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Brand, Charles Neville, only son of Charles James Brand, of Hampstead, by Alice Emma, daughter of William Dobell Hutchings, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. Jan. 5, 1895; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (R); left July 1913; a clerk in the Bank of England 1914; served in Great War I 1914-8 as Flight Sub-Lieut. R. N. A. S. (Seaplane Pilot), and Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Auxiliary Patrol); author of two vols. of poems and several novels; m. Aug. 17, 1918, Norah Joyce, eldest daughter of Victor Vaughan, of Hampstead, Middlesex; d. Sept. 2, 1951.

BRAND, JACOB, son of Jacob Brand, Polstead Hall, Suffolk, and Judith, dau. of Sir William Vincent, Kt, London; b.; at school under Freind four years (R. F. Scott, ed., Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb., iii, 4); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 May 1716, aged 18, matr. 1716; adm. Gray’s Inn 5 Feb 1714/5; m. 31 Oct 1723 [or 1733] Jane, dau. of Bartholomew Beale, Bildeston, Suffolk; d. 8 Feb 1756.

BRAND, THOMAS, youngest son of Michael Brand, Great Hormead, Herts. , and Lydia Snow, Aspenden, Herts. ; b. ; at school under Wilson (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. Gonville and Caius Coll. , i, 223); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Jan 1613/4, aged 17, scholar Mich. 1613/4 - Christmas 1618, matr. 1614; BA 1617/8; MA 1621 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1622); Junior Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll. , Christmas 1618 - Lady Day 1626; Rhetoric Praelector 1622, Greek Lecturer 1623; ordained deacon (London) 13 Mar 1624/5; Rector of Leaden Roding, Essex, from 1625; Archdeacon of Cardigan from 11 Jun 1629; m. ; buried at Leaden Roding 5 Jun 1654.

BRAND, THOMAS, son of Thomas Brand MP, The Hoo, Kimpton, Herts. , and Lady Carolina Pierrepont, eldest dau. of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston; b. ; in school list Jun 1764; left 15 Dec 1764; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 19 Jan 1765, aged 15, matr. 1765; Grand Tour (Italy) 1769-70; succeeded to father’s Hertfordshire estate 1770; MP Arundel 1774-80; again in Italy 1778-81; JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1786, 1788-92); member, Society of Dilettanti, 1776; m. 20 Apr 1771 Gertrude, afterwards Baroness Dacre, dau. of Hon. Charles Roper; d. 21 Feb 1794.

BRANDE, EVERARD AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Augustus Everard Brande, Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, Apothecary to Queen Charlotte, and Anne Thomas; b. 1776; adm. 12 Apr 1787; St. George’s Hospital; MSA 1801; Apothecary to Queen Charlotte to 1818; Apothecary to George III 18 Jan 1801- Jan 1820 and to William IV 1830 - res 11 Mar 1833; m. 25 Aug 1821 Elizabeth, widow of Joshua Iremonger, Wherwell Priory, nr. Andover, Hampshire, and dau. of --- Macey (IGI); d. 11 Dec 1868.

BRANDE, WILLIAM THOMAS, brother of Everard Augustus Brande (qv); b. 11 Feb 1788; in school lists 1797, 1801; apprenticed to his brother as an apothecary, 2 Feb 1802; delivered lectures in London on physics, chemistry and materia medica 1808 onwards; FRS 13 Apr 1809, Copley Medal 1813; Secretary, Royal Society, 30 Nov 1816 - 30 Nov 1824; Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica, Apothecaries’ Company, 1812; Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution, 1813-54; Fellow of London Univ. 1836; DCL Oxford 1853; investigated die steels for Mint 1823-5; Superintendent of the Machinery and Clerk of the Irons, Royal Mint, Jan 1825 - Jan 1852; Superintendent, Coinage and Die Department, Royal Mint, from 14 Jan 1852; joint editor, Quarterly Journal of Science and Art; author, The Manual of Chemistry, 1819, Dictionary of Science and Art, 1842, and other works; m. 4 Jul 1818 Anna Frederica, second dau. of Charles Hatchett FRS, Mount Clare, Surrey, and Bollington, Lincs. [check county : Cheshire ?]; d. 11 Feb 1866. DNB.

BRANDON, EDWARD TYRELL HORACE, son of Horace Brandon, Putney, Surrey, solicitor; b. 2 Jun 1863; adm. (G) 5 Apr 1877; QS 1878; left Aug 1881; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. Jan. 1882, matr. Lent 1882; BA and LLB 1884; adm. solicitor Feb 1888; practised in Dover Street, Piccadilly, London; m.; d. 8 Nov 1920.

Brandon, Lionel, brother of Edward Tyrell Horace Brandon (q.v.); b. July 4, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); left July 1892; went to King's College School; served in Great War I; Capt. R. A. S. C. July 7, 1917; d. Sept. 11, 1935.

BRANDON, WALTER FREDERICK, brother of Edward Tyrell Horace Brandon (qv); b. 13 Feb 1865; adm. (G) 25 Apr 1878; left Dec 1879; d. 31 Jul 1918.

Brandon-Thomas, Jevan Roderick, son of Walter Brandon Thomas, of Bloomsbury; b. July 11, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (G); Capt. of the School 1916; left (with Triplett) April 1917; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Aug. 4, 1917; served in France and was gassed at Arras Dec. 1917; demob. Feb. 1919; Croix de Guerre, Belgium; an actor and playwright, author of Passing Brompton Road and other plays; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Dec. 31, 1940; Capt.