BEGGAN, Michael, admitted Sept. 27, 1865; ord. priest Dec. 18, 1869; left May 29, 1870, for Liverpool; now at Bootle, and canon.
BENNET, John, vide Hanmer.
BENSON, John Henry, admitted Sept. 24, 1879; alumnus Feb. 18, 1888; left Nov. 16, 1889; went to Salford Seminary, and ord. priest Aug. 10, 1890; Ashton-under-Lyne, 1891-2; retired to Plymouth, invalided, 1892; and died Oct. 21, 1893.
BERNARD, Gerard, alias Woodbury, educated at Twyford School, near Winchester, received his religious instruction from Rev. Robert Berry, who induced Bishop Giffard to recommend him to Dr. Ingleton, principal of St. Gregory's Seminary at Paris. There he was received, Dec. 2, 1729, but was placed for some years at Piapuse, which at that time served as a nursery for St. Gregory s. Was ord. priest Dec. 19, 1739, and took the doctor's cap at the Sorbonne, Mar. 8, 1742. In that year he came over to Lisbon, " When the College," says Bishop Challoner, "must have been lost without that seasonable supply." On Dec. 17, following, he took the oath for the office of vice-president. After the death of President John Manley, he was presented as successor, Feb. 3, 1756, by bishops Petre and Challoner, and was installed as rector of the English Residence, Sept. 14, 1759. He governed "with great wisdom and judgment," till his resignation Jan. 21, 1777. Continued to reside in the College till his death Sept. 22, 1783. Elected a canon of the Old English Chapter, Mar. 26, 1760. Was a classic in Latin and Greek, and was master of the French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese languages.
BETTS, John, born in London, son of John Betts, M.D., physician in ordinary to Charles II. and Queen Cathar ine, probably came here from St. Omer's College; was ordained subdeacon May 25, deacon May 26, and priest May 30, 1676, and left the College for the English mission Oct. 18, 1681. His youngest brother, James, born in 1674, went from St. Omer's to Douay College, where he became an alumnus in 1686, but when he had completed his course of philosophy, he expressed a wish to join the Carthusians. To this his father was strongly opposed, and in consequence he returned to England, married
