| Name | Dates | Counties | |
| Abbott, Francis | 1799-1883 | Derbyshire | |
| Abney, William de Wiveleslie | 1843–1920 | Derbyshire | |
| Acfield, Frank J. | 1905-1975 | Northumberland | |
| Adams, John Couch | 1819-1892 |
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| Airy, George Biddell | 1801-1892 | County of London; Cambridgeshire; Northumberland | |
| Almond, Robert White | 1786-1853 | Nottinghamshire | |
| Anderson, Alexander | 1858-1934 | Derry/Londonderry | |
| Anderson, Thomas David | 1853-1932 | Midlothian | |
| Andrews, Henry | 1743-1820 | Lincolnshire | |
| Andrews, Henry. B. | -1806 | Nottinghamshire | |
| Armitage, Angus | 1902-1976 | Derbyshire | |
| Ashley, Mary | 1843-1903 | Somerset | |
| Atkinson, Henry | 1781-1829 | Northumberland | |
| Atkinson, John Jepson | NK | Buckinghamshire | |
| Atkinson, Robert D’escourt | 1898-1982 | Radnorshire | |
| Aubert, Alexander | bap. 1730-1805 | County of London | |
| Babbage, Charles | 1791–1871 | County of London | |
| Backhouse, Thomas William | 1842-1920 | Durham | |
| Baikie, James | 1866-1931 | Midlothian | |
| Baily, Francis | 1774-1844 | Berkshire; County of London | |
| Bainbridge, John | 1582-1643 | Oxfordshire | |
| Baldrey, Andrew Doughty | 1785-1843 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Ball, Leslie | 1911-1992 | Cheshire | |
| Ball, Robert Stawell | 1840-1913 | Cambridgeshire; Dublin | |
| Banks, Joseph | 1743-1820 | Lincolnshire | |
| Barbour, William Donald | 1832-1902 | Yorkshire; West Riding | |
| Barclay, Arthur Kett | 1806-1871 | Surrey | |
| Barclay, Joseph Gurney | 1816-1898 | County of London | |
| Barker, Robert | 1873-1966 | Hertfordshire | |
| Barker, Thomas | 1722-1809 | Rutland | |
| Barnes, J.B. | NK | Suffolk | |
| Barnett, W. H. | NK | Derbyshire | |
| Bartrum, Clement Osborn | 1867-1939 | Yorkshire; West Riding | |
| Bass, George | 1771-1812? | Lincolnshire | |
| Baxandall, Frank E. | 1868-1929 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Baxendell, Joseph | 1815-1887 | Lancashire | |
| Bayly, William | 1737-1810 | Hampshire; County of London; Wiltshire | |
| Bazley, Thomas S. | 1829-1919 | Gloucestershire | |
| Beadsmoore, Ernest | 1874/95- | Derbyshire | |
| Beaufoy, Mark | 1764–1827 | Hertfordshire; County of London | |
| Bell, Julia | 1879-1979 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Bellamy, H. J. | NK | Cambridgeshire | |
| Bell-Burnell, Jocelyn | 1943- | Cambridgeshire; County of London | |
| Bennett, Arthur Frederick | 1871–1937 | Suffolk | |
| Bernard, Edward | 1638-1697 | Northamptonshire; Oxfordshire | |
| Berry, A.G. | 1823-1877 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Berthon, Edward Lyon | 1813-1899 | Hampshire; Cambridgeshire | |
| Bevis, John | 1695-1771 | Wiltshire | |
| Biddell, George Arthur | 1824-1901 | Suffolk | |
| Billups, Percy Christopher Charles | 1859-? | Glamorgan | |
| Bird, John | 1709–1776 | Durham; County of London | |
| Birmingham, John | 1814-1884 | Galway | |
| Birt, William Radcliff | 1804-1881 | Essex; Surrey | |
| Bishop, George | 1785-1861 | County of London; Leicestershire | |
| Blackall , Samuel | 1816–1899 | Suffolk | |
| Blacklock, Arthur Woolsey | 1840-1934 | Sussex | |
| Blackwell, Donald E. | 1921-2010 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Blagg, Mary Adele | 1858-1944 | Staffordshire | |
| Blagrave, John | c.1561-1611 | Berkshire | |
| Blair, Archibald | 1752-1815 |
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| Blair, Robert | 1748–1828 | Midlothian | |
| Bliss, Nathaniel | 1700-1764 | Gloucestershire | |
| Blunt, Henry | -1853 | Shropshire | |
| Boles, Tom | NK | Northamptonshire | |
| Bolton, Thomas Simeon Scriven | 1883-1929 | Yorkshire; West Riding | |
| Bonnycastle, John | c.1760-1821 | Buckinghamshire; County of London | |
| Booth, James | 1806-1878 | Buckinghamshire | |
| Boreham, William Wakeling | 1804-1886 | Essex; Suffolk | |
| Bowd, S.E. | NK | Cambridgeshire | |
| Bowden, Arthur H.L | 1839-1923 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Bowen, Edward George | 1911-1991 | Glamorgan | |
| Bower, George Noel | 1885-1951 | Suffolk | |
| Boys, Charles Vernon | 1855-1944 | Rutland | |
| Bradley, James | 1693 -1762 | Essex; Surrey; Gloucestershire; County of London; Oxfordshire | |
| Bradley, John | 1728-1794 | Cornwall | |
| Bransby, John | 1760-1835 | Suffolk | |
| Bray, Robert John | 1929- | Surrey | |
| Breen, James | 1826-1866 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Breen, James | 1826-1866 | County of London | |
| Breen, James | 1826-1866 | Armagh | |
| Bretnor, Thomas | 1570/1-1618 | Derbyshire | |
| Brewster, David | 1781-1868 | Roxburghshire | |
| Brinkley, John | 1767-1835 | Northamptonshire | |
| Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall | 1773–1860 | Ayrshire | |
| Brook, Charles Lewis | 1855-1939 | Yorkshire; West Riding | |
| Brown, Basil John Wait | 1888-1977 | Suffolk | |
| Brown, Elizabeth | 1830-1899 | Gloucestershire | |
| Brown, Ernest William | 1866-1938 | Yorkshire; East Riding | |
| Bruce, W. Conybeare | 1844-1919 | Glamorgan | |
| Bruck, Hermann Alexander | 1905-2000 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Brück, Mary T. [nee Conway] | 1925-2008 | Midlothian | |
| Brühl, John Maurice | 1736-1809 | Middlesex | |
| Bryan, George Hartley | 1865-1928 | Caernarvonshire | |
| Buckton, Harold | 1864-1944/8 | Suffolk | |
| Burbidge, Margaret | 1919- | Cheshire | |
| Burgess, Eric | 1920-2005 | Lancashire | |
| Ben Burrell | 1903-1983 | West Riding | |
| Bush, Thomas W. | 1839-1928 | Nottinghamshire | |
| Butler, Charles Pritchard | 1871-1952 | Cambridgeshire | |
| Butler, Hugh Ernest | 1796-1864 | Cambridgeshire |
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