BREVAL, JOHN DURANT, son of Rev. Francis Durant de Bréval DD, Rector of Milton, Kent, and Prebendary of Westminster, formerly a Roman Catholic priest, and Susanna Samoline; b. ; KS (aged 12) 1693; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1697, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1697, scholar 6 May 1698; BA 1700/1; MA 1704; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. , 2 Oct 1703, Major Fellow 28 Apr 1704 - expelled 5 Apr 1708, having become involved with a married woman ; enlisted as volunteer in British Army in Flanders, and employed by Duke of Marlborough on diplomatic missions to various German courts; Lieut. , 5th Foot, 10 Nov 1713 (commission renewed, 1 Jun 1715); wrote for the London booksellers, chiefly under the name of Joseph Gay; travelling tutor to George, Viscount Malpas, on his Grand Tour in early 1720s, and subsequently tutor to John Crawley, in Italy in 1725; ridiculed Pope, who retaliated in the Dunciad; author, Remarks on several parts of Europe, 1723-8, and various poetical and dramatic works; d. in Paris Jan 1738/9. DNB.
BREWER, HARRIS HEAL, eldest son of Alfred Brewer, Watford, Herts., and Anne, dau. of John Harris Heal, Tottenham Court Road, London, furniture manufacturer; b. 12 Dec 1863; adm. 28 May 1875 (James'); left May 1881; adm. solicitor Feb 1887; m. 1 Sep 1887 Amy Elizabeth, younger dau. of Stephen Salter, Watford, Herts.; d. 22 Nov 1891.
BREWER, JOHN, son of Philip Brewer, London, and Margery ---; b. 17 Nov 1733; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1742/3; artist; exhibited at Society of Artists 1763, 1765, 1779; m. Ann Warburton, miniature painter, Cheshire; d. 1785 (will proved 31 Dec 1785, as of St. Martin in the Fields, limner).
BREWER, PETER; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1715/6.
BRICE, JOHN RYDER, younger brother of Robert Brice (qv); b.; adm. 12 Jan 1785.
BRICE, ROBERT, fifth son of Edward Brice, London, and Jane Smith, natural dau. of William Adair, Belfast; b. 11 Apr 1771; adm. 12 Jan 1785; Min. Can. 1788; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 May 1789, Ducket scholar 3 Nov 1789, matr. 1789; resided to Jan 1791; Cadet, EICS Madras 1790; Ensign, Madras Native Infantry, 16 Jun 1791; Lieut., 6 Jun 1793; Capt., 17 Jun 1800; Maj., 21 Sep 1804; Lieut. -Col., Madras Army 1 Mar 1809; Lieut. -Col., 24th (late 1st) Madras Native Infantry, 15 Oct 1809; m. 11 May 1806 Miss Touffreville, Pondicherry; d. at Palamcottah, 23 Sep 1812.
BRICKDALE, JOHN, son of Matthew Brickdale MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Smith, Clifton, Gloucs.; b. 26 Feb 1760; adm. 2 May 1773; left 1777; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Mar 1778; BA 1781; migrated to All Souls’ Coll.; BCL 1784; adm. Middle Temple 19 Apr 1774, called to bar 10 Jun 1785; Comptroller of HM Customs at Bristol; partner Brickdale & Co., bankers, Taunton, Somerset 1812-9, when bank failed; of Stoodleigh, Devon; DL JP Somerset, Devon; m. 20 Feb 1787 Anne, youngest dau. of Richard Inglett Fortescue (formerly Inglett), Spridlestone and Buckland Filleigh, Devon; d. 29 Jun 1840.
BRICKDALE, MATTHEW INGLETT, second son of John Brickdale (qv); b. 16 Jun 1790; in school lists May and Oct 1803; Min. Can. 1804; left 1807; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1808; d. unm. 1 May 1812.