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BRODERICK, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1718; left 1721. [Perhaps Thomas Brod (e)rick, son of William Brod (e)rick, Judge of King’s Bench, Ireland; Lieut. Royal Navy 11 Jan 1727; distinguished himself at Porto Bello in 1739, while serving under the command of Edward Vernon (qv); Cdr. 1741; Capt. 27 Mar 1741; also saw service on expeditions to Cartagena and Cuba; Rear Adm., 4 Jun 1756; member court martial on Adm. Byng Jan 1757; second-in-command, Mediterranean Fleet Jan 1758; rescued from sea after destruction of his flagship, HMS Prince George, by an accidental fire 13 Apr 1758; Vice-Adm., 14 Feb 1759; present at blockade of Toulon and action in Lagos Bay; commanded British fleet in blockade of Cadiz; MP Middleton (I) 1761-8; m. 29 May 1728 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Benjamin Robins; d. 1 Jan 1769. DNB (as THOMAS BRODRICK)].

BRODRICK, LAURENCE, only surviving son of Rev. Laurence Brodrick DD, Rector of Mixbury, Oxfordshire, Chaplain to House of Commons and Prebendary of Westminster, and Anne Humphrys; bapt. 11 Oct 1715; adm.; in school list 1729; KS (aged 14) 1730; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1735, matr. 9 Jun 1735, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1735 - res 26 Mar 1746; BA 1739; MA 1742; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1733; ordained; Rector of Callan, co. Kilkenny, 15 Jul 1745; Treasurer of Lismore, 16 Aug 1745-78; Vicar of Derragarth and Ballybeacon, 16 Aug 1745; Vicar of Tubrid; Rector of Stradbally, 1774; m. (settlement dated 21 Apr 1748) his cousin Jane, youngest dau. of Right Hon. St. John Brodrick PC (I) MP MP (I); d. Apr 1786.

BROMLEY, ROBERT, eldest son of Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart., Admiral of the White, and Anne, second dau. of Daniel Wilson, Dalham Tower, Westmorland; b. 16 Nov 1815; adm. 15 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1834; MP (Conservative) South Nottinghamshire from Apr 1849; d. unm. 30 Dec 1850.

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.

BROOKE, PHILIP; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1720; left 1721. [Perhaps Philip Brooke (or Broke), second son of Robert Brooke (or Broke), Nacton, Suffolk, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Hewitt, Bart., Waresley, Hunts., bapt. Nacton, Suffolk 30 Sep 1708; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, matr. 1726 [check exact date]; MP Ipswich 27 Jan 1730-4; of Broke Hall, Suffolk; m. 1st, 1 Feb 1732 Ann, dau. of Martin Bowes, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; m. 2nd, Alice, widow of Sir John Barker, Bart., Sproughton, Suffolk, and dau. of Sir Comport Fytche, Bart., Eltham, Kent; d. 21 Sep 1762] [Perhaps “Brooks” in under school list 1721]

BROOKE, ROBERT; b. ; adm. ; KS 1633. [Note Robert Brooke, of Suffolk, St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. fellow commoner Mich. 1637. Possibly Sir Robert Brooke, knighted 1660, MP Aldeburgh 1660-1, d. 25 Feb 1693/4]

BROOKE-PECHELL, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Sir Paul Pechell, Bart., and Mary, only surviving child of Thomas Brooke, Pagglesham Hall, Essex; b. 23 Jan 1753; adm. 17 Jan 1765; KS 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 - void 30 Jun 1781; BA 1775; MA 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1772 [check]; Sub-Lieut., 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards, 3 Dec 1783; Guidon and Capt., 1 May 1788; Brevet Maj., 3 May 1796; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1802; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Jan 1800; assumed additional surname of Brooke 22 Nov 1800 [or 1801, check]; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Charlotte 1786 – Apr 1795, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Charlotte Apr 1795 – May 1805, and Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to Queen Charlotte May 1805 – 1818; MP Downton 26 Apr 1813-8, and from 22 Feb 1819; m. 26 Apr 1783 Charlotte, sister of Henry Mordaunt Clavering (qv); d. 17 Jun 1826.

BROWN, PETER; b.; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1746/7 (Gibson's); left 1748. [Probably Peter Browne-Kelly, 2nd Earl of Altamont (I), son of John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (I), and Anne, eldest surviving dau. of Sir Arthur Gore, Bart.; b.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1748, aged 17; assumed surname of Kelly on his marriage; MP (I) Co. Mayo [check]; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Altamont (I) 4 Jul 1776; m. 16 Apr 1752 Elizabeth, only dau. of Denis Kelly, Lisduffe, co. Galway, Ireland, Chief Justice of Jamaica; d. 28 Dec 1780] [Whitmore also thinks so]