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BRYDGES, EGERTON ANTHONY, brother of Edward William George Brydges (qv); b. 16 Jan 1802; adm. 15 Jun 1812; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1821, matr. Mich. 1822; BA 1827; MA 1831; ordained deacon 11 Mar 1827, priest 7 Oct 1827 (London, lit. dim. from Canterbury); Rector of Denton, Kent, and Perpetual Curate of Swingfield, Kent, 1827-35, when his livings were sequestered for debt; imprisoned in the Fleet Prison, 1835-40; d. 16 May 1849.

BRYDGES, HON. FRANCIS, brother of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (qv); b. 29 Aug 1676; adm. 1686; KS 1692; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1694, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1694, aged 18, scholar 5 Apr 1695, matr. 1697; BA 1697/8; Receiver-Gen. of Salt Duties from 23 Jun 1702; m. 6 Oct 1709 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Western, Rivenhall Place, Essex, ironmonger; d. 25 Sep 1714.

BRYDGES, FRANCIS, brother of Edmund Brydges (qv); bapt. 8 Jul 1708; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1717/8; in under school list 1721; apprenticed to Thomas Lancaster, Exchequer Office, 15 Nov 1723; a clerk in the Exchequer Office; d. unm. c. Dec 1780 (will proved PCC 16 Feb 1781, as of Tyberton, Herefs. ).

BRYDGES, HON. HENRY, brother of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (qv); b. 20 Jan 1674/5; adm. 1686; KS 1688; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1691, matr. 4 Jul 1691, aged 15, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1691-9 (void); BA 1695; MA 1698; BD and DD 1711; ordained; Rector of Broadwell with Adlestrop, Gloucs., 1699-1717; Chaplain to Factory at Aleppo, 1701; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Gloucester, 1705; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne and George I; Archdeacon and Prebendary of Rochester from 24 May 1720; Rector of Amersham, Bucks., from 1721; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 26 Apr 1722; Visitor of Balliol Coll., Oxford, 17 Jun 1723; Busby Trustee from 28 Jan 1719/20; m. 7 Jun 1705 Annabella, dau. of Edward Atkyns (qv); d. 9 May 1728.

BRYDGES, HENRY, 2ND DUKE OF CHANDOS, sixth son of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (qv), and his first wife; bap 1 Feb 1707/8; adm. Jul 1717; in under school list 1720; St. John’s Coll. Camb., adm. fellow commoner 1 Feb 1723/4; Grand Tour 1724-7; Cornet, Vicars’ Dragoons 25 Dec 1726, res 1727; MP Hereford 1727-34, Steyning 1734-41, Bishop’s Castle 1741 - 9 Aug 1744; attached to Household of Frederick, Prince of Wales, as First Lord of the Bedchamber 26 Feb 1729 – Oct 1742, and Groom of the Stole 1 Oct 1742-51; KB 12 Jan 1731/2; succ. his father as 2nd Duke of Chandos 9 Aug 1744; Grand Master of the Order of Freemasons 1738-9; m. 1st, 21 Dec 1728 Lady Mary Bruce, dau. of Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury; m. 2nd, 25 Dec 1744 Anne Jefferies, of the Pelican Inn, Newbury, Berks. (see Notes and Queries, 4th ser., vi, 179); m. 3rd, 28 Jul 1767 Elizabeth, second dau. of Sir John Major, Bart., MP; d. 28 Nov 1777.

BRYDGES, JAMES, 1ST DUKE OF CHANDOS, fourth but eldest surviving son of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, Ambassador to Constantinople, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Bernard, Kt., Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Turkey merchant; b. 6 Jan 1673/4; adm. 1686; an interesting letter, written by his father from Constantinople, confides his “three poor little boys (all the treasure the kind God of his kind mercy hath spared me)” to Richard Busby (qv), then Head Master (GM 1792, i, 39); New Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Jun 1690; FRS 30 Nov 1694; MP Hereford Jul 1698 - 16 Oct 1714; member, Council to Lord High Admiral, 29 Mar 1703 - 5 Apr 1705; Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces Abroad, 10 May 1705 – Sep 1713; succ. father as 9th Baron Chandos 16 Oct 1714; cr. Earl of Carnarvon 19 Oct 1714 and Duke of Chandos 29 Apr 1719; Lord Lieut., Herefordshire 11 Sep 1721 - 16 Jul 1741, and of Radnorshire from 11 Sep 1721; Privy Councillor 11 Nov 1721; Chancellor, Univ. of St. Andrews; the “princely” Chandos expended some £200, 000 in building his country house at Canons, near Edgware, Middlesex; Handel spent two years there composing anthems for the chapel, and writing Esther, his first English oratorio; Defoe describes the splendour of the house in his Tour through England, and Pope refers to it as “Timon’s Villa” in his Epistle to Lord Burlington; m. 1st, 27 Feb 1695/6 Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Lake, Kt., Canons, Whitchurch, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 4 Aug 1713 Cassandra, dau. of Francis Willoughby FRS, naturalist, Wollaton, Notts.  ; m. 3rd, Apr 1736 Lydia Catharine, widow of Sir Thomas Davall MP, and dau. of John Vanhatten; d. 9 Aug 1744. DNB.

BRYDGES, JAMES, 3RD DUKE OF CHANDOS, only son of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos (qv); b. 27 Dec 1731; adm. Jun 1742 (Hawkins'); left 1749; MP Winchester 1754-61, Radnorshire 1761-8; DCL Oxford 1 Oct 1755; a Lord of the Bedchamber 25 Nov 1760 - Jul 1764; Lord Lieut. Hampshire 15 Jun 1763- 20 Aug 1764, 6 Feb 1771- 10 May 1780; succ. father as 3rd Duke of Chandos 28 Nov 1771; Privy Councillor 12 May 1775; Lord Steward of the Household from 26 Dec 1783; DCL Oxford 1 Oct 1755; m. 1st, 22 Mar 1753 Margaret, dau. of John Nicoll, Southgate, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 20 Jun 1777 Anne Eliza, widow of Roger Hope Elletson, and dau. of Richard Gamon, Datchworthbury, Herts.; d. 29 Sep 1789.

BRYDGES, JOHN, MARQUIS OF CARNARVON, fourth son of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (qv), and his first wife; b. 15 Jan 1702/3; styled Viscount Wilton 1714-9, Marquis of Carnarvon from 1719; adm. Jul 1717; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1719; DCL 8 Apr 1721; Grand Tour (Netherlands, France, Germany) 1721-3; Leyden Univ. 1721; MP Steyning from 26 Jan 1725/6; m. 1 Sep 1724 Lady Catherine Tollemache, second dau. of Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Earl of Dysart (S) MP; d. of smallpox 7 Apr 1727.

BRYDGES, ROBERT, son of Hon. Henry Brydges (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1716; KS (Capt. ) 1722; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Oct 1725; d. 1725.

Brydon, William Walter Hugh, son of Hugh Brydon, wine merchant, of Blackheath, and Edmée Marthe, d. of Charles Chappell; b. 12 Nov. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (A); left Apr. 1939; RM 1940-5 (Capt.); m. 10 Dec. 1948 Jose Olive Strong of West Mersea, Essex; d. Jan. 1997.