BRAY, SIR EDWARD, younger son of Reginald Bray FSA, Shere, Surrey, solicitor, and Frances, sister of Charles Longman (qv); b. 19 Aug 1849; adm. (G) 25 Sep 1863; QS (Capt. ) 1864; Capt. of the School 1867; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1868, adm. pens. 21 Sep 1868, matr. Mich. 1868; BA 1873; played cricket for Cambridge 1871-2, and for Surrey 1870-3, 1878; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Nov 1870, called to bar 7 Jun 1875; South-Eastern circuit; County Court Judge, Birmingham, Dec 1905-8; Additional Judge, London Metropolitan Courts, 1908-11; County Court Judge, Bloomsbury, 1911-23, Dorking and Redhill from 1923; knighted 18 Feb 1919; author, Principles and Practice of Discovery, 1884; m. 22 Jul 1873 Edith Louisa, dau. of Rev. Thomas Hubbard, Newbury; d. 19 Jun 1926.
Bray, Harry Midwinter, son of Sir John Bray, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for South Australia by Alice Maud Hornabrook, of Australia; b. June 10, 1879; adm. April 28, 1892 (R); left April 1894; d. 1966..
BREACH, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1667; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1670, matr. 1 Jul 1670, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1670-84, Faculty Student from 1684, Tutor 1680-7, Senior Censor 1682-3; BA 1674; MA 1677; BM and MD 1687; Proctor 1685; practised as a physician in Oxford; d. 5 Mar 1707/8; buried Ch. Ch. Cathedral, Oxford.
BREBAINE, RENE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1718; in under school list 1720.
Breem, Wallace Wilfred Swinburne, son of Richard Wallace Breem MM, Headmaster Down House Sch., Esher, and Edith Mary, d. of William Hopkin Wright, land agent, of Cambridge; b. 13 May 1926; adm. May 1940 (A); left Apr. 1944; Frontier Force Regt IA 1945, transf. to QVO Corps of Guides Feb. 1946 (Capt. ), served NW Frontier 1946-7; asst. librarian, Inner Temple 1950, sub-librarian 1956, librarian and keeper of MSS 1965-90; founder member Brit. and Irish Assn. of Law Librarians 1969, hon. sec. and treasurer 1969-76, chmn. 1976-80, vice-pres. 1980-8, pres. 1988-90; author of novels Eagle in the Snow 1970, The Legate’s Daughter 1974, The Leopard and the Cliff 1978; contributor to and editor of many legal publications; m. 28 May 1966 Daphne Audrey, d. of Ernest Joseph Parnham, analytical chemist, of Huntercombe, Bucks; d. 12 Mar. 1990.
BREMNER, ---; b.; adm. 20 Feb 1769; left Whitsun 1771.
Bremner, Alistair John Bruce, son of Douglas Bruce Bremner AMICE, of Battersea; b. 24 Feb. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (H); left Dec. 1934; d. Jan. 2003.
Bremner, Cecil James, son of David Alexander Bremner, of Westminster, by Minnie, daughter of Edward Upton, of St. Margaret's Bay, Kent; b. March 10, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left July 1912; temp. 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. East Kent Regt. Nov. 30, 1914; Lieut. 2nd Batt. Nov. 1, 1915; Capt. Feb. 28, 1918; M.C. June 3, 1918; obtained a Colonial Service appointment, Kenya Colony, May 1920; 2nd Lieut. The Buffs May 10, 1940; transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps May 8, 1942; Capt.; m. April 26, 1920, Gabrielle Caroline Jeanne, daughter of Joseph Vander Veken, of Antwerp; d. 21 Oct. 1993.
Brenan, Cecil Fynes-Clinton, son of Charles Frederick Brenan, insurance office manager, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, and Edith, d. of Rev. Osbert Fynes-Clinton, Rector of Barlow Moor, Lancs; b. 10 Apr. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1924; Univ. Coll. of N. Wales 1924-8, BSc; AMIEE 1939, CEng MIEE 1970; Central Electr. Board and Brit. Eltctr. Authority 1931- 49; Eastern Electr. Board 1949-61; teacher Norwich HS for Girls 1964-81, retd 1981; m. 1st 4 June 1932 Beatrice Annie, d. of Robert Howarth, solicitor; 2nd 21 Apr. 1965 Anthea Daphne, d. of David Ogmore Williams, med. practitionter, of Horsham, Sussex; d. 7 Nov. 1992.