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BRAMFIELD, JOHN, son of William Bramfield, Clothall, Herts., and Mary Anne, dau. of John Bill, Ashwell, Herts., Serjeant at Law, and niece of Very Rev. William Bill, Dean of Westminster; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1576, adm. scholar 1577, matr. Easter 1577; BA 1580/1.

BRAMFIELD, WILLIAM, brother of John Bramfield (qv); b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1580, adm. scholar 1581, matr. Lent 1580/1; BA 1584/5; ordained; Vicar of Sandon, Herts., from 1591; d. 1607.

Bramhall, John Gilzean Reid, son of Col. Edward Albert Bramhall, E. Yorks Regt, and Millicent, d. of Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid LLD MP, newspaper proprietor and journalist, of Tenterden Hall, Middx; b. 10 Oct. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (H); left July 1932; a journalist on the staff of The Glasgow Herald 1934-7, The Daily Mirror 1937; retd through ill-health 1937; d. 16 Nov. 1974.

BRAMSTON, JAMES, son of Francis Bramston, Chelmsford, Essex, and Sarah, dau. of Sir William Glascock, Kt; b.; adm.; BB in 1704; QS (aged 14) 1708; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1713, matr. 23 Jun 1713, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1713-22 (void); BA 1717; MA 1720; adm. Middle Temple 20 May 1718; ordained deacon (Oxford) 12 Jun 1720, priest (Winchester) 5 Mar 1720/1; chaplain to a regiment; Vicar of Lurgashall, Sussex, from 10 Mar 1723/4; Domestic Chaplain to John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham (qv), 5 Nov 1739; Vicar of Harting, Sussex, from 7 Nov 1739; a poet; author, The Art of Politicks, 1729, The Man of Taste, 1733, and other poems; m. (by 1 Mar 1723/4) Elizabeth ---; d. 16 Mar 1743/4. DNB.

BRAMSTONE, ---; in under school lists 1715-7.

BRAMWELL, HENRY FRANCIS GEORGE, second son of George Bramwell, London, solicitor, and Mary S. --- (1881 Census); b. 18 Sep 1854; adm. 28 Mar 1866; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1873, matr. 31 May 1873; 1st cl. Cl. Mod. 1874, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1877; prox. acc. Hertford scholarship 1874, 1st Craven scholar 1878, prox. acc. Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Essay 1880; BA 1877; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1876; d. 16 Oct 1881.

BRAND, ---; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1636.

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, David, son of Clifton Brand of Florence, SC, USA, and Elizabeth, d. of John Ritchie, barrister, of Tigh-na-Bruaich, Argyllshire; b. 16 Feb. 1946; adm. Apr. 1960 (G); left Dec. 1964; Univ. of Sussex 1965-8, BSc; asst. master at the Sch. 1968-9; Univ. of Sussex 1969-72, DPhil; CEGB computing bureau 1979-82; computer consult., PA Telecommunications 1979-82, Ewbank Preece Ltd. 1982-7; David Brand computer consultancy 1987-; m. 17 Dec. 1966 Angela, d. of Robert Elvin Newton Callingham, hotelier, of Hindhead, Surrey; d. 11 July 2022.

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.