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, Charles Anthony Marshall, brother of William Walter Hugh Brydon (qv); b. 16 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1935 (A); left July 1940; RNVR 1944 (Sub-Lieut.).
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.
Brymer, Ernest Gordon, son of John Robert Brymer, of Forest Hill, Kent, by Rebecca, fourth daughter of Henry Bell, of Grantham, Lincs; b. Aug. 3, 1879; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1897; A. C. A. Feb. 1903; practised in London; d. Jan. 24, 1929.
BRYNKER, JAMES, son of James Brynker, Llanfihangel, Caernarvonshire [check], and Catherine, dau. of Col. William Price, Rhiwlas, Denbighshire; bapt. 21 Jun 1695; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1712; left 1713; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1713; BA 1717; MA 1720; BD 1728; Proctor 1720; ordained; Rector of Braunston, Northants., from 1733; buried Braunston 6 Oct 1765.
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Buchan, Walter Theodore Scott, son of Carl Joseph Barrett Buchan MB and Georgina, d. of George Scott, of Aberfoyle, Perthshire; b. 1 Oct. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (A); left July 1939; RNVR (FAA) in WW2 (Lieut.); a papermaker; m. 18 Dec. 1946 Kathleen, d. of James Alexander Pater son MC MB, of Bramley, Surrey; d. 12 May 2008.