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
BOYD, ALFRED BLACK PRINGLE, son of John Pringle Boyd, Priory Road, London, River Plate merchant, and Mary Ann Black (IGI); b. Buenos Aires, Argentina 15 Jul 1863; adm. (G) 2 Oct 1875; left Aug 1879; commercial clerk, shipping (1881 census); lived in Buenos Aires for some years, subsequently returning to England; d. 7 Apr 1908.