BRANKER, ---; in school lists 1656.
BRANSBY, ARTHUR, son of Charles Bransby, Great Grimsby, Lincs., and Ellen --- (IGI); bapt. St. James, Grimsby 26 May 1705 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Jun 1715; in under school list 1716; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1722/3; BA 23 Feb 1729/30; MA; ordained; Rector of Great Coates, Lincs., from 1733; d. 1 Jan 1752.
BRANSBY, JOHN, brother of Robert Bransby (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1724/5; in under school list 1729; lic. to m. 13 Jun 1738 Anne, dau. of Christopher Crowe, St. Margaret’s, Westminster.
BRANSBY, MANSEL; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1718/9; in under school list 1722.
BRANSBY, ROBERT, son of Robert Bransby, Westminster, apothecary; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1722/3; left 1725; apprenticed to Charles Meredith, St. Dunstan’s in the West, hosier, 15 Mar 1731.
BRANSON, HARRY WILLIAM; b.; adm. 23 Jan 1776.
Brashier, Michael Hugh, son of Percival Hugh Brashier, solicitor, of Ealing, and Margaret Warren, d. of Edward Lamport; b. 23 May 1922; adm. Apr. 1936 (H); left Apr. 1939; RE in WW2 (Maj.), served in India and Burma; an architect, ARIBA 1948, FRIBA 1957; practised in Westminster until ret. 1987; m. 18 Sept. 1948 Eleanor Rosemary, d. of Wilfrid Pitt of Ealing.
BRASIER, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Brasier, Kent; b.; at school (aged 12) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).
BRATHWAITE, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Col. John Brathwaite, Governor in Chief of the African Company’s Factories on the South Coast of Africa, and Silvia Cole; b. 3 Feb 1739; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1748; in school list 1752; Ensign, 13th Foot, 8 Apr 1755; Lieut., 22 Mar 1756; Capt. -Lieut., 10 Jul 1761; lost his entire fortune at play to a gang of professional gamesters; Secretary to the Garrison at Gibraltar, but was removed from this post in 1768 for issuing Mediterranean passes to individuals who were not British subjects; Maj., EICS Madras, 21 Jun 1770; Lieut. -Col., 22 Dec 1772; Col., 17 Dec 1779; captured Mahe in the war against Hyder Ali 1779; surprised by Tippoo Sahib on the banks of the Coleroon 7 Feb 1782, and was compelled to surrender after a gallant struggle of twenty-six hours; remained a prisoner for two years; commanded the force which took Pondicherry, 23 Aug 1793; Maj. -Gen., 20 Dec 1793; organised the expedition against Malacca in 1799; Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army, 1800-2; returned to England 1802; created baronet 18 Dec 1802; m. 13 Apr 1761 Elizabeth, dau. of John Browne, and niece of Peter Colleton (qv); d. 16 Aug 1803.
Bratt, Eric Victor, son of Edwin and Grace Evelyn Bratt, of St. James's, London; b. Sept. 9, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left Dec. 1910; served in the 5th Batt. Norfolk Regt. (T. F.) during Great War I; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1922; practised in London and Guildford; m. June 26, 1916, Annie Isabella Ernestine, daughter of Ernest Millington Fisher.