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BRADLEY, JOHN, son of Rev. John Bradley, Faringdon, Berkshire, and Elizabeth Stacy (IGI); bapt. Faringdon, Berks., 3 Nov 1772 (IGI); adm. 7 Feb 1780; KS (aged 13) 1785; in school list 1787; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1791, aged 19; BA 1795.

BRADFORD, JOHN, of Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) c. 1650 (Dormitory tablet); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. 1652/3, aged 19, matr. 9 Dec 1653; BA 1657; MA 1660; DD (Cambridge) 1671; Master, Camberwell GS, 1661-74; ordained; Rector of St. Edmund the King, London, from 17 Feb 1669/70; Rector of Sefton, Lancs., 1675-8; Vicar of Bexhill, Sussex, from 1678; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II; about 1682 he petitioned the King for a prebend at Westminster, stating that he had been a King’s Scholar (CSP Dom); Prebendary of Canterbury from Oct 1685; buried Canterbury Cathedral 12 Dec 1685.

BRADER, JOHN, son of Rev. John Brader, Rector of Portland, Dorset; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1658; KS 1660; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1662, matr. 19 Jul 1662, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1662-71 (void); BA 1666; MA 1669.

BRADELEY, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

BRACKLEY, JOHN, son of Thomas Brackley, Hampshire; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1661; failed to obtain his election to either University, both in 1665 and 1666; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1666, matr. 1666/7; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1669, priest 29 May 1670 (both Winchester) to curacy of Thursley, Surrey; Vicar of Witley, Surrey, 1670-83; Vicar of Wroughton, Wilts., from 8 Mar 1682/3; lic. to m. 19 Dec 1671 Sarah Stillwell, Thursley, Surrey; d. 1716.

BRABOURN, JAMES, son of Rev. William Brabourn DD, Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, aged 17, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1687, scholar 27 Apr 1688, matr. 1687; BA 1690/1; MA 1694; BD 1706; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1693, Major Fellow 26 Jun 1694, a Senior Fellow from 1719; Tutor 1695; signed the petition to the Bishop of Ely against Bentley 1710, but subsequently supported Bentley on most occasions; ordained priest (Lincoln) 16 Mar 1700/1; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge, 1719; d. c. 1724.

BRABANT, HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Robert Brabant DD, Rector of Berkhamsted, Herts., and of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, and Prebendary of Worcester; b.; adm.; BB in 1705; QS 1707; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Feb 1710/1, aged 17; adm. Middle Temple 22 Nov 1709, called to bar 27 May 1715; m. 24 Apr 1718 Cecilia, dau. of John Conyers KC MP, Walthamstow, Essex, Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons; d. 26 Nov 1718.

BOYLE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1590, adm. scholar 1591, matr. c. 1591.

Boyle, Walter Julian Algernon, son of Hon. Walter John Harry Boyle CBE, Sen. Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, and Ethel Horatia, d. of Capt. Edward Rowe Fisher Rowe DL, 4th Dragoon Guards, of Thorncombe, Surrey; b. 26 Nov. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (KS); left July 1937; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxf., but did not matriculate; RNVR 1939-5 (Lieut.); dir. Fell & Briant Ltd 1972-; m. 30 July 1941 Anita Diana, d. of W. H. Greenhow of Cobham, Surrey; d. 25 Nov. 1994

BOYLE, HENRY, 1ST EARL OF SHANNON (I), second son of Lieut. -Col. Hon. Henry Boyle, and Lady Mary O’Brien, d. of Murrough O’Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin (I); b.; adm.; QS 1702; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Mar 1704/5, aged 18; of Castle Martyr, co. Cork; MP (I) Midleton 1707-13, Kilmallock 1713-4, co. Cork 1715-56; successfully resisted the attempt of the government in 1729 to obtain a vote for a continuation of supplies to the Crown for twenty-one years; Privy Councillor (I) 13 Apr 1733; Chancellor of the Exchequer (I) 19 Nov 1733 - Nov 1735, 1739-54, 1755-6; opposed the government proposal for appropriating the Irish surplus, 1753; Speaker of the Irish House of Commons 4 Oct 1733 - 31 Mar 1756; LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1735; the parliamentary leader of the Whig party in Ireland; styled by Walpole “the King of the Irish Commons”; acted no less than fifteen times as a Lord Justice in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant; on resigning the Speakership he was granted a government pension and created Earl of Shannon (I) 7 Apr 1756; m. 1st, 1715, Catherine, dau. of Chidley Coote, Kilmallock, co. Limerick; m. 2nd, Sep 1726 Lady Henrietta Boyle, dau. of Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork (I) and 2nd Earl of Burlington; d. at Dublin 28 Dec 1764. DNB.