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._ 1845. _d._ The palace, Bangor 19 April 1859. _bur._ Llandegai church yard 27 April. BETHELL, REV. GEORGE. Educ. at Eton; assistant at Eton 1802; fellow of Eton 21 Sep. 1818 to death; R. of Worplesdon, Surrey 1833 to death. _d._ Eton college 16 March 1857 aged 78. BETHELL, JOHN (_son of Richard Bethell M.D. of Bristol_). _b._ 1804; solicitor in London 1825–54; patented a complete system of diving apparatus 1835; patented a process for preserving timber from decay by impregnating it with creosote oil 11 July 1838, this invention has been adopted on a large scale, in marine works it is almost indispensable, the idea was taken from the embalming of mummies; patented many other inventions; carried on a distillery of beetroot spirit in Berkshire; A.I.C.E. 20 March 1838. _d._ Cleveland sq. Hyde Park London 22 Feb. 1867. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxvii_, 597–99 (1868). BETHELL, RICHARD. _b._ 10 May 1772; ed. at King’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1795, fellow of his college; owner of large estates in Yorkshire 1799; M.P. for Yorkshire 5 Aug. 1830 to 23 April 1831, and for the East Riding 18 Dec. 1832 to 23 June 1841; chairman of East Riding quarter sessions many years; author of 2 Latin poems in second series of _Musæ Etonenses 2 vols._ 1797. _d._ Rise near Hull 25 Dec. 1864.