Brookman, John, son of Herbert Brookman, of Ealing, a member of the London Stock Exchange, by Edith Mary, daughter of Samuel Harwood, of Hammersmith; b. Aug. 30, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left July 1916; 2nd Lieut. (unattached) May 1, 1917; Indian Army, 2nd Lieut. Dec. 3, 1917; Lieut. May 1, 1918; Capt. May 1, 1921; Major May 1, 1935; Lieut. ­ Col. May 1, 1943; 3rd Gurkhas and Burma Rifles; retired March 4, 1947; served in Afghanistan 1919; Waziristan 1920-1; Burma Rebellion 1932; and in Burma 1939-42; m. Oct. 5, 1931, Kathleen Muriel, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Edward Victor Martin, Indian Army, of Jersey.

Brookman, Kenneth Jeffery Steven, son of Erwin Bruckmann MD, of Berlin, Germany, and Edith, d. of Hermann Rautenberg of Berlin, Germany; b. 15 Aug. 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (R); left July 1944; Imp. Coll. Lond. 1948-51, BSc; ARCS 1950; Christ’s Coll. Camb. 1951-2, Dip. Ed; represented Camb. v. Oxf. in the Univ. Sports 1952; coach to Univ. of Oxf. Athletic Club 1959-62; sen. physics master Radley Coll. 1952-65; Headmaster Alec Hunter High Sch., Braintree, Essex 1967-87; m. Aug. 1960 Pauline Mary Luck SRN, d. of John Whitmore Luck, engineer; d. 1 Sept. 2000.

Brooks, Christopher John, son of William James Brooks, of Vauxhall, barrister-at-law, by Alice, daughter of Gilbert Wilson, of Bushey, Herts; b. May 20, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left July 1911; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. London Regt. July 26, 1911; Lieut. March 1, 1913; Capt. Dec. 3, 1915, attached Machine Gun Corps March 22, 1916; Major Feb. 16, 1918; served in France; wounded at Leuze Wood Sept. 25, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 1916 and Aug. 2, 1919; A. R. I. B.A. 1920; asst. architect with the Great Western Rly., and with the Railway Executive, Western Region; m. Feb. 24, 1915, Margaret, daughter of R. S. Colwill, of Farnham Royal, Bucks; d. April 28, 1951.

Brough, Michael David, son of Kenneth David Brough, chmn. Metal Box Co., and Frances Elizabeth, d. of Walter Ernest Llewellyn Davies MRCS LRCP DPH, gen. med. practitioner; b. 4 July 1942; adm. Jan. 1956 (A); left July 1961; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1968; MB 1969, BChir 1970, FRCS 1974; consult. plastic and reconstructive surgeon, St Andrew’s Hosp. Billericay, Queen Elizabeth Hosp. Hackney and Whipps Cross Hosp. 1980-2; Roy. Free Hosp., Univ. Coll. Hosp. and Whittington Hosp. 1982-2004; consult. plastic surgeon, St Luke’s Hosp. for the Clergy 1986, King Edward VII Hosp. 1992, Roy. Northern Hosp. 1992; pres. plastic surgery section, Roy. Soc. of Medicine 1990-1, pres. British Assn. of Plastic Surgeons 2002; founder and vice-pres., Healing Foundn. 2002-; author, many articles on plastic and reconstructive surgery; m. 8 June 1974 Geraldine Moira Sleigh MB ChB MRCP, rheumatologist Roy. Free Hosp.; d. 18 Nov. 2004.

BROUGHTON, MICHAEL, son of John Broughton, Westminster, and Mary ---; bapt. 9 Apr 1684; adm.; KS 1696; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1701, aged 17, scholar 1702; BA 1704/5; MA 1735; ordained deacon 11 May 1735, priest 18 May 1735 (both St. David’s); Vicar of Geddington, Northants., 1735-42; Rector of Barnwell St. Andrew, Northants., from 1737, and Rector of Barnwell All Saints, Northants., from 1742; m. Arabella ---; buried Barnwell All Saints 8 Oct 1756. [note absence of career details between 1705 and 1735]

BROUNCKER, FRANCIS, brother of Richard Brouncker (qv); b. 17 Oct 1806; adm. 12 Oct 1818 (Packharness'); d. unm.

Brousson, Anthony Gerald Hobgood, son of Herbert Louis Brousson, Lond. Stock Exchange, and Dorothea Flamann, d. of James Carlill of Blackheath; b. 22 Apr. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (A); left Dec. 1924; RMA Woolwich 1926, 2nd Lieut. RE Jan. 1927; St Cath. Coll. Camb., matric. 1927, BA 1929, MA 1957; Lieut. RE Jan. 1930, Capt. Jan. 1938, Maj. Jan. 1944, Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1950, Col. Feb. 1953, Brigadier Feb. 1957; CRE N. Ireland District 1948, Brit. Element Trieste 1950; Inspectorate Min. of Supply 1953; AMIMechE 1955; CE W. Africa 1956, Cyprus 1956-8; retd Apr. 1959; OBE (Middle East) Jan. 1944; Star of Italian Solidarity Sept. 1953; dep. Dir. of Works BAOR 1958-9; staff of Braintree CFE 1959; m. 1 Jan. 1935 Lorna Everard, d. of Col. Stanley Everard Lewis RAMC, of Gravesend; d. 24 May 1976.

Brousson, Richard Henry Corthorn, brother of Anthony Gerald Hobgood Brousson (qv); b. 29 June 1913; adm. 3 May 1927 (A); left July 1931; St Cath. Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934, MA 1945; PO (A & SD) RAFVR Apr., FO Sept. 1939; transf. to tech. branch Oct. 1941; MIMechE; Flt Lieut. June 1942; Sqdn Ldr RAF Sept. 1945, Wing Cdr July 1947, Group Capt. July 1956; despatches June 1944 and June 1945; OBE Jan. 1946; retd RAF July 1961; AFRAeS; Vice-Prine. Hendon Coll. of Technology 1961-73; lived in France after retirement 1973; m. 1947 Joan Dorothea Middleditch; d. 17 Feb. 1984.

BROWN (or BROWNE), ABRAHAM; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1562, Westminster Student to 1579; BA 1566; MA 1569; BD 1576; ordained; supplicated for licence to preach 12 Nov 1577; Vicar of Arreton, Isle of Wight, 1581; Prebendary of Winchester from 9 Apr 1581; Rector of Compton, Hampshire 1613; d. by 9 Mar 1626/7.

Brown (subsequently Kelson), Alan Kelson, son of Sir Stuart Kelson Brown KCIE CB CVO, Dep. Under-Sec. of State India Office, and Dorothy Irene Freeth OBE, d. of Sir Evelyn Freeth Kt., sec. Estate Duty Office; b. 1 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; Bournemouth Municipal Coll. 1939-41, 1946-7; assumed the name of Kelson in lieu of Brown 1941; RE in WW2 (Capt. ), attd Indian Engineers; Mechanical Engineer Admiralty (Civil Engineer-in-Chief’s Dept), Bath and London 1953, Wantage 1954-61, Rosyth 1961-4; MIMechE 1957; seconded RAF 1964-7 for NATO posting in Oslo (Sqdn Ldr); rejoined Admiralty Dept (later Min. of Pub. Building & Works) as building services engineer, London 1967-73, Bournemouth, Dorset to retirement in 1986; m. 13 Apr. 1962 Jennifer Agnes, d. of Col. Roy Schofield Parkes, Indian Army, of Warminster, Wilts; d. 22 Apr. 2015.