BROOKFIELD, CHARLES HALLAM ELTON, younger son of Rev. William Henry Brookfield, Prebendary of St. Paul’s, Rector of Somerby, Lincs., and Chaplain to Queen Victoria, and Jane Octavia, youngest dau. of Sir Charles Abraham Elton, Bart.; b. 19 May 1857; adm. (G) 15 Apr 1871; Min. Can. 1872; left Christmas 1872; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 May 1875, matr. Mich. 1875; Winchester Reading Prize (jointly) 1878; adm. Inner Temple 5 Nov 1878; a journalist on staff Saturday Review for many years; went on the stage 1879, first appearing with Charles Kelly’s company at a morning performance in Alexandra Palace; joined the Bancrofts at the Haymarket Theatre Jan 1880; rented the Haymarket Theatre for the summer season, 1884; with Lowenfeld at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre, 1894; retired from the stage 1911; Joint Examiner of Plays, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, from 27 Nov 1911; author, Random Recollections, 1902, and a number of plays; m. Frances Mary, dau. of William Grogan; d. 20 Oct 1913.

Bromet, Richard Evelyn, son of George Albert Bromet, solicitor, of Tadcaster, Yorks, and Ellen Isobel, d. of George Robinson, chartered accountant; b. 30 Jan. 1906; adm. Jan. 1920 (G); left July 1924; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1927; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1930; practised in London to retirement 1974; RA 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches Feb. and June 1944; Croix de Guerre 1945; m. 5 Sept. 1931 Irene Ann Rowland, d. of Col. James Currie Robertson CMGCIE CBE IMS; d. Dec. 1997.

Britton, John Allred Hamilton, son of Alfred Hoskins Britton, barrister-at-law, of the Middle Temple, and Woking, Surrey; b. Sept. 22, 1882; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (G); left April 1900; 2nd Lieut. Devonshire Regt. (from the Militia) May 4, 1901; Lieut. Feb. 8, 1906; Lieut. in the army Oct. 17, 1906; Double Company Officer 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry Oct. 2, 1907; Capt. May 4, 1910; Major May 4, 1916; served in the South African War 1901-2; m. Dec. 9, 1908, Emily Beryl, elder daughter of E. M. Breithaupt, of Pollibatta, India.

BRINTON, WILFRED, eldest son of William Brinton MD FRS FRCP, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, and Mary, second dau. of Frederick Dawes Danvers, Duchy of Lancaster Office; b. 11 May 1855; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1867; QS 1869; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1873, matr. 31 May 1873; 1st cl. Cl. Mod. 1875, 2nd cl. Classics 1877; BA 1877; MA 1880; adm. Inner Temple 10 Nov 1877, called to bar 17 Nov 1882; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Feb 1888; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; m. 15 May 1902 Mary Agnes Hope; d. 19 Apr 1903.

Bridgewater, Bentley Powell Conyers, son of Convers Bridgewater OBE, barrister-at-law, and Violet Irene, d. of Israel Wood Powell, med. practitioner in Victoria BC, Canada; b. 6 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (G), KS 1926; left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1965; staff of Brit. Museum 1937; Asst Principal Dominions Office 1941-2; For. Office 1942-5; Sec. Brit. Museum 1948-73 (dep. Keeper 1950, Keeper 1961); retd 1973; d. Feb. 1996

BRETT, WILLIAM BALIOL, 1ST VISCOUNT ESHER, brother of Wilford George Brett (qv); b. 13 Aug 1815; adm. (G) 11 Jan 1830; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1835, matr. Mich. 1835; rowed in Cambridge eight against Leander 1837, 1838, and against Oxford 1839; stroked the Cambridge Subscription Rooms eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley 1841; BA 1840; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Apr 1839, called to bar 29 Jan 1846, Bencher 1861-8; Northern circuit; QC 22 Feb 1861; contested (Cons) Rochdale 1865; MP (Cons) Helston 5 Jul 1866 - Aug 1868; Solicitor-Gen., 10 Feb - Aug 1868; knighted 29 Feb 1868; Serjeant-at-law; Justice of the Common Pleas 24 Aug 1868-75; Judge of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division, 1875-6; Lord Justice of Appeal 27 Oct 1876 - Apr 1883; Privy Councillor 28 Nov 1876; Master of the Rolls 3 Apr 1883 - Oct 1897; cr. Baron Esher 24 Jul 1885; cr. Viscount Esher 11 Nov 1897; Hon. Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll., 7 Oct 1886; a Busby Trustee 18 May 1886 - Jun 1890; m. 3 Apr 1850 Eugénie, only dau. of Louis Mayer, Lyon, France, and step-dau. of Col. John Gurwood CB; d. 24 May 1899. DNB.

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.