Londonderry (Sheriff, 1912); eldest surviving son of late John Barr6 Beresford, D.L., J.P., of Learmount Park, Co. Londonderry, and Caroline (d. 1901), only child and heiress of Wm. and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton Ash, of Ashbrook; b. 1859; m. 1886, Lady Florence, 3rd dau. of 5th Marquess of Sligo; assumed by royal licence addtl. name of Ash, 1901. Res.: Ashbrook, near Londonderry.
BERNARD, The Most Rev. and Right Hon. John Henry, P.C. (1919), D.D., D.C.L., Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, from 1919; Hon. Fellow, Queen's College, Oxford; ex-Sch. and University Student (Trinity College, Dublin); Fellow and Tutor, 1884; ordained, 1886; Archbishop King's Lecturer in Divinity, 1888-1911; Hon. Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant, 1887-1902; Chaplain to the Bishop of Down, 1889-1901; Donnellan Lecturer, 1895; Commissioner of National Education, 1897-1903; Commissioner of Charitable Donations and Bequests, 1904-11; Commissioner of Intermediate Education, 1917; Treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1897-1902, and Dean, 1902-11; President of the Royal Irish Academy, 1916; Warden of Alexandra Coll., Dublin, 1903-11; Bishop of Ossory, 1911-15; Archbishop of Dublin, Nov., 1915 to July, 1919: Hon. D.C.L. (Durham), 1905: Hon. D.D. (Aberdeen), 1906; Hon. D.C.L. (Oxford), 1920; Select Preacher, Oxford. 1893-95, 1912, and 1919; Cambridge, 1898, 1901, 1904. 1917; Author and Editor, Kant's Critical Philosophy (with Prof. Mahaffy), 2 vols. & Kant's Critique of Judgment; The Pastoral Epistles (Camb. Greek Test.); The 2nd Ep. to the Corinthians (Expositors' Greek Test.); The Irish Liber Hymnorum (with Prof. Atkinson), 2 vols.; St. Patrick's Cathedral, a Handbook; The Works of Bishop Butler, 2 vols.; The Odes of Solomon; The Pilgrimage of St. Silvia; Studia Sacra; six volumes of sermons and various articles in Hastings' Dictionaries, and Memoirs in the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. Eldest son of late W. F. Bernard, C.E.; b. 1860; m. 1885, Maud. 2nd dau. of late Robert Bernard, M.D., R.N., D.I.G. of Hospitals and Fleets. Res: Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin.
BERRIDGE, Richard, D.L., J.P., Co. Galway (High Sheriff, 1894); son of late Richard Berridge, of Ballynahinch Castle, Co. Galway; b. 1870; m. 1905, Marie Eulalia, dau. of Robt. W. Lesley, of Haverford, Penns., U.S.A. Res.: Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara, Co. Galway.
BESSBOROUGH, Earl of, 1739; Viscount Duncannon. 1723; and Baron of Bessborough, 1723 (Ireld.); Baron Ponsonby (Gt. Britt., 1749); Baron Duncannon (Unit. Kgd., 1834), Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl; B.A. (Cantab.); Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, 1903; L.C.C., East Marylebone, 1907-10: Major T.F. Reserve; late Lieut., Berks. Imp. Yeo.; M.P. for Cheltenham, Jan., 1910, to Dec, 1910; for Dover, 1913-20; eldest son of Edward, 8th Earl, K.P., C.B., C.V.O., and Blanche (C.B.E.) (d. 1919), dau. of late Sir John Guest, Bart.; b. 27th Oct., 1880; s. his father, 1st Dec, 1920; m. 25th June, 1912, Roberte, only dau. of Baron de Neuflize, of Paris, and has two sons. Res.: 22 Portland Place, London, W.; Bessborough, Piltown, Ireland. Club: Brooks's.
BEST, The Right Hon. Richard, P.C. (1922): (M.P. for Co. Armagh, Northern Parliament, Ireland, from 1921); M.A., Barrister King's Inns, 1895; K.C. 1912; Bencher 1918: a J.P. Co. Armagh; Attorney-General for Northern Ireland from 1921. Res.: St. Columba, Knock, Belfast.
BEST, Richard Irvine, Assistant Librarian, National Library of Ireland (1904); Hon. Secretary, School of Irish Learning (1903); Member of the Royal Irish Academy (1906); Leibniz Medal, Royal Prussian Academy (1914); Hon. D.Litt., National University of Ireland (1920). Pubns.: The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology (translated from the French of H. D'Arbois de Jubainville, with additional notes, 1903); Bibliography of Irish Philology and Printed Irish Literature, Dublin, H.M.S.O., 1913; various editions and translations of Middle-Irish texts, palæographical and bibliographical papers; contributed to Eriu, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, Anecdota from Irish MSS.; Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, etc. Res.: 57 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin.
BIDDULPH, Lt.-Col. Middleton Westenra, D.L., J.P., King's Co. (High Sheriff, 1901); served in Afghan War, 1880; major, 1st Batt., 5th Northumberland Fus., 1885-95; Lt.-Col., ret. p., 1895; eldest surviving son of Eras. Marsh W. Biddulph, J.P., of Rathrobin, King's Co.; b. 1849; m. 1891, Vera Josephine, 2nd dau. of late Sir Wm. Hy. Flower, K.C.B., F.R.S. Res.: Rathrobin, Tullamore, King's Co. Naval and Military Club, London.
BIGGER, Sir Edward Coey, Knt. (1921), M.D., M.Ch., L.M., K.Q.C.P. (Irel.) D.P.H., Medical Commissioner, Local Government Board: Chairman, Irish Public Health Council; Irish Government Representative on the General Medical Council; Chairman of the Central Midwives Board for Ireland; Chairman, General Nursing Council for Ireland; Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Blind: Medical Member of the Vice-Regal Commission on Poor Law Reform, 1903-1906. Visiting Physician to Belfast Fever Hospital; Visiting Physician to the Ulster
