BASS, MICHAEL THOMAS (_eld. son of Michael Thomas Bass of
Burton-on-Trent, brewer 1760–1827_). _b._ Burton-on-Trent 6 July
1799; brewer at Burton; M.P. for Derby 1848–83; introduced and
carried a bill by which house-holders might require street
musicians to quit neighbourhood of their houses; built and endowed
church of St. Paul at Burton; gave to town of Derby a large
recreation ground, public swimming baths, a free library opened 28
June 1879 and an art gallery. _d._ Rangemoor Burton-on-Trent 29
April 1884. _Fortunes made in business ii_, 407–50 (1884);
_Graphic xxix_, 457 (1884), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxxiv_, 440
(1884), _portrait_.
BASSANO, ALFRED. _b._ 25 June 1826; ensign 32 foot 3 April 1846;
commanded the troops in China 28 July 1877 to 3 June 1878; M.G. 12
Dec. 1877; C.B. 24 May 1873. _d._ 2 Inverness place, Bayswater 12
Sep. 1882.
BASSET, FRANCES BASSET, Baroness. _b._ 30 April 1781; succeeded 5
Feb. 1835. _d._ Tehidy park, Redruth, Cornwall 22 Jany. 1855.
BASTARD, JAMES STOKES. 2 Lieut. R.A. 15 Nov. 1800; col. 9 Nov. 1846
to 20 June 1854; L.G. 24 Jany. 1857. _d._ Charlton 10 June 1871
aged 87.
BATCHELDOR, THOMAS (_2 son of Robert Batcheldor of Cholesbury,
Bucks, farmer_). _b._ 23 July 1796; student of Gray’s Inn 14 Nov.
1827; practised as a conveyancer; registrar of Eton College 1827
to death; chapter clerk to dean and canons of Windsor 1843 to
death; steward of the courts of Eton College; F.S.A. 21 June 1855.
_d._ The Cloisters, Windsor Castle 24 July 1866.
BATE, WILLIAM THORNTON (_son of Wm. Bate, governor of Ascension
island_). _b._ 1820; ed. at royal naval college Portsmouth
1833–35; midshipman R.N. 1835; mate of the Blenheim 74 guns 19
March 1841; captain of the Actæon surveying vessel 6 Feb. 1857 to
death; F.R.A.S. 9 March 1849; killed at storming of Canton 29 Dec.