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BRETT, WILFORD GEORGE, eldest son of Rev. Joseph George Brett, Ranelagh House, Chelsea, Vicar of Lenham, Kent, and Perpetual Curate of Hanover Chapel, Regent Street, London, and Dorothy, second dau. of George Best MP, Chilston Park, Kent; b. 5 Aug 1814; adm. (G) 14 Sep 1829; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. 11 Oct 1834, scholar 1835, matr. Mich. 1834; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. Middle Temple 18 Jan 1837, called to bar 24 Apr 1840; conveyancer and equity draughtsman; private secretary to Lord Romilly, Master of the Rolls; Secretary, Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 2 Apr 1869; JP Middlesex; d. 1 Dec 1871.

BRENT, WILLIAM BRENT, son of William Hodgkinson, Eltham, Kent, and Sarah --- [perhaps Holmes] (IGI); bapt. Bexley, Kent 23 Aug 1786 (IGI); in school lists 1801, 1803 (G); known as Brent at school; head Town Boy in Oct 1803; author of prologue and epilogue to Tom Thumb, acted by the Grantites in Nov 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1804, aged 18; BA 1809; assumed surname of Brent in lieu of Hodgkinson 1807, as nephew and heir of Timothy Brent, Secretary to Board of Green Cloth, Surveyor-Gen. Duchy of Cornwall and army agent; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jun 1808, called to bar 18 Nov 1813; special pleader; Home circuit; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1824-31, when post abolished); Clerk of Verge, Royal Household 28 May 1814 (still 1837); Steward and Judge, Palace Court of Westminster, 7 Aug 1830-49; d. 1857 (will proved 7 Mar 1857, as of Gower Street).

Brandon-Thomas, Jevan Roderick, son of Walter Brandon Thomas, of Bloomsbury; b. July 11, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (G); Capt. of the School 1916; left (with Triplett) April 1917; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Aug. 4, 1917; served in France and was gassed at Arras Dec. 1917; demob. Feb. 1919; Croix de Guerre, Belgium; an actor and playwright, author of Passing Brompton Road and other plays; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Dec. 31, 1940; Capt.

BRANDON, WALTER FREDERICK, brother of Edward Tyrell Horace Brandon (qv); b. 13 Feb 1865; adm. (G) 25 Apr 1878; left Dec 1879; d. 31 Jul 1918.

BRANDON, EDWARD TYRELL HORACE, son of Horace Brandon, Putney, Surrey, solicitor; b. 2 Jun 1863; adm. (G) 5 Apr 1877; QS 1878; left Aug 1881; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. Jan. 1882, matr. Lent 1882; BA and LLB 1884; adm. solicitor Feb 1888; practised in Dover Street, Piccadilly, London; m.; d. 8 Nov 1920.

Brand, David, son of Clifton Brand of Florence, SC, USA, and Elizabeth, d. of John Ritchie, barrister, of Tigh-na-Bruaich, Argyllshire; b. 16 Feb. 1946; adm. Apr. 1960 (G); left Dec. 1964; Univ. of Sussex 1965-8, BSc; asst. master at the Sch. 1968-9; Univ. of Sussex 1969-72, DPhil; CEGB computing bureau 1979-82; computer consult., PA Telecommunications 1979-82, Ewbank Preece Ltd. 1982-7; David Brand computer consultancy 1987-; m. 17 Dec. 1966 Angela, d. of Robert Elvin Newton Callingham, hotelier, of Hindhead, Surrey; d. 11 July 2022.

BRADSHAWE, GEORGE PARIS, only child of Maj. -Gen. George Paris Bradshawe KH, and Charlotte Dorothy, elder dau. of Maj. -Gen. William Croxton, EICS Bengal, Wadenhoe House, Northants.; b. 9 Jul 1853; adm. (G) 2 Oct 1869; left Christmas 1871; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jan 1872; migr. to Charsley Hall; BA and MA 1878; adm. Middle Temple 15 Apr 1872, called to bar 26 Jan 1881; Northern circuit; d. 25 Mar 1889.

Bradley, John William Paulton, son of William Henry Bradley DM, sen. med. officer, Min. of Health, and Gladys Maud, d. of Charles Smith, mathematical instrument maker, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey; b. 20 Oct. 1927; adm. Sept. 1942 (G); left July 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, BM 1952, MA 1953; RAF (med. ) 1953-9 (Sqdn. -Ldr. ); sen. MO, Task Force, Christmas Island, 1957; FRCS 1960; surg. registrar, Westminster Hosp. 1961-3; 1st asst. surgeon, St George’s Hosp. 1963-7; consult. surg., Hillingdon, Harefield and Mount Vernon Hosps. 1967-92; m. 1st, 1959 Heather Diane, d. of F. C. H. Cornell of Kingston-on-Thames; 2nd, 1987 Averil Olive Mansfield CBE MB ChB FRCS FRCP, Prof. of Vascular Surgery, St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch., Lond., consult. surgeon, d. of Ralph Dring of Liverpool; d. 30 Sept. 2013.

Brackenbury, Charles Edgar Mills, son of Henry Langton Brackenbury MP, of Thorpe Hall, Lincs, and Florence Adelia, d. of Edgar Mills of Merlo Park, California; b. 1 Feb. 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (G); left Dec. 1923; a motor engineer; m. 29 Apr. 1929 Muriel Irene, d. of Capt. Charles Edward McConnell RA, of Petts Wood, Kent; d. 2 Nov. 1959.

Boyd, John Gordon, son of Edwyn Gordon Boyd of Northwood, Middx, and Gladys, d. of Rob­ert Creighton; b. 3 Dec. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (G); left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric, 1936, BA 1940, MA 1946; Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.); HM For. Service 1946, Asst Principal FO; 2nd Sec. (Commercial) Rome 1946-9, Washington 1949-52; HM Consul (Commercial) New York 1954-7; FO 1957-9, retd 1959; pres. Thos de la Rue Inc., New York; World Bank consul­tant; m. Isobel Margaret, d. of William John Moir MB, Malayan medical service; d. 13 Dec. 1993