231–303, _portrait_; _Fraser’s Mag. July 1878_, 73–84.
BETHAM, SIR WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Stradbroke,
Suffolk 22 May 1779; clerk to Sir Chichester Fortescue, Ulster
king of arms 1805; genealogist attendant on order of St. Patrick
15 July 1812; knighted by Lord lieutenant of Ireland 15 July 1812;
Ulster king of arms 1820; keeper of parliamentary records of
Ireland 1830; F.S.A. 6 May 1824; M.R.I.A. 22 Jany. 1827, foreign
sec. to March 1840; author of _Irish antiquarian researches_ 1827;
_Dignities feudal and parliamentary_ 1830, reissued as _The origin
and history of the constitution of England_ 1834; _Etruria Celtica
2 vols._ 1832; _The Gael and Cimbri_ 1834; made an index of 40
folio volumes to the names of all persons mentioned in the wills
at the Prerogative office in Dublin; his manuscripts were sold at
Sotheby’s in London 1860. _d._ Rochford house, Blackrock near
Dublin 26 Oct. 1853. _G.M. xl_, 632–35 (1853), _xlii_, 145 (1854).
BETHELL, RIGHT REV. CHRISTOPHER (_2 son of Rev. Richard Bethell, R
of St. Peter’s, Wallingford who d. 12 Jany. 1806_). _b._
Isleworth, Surrey 21 April 1773; ed. at Eton and King’s coll.
Cam., B.A. 1796, M.A. 1799, D.D. 1817, fellow of his college; R.
of Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire 1808–30; dean of Chichester 5 April 1814
to March 1824; bishop of Gloucester 24 March 1824, consecrated 11
April 1824; bishop of Exeter 8 April 1830; preb. of Exeter 22 June
1830; bishop of Bangor 28 Oct. 1830 to death; author of _A general
view of the doctrine of regeneration in baptism_ 1821, _4 ed._