 1887), of Pombhurle ; m. 2nd, 1891, — Sawitribai ; ed. at Elphinstone High Sch. and Grant Med. Coll. (Bombay Univ.) ; passed L.M. 1st class, honours ; secured gold medal and medical prize, April, 1874 ; sometime asst.-surg. and afterwards chief med. officer and Durbar physician Baroda State ; Fell. Bombay Univ. and sometime Dean and Syndic in med. ; memb. Municip. Corpn. (pres. 1897), memb. Standing Comm. (chrmn. three .successive years) ; M.L.C. of the Gov. of Bombay, 1897 and 1900 ; memb. City Improvement Trust ; memb. Bombay Med. Council ; pres. Bombay Medical Union, of the Hindoo Calendar Revision Com- mittee, of the All India Temperance Conf. held at Benares, of the Bombay Provincial Conf. held at Surat, March, 1907, of Hindu Union Club and Students' Literary and Scientific Soc, and pres. of the Grant Coll. Med. Soc. ; private practr. in Bombay since 1885. Publications — " Public Health " ; " Inoculation Explained " ; " Over- crowding in Bombay " ; " Leprosy " ; " Address on Temperance " ; " Paper on Tuberculosis." Residences — Bombay, and Karla, India. Issue — 1. .Moreslnvar Bhalchandra Bhatawdekar, M.A., m., and has issue. 2. Niliv.iuth lilialchandra Bhatawdekar, B.A. .M.B.B.S., niediral pin'titioner ; is m. 3. Anaiid!:is JMialcliandra Bhatawdekar. BHAUNAGAR, Thakur Sahib of, K.C.S.L Creat. 1904. — H.H. Maharaja Sir Bhaosinghji Takhtsinghji, s. of late Thakur Sahib, G. C.S.I. B. 20 April, 1875 ; sue. his father 10 Feb. 1896 ; is entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Residence — Motibagh Palace, Bhaunagar. BHOPAL, Begum of, G.C.S.I. Great. 1910 ; G.G.I. E. 1904. — H.H. Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum. B. 9 July, 1858 ; sue. 17 June, 1901 :