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BROMLEY, STRETCH COWLEY, elder son of Rev. Robert Anthony Bromley, Rector of St. Mildred’s, Poultry, London, and Mary, only dau. of Stretch Cowley, merchant and shipowner; b.; adm. 2 Jun 1779; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1785; left Whitsun 1785; adm. attorney 25 Jun 1794; practised in New Court, Temple, London; m.; d. Jan 1838.

BROMLEY, THOMAS, brother of Robert Bromley (qv); b. 3 Nov 1822; adm. 24 Sep 1834 (Scott's); Cadet, EICS Bombay 1842; Ensign, unattached, 11 Jun 1842; 3rd Bombay Native Infantry, 11 Jul 1842; 1st European Fusiliers, 10 Sep 1844; Lieut., 28th Native Infantry, 21 Jan 1846; invalided 10 Oct 1851; retd. 27 Mar 1855; adm. Lincoln’s Inn, 15 Apr 1858; m. 1st, Lucie, widow of Lieut. Robert Thorp Onslow, EICS Madras, and of Capt. Henry Colvin Jackson, EICS Bengal, and second dau. of Major-Gen. Henry Webber, EICS Madras; m. 2nd, 19 Sep 1855 Clara Fitzroy, widow of Capt. John Green Paley, 10th Foot, and dau. of Right Hon. Sir Fitzroy Kelly PC, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; d. 28 Apr 1903.

BROMLEY, THOMAS, eldest son of Right Hon. William Bromley PC MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, subsequently Secretary of State, of Baginton, Warwicks., and his third wife Mary Swan, Maid of Honour to Queen Mary (wife of James II); b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1710, matr. 7 Jun 1710, aged 17, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1710 - res 1716, as being a non-juror; grace for BA 1713; MA 1716; adm. Inner Temple 1710; d. of smallpox 23 Aug 1716.

BROMLEY, THOMAS, younger son of William Bromley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1738 (Playford's); KS 1743; left 1744; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jul 1750. [note will Rev. Thomas Bromley, Corley, Warwicks., proved PCC 31 Mar 1760]

BROMLEY, WILLIAM THROCKMORTON, elder son of William Bromley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1737 (Playford's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1744; of Baginton, Warwicks.; MP Warwickshire from 6 Feb 1765; m. May 1756 Bridget, eldest dau. of Richard Davenport, Davenport and Calveley, Cheshire; d. 4 Mar 1769.

BROMLEY, WILLIAM, son of Right Hon. William Bromley PC MP, Baginton, Warwicks., Speaker of the House of Commons, subsequently Secretary of State, Northern Dept., and his fourth wife Elizabeth, dau. of Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell; half-brother of Thomas Bromley (qv); b. 11 Jan 1699; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1714; left 1716; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1716/7; DCL (from Oriel Coll. ) 19 May 1732; Grand Tour (Italy) 1722-3; of Baginton, Warwicks.; a Tory politician; MP Fowey 15 Mar 1725-7, Warwick 1727- 25 Feb 1734-5, Oxford University from 9 Feb 1736/7; moved repeal of Septennial Act, 13 Mar 1734; m. 2 Jul 1724 Lucy, dau. of Clement Throckmorton, Haseley, Warwicks., physician; d. 12 Mar 1736/7. DNB.

BROMLEY-CHESTER, WILLIAM, only son of Francis Bromley (qv); bapt. 30 Jul 1738; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner, 1775); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1757, aged 18; adm. Inner Temple year 1758/9, called to bar 25 Jun 1762; tenant chambers, Inner Temple Nov 1761 - May 1769; of Cleve Hill, Gloucs.; MP Gloucestershire from 6 May 1776; m. 20 Apr 1765 Elizabeth Lucy, only child of Richard Howe Chester, and niece of Thomas Chester MP, Almondsbury and Knole Park, Gloucs.; d. 12 Dec 1780.

BROMLEY-DAVENPORT, WILLIAM DAVENPORT, son of William Throckmorton Bromley (qv); b.; adm. 5 May 1773; left 1780; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Nov 1780, aged 17; Grand Tour (Italy) 1782-4; assumed additional surname of Davenport; d. 29 Jun 1810.

Brook, Peter Stephen Paul, son of Simon Brook, man. dir. Westminster Laboratories Ltd., and Ida, d. of Paul Judson; b. 21 Mar. 1925; adm. Sept. 1937 (H); left Dec. 1938 and went to Gresham’s Sch. Holt, Norfolk; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, MA, hon. Fellow 1991; an outstanding internat. stage and film producer; dir. Birmingham Rep. 1945-6; dir. of productions, Roy. Opera House 1947-50; producer and co-dir., Roy. Shakespeare Co. 1950-; work with Internat. Centre of Theatre Research in Paris, Iran, W. Africa and USA 1971-; hon. doctorates from various univs.; CBE Jan. 1965; Legion d’Honneur 1987, Officier 1995; CH 1998; author, The Empty Space 1968, The Shifting Point (autobiog. ) 1988, and other works; m. 1951 Natasha Parry, stage and film actress, d. of Reginald Wilts; d. 2 July 2022 in Paris.